Bryan McLucas

Interim IT Associate Director
Bryan McLucas serves as the IT Associate Director for the Franklin College Office of Information Technology at the University of Georgia. In this role, he provides strategic leadership and operational alignment across the college’s four functional teams: Client Services, Web Services, Systems Management, and Instructional Technology. Bryan collaborates closely with Franklin College leadership, serves as a senior IT advisor to the Dean’s Office, and manages college-wide endpoint security compliance, strategic budgeting, and IT infrastructure.
 
Bryan’s career in Franklin College began in 1996 as a student worker responsible for web development in the Division of Biological Sciences. After earning both a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics (minor in English Literature) and a Master of Education in Instructional Technology from UGA, he served on the faculty of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as Distance Education Coordinator. Bryan returned to Franklin College in 2004 to lead IT operations for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music before rising to IT Senior Manager for Client Services in 2011, a position he held for fifteen years prior to assuming his current appointment.
 
At home, Bryan enjoys a long-running creative collaboration with his wife, Meredith, on various musical projects—as well as co-directing daily operations for their two children.
Education:

Master of Education, Instructional Technology (M.Ed.)
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA - May 2000

Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics (B.A.)
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA - March 1998

Minor, English Literature
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA - March 1998

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:
  • Help Desk Institute: Support Center Analyst
  • High Impact Leadership
  • ITIL Foundations
  • Conflict De-escalation Techniques
  • Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion
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