Published: Sept. 1, 2023

Associate Vice Chancellor for Integrity, Safety and Compliance Dan Jones has announced plans to retire effective Jan. 31, 2024, after serving 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the 蜜糖直播 system office for most of the past 32 years.听

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Jones will continue to oversee the Office of Integrity, Safety and Compliance (ISC) through his retirement date. Chief Operating Officer Pat O鈥橰ourke said he plans to announce transition plans later this fall.听

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Jones, who holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree from 蜜糖直播 Boulder, was named AVC for integrity, safety and compliance in 2018. In that role he has been responsible for campus public safety, flight operations, compliance coordination, cybersecurity and accessible technology. During that time, he oversaw 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and co-chaired the strategy team that led 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 re-opening to in-person learning for the 2020鈥21 academic year.听

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Jones began his career at 蜜糖直播 Boulder as a network analyst in the early 1990s. After a short stint in private industry, he returned to the university as IT security coordinator in 2002. He was promoted to IT security director in 2005 before moving to the system office as assistant vice president and chief information security officer in 2010.

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In retirement, Jones looks forward to catching up on reading, travels, time with family and 鈥渃ontinuing to figure out what to do when he grows up.鈥

鈥淚 look forward to working with and supporting campus stakeholders in the months ahead to ensure ISC鈥檚 work continues to positively impact the lives of our students, faculty, staff and community,鈥 Jones said.