J.D. ROSS
B.S. IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Billy Ceskavich G’15 started a new posi-
Menotti Minutillo ’07 came to campus as
Joshua Aviv G’17 founder and CEO
part of the HINDSights Alumni Visitor Program. He recently moved to the San Diego area, and works for Uber as an engineering manager on the company’s privacy engineering team.
of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo New York-based startup competition. As a student, Aviv was a participant in the iSchool’s Information Technology, Design, and Startups program, and took his project to the Syracuse Student Sandbox accelerator where he received guidance and mentorship.
tion at Frame.io, based in New York City.
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John Burke (left) and Kevin Dong talk with students in Professor Jeff Rubin’s IST 195 course about their JetBlue careers. John Burke ’12, Manager of Airports
Menotti Minutillo speaks with students in Professor Bruce Kingma’s class during his campus visit in September.
Jasmine P. Thompson ’07 m arried her best
friend Marques A. Dunn in August 2017 and works for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. in Chicago. Josh Frost ’08
r eturned to campus in November as part of our HINDSights Alumni Visitor Program. After nearly 10 years HINDSights PARTICIPANT working for Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division, Josh left MLB in April to take on a new role as Head of Product at Barstool Sports.
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Project Management & Testing for JetBlue Airways, visited campus in October along with Kevin Dong ’09, who serves as Senior Analyst for JetBlue’s hospitality programs. Burke and Dong were part of the HINDSights Alumni Visitor Program and shared their JetBlue career experiences with students. Keegan Slattery ’13 recently took a new
job as a Senior Digital Media Specialist with 2U in Denver, Colorado. Andrew Pregler ’15 started a new role
at the Topps Company, as a Mobile Application Producer, creating content for digital collectors. He also continues to write for the Syracuse sports blog, Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician.
Joshua Aviv G’17 receives his trophy from New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul at the 43North awards ceremony.
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Brian Kievit G’17 recently started a new
RJ Sherman G’12 is now Vice President
position at The Bulfinch Group working in financial planning and services.
of Innovation at Citizens Bank in Boston. Zach Schleien G’15 is co-founder of
18percent, a free mental health online community based on the Slack messaging platform, where users can receive peer-to-peer support. The community offers free, 24/7 support in a moderated environment with many channels that cover various mental health issues. They recently partnered with the Crisis Text Line, a confidential text message service for people in crisis.
M.S. IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE M.Wahiduzzaman G’64 , now retired,
publishes a monthly tourism and trade newsletter, The Traveller. A recent issue features his column, “A Writer’s Approach to Imagination Science.” Wahiduzzaman resides in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and his newsletter website is: www.thetraveller.online.
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