Joseph Moreau joined SUNY Oswego in the January of 2008. As Chief Technology Officer he has responsibility for the Administrative Technologies, Instructional Support, Instructional Technologies, Telecommunications, and User Support group within the Campus Technology Services Organization.

He has been working with technology and media for over twenty years. He completed the certificate program in Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his BA in Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego and his MA in Instructional Technology at the California State University, Los Angeles. He began his career working as a videographer and media specialist for a variety of firms in the private sector including aerospace, architecture and graphic design, and a major television network.

In 1990 he left the private sector to begin a career in higher education accepting the position of head of the Instructional Resources Center at Pasadena City College. Among the many projects on which he worked at Pasadena, most notably he was on the team that designed and implemented the 70,000 square-foot Shatford Library that opened in 1993. He also initiated the transition from “traditional” media to fully digital media resources.

In 1997 Joseph left Pasadena for West Hills College in central California to become the Dean of Learning Resources. During his time at West Hills he oversaw the development of a sophisticated distance education infrastructure that included interactive video and web-based courses.

In 2000 Joseph accepted the position of Dean of Academic Information Services at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. As chief technology officer for the college, he had responsibility for all technology-related operations and services as well as instructional programs in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, and Internet and Multimedia Technology. Joseph led the team that completed the design for the 50,000 square foot Library and Information Hub opening in Spring 2003.

Throughout his career as an administrator he has also taught in the fields of Computer Information Systems, Education, and Multimedia Production. Over the past several years Joseph has been researching the copyright and intellectual property issues surrounding the development of digital instructional materials by higher education faculty and staff. 

Joseph has served as president of the California Community Colleges Chief Information Systems Officers Association. He served on the board of directors of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) – the non-profit corporation charged with operating all K-20 Internet networks in the state. Currently, he serves as the past president of the Oracle Higher Education User Group .