Terry Cottrell

Dr. Terry Cottrell is Vice President for Information Technology and Planning/CIO at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. In addition to 30+ years of practitioner expertise in various levels of IT management and business governance, his career includes 20+ years of teaching work, numerous publications, and conference presentations about leadership and risk management, cybersecurity, trends in research methods, budgeting negotiation, media impacts on cognition, hands-free A/R tools, copyright, and strategic planning. Terry holds BA and MBA degrees from University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL, a MS from the iSchool at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an EdD from Northern Illinois University, a MS degree from Columbia University in the City of New York, and an executive certification from MIT Sloan School of Management. He has served on numerous non-profit boards and provided angel investments to four successful startups. He is also active in residential/commercial real estate management and equity investment markets. Terry has designed and taught a variety of courses at Colorado State University-Global Campus, Northern Illinois University, and Northwestern University. In his free time, Terry enjoys being with his family, travelling, writing, outdoor adventure activities, and is never far from very good coffee.