Skip Navigation

OU Welcomes New Chief Information Officer

NEWS
Nishanth Rodrigues.

OU Welcomes New Chief Information Officer


By

Brady Trantham
batrantham@ou.edu

Date

September 13, 2024

NORMAN, OKLA. — The University of Oklahoma recently named Nishanth Rodrigues as the new Chief Information Officer. Rodrigues will begin his duties on September 30.

Rodrigues brings 20 years of experience in strategic information technology (IT) leadership, administrative leadership and IT roles in health care. Recently, Rodrigues served as the CIO at Ole Miss since 2017, where he led several major IT initiatives, including the construction of a new data center to enhance research capacity and academic services. Prior to his time at Ole Miss, Rodrigues served as the Assistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Michigan State University from 2015 to 2017.

Rodrigues brings affiliations and connections with the Cisco Higher Education Advisory Council, the Satisfactory Academic Progress Higher Education Research Advisory Council, and the CIO Visions Steering Committee.

He earned his Ed.D. in Education from the University of Mississippi after earning a Master of Business Administration from Michigan State University. Rodrigues earned his undergraduate degree from Davenport University with a Bachelor of Applied Science.

About the University of Oklahoma

Founded in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. As the state’s flagship university, OU serves the educational, cultural, economic and health care needs of the state, region and nation. OU was named the state’s highest-ranking university in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent Best Colleges list. For more information about the university, visit ou.edu.


Recent News

Campus & Community
December 06, 2024

Shane Connelly Named Inaugural OU Recipient of SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Psychology professor Shane Connelly, Ph.D., has been selected as the University of Oklahoma’s recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award supported by the Southeastern Conference


Campus & Community
December 06, 2024

OU Engineering Students Light up the Night at Chickasha Festival of Light

Four students in OU’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering led a comprehensive redesign of the festival’s beloved Christmas tree, a focal point of the display.


Education & Leadership
December 05, 2024

OU Vice President and Associate Provost Named Among Top Women Leaders of Oklahoma

Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, Ed.D., vice president of the Division of Access and Opportunity and associate provost at the University of Oklahoma, is among the top women leaders of Oklahoma, according to Women We Admire.