Dr. Samuel Sudhakar

Dr. Samuel Sudhakar serves as the Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology Services at California State University, San Bernardino where he provides leadership to Academic, Administrative, Infrastructure Technologies, and Information Security and Compliance initiatives. He has been with CSUSB since August 2013. Since 2013, Sudhakar has turned IT Services into a proactive, customer centric division with priority on providing world class customer services to students, faculty & staff, fostering & supporting faculty led innovation, and improving operational efficiency in all areas of University operations. Prior to joining CSUSB, Dr. Sudhakar served as the Vice President of Administrative Services and CIO at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Under his leadership Carl Sandburg College was ranked No.1 in the nation for digital technology, by the Center for Digital Education, and has been named among the top 10 in that category from 2006-2013. Sudhakar was named among the top 50 educational technology innovators in 2011 by Converge Magazine. Dr. Sudhakar holds s PhD in Business Administration from Northcentral University, an MBA from St. Joseph’s University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Bharathiar University in India.