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Charudatta Deshpande

MSIM, 2018

Charudatta recently accepted a position with Salesforce in Bellevue as a senior software engineer. His work will involve using many of the machine learning concepts he learned at the iSchool.

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Jacob Devera

Informatics, 2018

Jacob is working at SAP Concur in Bellevue as a software engineer, building web components and driving accessibility improvements for applications that manage business travel and expense.

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Alice Erickson

MLIS, 2018

As of 2025 Alice recently began a new position as a School Resource Services Librarian for the Alameda Free Library, providing outreach services to K-8 students throughout the city. She is also midway through the Catalyst Leadership Development program through the California State Library, designed to support emerging leaders in libraries throughout the state of California.

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Verónica Guajardo

PhD, 2018

Verónica rejoined the Washington MESA team as Interim Director of MESA Community College Programs (MCCP), with a focus on implementation of MCCP programs of the six new MCCP sites (a total of 12 programs); offering training and guidance for MESA directors, ensuring the standardization of services to students across all 12 programs; overseeing committee work in student activities such as the Leadership Retreat and Networking events; and as data management and communications with a focus on community colleges, including telling the amazing stories of MESA community college students. 

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Shipra Gupta

MSIM, 2018

In September 2020, Shipra started working as a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. Prior to that, she worked at T-Mobile as a Technology Product Manager.

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Austin Hutchinson

Informatics, 2018

In 2022, Austin started at Microsoft as a Software Engineer II working on the Office Suite.

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Chan Im

MSIM, 2018

As of 2025 Chan works at Salesforce in the Global Compliance and Certification team within the Product Security organization. He focuses on driving the international expansion of Salesforce's core products by ensuring compliance and operational readiness in global markets, including Asia, to support adoption in industries like public sector and healthcare.
 

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Jordan Jue

MLIS, 2018

Jordan is working as a public services librarian at Sacramento City College. His faculty work duties include teaching, instructional design, coordination, collection development and serving users at a lively reference desk.

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Tejas Karangale

MSIM, 2018

As of 2024, Tejas was working as a Program Manager in the Shopping Experience team at Expedia Group.

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Brian Keith

MLIS, 2018

As of 2024 Brian became the Dean of Library Services at Eastern Illinois University. Brian also published titled, Liberatory Librarianship: Stories of Community, Connection, and Justice" which seeks to document and advance the roles of information professionals ad libraries in advancing social justice.

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Lauren Appelbaum

Informatics alum Lauren Appelbaum's novels inspired by tech

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Lauren Appelbaum worked in tech for a decade after earning her Informatics degree. Then her career took a plot twist.Now a full-time author, Appelbaum, ’13, recently released her second novel, “An Introvert’s Guide to Life and...
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Cynthia Leitich Smith speaking.

Author Cynthia Leitich Smith charms crowd at Shaw Lecture

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Asked what she would say to encourage young writers, author Cynthia Leitich Smith made an analogy. “When you're thinking about a story, particularly within books for young readers, but a story in general, I think it's helpful to...
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