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 aggainst 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 2004,
I attended the Los Angeles Technology Security Conference on January 21, 2005.
I attended the USC Securing Personal Information seminar on October 11, 2005.
I attended the USC Server Security seminar on January 18, 2006.
I attended the USC Physical Security seminar on February 15, 2006.
I underwent USC Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) training on March 22, 2007.
I attended the USC Laptop Security seminar on April 11, 2007.
I attended the USC Google Hacking seminar on May 16, 2007.
I volunteered as USC
Commencement staff in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
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 an IBM seminar on Systems Director, VMControl, and Service & Support Manager on December 19,
2011.
I am undergoing FEMA Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training from January 31, 2012 to 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 300 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 C. Tran.