Kari Robertson

Kari Robertson serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director of Infrastructure Services at the University of California Office of the President, where responsibilities include leading systemwide and local infrastructure services, managing a $30M budget, and overseeing a team of approximately 60 professionals. Significant contributions include a successful six-month cloud migration to AWS for a human resources enterprise system, resulting in $2M annual savings and improved payroll efficiencies. Previously, Kari held various positions at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Arizona, focusing on cloud services, identity management, and enterprise application infrastructure transformation. Education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Western Washington University. Conference presentations have been made at prominent events such as Educause and AWS Imagine.