Heartland names Scott Bross as chief information officer

[January 23, 2015]  NORMAL - The Heartland Community College Board of Trustees recently appointed Scott Bross as the College’s new chief information officer (CIO). Previously, Bross was the collaborative information manager for GROWMARK, Inc. His start date at Heartland was January 12.

As CIO, Bross will provide leadership to the College in all areas related to information technology, for both administrative and academic applications. He will support the infrastructure of information services and technology systems district-wide. This includes two data centers, instructional technology, audio/visual systems and voice, data and video networks.

“Scott’s skills, experience and passion for technology make him a great fit to lead the College through the ever-changing and diverse world of technology,” said President of Heartland Community College, Rob Widmer. “We are thrilled he has joined the Heartland team.”

Early in his career, Bross worked as a systems analyst specializing in cross-platform integration for BroMenn Healthcare. He also served as president and managing partner for ICEnet, Inc., a local Internet Service Provider.

In 1998, Bross joined GROWMARK, Inc. as manager of network services and most recently, served as collaborative information manager. While at GROWMARK, Bross helped evolve the technical infrastructure and service platforms of the organization. Most recently, he has implemented MS SharePoint as a collaborative platform housing the company’s intranet, extranet, and all division, department and project team sites. Additionally, Bross converted GROWMARK’s Human Resources into a mostly paperless division. This included intake and storage of all existing paper records for nine separate business units and approximately 2,000 employees.

Bross completed his Bachelor of Science degree in information technology at Illinois State University. He also completed the Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) program at Illinois State University, an 18-month, graduate-level program delivered by the ISU College of Business and GROWMARK executive and management staff.

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[Becky Gropp, Heartland Community College]