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Meet the Alumni of MIIPS

With more than 350 alumni across the globe, our MIIPS graduates are breaking through silos to create valuable products and services.

Alumniii Spotlight

Impacting the Organization as an Internal PM

Melody Her (MIIPS '20) creates magic behind-the-curtain as a PM at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution where she improves the internal systems that power its streaming ecosystem.

Jessica Franko (MIIPS '21)

Jessica Franko (MIIPS '21) followed her passion for user-centered design to CMU and now uses it to drive strategy as an Enterprise XD Strategy Lead at Bank of America.

The Customer's Advocate

As Vice President of Service Design at JPMorgan Chase, Manchit Rajani (MIIPS ’18) is planning for the future of Chase's consumer banking experience.
Vanessa Manz (MIIPS '19)

Vanessa Manz (MIIPS '19)

Vanessa Manz (MIIPS '19) applies the principles of servant leadership as a manager at Net Health, a healthcare software company.
History Makers: Alumniii Transform Mexico's Finance Industry

History Makers: Alumniii Transform Mexico's Finance Industry

Hannah Kim and Tomas Alvarez, both 2013 graduates from the Master of Product Development degree program, launched two first-to-market startups in Mexico: Volabit, a platform for cryptocurrency exchange, and Mifiel, blockchain-based electronic signatures.
Pivoting from Data Expert to Innovation Leader

Pivoting from Data Expert to Innovation Leader

Kavi Pather (MIIPS '20) left Ernst & Young as an actuary and returned as a innovation leader in artificial intelligence.
A Crystal Ball for Social Media Trends

A Crystal Ball for Social Media Trends

ViralMoment is a social media analytics startup created by Chelsie Hall (MIIPS '18).
Stefanie Owens (MIIPS '15)

Stefanie Owens (MIIPS '15)

Stefanie Owens (MIIPS '15) discusses her experience as a designer who works on improving government initiatives through a public benefit corporation.
Hua Fan (MIIPS '18)

Hua Fan (MIIPS '18)

Hua Fan (MIIPS '18) shares how working as a designer in management consulting has broadened his exposure to multiple industries.
Xi Liu (MIIPS '15)

Xi Liu (MIIPS '15)

Xi Liu (MIIPS '15) quit her corporate job at Amazon in California to start a sexual health company in Singapore.
Matthew Dworman (MIIPS '19)

Matthew Dworman (MIIPS '19)

Matthew Dworman turned a class project into an innovative startup, Touchwood Labs, which embeds interactive IoT displays seamlessly into natural products.
Ruolan Xia (MIIPS Advanced Study '16)

Ruolan Xia (MIIPS Advanced Study '16)

Ruolan Xia (MIIPS Advanced '16) is using design to connect customers and cultures.
Himanshu Rasam (MIIPS '16)

Himanshu Rasam (MIIPS '16)

Engineer-turned-designer, Himanshu Rasam (MIIPS '16), is designing engineering tools at Autodesk.
Minette Vaccariello (MIIPS '06)

Minette Vaccariello (MIIPS '06)

Minette Vaccariello (MIIPS '06) is striving to make health care more accessible through human-centered design.
Greg Krauland (MIIPS '04)

Greg Krauland (MIIPS '04)

Greg Krauland (MIIPS '04) is engineering products at the speed of light.
Garima Srivastava (MIIPS '16)

Garima Srivastava (MIIPS '16)

Garima Srivastava makes healthcare more human as a principal consultant at Benjamin & Bond.
Anshuman Kumar (MIIPS '16)

Anshuman Kumar (MIIPS '16)

After founding CMU Hyperloop, Anshuman Kumar was recruited by Tesla Motors to work on the electronics that power its growing fleet of electric cars.
Megan Neese (MIIPS '05)

Megan Neese (MIIPS '05)

Megan Neese drives the future of mobility and industrial design at Nissan's Future Lab.
Anthony Prats (MIIPS '14)

Anthony Prats (MIIPS '14)

As product manager for Anki, Anthony Prats powers consumer products with robotics.
Luke Fromowitz (MIIPS '12)

Luke Fromowitz (MIIPS '12)

Luke Fromowitz's company turns your watch into a smart device.
Julia Costa (MIIPS '11)

Julia Costa (MIIPS '11)

UX Architect, American Eagle Outfitters
Michael Reese (MIIPS '10)

Michael Reese (MIIPS '10)

Head of Marketing, ONE Brands, The Hershey Company
Julia Costa (MIIPS '11)

Julia Costa (MIIPS '11)

User Experience Consultant
John Widdifield (MIIPS '15)

John Widdifield (MIIPS '15)

Senior Product Manager, Bellwether Coffee
Doug Mahoney (MIIPS '11)

Doug Mahoney (MIIPS '11)

Senior Design Engineer, SRAM
Catherine Sun (MIIPS '05)

Catherine Sun (MIIPS '05)

SVP, Product Design, CLEAR
Jason Wilkins (MIIPS '11)

Jason Wilkins (MIIPS '11)

Senior Design Director, IDEO
Brian Shyu (MIIPS '14)

Brian Shyu (MIIPS '14)

Brian Shyu made a career pivot for the love of product design.
Alicia Lin (MIIPS '12)

Alicia Lin (MIIPS '12)

Alumna Alicia Lin launches the LinkedIn Students App.
Philip Marchetti (MIIPS '14)

Philip Marchetti (MIIPS '14)

Philip Marchetti is redefining how corporations innovate as Product Strategy Consultant at Verizon.
Aaron Pavkov (MIIPS '09)

Aaron Pavkov (MIIPS '09)

Aaron Pavkov creates award-winning products as a mechanical engineer and passionate design thinker.
Beckett Rucker (MIIPS '14)

Beckett Rucker (MIIPS '14)

Director of Product Design, PathAI
Andy K. Lee (MIIPS '04)

Andy K. Lee (MIIPS '04)

Principal Product Manager, Knock
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