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Carmen Rahm Takes on IT Direction at LCSC

LEWISTON - Carmen Rahm joined the Lewis-Clark State staff roster in September, taking the title of Chief Technology Officer and Director of Information Technology.

In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Rahm works with groups and individuals across the campus, exploring opportunities to apply technology to help the college meet its goals. In the process, he also helps people recognize and understand how technology might benefit their efforts.

As Director of Information Technology, Rahm manages his staff in providing the technology infrastructure that assists everyone on campus in doing their jobs. That infrastructure includes computing hardware, application software and voice and data networking. He views his task as, "Giving the college the best technology infrastructure possible, with the resources available."

Unlike the technology he utilizes, Rahm's formula for success is simple: Provide top-notch customer service. He plans to listen to his customers and "… provide the best service with regard to what they want and need." He applies the formula with a caveat, however, noting that he's all for technology and what it can offer, but stopping short of "automation for the sake of automation." His overall goal is to look for efficiencies and assure that technology helps the college achieve its goals.

When asked about his vision for LCSC and the technology it uses, Rahm offered the following: Investigate and implement making wireless technology (web access, any time, any place) available on campus, and "bringing disparate technology user groups together." He expects to apply the search for efficiencies to his own program as well, focusing on carefully identified priorities.

Rahm comes to the college with 15 years of information technology management experience. In addition to his years as a civilian working for the Navy, he has six years of undergraduate/graduate teaching experience in business and management information systems, and another five in the same area for private industry. He and his wife Linda plan to make their home in the valley, where they both anticipate taking advantage of the area's great golfing weather.

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