I have worked for the USCDornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences since February 1995.
In my 17 years in IT, I have dealt with problems no one else would and stepped forward when no one else
could.
In November 2000, I assumed responsibility for the day-to-day operation of
Dornsife Technology Services (DTS) and assumed the role of System
Administrator upon
the resignation of Dornsife's Manager of Research & Computing and the
resignation of Dornsife's System Administrator. I assumed roles and
responsibilities necessary for the continued operation of DTS for more
than 3 years, until a new Dornsife IT director was hired in March 2004.
I successfully defended Dornsife's helpdesk and Dornsife's server infrastructure against threats to
shut them down permanently.
I hired, trained, supervised, evaluated, and fired people.
I proposed DTS's department budgets for FY 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004.
I managed department budgets of $217,990 (FY 2000-2001), $212,866 (FY 2001-2002), $220,674 (FY 2002-2003), $228,650 (FY
2003-2004).
For nearly 4 years, I reviewed ASR's through my access to USC's Budget Administration System.
For nearly 4 years, I purchased equipment and software for DTS.
I underwent Microsoft Research training on "Designing a Secure Microsoft Windows Network for a University
Computing Environment" from June 26-29, 2001.
Since March 2004,
I underwent "Microsoft Onsite Security Training" by Microsoft in May 2004.
I underwent "GroupWise 6.5 Administration" training by Novacoast in
August 2004.
I attended the Los Angeles Technology Security Conference on January 21, 2005.
I underwent Securing Personal Information training by USC
Information Security Office on October 11, 2005.
I underwent Server Security training by USC Information Security
Office on January 18, 2006.
I underwent Physical Security training by USC Information Security
Office and USC Career and Protective Services - Public Safety on
February 15, 2006.
I underwent Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) training by
USC Career and Protective Services - Fire Safety and Emergency Planning
on March 22, 2007.
I underwent Laptop Security training by USC Information Security
Office on April 11, 2007.
I underwent Google Hacking training by USC Information Security
Office on May 16, 2007.
I underwent "ZENworks 7 Desktop Management -
Advanced Software Packaging" training by Novell on June 19, 2007.
I volunteered as USC
Commencement staff in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
I attended 2010 ATT Live from December 7-10, 2010, where I took classes on Encryption, Asset
Management, Email System Security, and Integrated Helpdesk Solutions.
I attended VMWorld 2011 Snapshot on November 1, 2011, where I
learned about Cloud Infrastructure Management, VMware View 5.0 / VMware
ThinApp Best Practices, VMware vStorage Best Practices, and Cloud
Assessments and Services.
I underwent FEMA certified Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
training by USC Career and Protective Services - Fire Safety and
Emergency Planning from January 31, 2012 to
March 13, 2012. I became a member of the USC Campus Emergency Response
Team (USC CERT) on March 13, 2012.
In 2005, I started volunteering with Everybody
Reads, a reading and book donation program at Noble Elementary
School. Everybody Reads volunteers read to Noble students
and at the end of their time with them, volunteers
give each student a new book. Thanks to the generosity of the Tzu Chi Foundation,
Everybody Reads volunteers have given tens of thousands books to
Noble students since 2001.
In early 2010, I assumed responsibility for running Everybody Reads @
Noble Elementary School.
I took charge of volunteer communication and starting building the
brand of Everybody Reads @ Noble Elementary School.
I designed, funded, implemented, and am currently maintaining
Everybody Reads' first book inventory system consisting of
nearing 5000 books.
Through a number of initiatives, I am working to improve the
retention and growth of the Everybody Reads volunteer base.
Active volunteers currently total over 350 people.
Seeking to shape Everybody Reads into a more responsive
program, I am working to rapidly gather and make use of volunteer
feedback and data from the Everybody Reads book inventory.
I am working with Tzu Chi members and Everybody Reads
volunteers to expand beyond Everybody Reads @ Noble Elementary
School to Everybody Reads @ a number of elementary schools.
Partnerships, both large and small, are in the works.
Welcome to my web space! My name is Han Tran.