EASD Team

EASD team plays a key role in the design, development, installation, testing, and maintenance of various applications at Mason. We also support Salesforce, ellucian Workflow, Dynamic Forms, and many WordPress websites at Mason. Here is our team Org Chart:

Team Members:

Ahmad Taheri

Director

Ahmad Taheri has been at Mason since January 2011, initially as Director of IT Projects & Info Services in the Office of the Provost, and since July 2016, as Director of Enterprise Applications Support & Development within the ITS, working with various constituents and stakeholders on technology solutions and services. Ahmad holds a Master of Science in Information Systems as well as an MBA degree and has over 20 years of professional IT experience, the majority of which has been in higher education. Ahmad also teaches an IT course as an adjunct faculty at Mason.

Kate Orf

Interim Web Team Lead

Ying Dang

Interim Java/App Team Lead

Jan Macario

CMS Analyst – Web Team

Amir Tofighi

Systems Developer & Analyst

Amir has a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering, Masters in Information Technology (Information Systems) and a graduate certificate in Cyber Security. He has 18 years of experience in different areas of IT and computer science and has been with Mason since 2012. He also teaches a database course as an adjunct faculty.

Hossein Kord

Senior Application Architect

Hossein has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Masters in Instructional Design and Technology, and a Doctorate degree in Naturopathy (ND). He has over 38 years of experience in software development field, and has been at Mason since 2011. He is also an adjunct faculty as Mason teaching Applied IT Programming (IT-207).

Kent Lee

Salesforce Developer & Analyst

Kent has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Information Technology. He has 4 years of experience developing on the Salesforce platform and has been at Mason since October 2019.

Manasa Reddy Mukkera

Salesforce Administrator

This is Manasa Reddy Mukkera but I prefer Manu. I have completed my master’s in Power Electronics in India before coming to the IT world. I have a total of three-plus years of experience as a salesforce administrator. I am a certified salesforce admin and sales cloud consultant and I previously worked for TD bank in NJ before coming to GMU. Outside of the office, I would love to spend time cooking food, playing indoor games, drawing, painting, and watching TV.

Mohamad Falah

Senior Salesforce/.Net Developer/Analyst

Mohamad has over 18 years of professional experience in enterprise software development life-cycle, including systems analysis, requirements definition, design, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and support. In-depth knowledge and experience in various platforms and languages with experience working as a team member at large-scale projects. He has done Bachelor & Master of Science in Software Engineering. Mohamad has been with Mason since December 2014.

Olga Kukudzhanova

System Development Support Assistant

Olga is an undergraduate student at George Mason University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. She has been at Mason since 2017.

Rutao Li

Systems Analyst & Developer

Rutao Li has over 15 years of experience in architecting, designing and implementing Microsoft .NET Web applications and Business solutions. She holds both Master degrees in Computer Science and Geophysics. Rutao has been at Mason since 2018.

Samuel Child

System Development Support Assistant

Samuel is an undergraduate student at George Mason University. He is majoring in Information Technology with a concentration in information security, and a minor in Business.

Sweta Bhensdadia

Applications and Systems Analyst

Sweta Bhensdadia has over 15 years of experience in designing and implementing web applications and business solutions using object oriented technologies, including Microsoft .NET Technology. She has done Bachelor of Engineering in Information and Technology. Sweta has been with Mason since 2013.