Category: Alumni Profile
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Jasmine Way
Google, People Consultant – “It’s commonly accepted and understood what lengths you have to go to and the amount of discipline required to achieve a master’s level of education in an engineering field, so be encouraged as you do what it takes. It will pay off in the end!”
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Kevin Vliet
Google, Senior Director, Data Center Engineering – “My career journey has been extraordinary, enabled by my graduate-level engineering education, hard work and a constant curiosity to learn new things. It is doubtful that I could have done so much without a Masters degree and no other field other than industrial engineering could have opened doors…
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Alex Riley
United Airlines,Senior Strategy Analyst – “U of M taught me to relentlessly pursue my passions in order to uncover opportunity, identify resources, and provide leadership.”
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Kimberly Poniatowicz
Walt Disney World Resort, Senior Industrial Engineer – “I use skills every day that I learned from my U-M IOE classes, especially statistics, optimization, simulation, and data processing. We apply engineering skills to projects and work collaboratively with partners across the organization to inform business decisions.”
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Shannon Pawloski
Airbnb, Software Engineer – “…My master’s degree made me stand out to recruiters, who recognized the additional coursework and practice, and the expanded scope of my education, so it gave me a leg up when applying for jobs.”
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Nevena Paripovic
Facebook, Privacy Program Manager – “My engineering background has prepared me to quickly and critically think through product proposals and effectively communicate privacy by design requirements.”
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Bevin Mathew
Apple Inc, Global Supply Manager – ” I would highly recommend looking at a future in procurement if you are looking for a role where you could create meaningful business impact and at the same time expand your technical knowledge of multiple diverse domains.”
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Baiyang Liu
Meta, Data Engineer – “Figure out what you want and focus on it. If you are interested in the Data Science jobs, the master level courses in operations research, simulation, statistics together with a programming course would help a lot. “
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Matthew Herron
Southwest Research Institute, Senior Safety Engineer – “The OSE Program provided me with the necessary education, skills, and insights needed to successfully transition from the classroom and into a rewarding career as a Safety Professional.”
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Tasha Gillium
Northrop Grumman, Environmental Health & Safety Engineer – “I was able to specialize and prove competency in my favorite subjects. My MSE also gave me the opportunity to teach and helped me stand out against job seekers with a couple of years of work experience.”
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Lauren Fitzpatrick
Amazon, Senior Product Manager – “The IOE Master’s program had given me the depth of knowledge in certain fields but also the breadth of classes across fields/industries is what allowed me to build the foundation for applying basic principles to any field.”
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Chhavi Chaudhry
Amazon, Research Scientist – “In general, research positions require you to have a PhD or Masters degree…Specifically, my degree in IOE put me in a great spot for working in Amazon Operations.”
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Kelsey Blake
United Airlines, Senior Strategy Analyst – “Once I learned what IOE was, I realized that the field was a good fit for my problem solving mindset and varied interests.”
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David Bloom
Factotem, Venture Catalyst Entrepreneur and Educator – “Go Broad. Grad students have amazing learning opportunities, in and out of the classroom, across a dozen CoE Departments, 19 U-M schools and colleges, and the vibrant Ann Arbor technology ecosystem.”
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Malika Chatlapalli
Google, User Experience Designer – “…skills like process optimization and ergonomics that I did learn through Industrial and Operations Engineering help me everyday with my design work. “