CONTACT:
- Wim Geurden, Department of Information Technology, 360/546-9172, wgeurden@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Vancouver has named Wim Geurden to the position of director of information technology, as of April 15.
Geurden comes to 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø from JPMorgan Chase, Columbus, Ohio, where he was chief of IT architecture for retail financial services. He is a resident of Ridgefield, Wash., where he has lived since 1999. He has also worked as a senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services Practice, and as a senior technology strategist for banking at Microsoft Corporation. Prior to Microsoft, Geurden was a partner with Accenture's Strategic Information Technology Effectiveness group.
"I am looking forward to expanding the IT capabilities on this rapidly growing campus," said Geurden, "and to appropriately integrating a continuous stream of new technology into our existing environment."
This is a new position at 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø; formerly, IT was part of the department of Library and Information Services.
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, nine master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at
Photo: Wim Geurden, 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Director of Information Technology. Click thumbnail for high resolution image.