Biography

Tony C. Chung is the Chief Information Officer at California State University San Marcos and a higher education leader with nearly three decades of experience working at the intersection of technology, leadership, and institutional strategy. A proud first-generation college graduate, his work is grounded in the belief that technology is only meaningful when it advances human potential, equity, and opportunity.

Throughout his career, Tony has led initiatives supporting teaching and learning, student experience and success, and the operational systems that sustain institutions. This breadth of experience gives him an end-to-end perspective on how organizations function, where complexity slows decision-making, and how leaders can use technology to enable (not distract from) core institutional priorities.

Tony’s work focuses on big-picture thinking, clear storytelling, and aligning technology, data, and AI with mission, values, and long-term outcomes. He is particularly committed to building high-trust, psychologically safe teams and to helping organizations move beyond viewing technology as a collection of projects toward treating it as an institutional capability.