Richard N. Katz leads ECAR, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, which provides timely research and analysis to help higher education leaders make better decisions about information technology. In addition, he is responsible for the association's corporate relations. Katz developed a number of the EDUCAUSE regional conferences and affiliate partnerships. He has co-authored ECAR research studies on IT networking, IT alignment, leadership, enterprise systems, IT engagement in research, and academic analytics, as well as six books and more than 50 articles, monographs, and book chapters. Since July 1, 2007, Katz has been leading an EDUCAUSE team in Europe developing research programs there and, in 2008 in the Asia-Pacific region.