Welcome to IR&C

Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Welcome to the Web site of Information Resources and Communications (IR&C) at the University of California Office of the President (UCOP). The 160 managers and staff at IR&C provide a broad range of IT development and support services to a diverse set of customers at UCOP and the ten UC campuses. In addition to our role as IT service provider, we coordinate and facilitate Universitywide IT initiatives in partnership with IT leadership from the campuses, medical centers, and UC managed national laboratories.

Our recent departmental strategic planning activities have provided a context for IR&C to think about the future and to focus on strategic priorities to achieve success. Our vision is to become an IT service provider of choice for those we serve, to partner with our customers to solve problems, and to deliver powerful new services enabled by information technology. Some of our strategic priorities focus on those we serve--meeting customer expectations with the right services and ensuring that we stay tuned to changing requirements over time. Other priorities address internal challenges--implementing industry standards and best practices, clarifying technology directions to guide decision-making, and developing our staff to ensure that our skills and capabilities map to our future aspirations.

We also strive to provide effective IT leadership and governance on a Universitywide basis. The University's information environment is the foundation for intellectual pursuit through insight, literacy, information assimilation, synthesis, and collaboration. To achieve success in all areas of its mission, the University will rely increasingly on information technology's capabilities to produce, acquire, manage and distribute information in a secure, reliable environment. Universitywide IT collaboration helps to fuel innovation, exploit potential economies of scope and scale, and provide common platforms that are adaptable to the diverse needs of the University of California.

I hope that you find the resources on this Web site helpful and informative. I welcome your comments and suggestions.