Adrian Butler

Adrian Butler is the current Director at Capella University. Prior to their current position, Adrian served as the SVP, IT and Chief Information Officer at Dine Brands Global from August 2015 to May 2020. In this role, Adrian was responsible for Information Technology (IT) and Digital transformation and strategy, innovation, and technology delivery focused on growing the business and enhancing the guest experience. From January 2011 to December 2015, Adrian served as the Vice President, Business Solutions Security at Target. In this role, Adrian provided executive leadership, strategic direction, and development of strategies focused on business enablement and implementing corporate, technology and security initiatives supporting 372,000 employees in 13 countries with a broad, complex application and infrastructure portfolio and a highly transactional e-commerce/mobile presence.

Adrian Butler received a B.S. in Computer Science from Grambling State University, an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Doctorate in Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.