Areas of Responsibility - Job Description: 

Vice President & CIO

Areas of Expertise - Employment History: 

Butch Leonardson has 30 years in Information Technology (IT) leadership. His initial 12 years in the profession was in strategic IT consulting and large-scale systems implementation. He served as a practice director for the financial services industry with Arthur Andersen & Company (Accenture). From 1988 to 1996, he was the Associate Executive Director and Chief Information Officer for Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He then spent two years at Harvard Medical School exploring pilot programs for disease management systems in Japan, the Middle East, India and Singapore. Since 1999, he has been the VP and CIO for BECU.

Butch earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Business Administration at Seattle University. He is currently serving on the school's Board of Regents and is active in the Albers School of Business Mentor Program. He also serves on the Albers School of Business Electronic Commerce and Information Systems Curriculum Advisory Board.

He is a frequent speaker on IT organizational leadership and a Lecturer for the Master's of Business Administration program at the University of Washington, Bothell, and has participated as an Adjunct Faculty in the MBA program at Seattle University.

Education - Personal History: 

BA, Business Administration, Seattle University, 1969
MBA, Seattle University, 1976

Civic Organization Memberships or Professional Affiliations: 

Board of Regents at Seattle University

When and Where do you hold meetings with students? 

At SU or downtown locations.

Any special requirements for students for the first meeting? 

Resume, expectations of mentor program.

Mentor since Fall 2003
Will mentor graduate students