Why Does IT Cost So Much?

Mark Roman

Simon Fraser University

Mark Roman serves as the Chief Information Officer at Simon Fraser University and he is also the President of the Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers (CUCCIO). Most recently, Mark served as the Associate Vice-President of Information and Communications Technology and Chief Information Officer for the University of Saskatchewan (USask). He was also previous Chair of the Board of Saskatchewan Research Network Inc. (SRNET), and previous Chair of the Board of BCNET. Prior to his position at uSask, Mark was the owner of 22over7, a higher education IT management consulting organization, and was previously CIO at the University of Victoria, and Executive Director of Enterprise Systems at Carleton University. He holds a B.Math (Computer Science) from the University of Waterloo, an MBA (Finance) from Queen’s University, and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). Mark is married with three children, five computers, and seven guitars. He is an occasional author writing about management and IT and has had a lifelong interest in military history. His other hobby is cycling and he looks forward to riding up Burnaby Mountain as soon as he can summon up the courage.