On Oct. 28, UC honored six individuals and 11 teams from throughout the university with 2024 UC Tech Awards at the UC Tech Conference, hosted by UC Davis and UC Davis Health. Founded in 2001, the annual UC Tech Awards Program celebrates individuals and teams within the university’s technology community for their significant contributions to advancing UC’s mission through innovative tools and approaches.

Teams competed across seven award categories — each reflecting a key skill or value that supports technological advancement, including design; IT security; innovation; operational excellence; UC-wide collaboration; leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); and sustained impact.

Congratulations to UCOP’s award-winners

Design Award

Golden Award: UC Procurement Portal Team
Systemwide Procurement partnered with the UCOP ITS and Communications teams, as well as campus locations, to create a unified web presence for UC Procurement. Content from five existing sites was reorganized and optimized in a responsive, branded design, meeting all web accessibility standards, with detailed analytics, and maintaining all functionality of the existing sites.

IT Security Award

Silver Award: UC Investments and UCOP ITS
The UC Investments Office partnered with UCOP ITS teams to address unique cybersecurity needs related to managing UC’s $170 billion investment portfolio.

DEI Leadership Awards

Golden Award: Shirley Bittlingmeier, Executive Director, IT Client Services
Shirley Bittlingmeier has been an integral member of the UCOP IT leadership team for more than a decade. Throughout her distinguished career at UC, she has remained steadfast in her commitment to promoting fairness and inclusion for underrepresented communities. In addition to substantial responsibilities within her role, she consistently goes above and beyond to champion DEI within UCOP and the broader UC community.

Explore all winning entries and nominees at the UC Tech Blog

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