Lewis Temares

Abstract

Dr. M. Lewis Temares is VP/CIO Emeritus for Information Technology and Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. For the majority of his career, he led a staff of 300 employees and was responsible for all aspects of computing and telecommunications, operating with a $40 million budget. Dr. Temares joined the University of Miami in 1980 and later became the first officially designated Chief Information Officer in higher education in the United States, while simultaneously serving as Dean of the College of Engineering from 1994–2007. Selected as one of the “Premiere 100 IT Leaders in the World,” he led the University of Miami IT Department to place in the top ten of Computerworld’s “Best Places to Work” for eight consecutive years, a distinction only the University of Miami can claim.