Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson is an IT leader with over 30 years of experience in information technology leadership and management, including over 10 years as a CIO. He is a natural problem solver who can quickly synthesize competing perspectives to develop meaningful assessment of and strategic direction for IT services designed to serve the needs of all constituencies. At Virginia Tech, Kyle focuses on building strong, reciprocal relationships with diverse constituencies within and beyond the university to help meet our shared goals in the technology arena.

Kyle has worked at elite private, public, and small colleges as well as in municipal government. He has an undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology (Duke) and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration (North Carolina State University).  Kyle has presented at numerous national professional meetings and is the author or coauthor of numerous articles in EDUCAUSE Review.

Kyle is certified by SCUBA Skills International (SSI) as a Master Diver with over 400 dives completed over the past 25 years at sites in Aruba, Belize, Chuuk (Micronesia), Costa Rica, the Cayman Islands, Honduras, Mexico, Palau, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the continental U.S.