Asbury Theological Seminary Hires New Chief Technology Officer

Asbury Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Patrick Gardella as its first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Asbury Seminary recently created the position of CTO to lead its Information Technology department as well as be an instrumental "conversation partner" in all technology implementations for the Seminary.   

Patrick joins the Seminary after an impressive early career that included a five-year service in the Coast Guard (graduating at the top of his class) and over a dozen years in technology leadership positions. He spent 10 years participating in and leading a variety of technology initiatives for the Discovery Channel. Gardella also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary and has served in numerous lay ministries in local churches where he and his family have attended.

Bryan Blankenship, VP for Finance & Administration, states, "Asbury Seminary is both excited and blessed to have found someone of the capability, capacity, and experience of Patrick Gardella to lead our technology department and initiatives into the future. To have found in Patrick a person who not only possesses exceptional technical skills but who is also a graduate and therefore understands our ethos and mission is a double blessing."  

Patrick, most recently from the Annapolis, MD area, officially begins his role on December 1, 2011.