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School of ComputingAlumni

The School of Computing (SoC) alumni network at DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media is more than 20,000 strong. We are proud to be the alma mater to experts in the information technology industry. We’ve highlighted just a few of our alumni who are using their SoC education to solve technology problems at work and beyond.

Graduate Alum Spotlights

Alumni who received a graduate degree from our School of Computing reflect on their education and how both the coursework they completed and the connections they made led to success in their careers.

 

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Notable Alumni

  • John Akred, Data & Algorithms Engineering Director, Apple (MS Computer Science ‘02)
  • Karen Alkoby, Associate Professor at Gallaudet University and the first deaf woman to earn a PhD in CS (PhD Computer and Information Science ‘08, MS Information Systems ‘99)
  • Vince Anter, Founder and Producer, Amazon Prime’s V is for Vino webseries (BS Human Computer Interaction ‘10)
  • Gabriela Ariza, Lead Cyber Security Engineer, FHN
  • Carlos Castro Herrera, Senior Software Engineer, Google (PhD Computer and Information Systems ‘11, MS Software Engineering ‘07)
  • Noel Diaz, Senior Network Manager, Bosch (MS Cybersecurity ‘07)
  • Ron Eisenstein, Senior Engineering Manager, EverTrue (MS Information Systems ‘03)
  • Keith Forsythe, Chief Technology and Information Officer, North (MS Computer Science ‘03)
  • Talal Ghafoor (BS CS ’23), Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Sanjay Gidwania, Chief Operating Officer, Copado (BS Information Systems ‘03)
  • Michael Gredlics, Lead Data Scientist, Harley-Davidson Financial Services (MS Data Science ‘13)
  • Benji Greenberg, Founder and CEO, BCV, a RateGain company (BS Information Systems ‘09)
  • Christopher Hein, Field CTO, Google (MS Computer Science '04)
  • Krassi Hristova, Product Manager, TikTok (MS Information Technology ‘12)
  • David Kalt, Chief Executive Officer, PangoBooks (former CEO and Founder, Reverb) (MS ’95, Computer Science and Software Engineering)
  • Elizabeth Kovick, Senior Manager, Global Security Fusion Center, Allstate (BS/MS ‘10, Cybersecurity and Networking)
  • Marcus Lofton, DevOps Engineer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (BS Computer Science ‘20)
  • Mark Nauta, Game Director, Firaxis Games (MS Game Development ‘13)
  • Ekene Olekanma, Director of Coaching Analytics, New England Patriots (MS Data Science '21)
  • Sadaf Pasha, Director, Health Economics, UnitedHealth Group (MS Data Science ‘14)
  • Ben Patel, Chief Technology Officer, UC Health (MS Information Systems '04)
  • Connie Phan, Senior Director of Software Engineering, CME Group (MS Software Engineering ‘12, BS Computer Science ‘04)
  • Sierra Sellman, Operations Excellence Manager, Amazon Web Services (MS Data Science ‘19)
  • Sohaj Shergill, Director of Analytics, LinkedIn (MS Data Science ‘19)
  • Steven Slotwinski, Vice President of Product Strategy and Compliance, Wondr Nation (BS Computer Science ‘04)
  • Beth Steele, Director of Advanced Analytics, Spark Foundry (MS Data Science ‘15)
  • Aaren Stubberfield, Senior Manager of Data Science and Digital Excellence, Ingredion Incorporated (MS Data Science ‘15)
  • Philip Tibitoski, Founder/President, Young Horses Inc. (BS Game Development ‘12)
  • Sherry Wang, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Aspirion (MS Data Science ‘15)
  • Ryan Wiemeyer, Owner/Co-Founder/Designer, The Men Who Wear Many Hats; Founder, Indie City Collective (BS Game Development ‘09)