[Mathmajors] Math and ACMS Career Discovery Week events: TODAY and TOMORROW

[Julie Martinson]

Please plan to attend one of these two events,

TODAY for MATH CAREERS

AND

Tues., 1/27, for ACMS/CSE/TC/INFO/Digital Arts Careers,
 	"Pathways in Technology - Career Panel and Networking"

For all web links and other great panels of interest, start with 
http://depts.washington.edu/careerwk/index.php
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Careers for Math Majors

When: Monday, January 26, 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Where: Sieg Hall 224 - View Map

What can you do with a Math degree? This session includes UW Math alumnae 
who are doing really interesting things with their careers.

Panelists:

Eric Valpey, '07
Actuarial Analyst , Premera Blue Cross
Eric Valpey is a Health Insurance Actuarial Analyst working for Premera 
Blue Cross on their Health Care Economics Actuarial Team. His team 
provides analytical support for the contracting of Hospitals and Health 
Care Providers in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Arizona. Eric has a 
Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington's Department of 
Mathematics, Class of 2007.

Hsu Ken Ooi, '06
Co-Founder, Eggsprout
Hsu Ken is a co-founder of Eggsprout where he is responsible for the brand 
and user experience of the site. Prior to Eggsprout, Hsu Ken was a Senior 
Web Analyst at ZAAZ, an interactive agency, where he advised clients such 
as Converse, Nike and Sony on improving the performance and monetization 
of their web channel. Hsu Ken graduated from the University of Washington 
with a double major in Mathematics and Statistics.

Ian Elliott, '04
Actuarial Associate, Symetra
Ian Elliott, graduated from the UW with a BA in math in 2004. He started 
his career path as an actuary by doing an internship at Safeco (now 
Symetra Financial) in the summer of '03. He was then hired at Symetra as 
actuarial analyst in '05, and has worked there since. He recently moved 
from the finance department to the annuity department and is now actuarial 
associate.
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Pathways in Technology - Career Panel and Networking

When: Tuesday, January 27, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm (4:30-5:30 in MEB 238;
 	       then informal networking 5:30-6;30 in tthe CSE Atrium)

Come hear from five recent graduates of Applied and Computational Math 
Sciences, Computer Science, Digital Arts & Experimental Media, Informatics 
and Technical Communications to learn how they have launched their careers 
in the technology field.

We'll host a panel from 430-530pm followed by free pizza and a chance to 
mingle with your fellow students, the panelists and advisors from each 
department.

Panelists:

Erin Covington, '07
Software Development Engineer, Amazon.com - Web link...
Erin is a software development engineer on the Reverse Logistics team. The 
subteam she works on is: Customer Returns. They handle the customer-facing 
return pages of Amazon's website, the refund/return logic that generates 
refunds for returned items and the software that warehouse employees use 
to process returned items. Their team of 11 handles all customer returns 
software worldwide.

Johnathan Lyon, '06
Technical Coordinator and Senior Computer Specialist, Center for Digital 
Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS) and the Center for Advanc - Web 
link...
Johnathan is currently Senior Computing Specialist and Technical 
Coordinator at the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS) 
and the Center for Advanced Research in the Arts and Humanities (CARTAH) 
at the University of Washington, received his BFA in DXARTS and BS in 
Digital Signal Processing (General Studies) at the University of 
Washington in 2006. He specialized in spatial audio processing, 
discovering novel ways of treating audio granually in space in order to 
morph the topology of 3-dimensional sound spaces. While working at the 
Univeristy of Washington, he is continuing research in Bio-Enhanced 
Interface Design and Technological Mediation in the Arts. His current 
artistic exploits have lead him to study vangaurd scientific technology in 
order develop artistic methodology via biological interventions and 
posthumanist philosophy to create meta-works that bridge and question the 
gap between Art and Science.

Marshall Bjerke, '08
Project Manager, Microsoft - Web link...

Matthew J Kirk, '08
Assistant Research Analyst , Parametric Portfolio Associates - Web link...
Kirk is responsible for research and analysis of structured equity 
portfolios. He focuses on quantitative models, completing client research 
projects and testing existing models already implemented.

Shirin McConaghy
Media Specialist, Microsoft Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group