Vincent Kellen

Biography

Dr. Vince Kellen currently serves as the chief information officer for the Texas A&M System. Dr. Kellen was previously CIO for UC San Diego, Senior Vice Provost & CIO at University of Kentucky and CIO at DePaul University. Dr. Kellen is a four-time recipient of the coveted CIO Magazine “Top 100” award was one of InformationWeek’s “Chiefs of the Year” in 2013, is a CIO Hall of Fame inductee, received the Computerworld “Honors Laureate” award in 2013, and was one of four recipients selected globally for Dell’s 2012 “Transformational CIO” award. Dr. Kellen was a Fellow with Cutter Consortium, a leading IT industry think tank. He writes on digital transformation and data and analytics topics. Before his tenure in higher education, Dr. Kellen was an IT strategy consultant working with Fortune 500 firms on marketing and CRM digital transformations. Dr. Kellen has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on IT strategy and enterprise systems at DePaul University and University of Kentucky. Dr. Kellen served as a consultant in industry advising fortune 500 clients on IT strategy, customer and marketing strategies, analytics and data warehousing. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science, an M.S. degree in information systems, and a B.A. degree in communications from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

EDUCAUSE Publications

  • Creating Self-Aware Teams: Worth the Effort?
    • Article
    • Author

    The three Ts of IT provide a practical framework for shifting organizations from siloed management to a capacity-building approach that results in high-functioning, collaborative teams.

  • Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment
    • Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
    • Contributor

    The Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment is designed to provide a sense of your institution’s preparedness for strategic AI initiatives.

  • Ushering in a New Era of AI-Driven Data Insights at UC San Diego
    • Article
    • Author

    TritonGPT, developed at UC San Diego, is a suite of AI-powered assistants designed to streamline administrative tasks, enhance productivity, and provide institution-specific insights by retrieving, summarizing, and generating content securely.

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Membership with EDUCAUSE

Status: Yes, current member

EDUCAUSE Involvement

  • EDUCAUSE Top 10
    • Member: 2023 - 2024
  • Data & Analytics Horizon Report
    • Member: 2022