Mugunth Vaithylingam serves as the CIOO at the College of Southern Nevada, one of the largest community colleges in the U.S. He has occupied this role for over 10 years, driving technology as a team centric leader. Vaithylingam leverages his technical expertise and nearly 20 years of higher education experience with an empathetic perspective on leadership. He understands that his success is born from the accomplishments of his team. Vaithylingam was honored both as the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at the 2018 Nevada Top Tech awards and as the Most Influential Global CIO at the Global CIO Executive Summit. In addition to supporting his team, Mugunth believes in strong community involvement. He has headed up an initiative to raise funds for homeless students, believing that everyone deserves access to education.