Frank Sikernitsky

Chief Information Officer

Step Up For Students

Frank Sikernitsky is an American writer, editor, artist, business leader, engineer and entrepreneur. He studied Political Science at Trinity College and created several early Internet media properties, including a stint as the Editor-in-Chief of the first regularly-published Web magazine. As a side project, he co-created The Window, a widely-cited Web philosophy resource that published original articles about hundreds of philosophers and concepts. Frank founded a software engineering firm right out of college and has done extensive work for the Fortune 500. He is currently the CIO of Step Up For Students. Other recent roles include CEO, Board, and Advisor positions in successful technology, healthcare, and financial services brands, some of which he founded. As his career progressed, he never strayed too far from his engineering roots, and spends his research time developing Artificial Intelligence concepts, having co-written a book on the subject in 2023.