2024 UC Tech Awards highlight innovation and excellence throughout UC

On Oct. 28, 2024, six individuals and 11 teams from throughout UC were honored with UC Tech Awards at the 2024 UC Tech Conference, hosted by UC Davis and UC Davis Health.

This year’s awards celebrated tech leaders whose projects and actions embodied key skills in seven categories related to technological advancement, including design, IT security, innovation, operational excellence, collaboration, sustained impact, and leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Congratulations to this year’s award-winning colleagues!

2024 UC Tech Awards winners

Select each link below to read the award-winning applications. For more information about each award category and team, and to read all applications, visit UC Tech News.

Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology

• Silver Award: California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC), Hydra Development Team, UC Davis
• Golden Award (Tie): Oral Health Recommender System (OHRS) Team,  UCLA, and Ilios Curriculum Management System Team, UCSF 

Design Awards

• Silver Award: Usability Training and Insights Team, UCLA
• Golden Award: UC Procurement Portal Team, UC Office of the President

Mojgan A. Amini Operational Excellence Award

• Silver Award (Tie): Leiyah Shan – for Practice Affiliations & Epic Community Connect (PACC), UC San Diego Health, and UC Santa Barbara Canvas Support Team –  UC Santa Barbara
• Golden Award: UC Merced Academic Activity Team, UC Merced

IT Security Award

• Silver Award: UC Investments and UC Office of the President Information Technology Services, UC Office of the President
• Golden Award: Scott Currie, CISO; UC San Diego Health Information Security Team; Protected Health Information (PHI) in Email Cleanup Project, UC San Diego Health

Yvonne Tevis UC Collaboration Award

• Silver Award: Project Surfliner Team –  UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego 
• Golden Award: SMART Cumulus Team – UC Davis Health

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Awards)

• Silver Award: Jill Wolters – for leading the UCSF/UCSF Health Web Accessibility Team – UCSF/UCSF Health
• Golden Award: Shirley Bittlingmeier, UC Office of the President

Sustained Impact Award

• Silver Award: Brian Koehmstedt, UC Berkeley
• Golden Award: Azra Ayers, UC Riverside

For more information about this year’s awards, or for questions, contact Laurel Skurko.