I am the Vice President of Information Systems for the current year. I am familiar with the workflow of maintaining the website, and have been doing so efficiently. I have earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. While I was a student here, I was actively involved in the UCLA student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). As the Web Presence Coordinator of the local chapter, I was involved in the maintenance of their website and their web server. Since 2005, I have been working at Social Sciences Computing, on web programming for the Social Science division’s course management system as well as various web-based instructional tools. Currently, I am a developer and a system administrator on the NewsScape project (http://newsscape.library.ucla.edu/). I believe that my education and my experience, working with technology and people, are great preparation for this Staff Assembly position.

My experience in this board position in the past months has been a very positive one. I have met many people and have fun helping out with many great events. The board’s team effort has accomplished a lot, and I am happy to be a part of it. The experience has made me want to serve on the board for another year. Besides, I am very enthusiastic about computer and information technologies. Taking care of web sites and web presences is what I spend a lot of time doing and what I love to do. Also, I greatly appreciate the role and the work of Staff Assembly in the University, and would like to have this position as a way of contributing positively to the University.

As Vice President, Information Systems, my goals are:

My primary goal is to work with other board representatives to make sure that our information systems infrastructure works effectively to communicate our messages to all staff members and others in the UCLA community. I plan to examine Staff Assembly’s website to update and improve its various sections, assist VP of Strategic Communications on examining ways of better utilizing the social media, and assist other board members on technology issues as needed. Also, since the role of Staff Assembly is also a channel of communication between staff members and University Administration, I plan to look into how our infrastructure can better support this role.