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Info Program Faculty Students Creighton


RECENT COMPUTER SCIENCE ALUMNI

Mike Burke (B.S. 08)
IT Help Desk at PayPal, Omaha.
"I have been working for the last 8 months or so at PayPal with their IT help desk. It is an interesting job, I get to take calls from all over the world, from the US to Dublin to Germany , India and China." (updated 12/08)
Contact: mikeburke55@gmail.com


Van Do (B.S. 08)
Pharmacy Student at Creighton.
"I'm currently in Pharmacy school, and plan to make use of my CS degree in the future and specialize in pharmacy informatics. My foundation in CS has greatly improved my critical thinking skills, as well as expanded my insight into how technology is used in the medical field. I'm currently helping the Southwest Iowa Pharmacists Association improve their web presence to facilitate member communication." (updated 5/08)
Contact: VanDo@creighton.edu


Ian Eppenbaugh (B.S. 08)
Field Support Technician, Omaha Public Schools.
"I am responsible for supporting all technology at Crestridge, Joslyn, and Western Hills elementary schools. This includes all physical equipment (computers, projectors, smartboards, etc) as well as accounts and the network in general. I am taking advantage of the opportunity to expand my knowledge of Macs and supporting them in a larger environment. I'm currently teaching myself OS X Server stuff so I can do more awesome stuff." (updated 2/09)
Contact: ian@creighton.edu




Eric Grob (B.S.C.S. 06)
Software Developer at Union Pacific Railroad in downtown Omaha.
Contact: ericgrob@creighton.edu


DeDe Hedlund (B.S.C.S. 06)
Senior Technical Specialist in the Office of Information Technology and Learning Resources at Creighton University Medical Center, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.
"As the manager for all online assessments of student learning, I am responsible for ensuring that approximately 180 online assessments per semester are created, posted and assigned to students in a timely fashion. I serve as the primary point of contact for requests to create unique question types as well as troubleshooting technology issues with exam creation and delivery. Additionally, I manage security groups and web site access as well as tracking software licensing compliance within the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions."
Contact: dhedlund@creighton.edu


Rhonda Peavy (B.S.C.S. 06)
Curriculum Coordinator at the Creighton University Medical Center, Department of Surgery.
"I coordinate the surgical education rotation for 3rd and 4th year medical students at Creighton."
Contact: rhondapeavy@creighton.edu


Adam Schumacher (B.S.C.S. 06)
Programmer/Analyst for Creighton's Division of Information Technology.
"I work in Integrated Campus Solutions, where my main responsibilties include maintaining the Advance system for tracking alumni, as well as donations given to the University."
Contact: adamschumacher@creighton.edu


Dan Smith (B.S. 06)
District Manager for Papa Murphy's.
"I oversee operations for 8 stores in the Omaha metro area, including Omaha, Fremont, Bellevue, and Council Bluffs." (updated 1/09)
Contact: Danomite664@yahoo.com


Matt Steele (B.S.C.S. 06)
Software Developer at Union Pacific Railroad in downtown Omaha.
"I'm making the trains run on time, programming Java applications."
Contact: orphum@gmail.com




Tariq Al-Hammadi (B.S. 05)
System Analyst at RasGas, Doha, Qatar.
"I work as a System Analyst in the HR Department for an Oil & Gas company called RasGas, based in Doha, Qatar. My specialty is a system called (SAP), which I took intensive training in from the company I work for. The CS degree from Creighton helped a lot and I really appreciate what I learned from you and the university. I got married last April and expecting a child on April 2009 :)." (updated 10/08)


Lee Fraley (M.S.C.S. 05)
Web Developer Team Lead at Data Transmission Network.
"As the team lead over one of DTN's business-to-business ecommerce sites, I participate in the Refine Fuels industry in providing a market place to bring downstream energy sellers and buyers together. In engineering our application, I've been utilizing material presented by Dr. Carlson's E-Commerce course, Dr. Nair's UML as well as Software Engineering lectures, Dr. Reed's Web Development, and I admit a few of the IT Management courses from the business school. I find my work very engaging and sometimes as entertaining as coding up the "Talk like a Pirate" translator."
Contact: eFraley@tconl.com


Jim Hougas III (B.S. 05, chemistry double major)
Medical Student at Creighton.
"I am currently a 3rd year medical student at Creighton on a full ride scholarship from the US Air Force and I am going to go into Family Practice."
Contact: JamesHougasIII@creighton.edu


Sean Kelly (B.S.C.S. 05)
Unix Systems Architect for Creighton's Division of Information Technology.
Contact: smkelly@creighton.edu


Steve Linberg (B.S.C.S. 05)
Graduate Student in Physical Therapy at UNMC.
Contact: slinberg@unmc.edu


Mike Sheehan (B.S.C.S. 05)
Web Coordinator at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
"I work on a team with another coordinator and the webmaster. Together we manage all sites for the hospital (intranet, department sites, etc.) Our current project is to redesign the hospital site (nebraskamed.com)."
Contact: msheehan@creighton.edu




Jeremy Berman (B.S.C.S. 04)
Law Student at Creighton.
"I'm still in Omaha, going to law school and working on my Masters in IT Management at Creighton. I'll graduate this May."
Contact: jberman@creighton.edu


Joel van Brandwijk (B.S.C.S. 04)
Configuration Analyst for Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha.
"Responsible for supporting a 24 hour, global development cycle with automated continuous integration. Implement, deploy, and track changes and their dependencies in established software versions. Maintain server and database configurations in support of software. Coordinate maintenance of systems external to the environment. Application development in support of configuration management." (updated 4/09)
Contact: vanbrandwijk@gmail.com




Shahryar Qadri (B.S.C.S. 03)
Software Architect at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, MO.
"My experience at Cerner, the world's largest independent make of medical information technology, includes work on the Corporate Data Warehouse team which provides a wide range of analytical reporting solutions ranging from human resources to finance. While there, I developed a new approach to populating slowly changing dimensions known as "Self-Healing Architecture. I currently lead a research and development team focused on healthcare insurance transactions via web services."
Contact: shahryar@qadri.com


Brian Winget (B.S. 03)
Law Student at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
"I'm doing well in Kansas City, Missouri. I worked as a law clerk for a law firm this summer. I'm going to be a third year student in law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. My degree in Computer Science prepared me with a good foundation for graduate school."
Contact: bdwvdc@mizzou.edu




Patrick Millerd (B.S. 02)
Medical Student at Creighton.
"I'm still in Omaha and I am currently in my third year of medical school at Creighton and will hopefully graduate in May 2008."
Contact: patrickmillerd@creighton.edu




Takashi Koyama (M.S.C.S. 01)
Software Developer at National Indemnity Company, Omaha.
"I have been at National Indemnity since 2002, producing various insurance rating software with Visual FoxPro, VB.Net, and SQL server as a backbone database. I also received my MS-ITM and MBA degrees from Creighton in 2005."
Contact: takashikoyama@creighton.edu