CSE has a new Financial Manager, effective immediately, but she didn't have to come from far -- just down Warren Mall. Irene Xavier worked in the Dean's office of the Jacobs School of Engineering, where she has been the Fiscal Operations Manager since 2014. Before that, she held positions as Business Operations Analyst for the Experiential Learning Center for UC San Diego (for two years), State Funds Manager, and later Contracts and Grants Manager for the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from 2006 to 2012.
Prior to her work in ECE, Xavier spent nearly 10 years as Program Manager for the UC San Diego-based California Space Institute. "In other words," said MSO Samira Khazai in the announcement, "Irene brings with her a wealth of financial experience and knowledge from around the university and we are very excited she is joining our department!" Xavier can be found next door to Khazai, in office #2260 (while Loretta Smith moves to #2210).