Alumni

A native of Jenison, Michigan, James Parm earned a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1981 and his MBA from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business. Today, Jim is president and CEO of Stratos Global, a post he has held since 2003. During this time, Parm led the transformation of Stratos from a regionally focused North American company to the global leader in satellite services that it is today. That transformation . . .

Linda earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971and her Masters of Science in Business Administration in 1978, both from Michigan Tech. She went on to Purdue University to earn her Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1989. She is currently a consultant at Engineered Systems Associates in Pocatello, Idaho. She was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Michigan Tech . . .

The last time Kristian Zoerhoff ’97 had entertained a crowd was as a deejay for WMTU. Sitting alone in a darkened booth playing music for invisible listeners didn’t quite prepare him for the dazzling lights and the flock of TV cameras on the Jeopardy! set. "And then there’s that pesky audience," he remembers. "I was absurdly nervous." Now a computer engineer for IBM, Zoerhoff has been a Jeopardy! fan since he was a kid . . .

Retired Vice President, IBM Corp., Global Industry Solutions Owner, Sisukas Consulting, LLC John Soyring provided global business leadership for the industry solutions amp; industry products portion of IBM's global software business. This role included functional leadership for strategy, research amp; development, marketing amp; sales, business development, product support, and services related to the IBM offerings . . .