Alumni News and Updates
MIS Alumni sharing their news and updates
As part of our new website launch in April 2009, we have started to post news and information of our alumni.
Would you like to share news of your work, family and adventures with us and your peers? Simply complete the alumni update online form and we will post your information below. We may even include your news in a future newsletter as well!
Please enjoy the newsworthy and sometimes humorous updates from your fellow alumni of the Management Information Systems programs.
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1980
Htay L. Hla, '82, has been the Director, Information Technology at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona since 2000. [4-09]
Stephen Irish, '82, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Entrerprise Bank. Congratulations to Stephen as he was recently promoted from Chief Information Officer to Chief Operating Officer at Enterprise Bank in Massachusetts. [5-09]
Edward Quick, '87, Test Director, GFEBS PMO, Department of the Army. "I'm looking forward to traveling to Arizona for high school graduations."[5-09]
1990
Akhilesh Bajaj, PhD, '97, University of Tulsa receives full professorship in August 2009. [4-09]
2000
Kubra Basdogan (Hatice Kubra Coldren), '00, is an Independent PeopleSoft Technology Consultant. She also assists with the areas of technology at Aritist Magnet LLC. [4-09]
Gondy Leroy, PhD, '03, School of Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University. "I am very happy to let you know that I've been promoted to associate professor with tenure. y time at the UA-MIS department were an excellent preparation for this. I'm not sure if people tell you (Dr. Sudha Ram), but you've been always a good and successful role model. Also for me, although I never worked directly with you. I even teach databases these days" [4-09]
Eduardo Canessa, '04, CIO, Palmas del Ixcan. "Came back to Guatemala and after alot of work I am now the CIO of Palmas del Ixcan a subsidiary of Green Earth Fuels". [5-09]
Clayton Rogers, '09, Solution Delivery Consultant, Cerner. "After 22 years living in Tucson I am off to begin my career in Kansas City Missouri. I will be working for Cerner as a Solution Delivery Consultant. I begin September 14th and am excited to finally start my career. Hopefully some of the things I learned in Sue Brown's database class and Dr. Alex's networking class comes in handy"! [8-09]
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