I am currently the Director of Information Systems at UCLA Health. I support and advise the Chief Information Officer and the Associate Dean on computing and security requirements. In this role, I am responsible for leading the infrastructure services, managers and technical teams, establishing and achieving operational and service targets for UCLA Health information technology infrastructure services and consulting with UCLA academic and governance groups on strategic direction. I am also responsible for collaborating with various UCLA departments to align technology initiatives with long-term university objectives and identifying opportunities to reduce the overall technology to reinvest savings into long-term systems and programs.
I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Sharif University and a Master of Science degree and a PhD from UCLA. I also graduated from the postgraduate Information Systems and Management program. I have been pursuing joint collaborative projects between computer science and health sciences.