On April 14th, the Young Tech Professionals (YTP) Spring Quarter Tech Bootcamp Week 2 presentation was on the topic of Design Thinking. The presenter was Erin Griffin, a UCLA Alum and Senior Executive Partner at Gartner. Erin provided the students…
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How Video Will Swallow the World, April 8th
In April, Innovate@UCLA hosted it’s second virtual series of 2021, “How Video Will Swallow the World,” featuring panelists Jen Whelan, VP B2B Marketing, Verizon Media, Cherry Park, Sr. Director Marketing, Qualcomm, and Adam Moore, Director, Global Digital Systems & Engineering,…
Team SmartCityTech, Wednesday, April 7th
The Young Tech Professionals Spring Quarter Tech Bootcamp kicked off on Wednesday, April 7th with 28 students participating, comprised of 4 teams. Each 7-student team is coached by a senior industry leader from the private, public and the startup sectors.…
Spring CxO Exchange Event on Tuesday, March 30th
Innovate@UCLA held its first CxO Exchange virtual event of 2021 on March 30th at 4:30PM. The event was attended by an intimate number of senior IT leaders and executives from the SoCal region. This event explored the rapidly changing dynamics…
Member Achievements: Perseverance Mission to Mars
Last month, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars following a six-and-half-month journey from Earth through space. Over the next Martian year (or, over 600 days here on Earth), the rover will search for signs of ancient life, collect data…
UCLA Student Presentation of Updata, an AI Based Text Recognition Application
According to LA County’s Deputy CIO, Jagjit Dhaliwal in an April 2020 Techwire article regarding Automation, “It is about how we can make our employees’ role more efficient, because these employees have a specific expertise and they should be focusing…
Member Spotlight: Innovate@UCLA Board Member Davida Johnson, Winner of WiT Hollywood Leadership Award
The winners of the 2021 Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) Leadership Awards were selected by the WiTH Foundation’s Board of Directors, and presented their awards during the March 8th event. Nicole McMackin, CEO of Irvine Technology Company, Davida Johnson, managing director,…
Innovate@UCLA Board Member, Davida Johnson Nominated for Women in Technology: Hollywood 2021 Award
Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH), an organization that serves as a catalyst for the advancement of women in entertainment technology, has named eight nominees for the 4th Annual WiTH Leadership Awards scheduled to be presented on March 8, in conjunction…
Guy Kawasaki’s “Remarkable People” Podcast Interview with UCLA’s Dr. Anne Rimoin
Have you ever been to a party and you meet a doctor, so you ask about every ache and pain that you have? Or a lawyer, so you ask about prenuptial agreements and long-term capital gains? Or a social-media influencer,…
Recap of Executive Leadership Awards Virtual Event on Thursday, November 12th
Congratulations to all the Innovate@UCLA Executive Leadership Award honorees tonight. We appreciate Guy Kawasaki‘s keynote. See press release here. Our honorees’ messages on how their organizations have helped so many people and businesses respond to COVID-19 was inspiring. Congratulations to:–Esri President Jack Dangermond and CIO Dan Abushanab-DHS…