Bill Clebsch is the Associate Vice President for IT Services at Stanford. He holds university-wide responsibility for Stanford’s data center planning and operations; research computing; network and communication services; infrastructure applications; desktop and mobility support; call center services; and help desk support. Bill came to Stanford in 1986 for the project that implemented the campus-wide voice and data network. After holding several positions of increasing responsibility in IT, Bill assumed the leadership role for the central IT organization in 2006. He was promoted to Associate Vice President in 2009.
Bill is passionate about achieving continuous improvement through leadership and talent development, closely measured by customer and employee satisfaction. He has helped establish several development programs for IT leaders and individual contributors across Stanford and higher education. He is also an active participant in Stanford’s student advising programs.
Bill has spoken at numerous conferences worldwide on topics such as Talent Development, Next Generation Data Centers, Green IT, Management by Metrics, Continuous Improvement Organizations, and Future Trends in Technology. He has written articles on these subjects, and his article, “Management by Fact: Deep Benchmarking,” received the 2006 Educause Award for Outstanding Contribution.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, an MBA from San Francisco State University and was a fellow at the International Institute for Studies and Training in Japan.
