Helen Norris's guest appearances

Helen Norris

State of the CIO

Get in the Mode

The Breakthrough

Tim Campos

Brian Watson

Sarah Richardson

Colin Campbell

Jake Jorgovan

Ben Davis

Eric Cole

Angela Tran

Jessica Miller

Michael Gale

Brian Weaver

Jen Jackson

Bill Schmarzo

Jeff Julian

Nathan Taylor

OwlTail

Being an active listener and practicing emotional intelligence are two qualities Helen Norris, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Chapman University, believes a person in a leadership role should strive for. And her skills as a leader have shown to be nothing short of awe-inspiring as she and her team continue to navigate and rework the technology required for a university to operate in the high flex environment brought on by COVID-19. Join Alison Dean, VP of Operations at Theorem, as she and Helen explore what the university picture currently looks like, the importance of being both accessible and present to team members, and why technology’s primary role is to enhance the lives of those it’s designed to serve.

Being an active listener and practicing emotional intelligence are two qualities Helen Norris, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Chapman University, believes a person in a leadership role should strive for. And her skills as a leader have shown to be nothing short of awe-inspiring as she and her team continue to navigate and rework the technology required for a university to operate in the high flex environment brought on by COVID-19. Join Alison Dean, VP of Operations at Theorem, as she and Helen explore what the university picture currently looks like, the importance of being both accessible and present to team members, and why technology’s primary role is to enhance the lives of those it’s designed to serve.

Ep 9 - Helen Norris, VP and CIO at Chapman University

On this episode of get in the mode podcast. We have Helen Norris, the VP and CIO from Chapman University based in Southern California. She joins us to talk about the challenges of the pandemic at the university and how technology helped overcome some of those issues. Their internal IT staff had to quickly shift projects and pace to support technologies relating to the student facing side, the back office side and building small tools to meet state guidelines.  From their experience we learned about some of Helen’s approaches to leadership and resource reallocation. Towards the end, Helen also shares some great insight for up and coming CIO’s especially women leaders in technology.

On this episode of get in the mode podcast. We have Helen Norris, the VP and CIO from Chapman University based in Southern California. She joins us to talk about the challenges of the pandemic at the university and how technology helped overcome some of those issues. Their internal IT staff had to quickly shift projects and pace to support technologies relating to the student facing side, the back office side and building small tools to meet state guidelines.  From their experience we learned about some of Helen’s approaches to leadership and resource reallocation. Towards the end, Helen also shares some great insight for up and coming CIO’s especially women leaders in technology.

Overcoming Technology Challenges in Higher Ed Helen Norris, CIO Chapman University

Studies show that by 2025 the United States will have 1 million jobs in technology but not enough people to fill positions.A low amount of students are studying tech industries, but Helen Norris, VP and CIO of Chapman University, is encouraging this to change. Believing she would become a high school math teacher when she enrolled in college, she stumbled upon computer programming and shifted her career into the technology industry. Playing many roles in IT including a systems administrator, programmer, network engineer and working on a service desk, her experience has prepared her to become the CIO she is today.With demographics showing that the U.S. doesn’t have enough people working in technical fields, Norris knows that the nation will be at a disadvantage if more people don’t enter into STEM. Norris shares the importance of STEM in higher education, her thoughts on women in tech and why education is so important in order to fill spots that may be missing in career advancement.Key Takeaways:Studies show that by 2025 the U.S. will have 1 million jobs unable to be filled because there won’t be enough people in the tech fieldThere hasn’t been a huge shift in the number of women in tech: some teams will still only have one to no womenA high percentage of students at universities are women but men take up the majority of STEM fieldsListeners who’d like to contact Norris can send an email to hnorris@chapman.edu or follow her on Twitter @CIO_ChapmanU.

Studies show that by 2025 the United States will have 1 million jobs in technology but not enough people to fill positions.A low amount of students are studying tech industries, but Helen Norris, VP and CIO of Chapman University, is encouraging this to change. Believing she would become a high school math teacher when she enrolled in college, she stumbled upon computer programming and shifted her career into the technology industry. Playing many roles in IT including a systems administrator, programmer, network engineer and working on a service desk, her experience has prepared her to become the CIO she is today.With demographics showing that the U.S. doesn’t have enough people working in technical fields, Norris knows that the nation will be at a disadvantage if more people don’t enter into STEM. Norris shares the importance of STEM in higher education, her thoughts on women in tech and why education is so important in order to fill spots that may be missing in career advancement.Key Takeaways:<ul><li>Studies show that by 2025 the U.S. will have 1 million jobs unable to be filled because there won’t be enough people in the tech field</li><li>There hasn’t been a huge shift in the number of women in tech: some teams will still only have one to no women</li><li>A high percentage of students at universities are women but men take up the majority of STEM fields</li></ul>Listeners who’d like to contact Norris can send an email to <a href="mailto:hnorris@chapman.edu">hnorris@chapman.edu</a> or follow her on Twitter @CIO_ChapmanU.

Episode 21 - Technology in Higher Education with Helen Norris