Spotlight Stories

Aug 11, 2023
Innovation in Blockchain Technology
Siddharth Gargava embarked on a new chapter in his career by pursuing a master’s degree in information systems at Northeastern University in Boston. With two and a half years of prior software engineering experience at Deloitte, Gargava sought to challenge himself and elevate his expertise.

Jul 14, 2023
Overcoming Challenges To Achieve Her Dreams
Asha Padmashetti, a staff software engineer at IBM, embarked on an incredible journey that led her to pursue a master’s in information systems. Throughout her path, Padmashetti encountered numerous challenges, yet her unwavering determination and passion for her career remained steadfast.

May 24, 2023
Mastering Full Stack Development
Jinal Mamaniya is a full stack developer with seven-plus years of hands-on experience designing, developing, implementing, and testing applications and solutions using a variety of front-end and back-end technologies. Her previous experiences and interest in the information systems field led her to Northeastern.

May 24, 2023
Empowering Healthcare Through Technology and Education
Shreya Jaiswal finished her undergraduate work in electronics and communication engineering in 2020, and she was fortunate to land a job with Accenture as a data engineer. With an interest to turn information volume into accuracy, she pursued the MS in information systems program.

Apr 18, 2023
Building Skills to Last a Lifetime
Archit Nigam completed his co-op as a software engineer at Bracebridge Capital, LLC. He believes the MS in information systems program has helped him evolve into a more intuitive, dynamic software engineer with a customer-centric approach to software development.

Mar 24, 2023
Coding the Foundation of a Software Engineering Career
Sagar Reddy, MS’24, joined Northeastern University in fall 2022, he was attracted to the information systems program due to its flexible course offerings that matched his interests and his previous professional experience in building and launching products.

Feb 03, 2023
Applying What She Has Learned To Succeed at Every Opportunity
Zeenia Singla, MS’23, information systems, had a co-op as a risk analyst at Adage Capital Management. She joined the MSIS program with three years of data analytics experience to advance professionally and personally.

Feb 03, 2023
Northeastern Gave Me the Courage I Needed To Succeed on Co-op
While studying at Northeastern, Karan R. Agrawal, MS’23, information systems, worked at Vantage Risk on a co-op as a data engineer starting. He believes his first-year courses equipped him for data engineering.