Former IS / MIS Students from Canisius College
Mark Draksic
Mark was just
promoted to Manager, ERP Systems and Applications Support at Rich Products.
Mark will have a staff of 12 and be in charge of SAP systems. Mark will assume
this position in January 2009 after he finishes responsibilities in the UK in
his role as an International IS staff member.
Vladimir Lukic
After working as a project manager for GIS Data in Croatia and managing International operations, Vlad completed his MBA at MIT in Cambridge, MA. He is working as a high level, strategic consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
Erin Cody
Erin is currently working on her Ph.D. in MIS (and her Law degree) at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is doing work on Intellectual Property and Legal Issues of the Internet. erincody@gmail.com
Ryan Pieszak
Ryan obtained a position at Ziphany in N Tonawanda, working as a technical specialist utilizing Cold Fusion. Ryan worked his way up to Director of IT at Ziphany, completed his MBA at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and has now moved into a high level management position at PointAndPay, Inc. in Winter Haven, Florida. (See ryanpieszak@yahoo.com and, http://www.pointandpay.com )
Shawn Goss
Shawn also obtained a position at Ziphany and is performing technical specialist duties, including work with Cold Fusion. He is working where Ryan left off. See http://www.ziphany.com/
Jamel Perkins
Jamel is the
Director of Information Technology at Delaware North Companies in Buffalo, New
York. This international, multi-million dollar firm depends on information
technology for mission critical applications. Jamel is responsible for all of
the IT planning and operations. His work has taken him to many foreign
countries as he oversees operations. Prior to joining Delaware North Jamel was
Director of IT for Buffalo Savings Bank.
Aaron Reuther
Aaron works at Premcom as
a systems engineer. He installs VOIP phone systems and does a number of
technical troubleshooting tasks. areuther@premcom.com
Robert Shanahan
Robert is a Network
Analyst for Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), in Buffalo, NY. rshanaha@ecmc.com
Mike Shroeder
Mike is a web and SAP developer for MVP
Network Consulting in Buffalo, New York. Previously Mike has worked in
technical support and application (web) development at CNHI and Rosa’s Home
Stores.
Steve Florko
Chris Grimaldi
Chris is Manager of the Information Technology department at Mueller Services. Visit www.mueller-inc.com
Michael Pawelek
Mike works as a Software Architect for the AIX
Group in Buffalo, New York. Some of Mike’s accomplishments include the design,
development and implementation of an Enterprise ETL tool which provided cost
savings of over $500,000. Mike designed, developed and implemented an N-Tier
Application framework using .NET (VB.Net/C#) technologies. Mike previously
worked for VertaSource as Director of Development/Lead Software Developer.
Mike’s long list of accomplishments and consulting activities would easily take
up many pages, but I would like to add that Mike is one of the finest technical
specialists the Information Systems department has graduated. Mike also runs
the local chapter of the VB.Net User Group. You can reach him at pawelekm@yahoo.com
Laurie
J. Eikemeyer
Through her studies at Canisius, Laurie discovered
she liked working with databases. In 2001, Laurie left her employment at
Canisius College (also a 1999 IS graduate) for an opportunity to work for M/E
Engineering, P.C. as Database Systems Manager.
In this role, she developed database solutions for project management,
marketing and accounting. In 2007, Laurie was promoted to Business Applications
Development Manager and is currently working on a major software migration and
implementation of a new accounting and marketing system.
Darren
Foote
Darren Foote is an Analyst with M&T Bank
in Buffalo, New York. Darren does a lot of technical work with XML code, data
packets for updates of mainframes, including work with COBOL and IBM JCL.
Richard
A. Shick, Jr.
Richard A. Shick,
Jr. is a Sr. Systems Consultant for Synergy Global Solutions. His primary
directive is to provide guidance on technology based solutions for businesses.
Richard currently specializes in network infrastructure, messaging, operating
system integration, and security. He graduated from Canisius College in 1995.
Paul
Collins
Paul is an account executive with Sparkable Web Marketing in Buffalo, New York. Paul is doing
web development and design work and is looking to move into project management
and systems analysis. He is a 2009 graduate of IS and was the Information
Systems student of the year at Canisius.
The above list of graduates provides a sample of the types of jobs and careers that an Information Systems major at Canisius College might pursue.