The UIT Leadership Team comprises CIO Steve Gallagher and the leaders of the seven units that report directly to him.
Steve Gallagher
Chief Information Officer
Steve Gallagher is the Chief Information Officer of Stanford University. He leads University IT, a world-class technology services organization that partners with faculty, students, staff, and alumni to advance the teaching, learning, research, and healthcare mission. UIT manages Stanford’s enterprise business applications, collaboration technology, data warehouse, business intelligence, network engineering, telecommunications, web services, client services, and advancement systems. He jointly leads the Information Security Office and the Research Computing group.
Steve serves as a member of the University Cabinet and on the SLAC National Laboratory Board of Overseers Committee on Business, Technology, Audit and Compliance. He also co-chairs the Stanford CIO Council which is comprised of Stanford’s technology leaders from across campus. Steve reports to the Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer.
Steve previously served as the CIO of the Harvard Business School and as CIO of the University of San Francisco. Before his time in higher education, he served in executive leadership roles in the venture capital and financial technology sectors in San Francisco, New York, and Boston.
Steve has a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Sylvie Cosgrove
Executive Director for IT Infrastructure
Sylvie is the newly appointed Executive Director for IT Infrastructure. This unit consists of all on-premise enterprise data center and communications facilities and engineering, as well as all enterprise data networking, communications, and related supporting technologies. Sylvie provides executive oversight to UIT’s workgroups responsible for the Stanford Network (SUNet), Stanford Voice Collaboration Infrastructure and Services, Stanford’s three primary administrative data centers and related infrastructure, as well as UIT’s business continuity and disaster recovery planning and process coordination. Learn more about IT Infrastructure.
Sylvie joined Stanford in June 2019 with over 30 years of experience in technology and healthcare. Most recently, Sylvie was the Head of IT at Cloudflare, a leading web performance and security company. There she led initiatives to transform the IT organization, infrastructure, and enterprise systems to effectively scale to support the company’s rapid growth. Prior to Cloudflare, she held technology leadership positions at Google and Acadia Healthcare.
Sylvie holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Jose State University.
Michael Tran Duff
Assistant Vice President for Security and Chief Information Security Officer
Michael is the Assistant Vice President for Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Stanford University. He reports into University IT and to the Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.
Michael leads the Information Security Office which oversees Stanford's efforts to protect its computing and information assets and to comply with information-related laws, regulations, and policies. Learn more about the Information Security Office.
Michael joined Stanford in 2012 and ascended to the CISO role in 2013. Prior to that he led the information security program at SRI International in Menlo Park and taught as a visiting instructor at Miami University in Ohio. While a student at MIT, he founded an electronic medical records company and later served as CTO of the acquiring organization.
Michael has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Physics, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Brad Immanuel
Executive Director for Client Experience & Solutions
Brad is the Executive Director for Client Experience & Solutions (CXS), a senior role on the UIT leadership team. His unit is responsible for the user support for many of the organization’s most client-facing offerings, as well as service management, operational support, and professional services for several broad UIT offerings. It is the front face of UIT services, helping Stanford University and Stanford Medicine clients acquire and use technology successfully. Learn more about Client Experience and Solutions.
Brad joined Stanford nine years ago. He was previously a senior director for End User Experience, where he advanced the Computer Resource Center (CRC) endpoint services unit, created a single, modern endpoint engineering and development team, evolved UIT’s mobile device and paging service offerings, and launched a university computer refresh program. Previous to that role, he was the director of CRC and a CRC manager.
Brad came to Stanford from UCSF where he served in several positions, including the Director of IT for the Department of Anesthesia, an operations manager, and a technical consultant. He also served as an IT manager at the Center for Citizen Initiatives in San Francisco, providing economic development programs to former Soviet republics shortly after the Cold War.
Brad received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Pepperdine University
Ganesh Karkala
Associate Vice President for Enterprise Technology
Ganesh is the Associate Vice President for Enterprise Technology. He is responsible for the implementation and support of the core administrative applications and systems that run the business of the University. In addition to supporting the major enterprise systems (financials, HR, student records, research administration, alumni and donor), Ganesh partners with schools and business units to identify and implement efficient, cost-effective IT solutions. Learn more about Enterprise Technology.
Ganesh has more than 20 years of experience leading technology operations and initiatives across large-scale, complex organizations, both in the US and internationally. His expertise spans application development, infrastructure management, program office management, mergers and acquisitions, and prudent application of business and technology standards such as COBIT, ITIL, and PMBOK.
Ganesh joined Stanford as the Director of Financial Systems in 2006. In 2007 he became the Executive Director of Administrative Systems and was promoted to Associate Vice President in 2009. Prior to Stanford, Ganesh was the Senior Director for Technical Services at Oracle USA. At Oracle, he managed large-scale development projects and programs, including Oracle’s Global Single Instance technical consolidation program, which resulted in $2 billion in savings for the company.
Ganesh has a Bachelor of Science in Instrumentation Technology from the University of Mysore and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University.
Ruth Marinshaw
Chief Technology Officer, Research Computing
Ruth Marinshaw is CTO for Research Computing at Stanford University, leading the Stanford Research Computing Center (SRCC). Jointly reporting to the Dean of Research and the Stanford CIO, Ruth and the SRCC team engage with researchers and technologists across a wide spectrum of disciplines to support a growing portfolio of research technologies and cyberinfrastructure services. Her team is focused on ensuring that all campus researchers have access to strong, sufficient, relevant and robust data and computational platforms and services to accelerate scientific discovery and scholarship, advancing Stanford's research mission. Learn more about Research Computing.
With more than 25 years of experience in supporting, managing and leading technology teams and programs in higher ed, Ruth is especially interested in extending the potential of high-end computing to research areas whose compute and analysis needs cannot be met by traditional HPC solutions.
Ruth is actively engaged in the broader national HPC and Research Computing communities through participation in the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC), the Campus Research Computing Consortium, XSEDE Campus Champions and SP Forum, and other initiatives. She serves on the advisory committees for the Pacific Research Platform, the NSF DesignSafe project, and Canada's WestGrid. As a member of Stanford's CIO Council, Ruth is a co-sponsor of the Stanford Women in Technology (WiT) program.
Prior to joining Stanford in 2012, Ruth held a variety of IT and Research Computing-related positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including Assistant Vice Chancellor for Teaching, Learning and Research Computing, as well as Director of the RENCI Engagement Center at UNC. A life-long Tar Heel fan, Ruth earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Chapel Hill.
Sam Steinhardt
Assistant Vice President for Service Strategy
Sam is the Assistant Vice President for Service Strategy. His unit plays a key role in driving the organization's strategic direction through the proactive management of the UIT service portfolio, and by aligning UIT’s resources with its overall strategy. Sam provides executive oversight for UIT’s service management, business relations, project management, and financial and vendor management efforts. Learn more about Service Strategy.
Sam has been at Stanford since 1999, providing administrative leadership in a number of areas. Initially, Sam was the Chief Financial and Operations Officer for Learning Technology and Extended Education, where he directed an array of organizations utilizing new media to export academic content to non-traditional audiences. From 2002 to 2006, Sam was the Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) and Wallenberg Hall, which provided advanced resource classrooms and state-of-the-art facilities for research in learning and education, both locally and in collaboration with international partners. From 2006 to 2015, Sam served as the Executive Director for Business Services in Stanford’s IT Services organization.
Prior to joining Stanford, Sam was the CFO for a privately held systems integration firm. Earlier in his career, he spent six years at KPMG (now Bearing Point) and then founded and managed Steinhardt Associates, a general management consulting firm.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Stanford and an Master of Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
