Tamar Pandi named Chief Information Officer (CIO)
I am thrilled to announce that Tamar Pandi has accepted the offer to be UNCSA’s next Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective
July 1!
Tamar has been serving as UNCSA’s Interim CIO since January 2024 after former CIO
Terry Harmon’s retirement. In addition, Tamar has served as UNCSA’s Deputy Chief Information
Officer since 2021.
A UNCSA alum, Tamar has over 29 years of experience at UNCSA in a broad range of IT
disciplines such as network security, client services, classroom support, infrastructure
design, application development and systems administration. Recently, Tamar obtained
his CGCIO certification after graduating from the year-long Certified Government Chief
Information Officers Program™ at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s
School of Government.
I would like to thank the Search Committee members, who put in countless hours to
work on this important position. Working alongside the Search Firm, they narrowed
the list of more than 140 applicants down to 8 for virtual interviews, and then down
to 3 finalists for on-campus interviews. Search Committee members were: Gary Penrod-Chair,
Martin Ferrell, Steve Gallagher, Nakita Green, Sharon Hush, Aaron Ross, and Brock
Snyder.
In addition, I would like to thank the following IT members who participated in the
on-campus interviews: John Emanuel, Jessica Greenstein, Nick Johnson, William Lee,
and Dennis Wilson. And I would like to thank members of the Executive Leadership Team
who were able to participate in the on-campus interviews. The feedback from all groups
was invaluable.
Please join me in congratulating Tamar and welcoming him into this new role!
Sincerly,
Wendy Emerson
Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration