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Chip Andrews has been vice president of information technology and chief information officer at ³ûÄñÊÓƵ since 2012. He arrived in 2005 as the university’s chief IT officer. His primary role is managing the budget, operations and staff of ³ûÄñÊÓƵ’s information technology department. Over the last decade, he oversaw ³ûÄñÊÓƵ’s transition to more streamlined technology services, including the university’s migration from Blackboard LMS to Canvas LMS, which brought improved analytics, mobile support, integrated audio and video and superior hosting to ³ûÄñÊÓƵ’s classrooms and offices. Specializing in Microsoft SQL server security, he founded the cybersecurity firm Special Ops Security and long-running website  before arriving at ³ûÄñÊÓƵ. He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied computer science from Southern Polytechnic State University and a master’s degree in applied computer science from Columbus State University.