IT leader embraces discomfort
Alum Lindsey Perry, who lends her expertise to the Department of Information System’s Executive Advisory Board, shares what made her uncomfortable as a student — and successful as an IS executive, wife, and mom.
Alum on women in technology: I was once taken for a stagehand
Alum Rebecca Brown sealed her female legacy the moment she earned her master’s degree in information management and accepted a leadership position within her company — overseeing IT programs.
Education eliminates career obstacles for alumnus
W. P. Carey graduate Jason Bortness landed his dream job, thanks to going back to school.
Different backgrounds, same destination: David Dunton and Raed Hamzeh
Like many W. P. Carey students, David Dunton and Raed Hamzeh have extremely different backgrounds — one is from Phoenix, Arizona, and the other comes from Lebanon — yet they both arrived at similar destinations academically, professionally, and personally.
Alum introduces a new way to rewire data center inefficiencies
In a market of Big Data, Big Data centers, and big costs, W. P. Carey alumnus Clint Poole's innovative DataStation — a scalable, quickly deployable modular data center that can connect directly to the grid for power — may make a big impact on the industry.
Three ways W. P. Carey CIS alum found career success
Lindsey Waress earned the title of computer guru in her family. Any phone, computer, tablet, remote control — if it broke, the family brought it to her to fix.
Opportunities to learn motivate recent grad
As students prepare for graduation and trade in their backpacks and books for business cards, recent graduate Bridget Martin has a message for those students: your education is not over.
Never too late to pursue education
Taking a break from a successful career to go back to school and get a degree is a move many people don’t make. It was a tough choice for Benjamin Behrend but one that has paid off.
Let the data do the talking: Careers in business data analytics
Using data collected about bikes stolen on campus, students in the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS-BA) program created a map for ASU Police showing where to patrol — on what days and what specific times — to prevent thefts.
Trilingual: Conan Shearer bridges business, IT, and supply chain management
Conan Shearer graduated with a W.—P.—Carey MBA and an MSIM degree, but he also learned to “speak” three languages: business, IT and supply chain management.