Ronald R. Hutchins

Ron Hutchins came to Georgia Tech in 1981 to serve in a research support role in the School of Information and Computer Science. He participated in research in computing and networking and supported the computing and communications needs of the School's faculty, staff and students.

In the mid-1980s, Ron worked with Dr. Phil Enslow to create a premier networking laboratory in the College of Computing and taught Senior and Graduate level data communications courses. After working with the central computing organization to create a campus backbone network, Ron moved to the campus role of Director of Networks in 1991.

Leveraging the 1996 Olympics to augment the campus technology infrastructure, Ron worked to bring regional and national networking exposure to the campus in 2001, after receiving his PhD in computer networks. He then took on the role of Chief Technology Officer for the campus. Ron continues to work to support research and academic programs across the campus as well as to grow Georgia Tech into one of the top ten university technology environments in the United States.