Mario Villezar has been with the Parking & Transportation Department for 13 years. He initially began as a Parking Representative who worked the frontline, issuing parking citations to violators and offering good customer service to the UCB campus community and its’ visitors. It did not take long for Mario’s hard work, strong work ethic and leadership skills to pay off in preparing him for the role of the Night shift Enforcement Supervisor. Mario has been an Enforcement Supervisor and the Unit’s lead trainer for 7 years. His duties as an Enforcement supervisor include the oversight and supervision of all P&T operations (i.e., Special Events and Maintenance) after hours and on weekends. Many Campus departments have come to rely and work cooperatively with Mario in helping to resolve parking related issues and to meet the campus community and visitor parking needs.
Mario recently received the Spot Award for his exemplary work in formulating the final report for the Parking & Transportation Lot Utilization Survey. The report helped to support a Parking & Transportation demand study that was commissioned by the campus and funded by Parking & Transportation. The importance of the Lot Utilization Survey was to help provide and support information needed to address planning issues related to 21st century parking and transportation demand management (TDM). Mario helped to complete the final copy of the Lot Utilization Survey Report in record time and the Chancellor’s Oversight Committee was impressed by the excellent quality of the report and the results it yielded.
Mario has many other hidden talents and among them is his training and abilities as an architect. Mario earned his Bachelors of Science in Architecture in 1985 at Adamson University, Manila, Philippines. He was involved in the design and construction of several residential and commercial properties. He was a Project Manager for the installation of the automatic fire sprinkler and alarm system in the Rufino Towers which was one of the tallest buildings in the Philippines during that time.
