Viterbi IT Staff
Michael Goay
Executive Director of Information TechnologyOperations Team
John Ng
Manager of IT OperationsRichard Bennett
Computer Consultant Specialist
Richard serves as tier 1 and 2 service desk support. He comes to the Viterbi School after working 5 years as a Computer Consultant Specialist in ITS User Labs. He has professional certifications from Microsoft and CompTIA.
Dante Galindo
Computer Services Consultant
Daniel Yip
Computer Services Consultant
Daniel comes from the USC Advancement department. He previously worked for an IT consultant company and provided desktop support for Pasadena City College. He graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a major in sociology.
Miranda Brown
Computer Services Consultant
Jeffrey Huynh
Computer Services Consultant
April Loeza
Computer Services Consultant
Robert Rivas
Computer Services Consultant
Robert overlooks the day-to-day operations in the Engineering Computing Center. He assists the faculty and students with any technical problems in the computing center. He joins Viterbi IT after spending nearly five years as a freelance technician.
An Pham
Computer Services Consultant
Abraham Alatorre
Computer Services Consultant
Enterprise Systems Team
Kenny Wang
Manager of Enterprise SystemsChris Badua
System Administrator
Chris administers server systems and data centers of the Viterbi School. He also serves as tier 2 support for computer service desk, teaching labs, and managed-access student computing labs. Chris has extensive experience in administering servers of various platforms and versed in storage technologies. He received his M.S. Degree in Computer Science & Computer Engineering from Cal State Long Beach, and his B.S. Degree in Computer Science from Cal State Los Angeles.
Alexis Maitchoukow
System Administrator
Alexis joins Viterbi School of Engineering from Fidelity Information Services, where he provided desktop, server, and network support for over 150 banks. He is excited about joining the Viterbi Enterprise Systems team and looking forward to assist in the school's technology efforts.
Loc Vo
System Administrator
Loc Vo is responsible for optimizing and maintaining the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure used by instructional and staff. He joined USC Viterbi from Raytheon where he had a similar role specializing in Virtualization. Loc received his M.S. in Information Technology from Cal State Fullerton University.
Mario Cueto
System Administrator
Information Services Team
Jason Dziegielewski
Manager of Information ServicesProgrammer Analyst Team
Taha Kapadia
Programmer Analyst III
Taha provides technical expertise in the design, development and production of the Viterbi online web tools & databases, using a variety of state-of-the-art IT platforms, using the existing USC Viterbi web and databases as the foundation. He joins the Viterbi Digital Communication and Information Services department after working as Web/Database Developer for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Taha believes that nothing is impossible in this world; if one gives his/her best shot then everything is possible. Even when the results are far from ideal, he finds the whole ceremony of creativity completely enthralling. He is self-motivated, results oriented, have a strong work ethic individual, who always looks forward to learn new things. Taha holds a M.S in Management Information System from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a B.E in Computer Science from a private university in India.
Joseph Badua
Programmer Analyst II
Joseph provides assistance in the maintenance of the Viterbi online web tools & databases. As the newest addition to the Viterbi Information Services team, Joseph learned web development and programming through a Full Stack coding boot camp offered by the University of Riverside, California's continuing education center. He loves learning new things and create applications that positively impact others. He is excited to embark on his programming career here in Viterbi.
Web Development Team
Tim Harrington
Web Developer II
Elaine Huynh
Web Developer II
Published on June 15th, 2017
Last updated on May 10th, 2023