Strategic Expansion (2002–2010)

In the spring of 2002, I was focused on my new position at NSF that was due to begin in May. I did not spend much time looking back and assessing where the College of Computing was, even though I cared deeply about its status (and still do). I knew that things in the College were on an even keel albeit with some developing problems and needed changes, it was moving forward with a good cohort of maturing leaders, and I was not worried. However, two people at Tech had been watching and assessing the College’s place at Tech and in the wider world of academe—President G. Wayne Clough and Provost Jean-Lou Chameau. It soon became clear to my successor that they believed the College had a great future and were prepared to support that, not only in the interests of the College, but as a strategic driver for Georgia Tech.