BruinTech’s 2015-16 Executive Board, a campuswide team of information technology (IT) professionals, has taken office. The 10-member board will lead BruinTech in its ongoing mission to share technical knowledge and experience, encourage innovation and promote participation among Bruin technologists campuswide. Among the organization's many programs are “Technology Speed-Dating” events aimed at enhancing IT literacy and innovation among UCLA faculty; LearnIT resources such as lynda.com videos and Safari Books Online; and campuswide “Strike Teams” to address campuswide issues such as remote computing and desktop visualization.
BruinTech’s new Executive Board members are:
- President: Howard Kim, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- President-elect: Gabriel Ruiz, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Immediate past president: Harold Shin, Humanities Division, UCLA College of Letters and Science
- Vice president, events and outreach: Oszie Tarula, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Vice president, information systems: Susan Silah, Office for Research Information Systems
- Vice president, programs and projects: Steve Blackman, Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research
- Vice president, strategic communications: Chris Pompeo, Center for Digital Humanities
Historian: Dave Margolis, Department of Psychology - Sponsor: Davida Johnson Director, Institute for Digital Research and Education
- Treasurer: Stefanie Pietkiewicz, Institute for Digital Research and Education