Alumni of the School of Computing and Information Sciences

We are very proud of our alumni and are honored to share their accomplishments. If you are an alumni and would like to share with us your recent accomplishments we would love to hear from you. Please send us a note at: alumni-update@cis.fiu.edu. Please include a recent photo of yourself we can use.

The 25th Anniversary of the School of Computing and Information Sciences

Attention Alumni: Please Save the Date: November 9th - 10th, 2012
Join us for a celebration of computing research and instruction as we welcome distinguished computing leaders, alumni, staff, and friends old and new. Be a part of the tradition and help us build our future.

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Alumni Highlight

Dr. James O'Brien, received his B.S. in Computer Science from FIU in 1992, is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley, where he conducts research in the area of computer graphics. He is the 2006 FIU Torch Award recipient as well as winning honors in Time Magizine, Technology Review and SIGGraph.

Mr. Bruce Bales, received his B.S. in Computer Science from FIU and is the Founder of Friendly Software. He developed the leading golfing video game program in the late 1990s. The program was sold to Microsoft, and became Microsoft Golf.

Selected Doctoral Alumni Holding Tenure Track Faculty Positions as of Fall 2011

Name Year Employment
Lily Chang 2011 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Platteville
Yali Wu 2011 Assistant Professor, University of Detroit Mercy
Tariq King 2009 Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University
Irene Polycarpou 2008 Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Min Chen 2007 Assistant Professor, University of Montana
Onyeka Ezenwoye 2007 Assistant Professor, Augusta State University
Yujian Fu 2007 Assistant Professor, Alabama A & M University
Gaolin Zheng Milledge 2006 Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University
Zhijiang Dong 2006 Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
Li Yang (II) 2005 Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Qasem Kharma 2005 Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Chengcui Zhang 2004 Associate Professor, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
Junhua Ding 2004 Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
Li Yang (I) 2003 Associate Professor, State University of West Georgia
Konstantin Beznosov 2000 Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Selected Bachelors Alumni as of Fall 2011

Name Year Employment
Alejandro Bascuas 2010 Product Architect, Akamai Technologies
Alexander Kintis 2010 Business Technical Analyst III/Application Developer, JPMorgan Chase
Enzo Alvarez 2010 Software Engineer, Ultimate Software
Fanny Ramire 2010 SR Programmer Analyst, Kerzner International
Ivan Olmos 2010 Interface Developer, Insight Software, LLC
Liz Cardenas 2010 Software Engineer, Rockwell Collins
Andres Gonzalez 2009 Software Engineer, IBM
Carlos Perez 2009 Software Developer, Consultant at EAP Consulting Group
Hector Gonzalez 2009 Software Engineer, The Ultimate Software Group
Yohann Taieb 2009 Software Engineer, Ultimate Software & Instructor, Miami-Dade College
Alain Esteva Ramirez 2008 Sotware Developer, TracFone Wireless
Christopher Leyva 2008 Application Developer, Deutsche Bank
Jairo Quintana 2008 Software Engineer, Deutsche Bank
Jesus Bello 2008 Software Engineer, Royal Caribbean International
Khaled Janania 2008 Software Engineer, Electronic Arts
Mairim Suarez 2008 Software Developer and Quality Assurance, Encircle Payments
Marylurdys Hernandez 2008 Software Engineer, Technia AB
Rolando Ramos 2008 Sotware Developer and Quality Assurance, Encircle Payments
Jorge Garcia Hernandez 2007 Software Developer, Inktel Direct
Joseph Marerro 2007 Manager and CEO, Shrewd Creative
Luis Atencio 2007 Lead Developer, Citrix Systems
Marcelo Lopez 2007 Software Architect / Development Lead, SafetyPay
Michael Calleiro 2007 Software Engineer at Royal Caribbean International (MS 2008)
Yasmary Hernandez 2007 TechStar, Ultimate Software
Edwin Garcia 2006 Director of Development at Aplifi
Ernesto Jordan 2006 Systems Analyst and Programmer, Miami-Dade County Transit Department (MDT)
Evy Peralta-Torres 2006 Advisory Software Engineer, IBM
Jonathan Corrales 2006 Digital Forensics Engineer, KLC Network Services, Inc.
Roger Lopez 2006 Systems Engineer, Dell Inc.
Dionny Santiago 2010 Software Test Engineer, Ultimate Software
Eddy Lara 2007 Software Engineer, Ultimate software
George Sante 2009 Software Engineer, Ultimate Software
Juan Duarte 2010 Intern, Ultimate Software
Michael Alonso 2008 Software Engineer, Ultimate Software
Mackenson Mathurin 2011 SaaS Application Services Engineer, Ultimate Software
Ravi Nath 2009 Software Engineer, Ultimate Software
Robert Redway 2005 Manager Technology at Sapient
Tule Cabrera 2005 Associate Attorney at Behar, Gutt & Glazer
Mauricio Suare 2004 Software Engineer, Batanga
Melissa Betancourt 2004 Software Engineer, IBM
Iouri Chadrine 2003 Owner at BOLD Interactive
Gustavo Flores 2004 Application Support Engineer, Amadeus North America
Alexander Jelinek 2004 Application Analyst, Maxim Integrated Products
Chris Zamanillo 2004 Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
William Spieler 2003 Patent Examiner, USPTO
Jose Gonzalez 2003 President, TheZCompany.com
Silviu Necula 2003 Senior Business Application Programmer, Southwire Company
Nina Parton 2003 Senior Programmer Analyst, Alorica
Andres Altamirano 2003 Software Engineer, IBM
Eric Kobrin 2003 Senior Security Architect, Akamai Technologies
Norberto Carbonell 2003 Software Engineer Sr, Emerson Network Power
Lionel Nimmo 2011 Systems Engineer, Amadeus North America
Jose Merilien 2003 E-support Analyst, AutoNation
Jairo Pava 2011 Software Engineer, IBM
Ingrid Serrano 2006 IT Director, Costa Farms
Edward Amoros 2011 IT Systems Administrator at Florida Power & Light
Jose Seara 2011 IT Security Analyst, Boeing
Daniel Carrillo 2011 Sr. Customer Experience Specialist, TracFone Wireless