Sandy Smart-Ashburn, B.S. ’87

Sandy Smart-Ashburn is an AVP of technology at AT&T, where she leads a software-delivery organization responsible for personalization/machine-learning technologies and Web-based OTT streaming. Prior to AT&T, she held several leadership roles at DIRECTV, including director of middleware development, senior director of enterprise integration & offers, and VP of development, where she was responsible for technical development and delivery of the company’s suite of IT applications. Smart-Ashburn started her career at Hughes Aircraft Co. as a software engineer responsible for designing, programming and deploying relational database applications supporting the B2 radar systems.

An active ICS alumna (B.S. 1987) who serves on the UCI Diversity Committee for ICS and Engineering and on the ICS Leadership Council, Smart-Ashburn has been an active participant and advocate for the Undergraduate Mentorship Program in both schools.