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UC Tech News
June 16, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAccessibility, CCES, Leah Burns, Scott Simmons, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Scott Simmons has a natural curiosity, a passion for his job, and is committed to the University. Celebrating ten years at UCSC as of May 2016, he’s an IT programmer analyst working…
Read more about Spotlight: UCSC’s Scott Simmons, Specializing in Applications, Ergonomics, and Accessibility
UC Tech News
June 9, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsDebi Young, UCOP, UCPath, Yvonne Tevis
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, chief of staff, UCOP. “UC is a very cooperative environment,” said Debi Young, QA manager at UCOP. Based on her many years in the private sector – including at Nordstrom and Delta Dental – Young reflected…
Read more about Spotlight: Testing PPS and UCPath: UCOP’s Debi Young
UC Tech News
May 26, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAlexa Rivetti, Mark Cianca, UCOP, UCPath
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Mark Cianca is the type of person you can never forget. He’s leading the biggest business transformation in UC history, fundamentally changing the way we do payroll, HR, and benefits. If you…
Read more about Spotlight: How Deputy UC CIO Mark Cianca Became the Leader of UCPath
UC Tech News
May 19, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsBruce Horn, Lisa Bono, Scotty Brookie, UC Santa Cruz, UCCSC, UCSC
Posted by Lisa Bono, IT Communications Manager, UCSC. Two long-time attendees of the UC Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) from UC Santa Cruz talk about how attending the conference throughout the years has shaped their work lives. They also give great…
Read more about Spotlight: Old Timers Talk UCCSC and Give Advice to First Timers
UC IT News
May 12, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsMatt Hall, Tom Andriola, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
Posted by Tom Andriola, UC CIO What attracted you to UC? I spent many years in the private Ivy space. When I saw that UC had an amazing campus with six Nobel laureates, I knew I had to be here….
Read more about Spotlight: Matthew Hall, UCSB Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
UC Tech News
May 4, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsPaul Weiss, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, ITS chief of staff, UCOP. Paul Weiss got into IT because he was living in Los Angeles, and he needed money to afford a car. That’s quite a concession for a biking fiend. But the path…
Read more about Spotlight: UCOP’s Paul Weiss Rides into Retirement
UC Tech News
April 21, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsLisa Kemp Jones, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
Posted by Lisa Kemp Jones, Head of Digital Operations and Initiatives, UCLA. I started at UCLA in 1996, landing my dream job to open and manage a large computing lab and classroom environment for students. My first colleagues were carpenters…
Read more about Spotlight: Lisa Kemp Jones, Keeping UCLA’s Library Digitally Savvy
UC Tech News
March 24, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsHealthcare, Pierre Brickey, UC San Francisco, UCSF
Posted by Pierre Brickey, Director, Office of the CIO, UCSF. After completing electrical engineering school in the U.S. Army during the early 90s, I started my career in the defense sector of technology and spent a year in Turkey. It was…
Read more about Spotlight: Pierre Brickey, Driving Innovation for UCSF Medical Center
UC Tech News
March 10, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsCzarina Ofalla, Healthcare, Leah Burns, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. When Czarina Ofalla was studying biochemistry as an undergrad at UCLA, she had no idea she would end up working in electronic medical records. A part-time job as a pharmacy technician showed…
Read more about Spotlight: UCLA’s Czarina Ofalla Improves the Patient Experience with Technology
UC Tech News
March 3, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsGail Persily, Library, Susan Shen, UC San Francisco, UCSF
Posted By Susan Shen, UCB Intern, UCOP. The conventional image of a librarian is often someone behind a desk taking inventory of books. As Director of Educational Technology Initiatives for the UCSF Library, Gail Persily is so much more….
Read more about Spotlight: Gail Persily, Leading Educational Technology Initiatives for the UCSF Library