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David Maunder
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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 – […]
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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 […]
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Wayne Duso
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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 […]
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Julie Rakas
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mani Sundaram
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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.
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Glen Coppersmith
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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.
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Rachit Mehta
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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 […]
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Hasti Gheibi Dehnashi
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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 […]
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Victoria Bowen
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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 […]
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Sam Wu-Ochs
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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 […]
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Christina Rong
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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 […]
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Marvin Sagastume
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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.
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Mark Miller
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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 […]
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Armen Sarkisian
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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 […]
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Cecilia Lopez
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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 […]