Jim Bole

Jim Bole currently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer at the University at Albany, SUNY, a position held since December 2020, focusing on identity and access management, secure computing, incident response, policy compliance, and user education. Prior to this role, Jim was the Director of Information Security at Stevenson University, where development of the institution's information security program was led. Jim's extensive career at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK spanned from 1998 to April 2019, encompassing various roles including Senior Manager of Governance, Risk, and Compliance, where Jim directed policy governance and compliance efforts, and Manager of Information Security, where significant team expansion and infrastructure modernization were achieved. Jim's earlier experience includes positions at The Tennessean, United States Army Reserve, El Paso Times, El Paso Herald-Post, Salina Journal, and University of Kansas Press. Jim earned a degree in Journalism from The University of Kansas.