Chief Information Officer
Scott Kincaid is Chief Information
Officer and is responsible for information technology
strategies and services for the campus. Scott joined Butler as its
first CIO in 2001 and introduced the theme of building
bridges to explain role of CIO. He reports to the VP, Finance
& Administration.
Since joining Butler, Scott and his teams established Butler's
first systematic replacement cycle plan for campus technologies,
created a multi-year campus technology strategic plan,
implemented a wide range of constituent self-service functions via
PeopleSoft & in-house web applications, established the Jordan
Hall Center for Academic Technology (now part of Academic Affairs),
helped create the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences mobile
computing program, constructed a new 1500 sq ft Data Center,
implemented wireless across all academic and residence hall
buildings, and moved to a VoIP telephony system campus-wide. His
leadership team just completed a major review of the department's
mission, guiding
principles and organizational structure.
Scott chairs the Butler Administrative Systems Improvement
Committee and is currently the convener for the Information
Management Council, both of which are user-based governance groups
he utilizes to align IT's priorities with the institution.
Some of Scott's past service to Butler includes co-chairing the
Dare to Lead university strategic plan professional
development workgroup (2003), co-chairing the Dare to Make A
Difference strategic plan workgroup for Facilities,
Infrastructure & Technology (2009-2010), chairing the search
committee for the Executive Director of Alumni (2004), member of
the Campus Master (space) Plan team (2010) and member of the
Commission on the Sciences (2011). Scott also served as principal
on the Fairbanks Foundation Technology Replacement Cycle $3 million
grant.
Prior to his work at Butler, Scott was at OneAmerica (formerly
AUL), a diversified financial services company with $25 billion
under management. At OneAmerica he held positions as a Sr. Systems
Analyst in Reinsurance, as Director of the Data Center, and then as
Sr. VP, CIO and member of the strategic planning committee. Scott
oversaw the decentralization of IT to better align technology with
the product lines. Scott has held other IT roles at the
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. and the University of
Evansville, and has been an adjunct faculty member at the IU Kelley
School of Business and University of Evansville. The Indianapolis
Business Journal listed Scott in their "Who's Who in Indianapolis
Technology" in 1998.
Scott values collaborating with other organizations. After
joining Butler, he helped establish a statewide consortium of
technology leaders (LITICI, Leaders of IT in Independent Colleges
of Indiana), and served as their first chair. In 2010, he made
visits across the nation to five Butler aspirational schools. In
2012, Butler & two other Indiana universities crafted a joint
purchasing program for desktops & laptops, which is saving
Butler eighty thousand dollars a year. He is member of Society of
Information Management and has served as president of the
Indianapolis Chapter. Scott has made a variety of presentations on
leadership, implementing new technologies, and vendor management
for organizations such as IU's Information Management Affiliates,
the Independent Colleges of Indiana, IHETS (Indiana Higher
Education Telecommunications System), ACUTA (Association for
Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education), and
Russell Martin & Associates.
Scott holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of
Evansville. He and his wife, Holly, and daughter Katie, who reside
in Fishers, have been very active in statewide legislative funding
issues for K-12 schools.
Scott can be reached at:
