
Congratulations to Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20, information systems and Zhensen Huang, M.S. ’00, Ph.D. ’04, information systems on each receiving an alumni award tonight!
Faisal is receiving the Distinguished Service Award. This award may be given to a UMBC graduate who has demonstrated dedication to UMBC through exceptional service to UMBC, its students, and alumni.
Zhensen is receiving the Outstanding Alumni Award. This award is given to a UMBC graduate who has brought distinction to the University through personal and professional achievement.
Chris-Anne Correa ’13, M.S. ’16, our newest Advisory Board Member, is a Senior User Experience Designer at Amazon Prime Video. She focuses on creating experiences using customer input and measures impact every step of the way to iteratively improve the product. She takes time to share her experiences as a student, why UMBC is so important to her, and offers advice for those interested in pursuing UX Design as a career.
Kara Freeman ’91, engineering and information technology and advisory board member talks with President Emeritus Freeman A. Hrabowski III and Vice President Emerita for Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer about their book, The Resilient University: How Purpose and Inclusion Drive Student Success.
Devin Price ’14, information systems, is an information security professional, writer, educator, and thought leader with over 9 years of experience in the tech industry. Price took the time to answer some questions about his time as a student and why it is important to never stop learning.
Mihir Patel, M.S. ’22, information systems, earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from K.J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (Mumbai, India) and is a recent graduate of our M.S. in Information Systems program, data science track. Patel took the time to tell us about his passion for technology and how his internship at VITG turned into a full-time DevOps Engineer position. He also offers advice to students as they prepare for a new semester at UMBC.
Chuck Miller ’11, musical composition, M.S. ’23, information systems is recent graduate of our Online MS program and is active in the InfoSec community. He recently presented at DEFCON31 and mentions how all the televisions in the hotel were hacked during the event. Miller also talks about how he transitioned from a musical career to cybersecurity and how he got involved with fundraising for the American Cancer Society.
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