Summary
David Shettler is a higher education technology leader with 16 years of progressive IT and security experience at the College of the Holy Cross, now serving as Vice President for Information Technology & CIO. He combines hands-on systems and UNIX roots with boardroom-level strategy, having led pandemic response operations and driven institution-wide security programs. His career blends long-term operational continuity (nearly two decades at Holy Cross) with moments of rapid crisis leadership and cross-functional collaboration. David has also contributed to the open-source security community as a former VP and lead developer at the Open Security Foundation, reflecting an engineer's mindset alongside executive responsibilities. Based in Worcester, MA, he is skilled at turning practical technical solutions into auditable, campus-scale services that align with institutional priorities. He brings a pragmatic, security-first perspective uncommon in executive roles, grounded in real-world console and infrastructure experience.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Information Technology, BS Information Technology at University of Phoenix
French, English