Mike Bottorff is Vice President of Information Technology, Business, and Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College, where he leads statewide strategy for the School of IT, the School of Business, and the Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. His work centers on building Indiana's applied AI and IT talent pipeline: a new Applied AI associate degree, the Ivy+ IT Academy, dual credit and Credentials of Value alignment with K-12 partners, and IT apprenticeships with Indiana employers. He came to Ivy Tech after 15 years in K-12 and higher education technology leadership, including CIO at Earlham College, CTO at MSD Lawrence Township, and director roles at the Indiana Department of Education.