John Rome

John is an experienced IT leader, educator, consultant and innovator with a long history of working in higher ed and IT. He is a pioneer in data analytics, helping ASU build a data warehouse in the mid 1990s. John developed his first cloud application in 2010 and has been a fanboy of cloud since.  He was also an early adopter of voice technology (including TedX talk) and was instrumental in the opening of the ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) powered by AWS at ASU’s Skysong campus.  John is also a part-time instructor in the ASU W.P. Carey School of Business, teaching cloud foundations (CIS 194) and big data concepts (CIS 415).  He holds a degree from Clarke University (Iowa) and a MBA from ASU. He is a two-time recipient of ASU’s President’s Award for Innovation.