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Nathan Freier

PhD, 2007

Nathan has been at Microsoft since 2010. He's worked on a number of projects, most recently a new Office presentation app, Sway. The preview version is free and available at http://sway.com.

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Sue Gemmell

MSIM, 2007

Sue is building and supporting a Yammer network of communities for UNICEF.org, to help 15,000 colleagues in 190 countries promote the rights and well-being of children. Yammer is a freemium enterprise social networking service used for private communication within organizations.

In addition to education, medical, sanitation, operations and hundreds of other groups, Sue recently started a community for UNICEF's professional drivers. The group now has 700+ members in 56 countries and continues to grow. 

As a consultant, she works flexible hours at home in Portland and visit New York for face-to-face meetings. I have many fond memories of MSIM and my cohort.

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Ivy Hammond

MLIS, 2007

Ivy is working as adjunct faculty for Brigham Young University-Idaho. She is teaching an introduction Library Research Skills course.

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Laura Horne-Popp

MLIS, 2007

Laura became Assistant Dean of Library Services in the James C. Kirkpatrick Library at the University of Central Missouri in July 2016.

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Benjamin Jackson

MSIM, 2007

In 2011, Ben joined Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, CA, as Vice President of Information Experience. Ben leads a multi-disciplined information organization with company-wide accountability for technical documentation, localization, content authoring and publishing tool development (PM/Dev/Test) and engineering training.

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Patricia Katopol

PhD, 2007

As of 2024 Patricia was retired and moved to Wisconsin to be closer to her grandchildren.

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Susan Michl

MSIM, 2007

Susan has been a Senior Associate with Point B since 2012. Point B is an employee-owned management consulting firm that specializes in helping clients execute their strategic initiatives and deliver business results that create transformational change and competitive advantage.

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Martin Nash

Informatics, 2007

In 2015, Martin started work as an iOS Developer at REI Previously he worked for Linea Photosharing, Shutterfly, and spent five years as an English teacher in Japan. Martin also teaches a series of courses for the UW's PCE iOS & Mac Application Development certificate program.

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Brian Reyes

Informatics, 2007

Brian was employee No. 1 and product designer (2007-2013) for Seattle Startup PitchBook, which was awarded the Geekwire Deal of the Year for its acquisition by MorningStar for $225 million. PitchBook recently also showed up unexpectedly in an episode of "Silicon Valley."

Brian also built and launched The Shop website, a car and motorcycle enthusiast club known as "a country club for gearheads." Located in SoDo, the Shop features state-of-the-art tools, lifts, wash bays, people on staff to teach you how to restore cars, a state of the art VR simulator, and a new Ethan Stowell Restaurant called Derby,.

Brian has recently been asked to Community Manager and Chair of the Executive Committee for a new upcoming non-profit called IncludeGlobal founded by Jessica Eggert.

Currently, Brian works at Splunk as a UX & inclusion designer (which means a UX designer with an additional interest/focus on diversity and inclusion).

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Brendan Ribera

Informatics, 2007

Brendan creates tech startups in Seattle at Madrona Venture Labs. Previously, he founded PaperKarma (acquired in 2013).

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Mike Labrador gives Quest's pitch

Informatics students present startup idea at Husky PitchFest

Friday, June 27, 2025
Coming up with a startup idea is the first step for a hopeful entrepreneur. The next steps are development and eventually pitching to investors. The 2025 Husky PitchFest provided an opportunity for iSchool students to take that leap and...
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Lorcan Dempsey

Lorcan Dempsey leaves MLIS students ready to tackle tough issues

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
It is both an extraordinary and an extraordinarily difficult time to enter the library profession, says Lorcan Dempsey, an iSchool Distinguished Practitioner in Residence. Over decades, he has observed libraries shift from a transactional...
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