Re: Dugan Named VC/Chief Information Officer
Jan. 3, 2023
To the UC Merced community,
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Nick Dugan the university’s first Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer. Nick has served as interim Chief Information Officer since February.
He began at UC Merced in 2010 as a computing systems support specialist for the School of Engineering and has performed a variety of leadership functions in the Office of Information Technology. Nick was UC Merced's first Chief Information Security Officer, a role in which he led numerous efforts to secure our information systems and helped develop campus IT policy.
Serving as Deputy Chief Information Officer since 2016, Nick was responsible for managing enterprise information systems and expanding the campus network via the Merced 2020 Project.
His UC career began in 2001. He held IT roles at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz.
Nick holds a master’s degree in information management from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s in computer science from UC Santa Cruz.
His effective management through a number of IT challenges, his proactive work with partners across campus and contributions to our post-pandemic workforce planning, along with his passion for lifelong learning and servant-leadership, have commended him to the university’s senior leadership team, and we welcome him to the Cabinet.
I want to thank Vice Chancellor and Chief External Relations Officer Ed Klotzbier, who chaired the search committee for this position, along with the committee members:
- Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Gillian Wilson
- Business Intelligence Analyst Wendy Puquirre
- Professor Suzanne Sindi
- Assistant Teaching Professor Santosh Chandrasekhar
- Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education Hrant Hratchian
- University Registrar Erin Webb
- ORED Chief of Staff John Jackson
- Library Technology Manager Thomas Bustos
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Planning and Analysis Bianca Khanona
- Senior Assistant Dean for Engineering German Gavilan
- Academic Personnel Payroll Manager Michelle Snyder
- Center for Institutional Effectiveness Executive Director Andrew Boyd
- Digital Experience Director Christy Snyder
- Gallo Program Assistant Director Alvin Cha
- External Relations Chief of Staff Danielle Armedilla
- ASUCM President Corbin Farias
- GSA President Edgar Perez-Lopez
Please join me in thanking the committee for its outstanding work and in congratulating Nick Dugan on his new position.
Cordially,
Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D.
Chancellor
