Shiva Jaganathan is an experienced professional in institutional research, decision support systems, and strategic planning. He has held high-level administrative positions in higher education, including Chief Data Officer and Associate Vice President. Jaganathan has a demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse groups and a sensitive understanding of broader perspectives. His expertise includes developing and delivering enterprise data warehouses and business analytics solutions for major universities such as the University of Connecticut, Rice University, and the University of Central Florida.

As Chief Data Officer at the University of Texas at Austin, he managed the growth of the institutional research function to provide timely access to actionable information and oversaw the development of data reporting to comply with regulatory requirements. Jaganathan also has experience in designing and conducting large-scale survey research and is a major contributor to student outcome data collection and first destination surveys.