Founded on Oct. 13, 1885, the Georgia School of Technology opened its doors in October 1888 to 84 students. The School’s creation signaled the beginning of the transformation of the agrarian South to an industrial economy. During its first 50 years, Tech grew from a narrowly focused trade school to a regionally recognized technological university.
In 1948, the School’s name was changed to the Georgia Institute of Technology to reflect a growing focus on advanced technological and scientific research. Women students were admitted in 1952, and in 1961 Georgia Tech became the first university in the Deep South to admit African-American students without a court order.
In recent years, Georgia Tech has been a national leader in managing the global transition from an industrial economy to an information economy. Throughout its long history, Georgia Tech has always focused its efforts on preparing students to use their innovative skills and strong work ethic to solve real-world problems and improve the lives of people around the globe.
Tech’s engineering and computing Colleges are the largest and among the highest-ranked in the nation. The Institute also offers outstanding programs in business, design, liberal arts, and sciences.
With more than $1 billion annually in research awards across all six Colleges and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech is among the nation’s most research-intensive universities. It is an engine of economic development for the state of Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation.
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. Its mission and strategic plan are focused on making a positive impact in the lives of people everywhere.
For more than 135 years, the people of Georgia Tech have dared to imagine and then create solutions for a better future. The innovative culture and leadership continue, for Progress and Service for all.
Academic Excellence
#8 Top Public University (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
#4 Most Innovative School (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
#35 National Universities (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
#71 (out of 1,000) Best Global University (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
Georgia Tech is ranked #4 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, with all of the Institute’s undergraduate engineering programs ranking in the top 5. All of Tech’s graduate engineering program rank in the top 10. (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
Scheller College of Business ranks #21 in Undergraduate Business Programs, #6 in Management Information Systems, #7 in Production/Operation Management, #7 in Quantitative Analysis, and #8 in Supply Chain Management/Logistics.
Computer Science ranks #1 by U.S. News & World Report’s Undergraduate Program Rankings, #8 by U.S. News & World Report’s Graduate School Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and #21 in The Guardian’s QS World University Rankings.
In the category of Architecture and the Built Environment, Georgia Tech ranks #19 in The Guardian’s QS World University Rankings, and our graduate urban planning program is ranked #7 in the U.S. by Planetizen.
Return on Investment
Tech is ranked #1 for annual return on investment (in-state) in Georgia and #12 among all U.S. colleges for providing the best 20-year return on investment by PayScale.com.
The Institute’s Career Center is one of the nation’s most successful and innovative university career support offices for its recruitment and job placement.
Upon graduation in Spring 2018, 66 percent of undergraduate students had been offered a job, and the average starting salary was $70,500 (not including bonus offers).
More than 700 businesses, industries, and organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad employ Georgia Tech co-op students and interns each year.
Research Leadership
Georgia Tech is one of the South’s largest industrial and engineering research agencies.
The Institute plays a leading role in the Georgia Research Alliance, a centerpiece of the state’s economic development strategy.
Research is conducted for industry and government by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, various academic schools and departments, and more than 100 interdisciplinary research units.
Campus & Athletics
Georgia Tech’s beautiful 400-acre, tree-lined campus is located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia.
Our strong work ethic is balanced by a collegiate atmosphere incorporating sports, campus traditions, more than 400 student organizations, and more than 50 Greek organizations.
Our NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics program is one of the oldest and most renowned in the country, and Tech students are passionate cheerleaders for their beloved Yellow Jackets, who compete in 17 different sports.
For the larger student body, Tech’s 20 intramural sports, 43 sports clubs, and one of the best outdoor recreation programs in the country offer year-round action.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Georgia Tech is ranked #4 in Most Innovative Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is recognized by Forbes magazine as one of 12 incubators “changing the world.” Founded in 1980, ATDC is the oldest technology incubator in the U.S. with more than $2 billion raised by 150 graduates.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation is #32 on the list of Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents.
Diversity
The Institute is consistently rated among the top universities in the nation for graduation of underrepresented minorities in engineering, physical sciences, and architecture and planning.
With more than 60 chartered student organizations exploring religious, racial, sexual, and ethnic identity (but open to all), our students find a way to celebrate, strengthen, and share their part of the robust cultural melting pot that thrives in our community.
Leadership
President Ángel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera is the 12th president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Cabrera came to Georgia Tech on Sept. 1, 2019, after serving for seven years as president of George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia.
A top-10 public research university in the U.S., Georgia Tech has outstanding programs in business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and the sciences. With 40,000 students and more than 170,000 living alumni who work in business, industry, and government throughout the world, Georgia Tech has become internationally recognized for the quality of its educational and research programs.
Under his leadership, more than 5,700 members of the Georgia Tech community contributed to a new 10-year strategic plan that launched in November 2020. The plan is grounded on a new mission statement that reaffirms Tech’s commitment to “developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.”
As the president of Georgia Tech during the Covid-19 pandemic, he is leading the Institute through one of the most critical times in its history to prioritize the health and safety of the Tech community and to develop innovative solutions to combat the disease.
Under his leadership at GMU, the university accounted for more than half of all enrollment growth in Virginia, increased student outcomes, and joined the top tier of research universities in the Carnegie Classification. From 2004 to 2012, Cabrera served as president at Thunderbird School of Global Management, now part of Arizona State University. Between 1998 and 2004, he was dean of IE Business School in Madrid.
As a business educator, Cabrera has played a key role in advancing professional ethics, internationalization, and corporate social responsibility. In 2007, while serving as a senior advisor to the United Nations Global Compact, he was the lead author of the “Principles for Responsible Management Education” (PRME). A United Nations–supported initiative that advances sustainable development through management education, PRME has now adopted by more than 800 schools around the world. He is also a co-founder of the University Global Coalition, a global network of universities working in partnership with the United Nations in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
He’s been named a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, a “Star of Europe” by Businessweek, a “Henry Crown Fellow” by the Aspen Institute, and a “Great Immigrant” by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He has received honorary degrees from Miami Dade College and Universidad Politécnica of Madrid.
Cabrera serves on the boards of the National Geographic Society, the Atlanta Committee for Progress, the Bankinter Foundation for Innovation, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
Cabrera earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Georgia Tech, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. He also holds a telecommunications engineering degree (B.S. and M.S. in computer and electrical engineering) from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He has published extensively in academic journals and has been featured or quoted in leading media around the world.
He is married to management scholar and Georgia Tech classmate Elizabeth. Their son Alex is a recent Georgia Tech graduate and currently a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University. Their daughter Emilia is a senior at Harvard University. Cabrera is the first native of Spain to serve as president of an American university.
Dr. Steven W. McLaughlin, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Steven W. McLaughlin is the provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
McLaughlin first joined Georgia Tech as a member of the faculty in 1996. From 2017-2020, he served as the dean and Southern Company Chair of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, the largest engineering college in the country. Prior roles include the Steve Chaddick School Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2012-2017, and the vice provost for International Initiatives and Steven A. Denning Chair in Global Engagement from 2007-2012.
In 2014 he co-founded CREATE-X, a campus-wide effort to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and help them launch companies. The program has successfully launched 225 student-led companies and engaged more than 4,000 students in the principles and practice of evidence-based entrepreneurship.
In 2011 he was awarded the honor Chevalier dans l`Ordre Nationale de Merite, (Knight of the French National Order of Merit), the second highest civilian award given by Republic of France.
He was the first Georgia Tech recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) where he was cited by President Clinton “for leadership in the development of high-capacity, nonbinary optical recording formats.” He is a past president of the IEEE Information Theory Society and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
His research interests are in the general area of communications and information theory. His research group has published in the areas of forward error correction and equalization in wireless communications, magnetic/optical data storage, data security, and privacy. He has advised more than 50 students and postdocs. His group has published more than 250 papers in journals and conferences and holds 36 U.S. patents.
He received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northwestern University, the M.S.E. degree from Princeton University, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for developing and maintaining a world-class, institution-wide information security and risk management program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. This executive is responsible for creating and maintaining a cybersecurity program and leading the Georgia Tech Cyber Security team in maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Institute information assets and managing cybersecurity related compliance.
The CISO serves as the process owner of all assurance activities and is responsible for leading the investigation of, and response to, cybersecurity incidents. This is individual will oversee the establishment of group/departmental/division goals, determining the resources needed to meet those goals, assessing group/departmental/division performance feedback, while overseeing and managing the department’s budget.
A key element of the CISO’s role is working with Georgia Tech’s executive leadership team, external and internal leadership, stakeholders, and law enforcement agencies to determine acceptable levels of risk for the organization. The CISO must be highly knowledgeable about the academic environment and ensure that information systems are maintained in a fully functional, secure mode. The ideal candidate is a thought leader, a consensus builder, and an integrator of people and processes.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Provide cybersecurity risk management leadership in support of the academic, research, and administrative mission and goals of the Institute.
Define vision, mission, objectives, and goals of the Institute cybersecurity program, and manage the team budget.
Identify cyber risk and vulnerabilities; lead response efforts for all major cyber incidents, including partnership with law enforcement agencies.
Direct operations of the Cyber Security engineering team in design, development, and deployment of cybersecurity solutions that provide prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
Direct operations to monitor all security systems for incidents, respond to incidents, manage vulnerabilities, and lead the digital forensics program.
Direct operations of Cyber Security policy and compliance team to design, develop, and promulgate Institute cyber policy and ensure compliance with relevant cyber regulation.
Define security metrics and reporting mechanisms to measure the ongoing success of the Cyber Security program and team, and regularly report the state of cyber risk to Institute executive leadership.
Partner with Information Technology and Institute leadership to ensure institute initiative and programs incorporate appropriate controls and standards to manage risk and safeguard information/data assets belonging to, or entrusted to the Institute.
Collaborate with the University System of Georgia and the Georgia Technology Authority to ensure Institute policies, the University System of Georgia, and the state support the efforts of the Institute.
YEAR ONE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
Georgia Tech has deemed the following as mission critical to be completed in year one:
Define the ideal security posture that balances the needs of the business/end users with adequate protection of information assets.
Maturing of policy and processes to ensure that faculty, staff, and students are educated, compliant, and therefore protected in various, and ever changing, settings.
Better utilize the existing infrastructure to work effectively and be responsive to the needs of the business without being overly obtrusive.
Establish a relationship of trust and accountability with leadership and stakeholders across the organization.
Build a best-in-class cybersecurity team through the training and development of current team members as well as the recruitment and hiring of key individuals to fill gap areas that are uncovered.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS
Georgia Tech seeks a collaborative leader with a distinguished record of outstanding accomplishment. While no one person will embody all of the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess as many of the following professional and personal characteristics:
10+ years of technology management experience, as well as experience in a university environment.
Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to organize resources and establish priorities, problem solving skills, and knowledge of office related computer applications.
One or more additional security related certifications.
Demonstrated success in understanding research university business objectives and applying appropriate process or technology solutions.
Strong skills in building professional relationships with peers both inside and outside of the institution.
Knowledge of state and/or federal procurement processes and requirements.
Strong knowledge of IT auditing and enterprise risk assessment.
Knowledge of cybersecurity legal and policy issues.
Ability to independently assess new technologies in the marketplace, determines relevance to the Georgia Tech mission, and plan for the acquisition and implementation of those technologies.
This job requires advanced knowledge of strategic planning in a complex technology environment.
Team building, coaching, skills assessment and personnel evaluation skills are necessary.
Ability to aggregate and prioritize multiple complex priorities.
Strong servant leadership philosophy skills are required to also include adaptive, agile, and versatile thinking in the face of rapid changes and uncertainty, situational awareness and assessment in making sound decisions, and aligning team and institutional values.
Strong skills in risk management and tolerance are also necessary.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Technology or Business, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMPENSATION
A competitive compensation package will be provided to the finalist candidate.
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