Zach Rossmiller serves as the Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the 91次元, where he leads technology strategy, infrastructure, and AI innovation to support research, teaching, learning, and operations across the university.
Originally from Dutton, a small farming town in north central Montana, Rossmiller brings a deep appreciation for the role education and technology play in expanding opportunity across rural communities. His career reflects a steady progression from hands-on technical work to executive leadership, shaped by a belief that the best technology organizations are built on trust, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose. Under his leadership, UM has modernized core systems, strengthened cybersecurity, and expanded its research computing capacity while advancing responsible uses of artificial intelligence across campus.
As Principal Investigator on multiple NSF awards totaling more than $3.5 million, Rossmiller has advanced Montana’s position as a regional leader in research cyberinfrastructure and AI strategy. Through The Future Project, a university-wide framework for advancing ethical, innovative, and community-driven AI adoption, and through his involvement with state officials and multiple statewide AI task forces, he is helping shape how both higher education and the State of Montana approach the ethical and human-centered use of artificial intelligence.
Rossmiller is an active member of the NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium, the Northern Tier Network Consortium, Pacific NorthWest GigaPop, and the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium. He also serves on the board of directors for the Health Information Exchange of Montana.
He received an MBA, a B.S. in Management Information Systems, and an A.A.S. in Computer Networking from the 91次元. Alongside his CIO role, he serves as an Affiliate Associate Professor, ensuring that technology decisions remain grounded in the realities of teaching and learning.
With experience spanning central and distributed IT, research computing, and the classroom, Rossmiller brings a unique perspective on uniting diverse organizations around a shared purpose: the success of students, faculty, and communities. At the heart of every system, strategy, or AI initiative he leads is a consistent goal to make technology human, equitable, and transformative.