D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY Career Path Case Studies Bruce Eicher Ted Friedman Bruce Petro
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY Bruce Eicher -- SAN ‘ Internships Toledo Edison B.S. SAN, MU Crowe Chizek, Management Services The Summit Group Co-Founder, VP Intrepa 99 Co-Founder, COO Manhattan Associates SVP Customer Relations, Americas Services, HR New Career 06-??
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY How MU Prepared Me for My Career Opportunity to tailor the special interest flavor of curriculum Career assistance through CPPO for internships and permanent positions Abundance of academic and social opportunities Continued networking options
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY Ted Friedman -- SAN ‘ Internships (E&Y, GE) B.S. SAN, MU Andersen Consulting, Staff, Senior Staff, Manager M.S. CS, CWRU, Research Assistant GE, Project Manager Emerging IT State Industrial, IT Manager Gartner, 00-?? Research VP
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY How MU Prepared Me for My Career High-quality mix of technical and business knowledge -- great fit for many roles Internship program -- one of the most valuable experiences you can have Organization and time management -- loading up on classes and activities teaches discipline and focus
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY Bruce Petro – SAN ‘ Internship (Federal Reserve Bank) B.S. SAN, MU ’71-’75 Sohio ’75-’82 Systems Analyst Programming Supervisor Price Waterhouse ’82-’84 Manager, Consulting Services Picker Intnl ’84-’86 IT Manager American Greetings ’86-’94 IT Manager AG.com ’94-’05 CIO / CTO MBA, CWRU ’76-’79 Safeguard Properties ’06- present CIO
D E P A R T M E N T O F COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE O X F O R D O H I O MIAMI UNIVERSITY How MU Prepared Me for My Career Able to perform systems analysis and design as first job – “skipped” programming all together Able to pick up just about anything technical on my own Appreciation/knowledge of business fundamentals was differentiator
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