Higher education students are living in the cloud, relying daily on mobile apps accessible from their phones. Adtalem Global Education set out to reach these students right where they are. Determined to serve extension campuses and online learning environments with new, flexible technology, the learning institution turned to the cloud to help bring classrooms to students.
Since migrating its on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, Adtalem has benefited from increased scalability and the freedom to innovate by re-tasking valuable IT resources to invent versus manage infrastructure.
In this webinar, Adtalem's IT leadership will share the keys to their efficient and successful cloud migration, organized by the four components of their strategy:
- Focus on Architecture: Adtalem leverages the AWS Well-Architected Framework to build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for their applications.
- Partner with Experts: Adtalem realized the importance of enlisting the right support resources whose main focus is helping them achieve their outcomes and find success in the cloud.
- Plan and Commit: To truly realize the benefits of cloud technology, Adtalem committed to moving mission-critical workloads to the cloud.
- Educate the Organization: To ensure that their vital applications transitioned to the cloud seamlessly, Adtalem prioritized getting the application and development teams trained and cloud certified.
This webcast is made possible with the support of Inside Higher Education.
Speakers
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Dennis Harding
Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations Adtalem Global Education Dennis Harding joined Adtalem Global Education in 2017 as Vice President of Infrastructure and Security Operations, with responsibility for managing all aspects of Adtalem’s infrastructure services, cloud systems, network, end user computing services, support desk and IT Service Management.
Prior to joining Adtalem, Harding served in a variety of IT leadership roles for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, a Fortune 50 global agribusiness operating in 170 countries. He led an IT transformation program and served as the Senior Director of Global Infrastructure, responsible for networks, data centers and IT operations. Before ADM, Harding served as Chief Information Officer for Iowa Grain Company, a brokerage business operating in global futures markets. In addition to leading all facets of the IT function, he guided the operations and product management of a proprietary trading application, serving the largest customer segments.
Harding holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Michigan State University.
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Chris Nash
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Adtalem Global Education Chris Nash was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Adtalem Global Education in 2013, with responsibility for managing all aspects of Adtalem’s IT strategy, planning and operations, including academic technologies, business support services, application development, infrastructure, project management officer and enterprise architecture.
Nash joined Adtalem in 2010 as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Before Adtalem, Nash served as Chief Technology Officer for Millward Brown, one of the world’s largest market research companies. In this role, Nash was responsible for global strategy and supported all technology solutions used by 84 offices across 54 countries. Before Millward Brown, Nash served in a variety of IT roles over 12 years at Kraft Foods. He led numerous manufacturing, supply chain and customer service initiatives, served as one of Kraft’s first enterprise architects, and in his final role, as IT client account director for Finance, Corporate and HQ systems. Nash also worked for Greenbrier & Russel Consulting and Rand McNally.
Nash serves on the Board of Trustees for Chamberlain University. He holds a master’s in business from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Beloit College.
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