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 started this
position in January 2009 after he finished 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 started working as a project manager with the Boston Consulting Group. Vlad is now a principle with the Boston Consulting Group (see Profile here).
Michael
Burns
Michael is a systems administrator at 3DI
Technologies, LLC in Baltimore, MD.
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.
Tricia
Marcolini
Tricia is VP of Marketing and Webmaster at Pigeon
Toed Productions.
Kyle
Schneider
Kyle is Infrastructure
Support Analyst at Curbell in the Buffalo, NY area.
Recent Grads:
John Brucato
John is a global service desk technician with
Yahoo! John will enter grad school at Canisius this fall, 2011, to pursue his
MBA with a concentration in Information Technology.
Paul
Collins
For the last year since graduation I have
been working as a freelance web designer and also doing freelance computer
repair. I earned my A+ and Network+ certification. I recently accepted a job
offer at Algonquin Studios as a Network Support Technician. Paul was an account executive with Sparkable
Web Marketing in Buffalo, New York. (Paul was 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.
Mark Rivard
Mark is December 2009 graduate of Canisius.
He will be attending George Washington University this fall for a Masters in
Information Systems Technology. Also, he expects to start with a DC based IT
consulting company (more info to come).
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.