Meet Our CIO
Lucy Avetisyan
Associate Vice Chancellor | Chief Information Officer
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
Jennifer Ferry
Associate Chief Information Officer, Strategy, Planning & Operations (ACIO)
The DCIO Organization
The ACIO Organization
Arrin Renchie-Thomas
Director, Organizational Change Management Center of Excellence
The CISO Organization
Caesar Sedek
Assistant Chief Information Security Officer
csedek@ucla.edu
Mona Zarei
Director, Identity & Access Management
monaz@ucla.edu
Ernesto Carrasco
Director, Information Security Governance, Risk Management, & Compliance
ernestocarrasco@ucla.edu
Chris Stromsoe
Principal Information Security Architect
cbs@ucla.edu
