Matt Meyer
A career built on understanding how learning actually works
Matt Meyer serves as Associate Vice President for Enterprise Initiatives & Instructional Technology at The University of Texas at Austin, leading the University's complete technology-enabled learning ecosystem. His portfolio brings together Canvas LMS, instructional design, learning spaces, digital accessibility, and faculty and research engagement — along with some of the most consequential transformation programs Enterprise Technology has underway.
Matt's career didn't start in IT leadership — it started in instructional design and e-learning. Before entering higher education, he spent over six years at InfoLogix leading their e-learning development practice, gaining a practitioner's understanding of how learning works that shapes how he approaches every problem today. At Penn State, he created scalable online learning in complex STEM areas, including building wet lab experiments for online Biology courses, and built large-scale community events focused on teaching and learning with technology.
At the University of Chicago, Matt built what became the Center for Digital Accessibility from the ground up, led the migration from Blackboard to Canvas, and grew his team from 14 to 30 people while maintaining service quality throughout. At Northeastern University, he led the merger and acquisition work integrating Mills College's IT operations — navigating the organizational, cultural, and operational complexity that kind of transformation demands. Most recently, as Deputy CIO at Tarleton State University, he oversaw the IT Strategic Plan, all areas of academic technology, and campus-wide customer service and device management. A published author and frequent EDUCAUSE presenter, he brings both practitioner credibility and broad institutional perspective to his work at UT Austin.
From instructional design to enterprise technology leadership
Leads UT Austin's complete technology-enabled learning ecosystem — Canvas LMS, instructional design, learning spaces, digital accessibility, and faculty and research engagement — along with enterprise transformation programs that shape how the University delivers technology-supported learning at scale.
Oversaw advancement of the IT Strategic Plan, all areas of academic technology, and campus-wide customer service and device management. Built relationships across academic and administrative domains with a focus on mobile-enabled learning and consultation with academic leadership and university stakeholders.
Led the integration of Mills College's IT operations into Northeastern University, navigating the organizational, cultural, and operational complexity of a large-scale higher education merger to create a cohesive west coast academic technology experience.
Built the Center for Digital Accessibility from the ground up. Led the campus migration from Blackboard to Canvas. Grew the team from 14 to 30 people while sustaining service quality — a demonstration of how to scale an academic technology organization without losing focus on the people it serves.
Created scalable online learning in complex STEM areas at Penn State, including building wet lab experiments for online Biology courses. Before higher education, led the e-learning development practice at InfoLogix — establishing the practitioner's understanding of teaching and learning that informs his work to this day.
Where Matt focuses his work
Leading Canvas LMS strategy and operations at UT Austin — the platform that connects tens of thousands of students and faculty to their coursework every day.
Ensuring that technology-enabled learning is accessible to everyone. Matt built the Center for Digital Accessibility at the University of Chicago and brings that founding experience to UT Austin's accessibility programs.
A career that started in instructional design means Matt approaches technology from the learner's perspective first — a differentiator when working closely with faculty, deans, and academic leaders.
Proven experience leading large-scale platform transitions and organizational integrations — including the Blackboard-to-Canvas migration at Chicago and the Mills College IT merger at Northeastern.
Building trust and partnership with faculty, deans, and academic leaders — the relationship work that determines whether technology actually improves teaching and learning in practice.
Shaping the physical and virtual environments where learning happens — designing and supporting the classroom and digital spaces that support UT Austin's academic mission.
Enterprise Initiatives & Instructional Technology
Matt's portfolio covers the full technology-enabled learning ecosystem at UT Austin — from Canvas and instructional design to digital accessibility and learning spaces.
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