Khoury Stories

Students. Faculty. Alumni. Community. These are our stories.

  • John-David Maunder

    David Maunder

      Affiliation:
    • Align Student

    Location: Vancouver

    After three years of working as a tax accountant, David Maunder was looking for a profession with more room for creativity. The Align program unlocked that freedom for him – […]

  • Marina Moskowitz

    Marina Moskowitz

    When Marina Moskowitz arrived at Northeastern University in 2014, she was undecided about her major. Although she knew she wanted to study business, she also wanted to explore her other […]

  • Wayne Duso

    Wayne Duso

      Affiliation:
    • Industry Partner

    Location: Boston

    Wayne Duso’s own path to tech wasn’t one that he always saw coming. So when the Amazon Web Services VP sought to bolster the company’s long-term innovation, he turned to […]

  • Julie Rakas

    Julie Rakas

      Affiliation:
    • Align Alumni

    Location: Boston

    For those aiming to switch to computing at the master’s level and secure jobs at large tech firms, impostor syndrome can be a struggle. But for Julie Rakas, who interned […]

  • Cathy Bilotta walks across a Boston street with her son.

    Cathy Bilotta

    Cathy Bilotta began as one of Northeastern’s first computing college students. Now she’s giving back. In telling the story of Khoury College’s 40th anniversary, it helps to highlight people whose […]

  • Mani Sundaram stands in front of a Northeastern sign

    Mani Sundaram

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    When he came from India to the United States for graduate school with only enough money for a one-way flight, Mani Sundaram landed at Northeastern purely by accident. But everything that has happened since then — from his startup work to his internet security leadership to his drive to give back — has been very much intentional.

  • Glen Coppersmith walks with his daughter on a trail in the forest

    Glen Coppersmith

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    When Glen Coppersmith graduated from Northeastern in 2004, he did so with a CS–psychology double degree that was highly unusual at the time. Two decades later, he’s carved out a career by strengthening the quantity, quality, and utility of data for mental health treatment.

  • Rachit Mehta

    Rachit Mehta

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    For Rachit Mehta, experiential learning is the key to a well-rounded education. Between his internship at Amazon Web Services and his classes in the Align program, he built confidence in […]

  • Hasti Ghebi-Danashi

    Hasti Gheibi Dehnashi

      Affiliation:
    • Align Alumni

    Location: Boston

    At AWS, Align alumnus Hasti Gheibi Dehnashi works as an SDE1 – Amazon’s equivalent of an entry level software engineer. Although her position at the company is fairly new, she […]

  • Victoria Bowen

    Victoria Bowen

      Affiliation:
    • Undergraduate Student

    Location: Boston

    One month after starting her co-op at Outcomes4Me, Victoria Bowen noticed others at the company were starting to ask her for guidance, a credit to her skills as a quick […]

  • Sam Wu-Ochs

    Sam Wu-Ochs

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    For Sam Wu-Ochs, a company’s mission is key. Impressed with Outcomes4Me’s drive to democratize cancer care, he applied for a co-op at the company as an undergraduate student. Now, he […]

  • Christina Rong

    Christina Rong

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    Like many Khoury College alumni, Christina Rong was initially attracted to the college for its career-accelerating co-op program. Now working full time at Outcomes4Me, her former co-op, she leverages her […]

  • Marvin Sagastume

    Marvin Sagastume

      Affiliation:
    • Alumni

    Location: Boston

    Marvin Sagastume found himself drawn to Northeastern by Khoury College’s combined majors, giving him the opportunity to blend his computing passion with something wider. Now at Outcomes4Me, he’s doing just that by helping to develop a user-friendly information platform for cancer patients.

  • Mark Miller

    Mark Miller

      Affiliation:
    • Teaching Faculty

    Location: Oakland, Silicon Valley

    For almost a decade, Mark Miller headed educational technology investigations at Apple. Now a professor in the Align program, he feels a strong connection to the program’s mission of broadening […]

  • Armen Sarkisian

    Armen Sarkisian

      Affiliation:
    • Align Student

    Location: Silicon Valley

    With a graduate degree from the prestigious Juilliard School, Armen Sarkisian was firmly on the classical music track. But with a burning desire to learn wildly different skills and forge […]

  • Cecilia Lopez

    Cecilia Lopez

      Affiliation:
    • Align Student

    Location: Silicon Valley

    Cecilia Lopez has long been passionate about computer science. After majoring in linguistics, though, she was unsure when the right time was to take the leap. Enrolling in the Align […]