Devarajulu Ravichandran – School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Devarajulu Ravichandran joined The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a global leader in art and design education, in 2017 as the School’s Vice President of Educational Technologies and Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this position Ravichandran leads a cutting-edge information and educational technology operation at one of the premier art and design schools in the world. Ravichandran collaborates with faculty and staff to determine technology solutions. and leads the School’s Computer Resources and Information Technology (CRIT) department, overseeing all operations, including computer purchasing, computer labs, web services, studnent information and learning management systems, and SAIC’s Service Bureau, HelpDesk and Advanced Output Center.
Prior to joining SAIC, Ravichandran was a senior IT director at the University of Rochester and led Arts, Sciences, and Engineering’s web services, educational technology, faculty technology support, residential and academic networks and the student help desk. Additionally, at the University of Rochester, he established a robust applications development team, rebuilt the central web infrastructure and laid the foundation for storyboarding and iterative development processes.