I’m Bill Allison. From 2015 to 2026 I served as Chief Technology Officer at UC Berkeley, where I led strategic technology initiatives — planning, technology roadmaps, innovation, digital transformation, and building a connected campus.
This site archives writing from that period: notes on technology leadership, AI, higher education, and the work of moving large institutions forward.
With UC colleagues Mojgan Amini (UCSD) and Joe Sabado (UCSB) at the 2024 UC AI Council Meeting.
For current work, see billallison.org.
How I used AI in this blog
I wrote this blog to connect with people and to think through ideas. I sometimes used AI for research and brainstorming — but it would defeat the point to hand off my own thinking to a copilot. When a post is about AI specifically, I’m clear about what part is AI; the writing and the words are otherwise my own. Posts that meet Not by AI’s 90% Rule carry the badge below — applied from 2025 onward, and to older posts as time permits.
