UC Merced Leadership

I think ethnographically and knit together the interpersonal, social, and organizational dynamics that guide culture change, align operational and strategic capacity, and enable scalable and sustainable service delivery.Experienced in:• Applying principles of change management, systems thinking, and organizational design and learning to lead team and organizational transformation.• Ability to balance risk and action under crisis conditions and emergent change. • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills anchored in a design-thinking approach to managing complexity for impact and execution.• Use of ethnographic research methodologies to support technology adoption and implementation. • Strong analytical focus and proven ability to align operational and strategic management priorities.• Creating and defining processes, capabilities, and metrics around operational effectiveness and service delivery that align to strategic outcomes. • Managing a portfolio of projects and driving the process from identification of ideas, user requirements, and potential solutions, to the design and implementation of product and service innovations.• Application of instructional design principles and frameworks to craft and launch educational and curricular programs, courses, and workshops.• Effective organizational communication to foster product and service adoption, engagement, and culture change.

Gini Krippner is a Fire Marshal/Chief Building Official UC Merced at UC Merced and is based in Fresno, California. She attended California State University, Fresno between 1972 and 1977.

Michael McLeod is a Vice Chancellor, Chief Operating Officer at UC Merced and is based in Merced, California. He has worked as Associate Vice Chancellor Physical Operations, Planning & Development at UC Merced; Sr. Project Manager at Arizona State University; and Director Research Infrastructure at Arizona State University. Michael studied at California Polytechnic State University.

Results driven, business-IT leader with over 25 years of experience covering the whole IT spectrum including IT Operations and Management; Data Center - Infrastructure, Network, Help Desk/Service Management, Enterprise Applications, Standards and Frameworks, Project and Program Management, Data Analytics, Change Management, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

Current Focus on Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Business Analytics, and Educational IT Programs in Higher Education.