Interfolio, Inc.: SaaS Solution to Facilitate Academic Decision Making

ByCommittee provides a platform to share documents, review criteria and evaluate decisions anytime and anyplace with an Internet connection. ByCommittee Faculty Search allows institutions to post opportunities, collect applicant documents, and rate and discuss candidates online. The Promotion and Tenure module prioritizes the potential candidates in the same manner, creating efficiencies in faculty service by simplifying the complicated multi-committee workflow. This SaaS platform allows committees across institutions to maintain the quality of collaboration by keeping them better informed and prepared. “ByCommittee brings more transparency into the talent, diversity, and accomplishments of a faculty’s population,” says Rosen.

Interfolio had a long history of launching relevant products in the higher education industry—it’s Dossier product launched in 1999. Now, the company’s innovation lab is focusing on expanding the ByCommittee platform and developing an analytics component. Rosen, a passionate photographer himself, believes that technology is productive when it is painted with creative thought processes. He further stresses that, “for software to fly high in this landscape, it must be adopted by users who aren’t necessarily receptive to technology.” Catering to the niche market, Interfolio is currently working with institutions such as Stanford University, John Hopkins University, and University of Virginia.

In the near future, Interfolio will offer a holistic, data driven, system-of-record for universities and their faculty. With increasing demand for ByCommittee, Rosen is working with number of provosts, deans, and presidents to ensure that Interfolio adds value to decision makers along with providing unassailable user experience. Looking beyond the horizon, the company is poised to define and address the demand for “faculty information system,” similar to the “student information system.”