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Terri-Lynn B. Thayer
Managing Vice President
Terri-Lynn Thayer is a Managing Vice President at Gartner where her she leads a global team of analysts focused on providing higher education and K-12 targeted insights to CIOs, IT Leaders, and technology vendors. Her team tracks business and technology trends and products providing Gartner clients with actionable advice about both strategic and pragmatic topics. This helps clients make smarter decisions, improve performance and achieve their mission-critical priorities.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Thayer had a 27-year career in higher education at both Brown University and Dartmouth College. During her 23 years at Brown University she held increasingly responsible positions in IT leadership, culminating in her role as Assistant Vice President of Information Technology. She also had a five-year stint in defense contracting as a Database Administrator and Technology Analyst supporting the U.S. Navy and Army
Professional background
Aquidneck Management Associates, Database Administrator, 5 years
Brown University, Assistant Vice President and Deputy CIO, 23 years
Dartmouth College, Research Analyst, 3 years
Areas of coverage
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Education Digital Transformation and Innovation
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Education Technology Optimization and Modernization (Retired)
Education
International Executive M.B.A., Instituto de Empresa Business School and Brown University
B.Sc., Brown University
Course work completed in Computer Science at Dartmouth College
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Selection, implementation, contracts and replacement of higher education ERP and business systems, including student information systems
Continuing Education solutions and Faculty Information Systems
CRM across the entire student life cycle from recruitment to retention and alumni relations
Research information management systems
CIO issues in higher education