Ronald Gdovic 

Ronald Gdovic is the Executive Director of InSITeS, the Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society, and Adjunct Faculty in the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. InSITeS is dedicated to the exploration of how society shapes and is shaped by information technology. InSITeS embodies the Heinz School's vision of interdisciplinary research and teaching that equips leaders for the public good in an information dependent world.

He is the former Executive Director of 3 Rivers Connect, a regional nonprofit organization resolved to establish Greater Pittsburgh as the leader in advancing social, educational, and economic development agendas through information technology. 3RC coordinates and initiates information technology projects for such clients as the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Department of Human Services, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, the United Way, the Heinz Endowments, the RK Mellon Foundation, the Grable Foundation, and dozens of nonprofit organizations throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Gdovic graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984 with a degree in economics and concentration in industrial engineering. He subsequently lived and worked in the Tidewater Area of Virginia, managing capital improvement projects for Norfolk Naval Base, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Langley Air Force Base, NASA, Yorktown Coast Guard Station, and other military installations. He later shifted into the private sector, managing shopping center projects, aircraft facilities, and other commercial developments. While in Virginia, he helped found and maintains board membership in two national telecommunications firms.

He returned to the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 to receive his Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Since his return to Southwestern Pennsylvania, he has worked as a consultant to many public and private agencies with a focus on economic development. His expertise in planning and administration has helped leverage public and private funds to create successful and distinguishable projects. His complimentary interest in technology and the new economy led him to Carnegie Mellon where he practices his philosophy of applied information technology as a new paradigm in social, educational, and economic development.