Alumni Events and Involvement

International Experience History

We did not hold any in-person social alumni events during this past academic year, but our alumni liaison, Anne Lynch, engaged with alumni one-on-one through phone conversations, LinkedIn messaging, emails, and in-person lunch meetings. John Stanford, Senior Manager, Industry Engagement & Student Counseling, also maintained open communication with alumni during the past year and focused his efforts on alumni working for corporate affiliates.

Seventy-five alumni completed a Dress for Success survey, which was used to teach current students, and 33 alumni critiqued midterm presentations for the Class of 2022 capstone teams. During in-person meetings, Anne discussed ways to measure success to gather potential survey questions. Administrative Director Bob Burgess plans to execute a comparison study between Georgia Tech graduates and Georgia Tech graduates with a minor from the Denning Technology & Management Program.

John Stanford meets with Boeing affiliates and T&M alumni working at Boeing. | Anne Lynch meets with Alex Berry (T&M Class of 2016) for lunch in Tech Square.

Anne Lynch with Julia Bodea (T&M Class of 2016) | Anne with Scott Pergament (T&M Class of 2018).

Anne Lynch with Giancarlo Vargas (T&M Class of 2020). | Anne Lynch with Tommy Antonino (T&M Class of 2015).

This year, all capstone teams created midterm presentation videos. We then solicited alumni to critique a subset of these presentations that were approved for sharing by the corporate affiliates. Thirty-three alumni T&M Program alumni gave a total of 56 detailed critiques on the T&M Class of 2022’s midterm presentations. They also offered to meet with current students to expand on their advice. Our Denning Scholars took their projects and presentations to the next level with their expertise. We are continually impressed by our community’s generosity.

T&M Class of 2011: Alvin Chen and Hari Gopal T&M Class of 2012: Andrew Elkins and Michael Tribo T&M Class of 2014: Tuure Pasto and Jason Ye T&M Class of 2015: Grant Heffley, Taylor Kersteen, Alec Li, and Jonathan Porter T&M Class of 2016: Henderson Johnson II and Dalton Nechanicky T&M Class of 2017: Marguerite Bernard, Laura McCray Dunigan, Megan Emery, Richard Huckaby, and Olivia Jagiella-Lodise T&M Class of 2018: Jessica Jiang, Sarah Jory, and Sarah Selim T&M Class of 2019: Jared Borders, Rishab Mokkapati, and Jason Quill T&M Class of 2020: Karan Achtani, Ford Coleman, Kiran Gite, Davis Massey, Venkatesh Muppaneni, Lucas Nativio, Ted Vlady, and Charlie Ye T&M Class of 2021: Ross Cefalu and Ashlyn Sasser

Team

Caterpillar

Equifax

Georgia Pacific – OPS

NCR

PACCAR

Steelcase

Ware2Go One Sentence Capstone Project Description

Develop an understanding of the impact of 3D printing on the construction industry and recommend go-to-market strategies for the industry. Analyze the collections process for services provided by Equifax to their customers and recommend data-driven process improvements to increase the time revenue is received. Investigate the excessive core waste at the Savannah River Mill and make recommendations for process improvements. Investigate the Salesforce competitive intelligence gathering process and develop a mobile app and database to increase the ease of storing and accessing that data.

Improve the facility layout of the out bounding bay using a simulation.

Improve the capability of on-the-floor employees by providing a tool for employees to capture knowledge and improve retention by allowing workers to train through augmented reality. Develop an understanding of Ware2Go’s onboarding process delays and recommend process improvements to minimize lost revenue.

Team descriptions for alumni feedback on their midterm capstone presentations.

Thirty-three alumni volunteered to critique midterm presentations.