I’m pleased to announce that e-Literate‘s second guest blogger will be Jim Farmer. From his bio:
Jim Farmer began his career in higher education as CIO for California State University Northridge and became the first CIO for the California State Universities. He was one of the founders of Sigma Systems Inc., a U.S. software supplier for the financial aid community. For eight years he was an associate at the Harvard’s Graduate School of Education teaching strategic planning and information systems. He was CIO at Los Rios Community College District. He was project administrator for JA-SIG’s uPortal project and then the Sakai Community Liaison. He is now affiliated with Georgetown University’s Interoperability Center and is completing a report on open source communities for Oxford University.
He also consulted for the U.S. Department of Education during their IT Modernization project. Jim has a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma , an S.M. from Harvard University in applied mathematics, and MBA from UCLA. He authored an analysis of the economics of distance learning in the Johns Hopkins University Press book “Public Funding for Higher Education: New Contexts and New Rationales.”
And that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. Jim has one of the most interesting and wide-ranging intellects around. Among other things, he has contributed a revealing analysis of Blackboard’s business model and much of the raw materials and behind-the-scenes education regarding edupatents.
Jim will be making about a half a dozen posts over the coming month or so. Please join me in welcoming him to e-Literate.