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Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - General News
Wim Geurden Named WSU Vancouver Director of Information Technology
CONTACT:
- Wim Geurden, Department of Information Technology, 360/546-9172, wgeurden@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Vancouver has named Wim Geurden to the position of director of information technology, as of April 15.
Geurden comes to WSU Vancouver from JPMorgan Chase, Columbus, Ohio, where he was chief of IT architecture for retail financial services. He is a resident of Ridgefield, Wash., where he has lived since 1999. He has also worked as a senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services Practice, and as a senior technology strategist for banking at Microsoft Corporation. Prior to Microsoft, Geurden was a partner with Accenture's Strategic Information Technology Effectiveness group.
"I am looking forward to expanding the IT capabilities on this rapidly growing campus," said Geurden, "and to appropriately integrating a continuous stream of new technology into our existing environment."
This is a new position at WSU Vancouver; formerly, IT was part of the department of Library and Information Services.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, nine master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
Photo: Wim Geurden, WSU Vancouver Director of Information Technology. Click thumbnail for high resolution image.
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