Simeon Ananou joined Piedmont Virginia Community College in June 2004 as Chief Information Officer to lead the college's administrative and academic computing initiatives. He also has responsibility over the campus network, telecommunications, and helpdesk services. Prior to his CIO position, Simeon served as Director of Information Technology Operations at Ashland University in Ohio. With a strong understanding of academic and administrative computing combined with instructional support systems, Simeon served as Student Assistant, Telecommunications Systems Specialist, Network Administrator then Systems Engineer at the University Network Integrated Telecommunications Systems (UNITS) in The Ohio State University's Office of Information Technology (OIT). Simeon received a B.A. from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Baker College in Flint, Michigan.