Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) services for small-medium higher education institutions who need people-first support in structure, strategy, and solutions.
With 30+ years of high-profile technology innovation experience, executive and business leadership, and accreditation and academic process improvement, Dr. Reichard has broad interdisciplinary experience to uniquely support the needs of small-medium sized higher education institions develop technology strategy and solutions.
Critical areas of focus for the contemporary HigherEd technology leader.
Small-to-medium institutions often struggle with the data demands of reaffirmation. I bridge the gap between your IT infrastructure and your Provost's office, ensuring your systems automatically capture the evidence needed for accreditors. I help you move from manual spreadsheets to automated "Institutional Effectiveness" dashboards.
Technology should reduce overhead, not create it. Using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, I audit your current tech stack and workflows to eliminate "tech debt" and administrative friction. Whether it is streamlining Human Resources systems or inter-campus coordination, I focus on "people-first" structures that improve staff morale and operational efficiency.
With over 25 years of experience in Learning Management Systems, including building two from the ground up. I provide expert guidance on LMS selection, migration, and customization. My focus is on Social Presence, a key factor in student persistence for online programs, ensuring your digital classroom feels like a community, not just a repository.
Stop guessing why students are leaving or where they are coming from. I will help you implement robust data science and machine learning solutions to provide real-time insights into your institutional health. I help your C-suite leaders visualize key performance indicators to drive sustainable growth.
Move beyond the AI hype with a technical, ethics-first approach to institutional intelligence. I help small-to-medium institutions develop realistic AI roadmaps that prioritize data privacy, academic integrity, and operational ROI. Leveraging my background in Data Science and Machine Learning, I help you evaluate which AI tools actually solve institutional problems and which are merely "shiny objects."