Delivered by Brendan Aldrich at the Nevada IT Symposium on 9/4/2019

1. The Future Is Now
Are You a Data Professional
or a Data Visionary?

2. Brendan Aldrich
Chief Data Officer
California State University,
Office of the Chancellor
• 18+ years focused on the fields of data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics & research
• Have led data transformation and modernization initiatives for private and public organizations:
 Recognitions:
• 2018 City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, Dream Big (Amazon Web Services)
• 2017 Data & Analytics Excellence Award, Self-Service Analytics (Gartner, Inc.)
• 2017 Excellence Award, Social Impact (Hitachi-Vantara)
• 2014 Innovators Award, Administrative Systems (Campus Technology Magazine)

3. • The Largest and most
diverse system of 4-year
higher education in the
U.S.
• 23 Campuses
• ~50K Employees
• Nearly 500k enrolled
students this year

4. Welcome to California Higher Education
The University of California
● 10 Campuses ● 165,000 Employees ● 251,700 Students
The California State University
● 23 Campuses ● 47,400 Employees ● 478,638 Students
California Community Colleges
● 114 Campuses ● 57,700 Employees ● 2.1M Students
Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities
● 84 Campuses ● 95,900 Employees
● 359,900 Students
Public Institutions
Private Institutions
Totals:
231 Colleges
366,000 Employees
3,190,238 Students

5. Master Plan for Higher Education in California
• Prior to 1960, there were three major systems of higher education established in California
• These systems often offered similar programs and competed for many of the same students
• In 1960, California established the “Master Plan for Higher Education”, which would:
• Make some form of higher education available to everyone with progress limited only to the
academic proficiency of the student
• Differentiate functions to allow each system to excel independently and reduce public
resources waste
The University of California The California State University California Community Colleges

6. Three Systems, Working Together
UC
CSU
CCC
University of California
• Primary academic research institutions
• Offers
• Bachelors Degrees
• Masters Degrees
• Most Doctoral (Ph.D.) Degrees
• Exclusively instruction in law, medicine,
dentistry, and veterinary medicine
California State University
• Undergraduate and graduate education
• Offers
• Bachelors Degrees
• Masters Degrees
• Doctor of Education (EDD)
• Includes professional and teacher education
California Community Colleges
• Academic and vocational instruction for everyone
• Offers
• 2-Year Associate Degrees
• Professional certifications
• May also provide remedial instruction, English as a
Second Language, Adult non-credit, community
service courses, and workforce training services

7. A Fourth “System”… Private Education
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
• Founded in 1955
• Not public-funded, but non-profit colleges and universities located in California
• Membership includes:
• California Institute of Technology
• California Institute of the Arts
• Loyola Marymount University
• Pepperdine University
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• Stanford University
• University of Southern California
• … and many more

8. or a
Are you a

9. a bad
thing?
Is being a

10. :
• Embraces technology
• Adaptable to change
• Critical thinkers /
problem-solvers
• Outcomes-focused
• Loves to Learn
• Deep experience in
primary focus areas
• Collaborative
• Intellectually curious
• Service-oriented

11. :
• Working knowledge
of related technical
areas
• Creativity
• Multi-modal
communication skills
• Team player
• Understands what
data means to
business
• Business-oriented

12. • Synthesizes business
and technology goals
• Tackles the impossible
• Thinks outside the-box
• Continuously
communicative
• Crafts value from
the unknown
• Collaborative
• Questions
everything
• Value-oriented

13. • The Truth About Mentorship
• Discovering Innovation
• Tackling the Impossible