Supply Chain Champion: Donté Casey

LEAD STOREKEEPER: Logistics-DSM
TIME AT SCM: Seven years
FAVORITE MOVIE: Stars Wars (all of them)
FAVORITE FOOD: Mexican

WHAT HE DOES: Growing up in a "very bad" neighborhood, Casey said he fell into music (rap), did a lot of touring and got a couple of gold records. When his children came along, he decided to find a job that was more respectful and that turned out to be at UCSF.

His work at Logistics-DSM includes maintaining import and export of all storage inventory, conducting inventory review, file retrieval, billing for storage, scheduling of storage importing and exporting. He also works with a team to schedule orders for drivers. 

ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING PARTS OF HIS JOB?  “There’s nothing really challenging. I try to learn something new every day. I’m open to new things, but with so many issues going on in the world and sometimes at home, I use the work as my vacation. I enjoy working here. I enjoy the people at UCSF. I come here to get piece of mind.”

BEST PART ABOUT WORKING AT UCSF? “The people. We’re here with our work team more than we are with our families, so I got a lot of love for the people I work with. I look to different people at different times for advice. I’m growing as a man myself, so I’m learning from everybody here. And I enjoy the company of all my workmates." 

“Donté is a dedicated employee with superb attention to detail. He is extremely well-organized, passionate and serious about his work. When I asked his co-workers for words or phrases that come to mind when they think of Donté, they said things like: great team-player, amazing, diligent, industrious, a pillar of strength, great knowledge, and a fun guy to have lunch with!"

— Jim Sobczyk, Director, Logistics-DSM