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Daniel M. Preston

Facilities Operations Specialist

Affiliations Operations, Staff
Address NEB 188 Phone: (352) 392-3101

Biography

Daniel is from Gainesville, Florida. He started as a UF staff member in 2004 working mainly in facilities, IT, experiment field support, and logistics as an Engineering Technician and Engineer. He joined MAE in 2019 as a Facilities Operations Specialist.

Education

∙ General Sciences and Engineering Associate of Arts, 2004 Santa Fe College

Responsibilities

∙  Coordinate repairs and renovations with Facilities Services and HWCoE Facilities

∙ Staff safety contact for MAE

∙ Safety and maintenance of MAE Student Design Center

∙ Departmental Emergency Planning

∙ Student Design Teams logistical support

∙ Inventory of attractive and capital assets

∙ Keypad and key card maintenance and programming

∙ Vehicle fleet maintenance

∙ Space auditing

∙ Backup for mail receiving and delivery

∙ Backup for equipment and space moves

Awards

∙ 2025 Years of Service at UF – 20

∙ 2025 Division 3 Superior Accomplishment Team Collaboration Award

∙  2024 MAE Productivity Staff Award

∙  2023 MAE Jan Rockey Outstanding Staff Award

∙  2021 Division 3 Superior Accomplishment Award

∙  2018 Division 4 Superior Accomplishment Award

∙  2011 Division 4 Superior Accomplishment Award