Hugo Pons

Supervisor, Television Maintenance Engineer
Information Resources Strategy and Engagement – IR Media Tech and Audio Visual

First UTSW job: Television Maintenance Engineer. One of my first responsibilities was to set up and monitor videoconferences, particularly the ones where the President of UTSW was one of the participants.

Best part about my job: I help every day with the mission of the institution. I help people to connect and communicate.

How co-workers describe me: I am ready to collaborate when needed. 

What energizes me at work: I care for the mission of the institution, and I feel my job helps it to advance.

Recipe for success: I try to always be present (show up) when needed or be ready to help in case I am needed.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Artificial intelligence with Python. I think it will have a great impact on the world.

Best UTSW memory: Filming and broadcasting live surgery events and witnessing how a physician’s knowledge, talent, and use of the technology greatly improved patients’ lifestyles.  

I’m really good at: Thinking outside the box; it helps the team to have a broader picture of the project.

Passions: Coaching U16 recreation girls’ soccer and visiting the sick at hospitals.

Claim to fame: Around the year 2000, I participated in the deployment of 50 videoconferencing units to help scientists around the world collaborate on the Alliance for Cellular Signaling, a large-scale collaboration designed to answer global questions about signaling networks.