Ernesto Carrasco & Harold Shin: Improving UCLA’s vendor onboarding process
UCLA team wins UC Tech Award for innovative third-party risk management
Risk and Safety Solutions launches a computer-based ergonomics solution for UC Campuses
Volunteering helps Womxn in Tech find purpose
Social Media: Once it’s online, it’s permanent 
Optimizing the student experience for the University of California: recent Genesys-Carahsoft webinar
University of California partners with Canva to provide universal access to visual communication tools
Introducing Chris Brandt, chief information officer at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and UC Tech Award winner
UC Tech Golden Award for Sustained Impact goes to Chris Brandt
AI agents that do what we want – with Anca Dragan, UC Berkeley
Artificial Intelligence Resources – by and for – the UC Tech community
Networking event: Join UC design experts to discuss database design, process design and accessibility on Wednesday, December 12, 2-3 pmJanuary 30, 2015 All Articles 0
Check out the video of my recent interview with Vice President Pamela Brown – Institutional Research and Academic Planning – about the new UC Information Center. She and her team, in partnership with IT, are creating a fascinating, online…
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January 16, 2015 All Articles 0
You might be interested in this webinar next Wednesday: Ever wondered exactly what’s “big” about ‘big data’? Or what’s the difference between being “in the cloud” and using “cloud”? Or really what is the “Internet of Things?” This webinar will…
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January 13, 2015 All Articles 0
Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP) has launched the UC Information Center beta site. The site is intended for the public and will tell the UC story through data, enabling interactive visualizations and providing raw data for download. VP…
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January 13, 2015 All Articles 0
This sounds like an interesting webinar. Everyone at UC is grappling with how to control costs and meet the growing demands for technology. The webinar will showcase work at UCD to use the cloud to develop campus-wide applications while providing…
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December 18, 2014 All Articles 1
I’ve spoken a lot about shared services and greater cross-location collaboration since joining the University last year. UCPath, the common payroll/HR system, will represent our most aggressive step toward shared IT services the UC has ever undertaken. Significant progress has…
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December 18, 2014 All Articles 0
A number of UC folks from most campuses attended the Shared Services & Process Improvement for Higher Education & Government Summit, November 17-18, in San Diego. The sessions were all about understanding the potential for and optimizing the implementation…
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December 8, 2014 All Articles 2
As the UC systemwide CIO, I’m committed to building opportunities for IT staff across the university to collaborate, share best practices, and brainstorm. Well, I’m not just committed to it . . . I’m passionate about it. With over 7000…
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September 24, 2014 San Francisco President Napolitano hosted an event called UC eNGAGE on technology’s evolving role impact on the student experience. More than 250 UC participated from the academic, administration, and technology areas. The president kicked off a day of stimulating…
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December 8, 2014 All Articles 0
Innovation and “pushing the envelope” is in my work DNA. So when there’s a chance to go speak to a group of innovators, you can count me in. I was thrilled to attend the Mobility and the Modern Web…
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October 27, 2014 All Articles 0
August 29, 2014 Lawrence Livermore National Lab I accompanied Bill Tucker, interim vice president for research, to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to discuss how we can strengthen UC’s working relationship with the lab. Bill was focused on their…
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By Brendon Phuong. Ernesto Carrasco, director, Governance Risk & Compliance, UCLA, and Harold Shin senior IT risk analyst, UCLA, recently shared the story behind their project, “Managing Vendor Risk One Triage at a Time,” which won a 2023
In July 2023, UCLA’s Governance Risk & Compliance team (GRC) won the Design Innovation, IT Security, and Operational Excellence UC Tech Silver Award for their project “Managing Vendor Risk One Triage at a Time.”
The UCLA Third Party Risk…
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By Emily Slonim. In April of 2022, UC campuses needed an improved technology solution for office ergonomic assessments and training. The change would impact every location in the UC system. To implement change at this scale three teams came together…
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