Alumni Profiles

What is your career progression since graduating from Purdue? In 1975, While completing my dissertation I got a late night telephone call from a friend who had been a graduate student with me at Case Tech. He asked me if I knew anything about Foreign Exchange forecasting. When I assured him that I was clueless, he hired me. At Chase Econometrics in suburban Philadelphia I used my quant skills to  [ Read More ]

What is your career progression since graduating from Purdue? I graduated from Purdue in 2000 with a Master’s Degree in Chemistry. While at Purdue, I decided I wanted to practice patent law. So, one month after graduation, I entered law school at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. I am now admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I started  [ Read More ]

What is your career progression since graduating from Purdue? I graduated in 2007 as a mid career graduate. I was a department manager at the time with Lucent. Due to the instability at Lucent, I took another managerial position with Merck in 1998. I was promoted to a global director in 2001 in charge of Facilities and construction for all Research. I was downsized in late 2003 and did consulting  [ Read More ]