Didier Contis has been named the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s next chief information officer and vice provost for information technology (CIO). He will replace Lois Brooks, who announced her retirement last year after serving as CIO since 2018. Contis will start on July 7.
Contis brings more than 26 years of experience in higher education IT leadership, most recently as executive director of academic technology, innovation and research computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.