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“I am pleased to welcome Matt Hall to Texas State,” said President Kelly Damphousse. “Matt’s successful career reflects his ability to lead the expansion and implementation of technology capabilities throughout a variety of industry sectors, including higher education, law enforcement, oil and gas, global corporate investment banking, health care and software and cloud services.”
Hall most recently served as VPIT/CIO at the University of Central Florida in Orlando but previously held leadership positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
“As the university strides towards its R1 ambition and emphasizes student success, I’m eager to drive initiatives in AI fluency, modernized technology tools and the strategic use of technology to bring our ‘Hopes and Aspirations High’ strategy to life,” Hall said in the news release.
Hall will provide universitywide direction, leadership, coordination and administrative oversight across Texas State’s central and distributed IT infrastructure, according to the statement. Hall is tasked with developing and implementing strategic technologies that can reduce the administrative effort required to achieve university goals.
“A defining characteristic through all of Matt’s higher education roles is his ability and his passion to take a holistic approach in creating IT-shared governance structures built on collaboration among administration, faculty and staff members and students,” Damphousse said.
In addition to higher education experience, Hall has held senior positions at Koch Industries International, Microsoft, Bank of America and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international/global studies and a master’s degree in international/global relations, as well as several IT industry certifications.
