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Randy Hinds is the Vice
President for Information Technology (VPIT); Chief
Information Officer (CIO); Chief Human Resources Officer; and Professor
of Information Systems at Kennesaw State University, a dynamic and
progressive institution of higher learning in the University System of
Georgia. KSU is a nationally recognized "rising star" that has
grown dramatically since its first year of operation in 1966, in keeping
with the rapid expansion of Metropolitan Atlanta and Northwest Georgia.
Dr. Hinds joined KSU as the university’s first CIO in 1998. He came to KSU after completing a distinguished 30-year military career where he served in a variety of information technology leadership positions. His final military assignment was at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. where he was the Interim Dean of the School of Information Warfare and Strategy, and Acting Director of the Department of Defense’s Command and Control Research Program. He earned his Ed.D. degree in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University; a MBA majoring in ADP Systems from the Florida Institute of Technology; and a BA majoring in Management from the University of Puget Sound. In addition, Dr. Hinds is a graduate of the National Security Fellows and Senior Officials in National Security programs at Harvard University. Dr. Hinds’ research interests include investigating the relationship between information systems and organizational learning. He frequently lectures within the University’s computer science and information systems degree and communication department programs. A Washington State native, he and his wife, the former Peggy Hanson of Odessa, Texas, reside in East Cobb County. They have two children: a daughter, Jessica, is an Auburn University graduate and currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a son, Jonathan, is a Senior at Kennesaw State University.
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