Spotlight Stories
Oct 13, 2022
Co-op to Full-Time Job to Career at Amazon Web Services
During her master’s program in information systems, Sonia Mahankali dove into a powerful co-op job at cybersecurity firm Appgate as a sales engineer, which led to a full time job offer. The experience she gained there set her up for her next career move to Amazon Web Services as a technical account manager.
Oct 04, 2022
What and Why, Not Just How: Journey From Software Engineer to Product Manager
Main photo: Shruti Kotian, MS’19, information systems, onsite on co-op at Copart where the company stores salvaged cars and trucks for online auction. She learned about the whole process of […]
Aug 31, 2022
PhD Spotlight: Sam Salinas, PhD’22 – Bioengineering
Sam Salinas, PhD’22, bioengineering, earned his undergraduate degree in aerospace and mechanical engineering. After working a few years in the biomedical industry he decided to go back to school. He […]
Aug 11, 2022
MSIS Alumnus Pushes Patient Monitoring Forward
Atul Nipane graduated from Northeastern University with an MS in information systems in 2017. He is currently a software test engineer at Philips, a position he has held since October […]
Aug 11, 2022
Bringing Blockchain Technologies to the Financial World
Parth Gargava joined Northeastern University in the Fall of 2016 as a MS in information systems student. Throughout his studies, Gargava focused on advanced data science, application development, machine learning, and artificial intelligence; but it was his passion for blockchain and cryptocurrency that ignited his career.
Jul 27, 2022
Alum Evan Kodra Is Driven To Make a Difference
Evan Kodra, PhD’14, interdisciplinary engineering, co-founded risQ, a startup that factors the impacts of climate change and social equity into municipal investment decisions. With its success, he also established a graduate fellowship for future climate-change researchers at Northeastern’s College of Engineering.
Jul 01, 2022
From Co-op Student to Co-op Sponsor—and Cheerleader
David Sequino, E’90, electrical engineering, is proud to say that every employee in the Boston office of his company, INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS), is not only a Northeastern graduate—but almost all were also former co-op students. As co-founder and chief executive officer of ISS, Sequino has been an enthusiastic supporter of Northeastern’s co-op program since the company was created in 2010.
Apr 21, 2022
In the ‘Spirits’ of Entrepreneurship Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Launches Company
In early 2016, childhood best friends Patrick Carey, E’06, mechanical engineering, and Jesse Sommer reunited to plot yet another entrepreneurial venture. Inspired by the fervor of New York State’s budding […]