Employee Spotlight: Paresh Thakkar

ITS Division: Office of the CIO

Service Area: Information Services

Describe what you do at ITS in one sentence. 

I lead a team of application developers, system administrators who plan, build, configure and maintain solutions including custom web/mapping/desktop/iOS applications, integrations, Drupal sites, Tableau/PowerBI reports and data storage/movement. 

Name something about the work you or your team does that you are most proud of.

My team is responsible for configuring hardware & software, maintenance and custom code behind the Official Campus Map and many similar ArcGIS-based mapping solutions across campus; we are proud to be part of that solution. 

What is something you enjoy doing outside of work?

Outside of work I really enjoy watching my 3 year old learn and grow so quickly. 

Best advice you ever received?

The best advice I ever received was that "Every problem is an opportunity."