Tina Thorstenson

Tina Thorstenson is Deputy CIO for IT Governance, Policy, and Information Security at Arizona State University and also continues to serve as Chief Information Security Officer, a position she assumed in September 2009. Tina has spent the majority of her career aligning technology to the mission and goals of higher education institutions.  She has significant experience implementing, enhancing and securing enterprise administrative systems and technology infrastructure. She has served Arizona State University in leadership roles in the University Technology Office and the Office of Human Resources since she joined ASU in 2006.  Tina served previously at Northern Arizona University from 1995 through the summer of 2006 where she led a number of teams implementing enterprise software applications. Prior to Northern Arizona University, Tina was an industrial engineer and analyst for Overnite Transportation where she brought some of the earliest mobile devices to the transportation industry.

Topic: Top stories in 2019 ASU IT alignment - from revving engines to today

Keeping the continuous delivery of effective technology services on track is critical at ASU. Come learn how we’ve increased service delivery while shortening timelines to deploy new features, increasingly moving to an agile approach.  We’ll share highlights on key initiatives from this past year and a glimpse of what’s in store next year and beyond. As we’ve embraced the culture change necessary to fully incorporate Dr. Crow’s 8 design aspirations, we are highly focused on providing a new level of visibility into enterprise services from UTO By the Numbers, to our 1/3/5 Playbook, recent mobile app updates, blockchain initiatives and strategic partnerships including Amazon Web Services and Crowdstrike as well as a review progress on new software services such as Zoom and Slack.