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Joe Traino

Senior Manager | Prosci® CCP, CMMC RP

A Senior Manager in BerryDunn’s Higher Education Management and IT consulting practice, Joe is focused on helping clients solve business problems and transform their organizations into highly effective student-centric institutions. He is an innovative, results-driven problem solver, and has more than 28 years or experience working with colleges and universities in technical, consulting, and CIO leadership roles. Joe works in the Phoenix office, where he helps clients improve their services delivery in data management, governance, organizational effectiveness, risk management/security, and administrative/academic applications. 

Joe is a member of BerryDunn's Recovery Advisory Team and has guided clients through the COVID-19 outbreak. He is also a certified CMMC Registered Practitioner.

A Senior Manager in BerryDunn’s Higher Education Management and IT consulting practice, Joe is focused on helping clients solve business problems and transform their organizations into highly effective student-centric institutions. He is an innovative, results-driven problem solver, and has more than 28 years or experience working with colleges and universities in technical, consulting, and CIO leadership roles. Joe works in the Phoenix office, where he helps clients improve their services delivery in data management, governance, organizational effectiveness, risk management/security, and administrative/academic applications. 

Joe is a member of BerryDunn's Recovery Advisory Team and has guided clients through the COVID-19 outbreak. He is also a certified CMMC Registered Practitioner.

As a previous CIO, Joe understands the importance of well-implemented and well-aligned technology solutions to the mission of higher education institutions. Prior to joining BerryDunn, he worked at CampusWorks leading their technology consulting practice and providing technical services/solutions to higher education clients. Joe also held various technology leadership positions at the University of Baltimore, State of Maryland, and T. Rowe Price.

Experience highlights

Joe has helped higher education institutions across the United States and Canada in variety of areas, including:

  • IT assessments
  • Organizational assessments
  • Security assessments
  • ERP strategies and support
  • IT leadership
  • Strategic planning
  • IT governance
  • Policy and procedure development
  • Business process review

Joe regularly contributes articles on technology and management in higher education, and has been a speaker at several conferences, including Campus Technology, Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), and Community College of Business Officers (CCBO). 

He has authored several higher education blogs and has interest in GLBA, strategic planning, emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, and VR, and how these can transform the future of higher education.

Presentations

  • Leveraging Technology Audits to Reap Maximum Benefits, presented at the MEEC Annual Conference, Baltimore
  • Building Bridges across the Higher Education Divide, presented at the ACCT Annual Conference
  • IT in a Tight Budget Environment: Doing different with less, presented at the CCBO Annual Conference

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Memberships and committees

  • National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
  • EDUCAUSE
  • Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

BerryDunn is a Chief Information Systems Officer’s Association (CISOA) Strategic Partner.

CISOA Strategic Partner

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Education

BS, Computer Science, University of Baltimore

MBA, Northcentral University

EdD, Organizational Leadership, Grand Canyon University

Certifications

  • Prosci® CCP
  • CMMC RP