Alumni

Kathy earned a BS degree in Computer Science from Michigan Tech in 1984.  Kathy began her career as a software developer with internships at General Motors and the Sperry Corporation.  Upon graduation she worked for Hewlett Packard in Colorado.  As a product manager she led the marketing effort to bring HP’s first low-end color workstation to market.  In 1991 Kathy co-founded Colorado Spectrum . . .

After leaving Michigan Tech, Jan Tervonen joined the Eastman Kodak Company as a Programmer/ Analyst. In 1986 she left Kodak and took several years off to raise her children – two of those years were spent in Paris. She returned to the work force initially as a consultant, and then in 1993 accepted a position with Mammography Reporting System, Inc. (MRS) as a Senior Programmer/Analyst. MRS is the leading provider . . .

Alums Team up to Engineer a Better Beer Chas Thompson '91, computer science, had a good reason for becoming a brewer. "I was thirsty," he says, pouring beers from the Schmohz Brewery counter at the recent Grand Rapids alumni tailgate party. Jim Schwerin '87, owner and brewer at Schmohz (pronounced shmoes), had a similar reason. "I couldn’t find a beer I liked," he says.