Lanita Collette
Deputy CIO, CISO at University of Arizona- Claim this Profile
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Miguel de Zubeldia
As a leader, Lanita has the powerful characteristic at her core, of building community and interactions with different lines of business, different organizational peers, as well as vendors and other third parties. By doing this, projects receive the right level of buy-in so that they are what is best for the organization as well as, have high levels of adoption, maximizing her organization's budget. Lanita also has the innate ability to take large, complex, time-sensitive, and demanding projects that include a plethora of stakeholders and variables, and digest those components in order to find the most effective ways to work with different people and groups. This empowers each person to deliver their maximum potential while making the business much better off. As a vendor, it has been a pleasure for me to be held up to the high standards that Lanita holds those who partner with her. She expects a lot from us but, makes it clear how and where we can benefit her organization and truly partner. This ensures that we bring the best that we have when working with her and her team knowing that there are high levels of accountability and trust that must be earned. All of that aside, Lanita is simply a great human who works really hard and intelligently to make her organization and the people around her, better.
Patrick Benson
Unsolicited Recommendation - Lanita has extraordinarily strong communication skills, the best I saw in 40-years of IT work. Her personal and work ethics are above reproach. Her ability to correlate business needs with a broad set of technology, and then explain the relationships, risks, costs and rewards is stunning. I would not hesitate in recommending her for any IT leadership position.
Miguel de Zubeldia
As a leader, Lanita has the powerful characteristic at her core, of building community and interactions with different lines of business, different organizational peers, as well as vendors and other third parties. By doing this, projects receive the right level of buy-in so that they are what is best for the organization as well as, have high levels of adoption, maximizing her organization's budget. Lanita also has the innate ability to take large, complex, time-sensitive, and demanding projects that include a plethora of stakeholders and variables, and digest those components in order to find the most effective ways to work with different people and groups. This empowers each person to deliver their maximum potential while making the business much better off. As a vendor, it has been a pleasure for me to be held up to the high standards that Lanita holds those who partner with her. She expects a lot from us but, makes it clear how and where we can benefit her organization and truly partner. This ensures that we bring the best that we have when working with her and her team knowing that there are high levels of accountability and trust that must be earned. All of that aside, Lanita is simply a great human who works really hard and intelligently to make her organization and the people around her, better.
Patrick Benson
Unsolicited Recommendation - Lanita has extraordinarily strong communication skills, the best I saw in 40-years of IT work. Her personal and work ethics are above reproach. Her ability to correlate business needs with a broad set of technology, and then explain the relationships, risks, costs and rewards is stunning. I would not hesitate in recommending her for any IT leadership position.
Miguel de Zubeldia
As a leader, Lanita has the powerful characteristic at her core, of building community and interactions with different lines of business, different organizational peers, as well as vendors and other third parties. By doing this, projects receive the right level of buy-in so that they are what is best for the organization as well as, have high levels of adoption, maximizing her organization's budget. Lanita also has the innate ability to take large, complex, time-sensitive, and demanding projects that include a plethora of stakeholders and variables, and digest those components in order to find the most effective ways to work with different people and groups. This empowers each person to deliver their maximum potential while making the business much better off. As a vendor, it has been a pleasure for me to be held up to the high standards that Lanita holds those who partner with her. She expects a lot from us but, makes it clear how and where we can benefit her organization and truly partner. This ensures that we bring the best that we have when working with her and her team knowing that there are high levels of accountability and trust that must be earned. All of that aside, Lanita is simply a great human who works really hard and intelligently to make her organization and the people around her, better.
Patrick Benson
Unsolicited Recommendation - Lanita has extraordinarily strong communication skills, the best I saw in 40-years of IT work. Her personal and work ethics are above reproach. Her ability to correlate business needs with a broad set of technology, and then explain the relationships, risks, costs and rewards is stunning. I would not hesitate in recommending her for any IT leadership position.
Miguel de Zubeldia
As a leader, Lanita has the powerful characteristic at her core, of building community and interactions with different lines of business, different organizational peers, as well as vendors and other third parties. By doing this, projects receive the right level of buy-in so that they are what is best for the organization as well as, have high levels of adoption, maximizing her organization's budget. Lanita also has the innate ability to take large, complex, time-sensitive, and demanding projects that include a plethora of stakeholders and variables, and digest those components in order to find the most effective ways to work with different people and groups. This empowers each person to deliver their maximum potential while making the business much better off. As a vendor, it has been a pleasure for me to be held up to the high standards that Lanita holds those who partner with her. She expects a lot from us but, makes it clear how and where we can benefit her organization and truly partner. This ensures that we bring the best that we have when working with her and her team knowing that there are high levels of accountability and trust that must be earned. All of that aside, Lanita is simply a great human who works really hard and intelligently to make her organization and the people around her, better.
Patrick Benson
Unsolicited Recommendation - Lanita has extraordinarily strong communication skills, the best I saw in 40-years of IT work. Her personal and work ethics are above reproach. Her ability to correlate business needs with a broad set of technology, and then explain the relationships, risks, costs and rewards is stunning. I would not hesitate in recommending her for any IT leadership position.
Credentials
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HEISC Advisory Committee 2022
EDUCAUSEOct, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
EDUCAUSE Presenter
EDUCAUSEFeb, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
CISSP
(ISC)²Nov, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
PMP
Project Management InstituteMay, 2010- Oct, 2024
Experience
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University of Arizona
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Deputy CIO, CISO
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Nov 2019 - Present
Technology leadership and innovation for cloud, Infrastructure, security, service management, support, research computing and institutional partnerships.
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Chief Information Security Officer
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Feb 2017 - Present
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Northern Arizona University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Deputy CIO, CISO
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Dec 2016 - Feb 2017
Leading technology innovation for a public research university. Span of expertise includes enterprise applications, analytics, and security.
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University Information Security Officer/Director of Information Security Team
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Dec 2012 - Dec 2016
Director of Information Security
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Assistant Director, Enterprise Information Solutions
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Oct 2008 - Dec 2012
Project Director for successful Oracle PeopleSoft CS/HCM 8.9 to 9.0 upgrade. Leadership of PeopleSoft and Java Development, Enterprise Business Analyst, and Business Process Consultant Teams. Mediation, Facilitation, Coaching, and Team Building. Oversee application side of PeopleSoft operations and production issues.
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Interim Director, Academic Computing
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Mar 2008 - Oct 2008
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Team Lead, Student Computing and Networking
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Mar 2005 - Mar 2008
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PC Support Team Lead
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Oct 2000 - Mar 2005
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Education
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Bryn Mawr College
BA, Anthropology -
Arizona State University
MA, Anthropology/Archaeology