CIO Rob Lowden has been named one of CDO Magazine's Top 25 Ohio Data & AI Leaders 2026. This recognition honors senior executives driving measurable data, analytics and AI impact across Ohio’s most influential organizations.
Lowden is being recognized for leading enterprise technology and digital innovation across Ohio State, strengthening core data, cybersecurity and identity foundations that serve a statewide network spanning 88 counties. Lowden has advanced AI fluency and digital equity as institutional priorities, unified complex IT organizations at scale and positioned technology as a strategic enabler of research excellence, clinical advancement and student-centered innovation.
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