CENIC Board Selects First Chief Operations Officer.Business Editors LOS ALAMITOS Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1996 to provide high-performance, high-bandwidth networking services to California universities and research institutions. (CENIC CENIC Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California CENIC Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas (Cuba) ) has announced the selection of James Dolgonas to serve as its chief operations officer. CENIC, a not-for-profit consortium founded by California's higher education community, is a global leader in the development and implementation of the next generation of network services. With over 25 years of management and executive experience in all facets of higher education information technology, Dolgonas has the essential complement of skills and experience to work collaboratively and creatively with CENIC's charter associates as well as state and national constituencies. His university-wide project leadership in policy and strategic planning will be invaluable as CENIC enters into its sixth year of operation. Dolgonas' appointment began July 15, 2002. Most recently, Dolgonas was the assistant vice president for information systems and computing in the office of the president of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). system. CENIC president/executive director Tom West stated, "Jim brings a wealth of skills and expertise to help implement a set of bold, new initiatives to sustain California's legacy as the center of the digital universe. As CENIC enters its sixth year, Jim's experience will be of enormous benefit in navigating the inherently challenging environment that brings together higher education and K-12 communities, public and private research organizations, and government partners. Moreover, Dolgonas' will be a huge asset as we chart a roadmap for an evolutionary statewide broadband infrastructure to serve these diverse constituencies." CENIC is a not-for-profit corporation formed by the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. , the California State University Enrollment  , Stanford University, the University of California, and the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission to facilitate and coordinate the deployment, development, and operation of a set of seamless and robust advanced network services. Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, and Pacific Bell are CENIC's Associate Partners. More information about CENIC can be found at www.cenic.org. |
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