Gene Spencer is an independent consultant to the higher education information technology and library communities, focusing on areas of organizational effectiveness, organizational design, leadership development, work redesign, quality customer service, collaboration between IT and library organizations, and synergies between people, information and technology.

Most recently, Gene held the position of Associate Vice President for Information Services and Resources at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.  In this role, Gene served an integrated library/IT organization with responsibility for all aspects of computing services, library services, networking, instructional technology, enterprise information systems, library collections, information access, and telecommunications.  His primary focus at Bucknell was organizational development, leadership development, quality customer service and creating a collaborative work environment.