Career Mentorship Colloquium Details
Working in IT
| Authors: | Anne Eagle Symantec Ellie Becker Symantec Angella Wilger Symantec |
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| Date: | March 08, 2006 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Location: | 220 Deschutes |
| Committee: | Virginia Lo |
Abstract
- IT's place in the company
- Technical vs Functional tracks
- IT roles and how it impacts the company
- Lifestyle of IT professionals
- Today's salaries
- Tips and Tricks in IT
Bios
Anne Eagle has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. She has been working in the computer industry since 1988 in capacities ranging from individual contributor to VP of Engineering, in companies ranging in size from 20 to 15,000. The experiences gained from her diverse background have offered her insights and opportunities to grow both professionally personally. For the past 10 years, Anne has concentrated on management. She has extensive experience managing both teams of developers as as well as projects. Recently, Anne joined the IT organization at Symantec as a project manager.
Ellie Becker graduated from University of Michigan with a BA in 1998 majoring in Anthropology. She began her career at Symantec 6 years ago in Customer Service on the phones. Ellie worked her way through Development, QA, and Architecture eventually beginning a team in Sales Reporting. She is now a Sr. Manager in IT responsible for Metrics & Reporting for Sales.
Angella Wilger - Sr Director Product Development IT Angella Wilger currently holds a position as Sr Director supporting the IT needs of the Software Product Engineers. Her team also supports the Internet platform that processes all the consumer security product renewals.
Prior to Symantec, Angella held increasingly responsible IT positions at AT&T Wireless (currently Cingular Wireless, originally McCaw Communications). Angella was with ATTWS for fourteen years, starting in development and ending in a leadership role in Operations responsible for a team of 350 IT professionals, over 3000 servers, 700 databases, two world class data centers and a 150 million dollar budget. While in development, Angella was responsible for the successful implementation and rollout of both Oracle and Peoplesoft platforms. During this time, Angella was active in and sat on the board of the northwest Chapter of the Society for Information Management. Angella has a Bachelor's Degree in International Finance from Cal State University Fullerton.