2024 Constellation Prize Recipients
The Constellation Prize is given to recognize a group for best collaborating toward a common good with other teams in IT Services or with University partners. We want to recognize the hard work of the PhoenixAI Project Team.
ATS
- Jack Auses
- Michael Hernandez
- Thalia Kapica
- Pat Kogos
- Joseph Olivier
Administration & Operations
- Heather Mirabelli
- Kolleen Ritz
- Gladis Valdivia
PMO
- Daniel Venske
Security and Identity
- Cornelia Ann Bailey
- Blair Christensen
- James Clark
- Cynthia Davis
- David Langenburg
- Miguel Juan Lorenzo
- Tanveer Mohammad
- Dominic Sanchez
EAS
- Bill Brown
- Rose M Pezzuti Dyer
- Wayne Jehng
- Brenda Janish
- Tom Kompare
- Arjun Lagisetty
- Gerardo Mena
- Claire Micklin
- Abdul Mohammed
- Srinu Madduri
- Alex Stern
- Alan Takaoka
- Naga Sandeep Thatipally
- Laji Thomas
- Hai Zheng
Infrastructure & Operations
- Deem Alothaimeen
- Bosko Barbir
- Paul Barton
- Nicholas Burgess
- Mark Dechiaro
- Chelsea Dunkwu
- Tanya Friends
- Ricky Alan Hernandez
- Daniel Knox
- Corey Liss
- Alan Ledrowski
- Karen Neuhoff
- Padmaja Raghavapudi
- Joseph Rivera
- Owen Roland
- Michael Schmitt
- Traci Villa
- Michael Wu
- Scott Wilson
About the Phoenix AI Project
The University developed this generative AI chat service, which is built with the latest large language models (LLM) from OpenAI and customized for the University community for its security, privacy, accessibility, and equity. For more information about the current features of PhoenixAI, view the release notes.
Features include the following:
- MyGPT: Build custom AI assistants tailored to specific needs that are specifically designed to handle unstructured data and text-based inputs.
- Chat Interface: Similar to ChatGPT, PhoenixAI allows for dynamic interaction with queries and responses.
- Data Security: Data submitted to PhoenixAI is kept within the UChicago environment and not shared with third-party vendors or used to train AI models.
- Prompt Templates: Users can customize the chatbot’s behavior and characteristics by using a prompt template.
2023 Constellation Prize Recipients
The Constellation Prize is given to recognize a group for best collaborating toward a common good with other teams in IT Services or with University partners. We want to recognize the hard work of the Next Generation Fundraising Technology (NGFT) Program Phoenix System Team.
- Patty Kim Celmer
- Julie Sosa
- Jake Halsey
- Matthew Zurek
- Ramya Chintala
- Vinod Yelmat
- Raza Ali
- Sandeep Guntaka
- Rajendrakumar Ghelda
About the Phoenix System
Phoenix is a best-in-class cloud-based philanthropy system comprised of the following:
- Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform
- UC Innovation Ascend
- Mulesoft Middleware for integrations
- Enterprise Data Hub for data analytics
- Eggplant QA for automatic testing
Additional capabilities that this program provides for UChicago is game-changing and includes the following:
- Enhanced integrations between applications
- Insights on prospect interests driven by machine learning
- Mobile-friendly access for constituents and staff
- More accessible and timely reporting
- Productivity gains from automated workflows
- 360-degree constituent view
- Near real-time updates of system data
- Formalized data governance process
It has been a marathon of work over the last three years to reach this finish line. We are extremely impressed with the expertise and dedication of our teams throughout the project.
Past Recipients
2022 – Wireless Project Team
- Omoyele Dada
- Tony Juarez
- Cameron Spencer
- John Eric Rankin
- Rodney Henderson
- Earl Alexander
- Jeremiah Emery
- Derrick Jenkins Jr.
The team had the goal of installing 2,000 Aruba network access points. The team exceeded that goal by installing 3,500 network access points. Their hard work will benefit campus buildings by bringing improved wireless coverage and speed.
2019 – Project Management Office
- Sheri Crosby
- Margie Deitch
- Laurel Dettman
- Heather Harty
- Katie Kranz
- Dave Merk
- Marty Moses
- Padmaja Raghavapudi
- 2017 – Canvas Implementation Team
- 2016 – Academic Information System (AIS) Project Team
- 2015 – eLearning Production Team
- 2014 – Identity and Access Management Team
- 2013 – Change Advisory Board (CAB)
- 2012 – Information Security