Neff most recently was chief information officer at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I., where he is credited with creating an information-technology strategic plan and a strengthened information security program
"Information management is a crucial part of the Los Alamos strategy for performance improvement," said Interim Director G. Peter Nanos in announcing the appointment. "Raymond Neff's outstanding experience at some of the nation's top educational institutions over the past three decades makes him the ideal choice to lead this key aspect of the Laboratory's infrastructure."
Previously, Neff spent 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio, at Case Western Reserve University where he held the position of vice president for information services and chief information officer. He was also an independent consultant there, designing sophisticated information-technology systems for educational institutions.
Before moving to Cleveland in 1988, Neff served the University of California, Berkeley, as associate professor of biostatistics for the university's School of Public Health and simultaneously as the university's assistant vice chancellor for information systems and technology.
Earlier, he was assistant professor of biostatistics at Harvard University's School of Public Health, director of the Health Sciences Computing Facility for the Harvard Medical School Campus, and director of computing services at Dartmouth College.
A 1964 graduate of Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, he later was awarded both master's and doctoral degrees in biostatistics and scientific computing by Harvard University.
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