Billy Mak has joined the Office of Financial Planning & Analysis as a Senior Business Analyst. Mak, who comes to UVA most recently from George Mason University, has considerable higher education experience in budgeting, working with data, and process improvement.
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Mak comes to UVA during a time of abundant change, both due to the pandemic and the implementation of a new financial system, and he himself is no stranger to upheaval. In 2017, he left his role at the University of California, Davis, to relocate to Virginia, where he and his family helped plant a church.
As if a coast-to-coast transition weren’t enough, Mak has also had a leading role in several change initiatives both at Davis and Mason, including the implementation of Adaptive Insight and automating direct revenue reports.
“I say that I’m lazy,” jokes Mak, when speaking of his approach to data analysis. “I’m passionate about data, but I like to simplify and automate the work where I can.”
Mak and his wife have two boys, ages six and two. As a family, they enjoy spending time outside, whether that’s at Yosemite or in the Shenandoah. Mak also enjoys photography; the photos in this story are his own.
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