Finalists named for Northwest VP post
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Roger Von Holzen
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Officials at Northwest Missouri State University have announced plans for on-campus interviews with two finalists under consideration for the post of vice president of information technology.
Rob Thomas, Jr. and Ted Corbett will be on campus Monday, June 29, and Tuesday, June 30, respectively. Open forums with each candidate will take place from 12:30-1:30 p.m. both days at The Station, a student services and conference center located near the high-rise residence halls.
Thomas currently serves as executive vice president of technology for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and previously owned and operated a private-sector consulting firm, Onkew Technology, which specialized in tech solutions for the finance and healthcare industries.
He holds a degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was a seven-time NCAA track and field All-American.
Corbett is a principal at the C6 Group and has also worked for Cisco Systems, Coreon Inc., Ernst & Young and AT&T.
A former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, he also served as an adjunct professor and holds degrees from Washington University and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Northwest’s current technology VP is Roger Von Holzen, who was appointed by President John Jasinski two years ago following the retirement of Jon Rickman.
Von Holzen, who will remain a member of the university faculty, formerly served as director of Northwest’s Center for Information Technology in Education, commonly known as CITE.
He also directed the Northwest Missouri Educational Consortium and the university’s Textbook Services office until being named interim vice president of information technology in fall 2012, an appointment made permanent in May 2013.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Von Holzen began his education career teaching high school history and computer science.
He earned a master’s degree in computer studies at Northwest in 1987, subsequently joining the computer science faculty and completing a doctorate in instructional technology from Texas Tech University.
