HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Matthew McFall has been named Wallace State Community College’s new Chief Information Officer for the Division of Information Technology.
McFall comes to Wallace State after leading Jacksonville State University’s Technology Support Department (within the Division of Information Technology) as director for nearly five years.
“I am very excited to join Wallace State as the new CIO. I am fortunate to have inherited a team of very dedicated and talented IT professionals. We look forward to working with the students, faculty and staff to ensure the technology solutions and support we provide on campus are at the highest level they can be,” McFall said.
While at Jacksonville State, among other duties as director, McFall served as the liaison between IT and the rest of the university community, created a technology plan to allow the university to transition to remote operations after a 2018 tornado struck the campus and during the COVID-19 pandemic and implemented a faculty device refreshment program that provided all full-time faculty a new mobile computing device, replacing desktop computers being utilized.
McFall, who also has previous experience in the private sector, began his career at Jacksonville State in 2008, working and teaching in multiple roles prior to being named director of the Division of Information Technology (Department of Technology Support).
McFall has two degrees from Jacksonville State. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Human Resource Management and his master’s in Manufacturing Systems Technology. McFall is currently pursuing a Doctor of Science degree in Emergency Management from his alma mater.
McFall has also served as the assistant chief of the Webster’s Chapel Volunteer Fire Department in Wellington, a volunteer admissions liaison officer for the United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and a high school football referee.
McFall and his wife Lori have two children. Their son, Braxton, is a Cadet 2nd Class (Junior) at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He will commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force in May of 2023 and hopes to receive a pilot training slot. Their daughter, Callie, is a sophomore at Jacksonville State, majoring in Fashion Merchandising.
