Web 2001 Presenters: Fred Loomis

Frederick D. Loomis serves as Director of the Solutions Institute in Penn State University's School of Information Sciences and Technology. He also has an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology. Loomis is a graduate of Penn State University, with advanced degrees in higher education and public administration.

His areas of interest include e-government, e-learning, leadership, strategy, organizational development, and the management of information technology. Loomis has published in the area of civil rights, management and e-government guides for contingency planning and executive leadership on the Y2K computer challenge. He has been an administrator with Penn State since 1988. Prior to his service with Penn State, Loomis worked for over 10 years with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. From September 1998 through December 1999, Loomis served as executive director of the Pa2K Year 2000 Outreach Program in the Governor's Office for Information Technology. In addition to leading the state's educational outreach program on Y2K, Loomis also developed the first Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information Technology, a summer residential outreach program for outstanding high school students.

In his current role as executive director of the IST Solutions Institute, he oversees efforts to extend academic expertise to address pressing societal problems such as workforce development, executive education, entrepreneurship, business incubation, faculty development, accelerated learning and youth outreach.

He is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, the American Association for Higher Education and the e-Pennsylvania Alliance.

Loomis is co-presenting the conference session Penn State Web Strategies Implementation.

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