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. I believe that my education as well as my experience working with technology and people is great preparation for this Staff Assembly position.

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.

My primary goal as Vice President of Information Systems 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, and to examine ways of better utilizing the social media. 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.