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Leadership

Meet Our CIO

Lucy Avetisyan

Lucy Avetisyan

Associate Vice Chancellor | Chief Information Officer

lucyavetisyan@ucla.edu   

Lucy Avetisyan, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at UCLA, is an experienced change leader known for building high-performance teams and achieving results to support the university's missions of education, research, and service. She is leading the strategy for IT at UCLA—the nation's number one public university—by overseeing the Digital Campus Roadmap, a vision of technology's role in transforming and improving the customer experience at UCLA.

Prior to UCLA, Lucy had a long and successful career at the University of Southern California (USC), culminating in the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) role. During her time at USC, she co-sponsored and led countless projects and programs, including the university's Digital Transformation program, Campus-wide Network Upgrade implementation, Cybersecurity Excellence program, Workday Human Capital Management and Payroll implementation.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Introducing our Digital & Technology Solutions leadership team, the visionary leaders steering our digital transformation. United in driving forward a digital landscape that serves the campus community, they exemplify leadership that is both transformative and rooted in our shared values. 

The CIO Organization

Veronica Garcia
Veronica Garcia
Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO)
Jennifer Ferry
Jennifer Ferry
Associate Chief Information Officer, Strategy, Planning & Operations (ACIO)
Drake Chang
Drake Chang
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chris Mattmann
Chris Mattmann
Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO)

The DCIO Organization

Hilda Duggan
Hilda Duggan
Executive Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics
Ilana Intonato
Ilana Intonato
Executive Director, Academic Technology
Kamran Khairzad
Kamran Khairzad
Executive Director, Business Information Technology
Mikel Etxeberria
Mikel Etxeberria
Director, Digital Foundry
Jon Crumpler
Jon Crumpler
Executive Director, Customer Success
Joe Way
Joe Way
Executive Director, Digital Spaces
Leom Holley
Leom Holley
Assistant Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure Services
Valerie Vahling
Valerie Vahling
Executive Director, Technology Operations

The ACIO Organization

Gabe Shamoun
Gabriel Shamoun
Director, Enterprise Program Management Office
Arrin Renchie Thomas
Arrin Renchie-Thomas
Director, Organizational Change Management Center of Excellence
Cole Meneses
Cole Meneses
Director, IT Finance
Murphy Freelen
Murphy Freelen
Lead, Digital Innovation Studio & Partnerships

The ACIO Organization: Digital Campus Leads

Heather Healy
Heather Healy
Program Director, Security & Network

hhealy@it.ucla.edu

Randy Rodgers
Randy Rodgers
OCM Director, FACET

rrodgers@it.ucla.edu

Mindy Clifford
Mindy Clifford
OCM Director, Security and Network Transformation

mclifford@it.ucla.edu

The CISO Organization

Caesar Sedek
Caesar Sedek
Assistant Chief Information Security Officer

csedek@ucla.edu

Mona Zarei
Mona Zarei
Director, Identity & Access Management

monaz@ucla.edu

Ernesto Carrasco
Ernesto Carrasco
Director, Information Security Governance, Risk Management, & Compliance

ernestocarrasco@ucla.edu

Chris Stromsoe
Chris Stromsoe
Principal Information Security Architect

cbs@ucla.edu