The UC IT blog news team looks forward to learning more about you and your work, and sharing your news with the UC tech community. You can learn more about the UC IT news team and audiences on our About Us Page or by searching this website. Below, please find the questions we typically ask our interview subjects. Some simply write us back with their answers to these questions (an “e-interview”). Others prefer to schedule time for a Zoom conversation, and we enjoy recording them and eventually using excerpts to share with others. Please scroll to the botttom of this page to see a few examples. We look forward to hearing from you.
Interview questions
Prompts to help the UC IT Blog team share more about you with the UC tech community
Can you answer the following questions as they relate to you:
- Tell me about you and your career at UC (or before that) Where have you been and where are you headed, who/what influenced your journey?
- Are there any technical skills, leadership skills, and/or diversity factors that are important to you that you can share with the community?
- What do you find most meaningful about your work? Do you have preferred/valued resources to share w/ the UC Tech community, with those at UCOP, and/or those w/ UC (think about the three audiences and what you might share)? Those could be on a specific topic or general.
- What is a typical day or week like for you (inside or outside work)? Any routines, insights or resources you can share about what makes you tick or how you get things done? Are there any Diversity Equity and Inclusion awareness events that are meaningful to you that you’d like to share?
A couple of additional ideas (feel free to take or leave them):
- What do you enjoy about working in the technology field?
- In what areas do you think UC is leading in your field?
- Are there any current trends that you think will be important/people should know about or look forward to?
Photos and other information
We hope you include a portrait, photos of you and your team. Some have offered pictures with family and/or pets as well.
We enjoy including bio’s, and often link to your LinkedIn profile at the bottom of each article.
Interview methods
- Schedule a Zoom meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/lskurko-ucop/45min
- Send answers to the above questions via email: UCITBlog@UCOP.edu
- Other (let us know what you prefer)
Interview examples
C-suite Leaders
- 8/10/2023: Meet Matthew Gunkel, UC Riverside’s CIO and Change Champion
- 11/30/2022: Introducing UC Santa Barbara’s new Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
- 8/17/2022: Welcoming UC Santa Cruz’s new Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
- 6/14/2023: Hear from Michael Corn UC San Diego CISO: How a humanist perspective influences cybersecurity
- 3/30/2023: In conversation with Molly Greek – on a career in IT and what it takes to be committed to employee well-being
- 3/23/2023: Meet UC San Diego Health’s CIO Joshua Glandorf
- 12/22/2023: Looking forward and looking back – a holiday message from UC CIO Van Williams
Other Community Members
- 9/7/2023: Meet Robert Krumm, database developer: recruited from retail to impact cancer outcomes at UCSF
- 8/24/2023: Meet Krithik UdayaShankar via YouTube: UCLA business systems analyst and cricket star
- 8/15/2023: Meet Carrie Cuy, Distance Education specialist & UC IT survey giveaway winner
- 8/15/2023: Technology procurement – more than meets the eye – Thomas Trappler’s 40-year career at UC
- 7/5/2023: Robert Smith, founder of the Systemwide IT Policy and Security group – on the power of knowledge and community
- 6/9/2023: Transforming the accessibility landscape – meet Rujuta Swadi, UC Santa Cruz accessible technology intern
- 4/6/2023: Meet Charron Andrus: a diverse career and a bold conversation about diversity in IT
- 4/5/2023: From IT employee to university-wide partner – How Avi Badwal drives success and efficiency at UC Merced
- 3/8/2023: Bringing transformational change to Research IT – a video conversation with Amy Neeser
- 1/24/2023: Being part of every research discovery at the university – in conversation with James Seddon, UC San Diego
- 12/6/2022: Introducing Heinz Yu and reflecting on being Filipino-American
E-interview (using the above questions via email)
Contact
Marketing & Communications
UC Office of the President
[Caption: Laurel Skurko, Harold Chin and Ernesto Carrasco during a recent Zoom interview]