Sean Dudley

Sean Dudley is the Chief Research Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Research Technology at Arizona State University. He is also entering his fourth year as a Ph.D. student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

For over a decade, he has been developing ASU's Research Technology Office, which provides specialized technology solutions and services that enable and protect ASU’s research community and sponsored projects. The office also organizes collaborative projects across the three state universities and supports the advancement of Arizona’s technological infrastructure.

Dudley began his career in research information technology in 1998 at the University of Wisconsin. His passion for blending scientific research and technology later brought him to Tempe, where he initially worked at the ASU Biodesign Institute in the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics. Soon after, he advanced to a leadership role in the Knowledge Enterprise, allowing him to develop and provide many services to ASU's entire research community.

Dudley holds degrees in biology, computer science, and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He earned a Six Sigma Black Belt from ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.