Welcome to the IST Alumni guestbook - the best way to keep track of your college friends and peers. Check back regularly for new updates and information from your graduating class!

Clarence Poteet '05 IST
specagent@comcast.net
Pottstown, PA
Project Manager, Comcast
I am the Project Manager for Comcast Cable's Eastern Division, Information Technology Group.

Benjamin Niebel '06 IST
bniebel@gmail.com
Harrisburg, PA
Information Risk Management Associate, KPMG LLP

Matthew Bretan '05 IST
matt.bretan@gmail.com
New York, NY
Senior Specialist, Merrill Lynch'

Philip Chapin '04 IST
Fairfax, VA
chapinp@saic.com
Engineer/Analyst, SAIC

Julie McIntyre '00
Pittsburgh, PA
Julie@estaffconsulting.com
Resource Manager, e-STAFF Consulting Group, Inc.

Dave Hong ‘03 IST
davidhong123@psualum.com
I live and work in the Philadelphia metro region. In my spare time I support the Penn State Abington Alumni Society, ICON Philadelphia (an Asian American professional organization), Young Involved Philadelphia, and AITP (Montco).

Hillary Pasch ‘05 IST
State College, PA
hpasch@gmail.com
Technical Support Specialist, State College Borough (RTC)
I am now currently working at the State College Borough, in the IT Department (Helpdesk). My official title is Technical Support Specialist. It is a great setup and I love my job. We currently provide services to all local municipalities, parking garages, and police departments (including College Township, Patton Township, Ferguson Township, State College Borough, Centre Region Council of Governments, CATA Bus, Harris, Bellefonte etc). There is usually never a dull day here, always something to do, fix, or help the police with. I eventually want to go back to school to get my computer forensics degree and possibly enter a CSI position. I have to try and pay off my current student loans first. I am also continuing to develop webpage’s, and working on graphic abilities.
In my spare time (when there is any), I enjoy kayaking, sports, camping, spending time with my dogs, cooking, wheel pottery, hanging out with friends and family, PSU Tailgating and games, and messing around on my laptop. My email is hpasch@gmail.com. Good to hear that there is a way to stay in contact and learn what other IST graduates are doing. Hope all is well with everyone!

Peter Vuong ‘05 IST
Whitehall, PA
vuong.peter@gmail.com
EHS Specialist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, PA
I started working for Air Products and Chemicals under IT Knowledge Management for a year. I am currently working outside of IT for the time being in Environmental, Health and Safety, Product Safety. I work with the FDA, EPA, OSHA, and government to make sure that everything we are manufacturing and shipping is labeled correctly with the correct safety requirements being met on their MSDS's. I am also taking evening classes for my MBA at DeSales University. After this work assignment I plan to move into the Air Products Healthcare sector assisting them in setting up their IT systems across the country and eventually internationally.'

Rachael Morgan '03 IST
rlkenders@hotmail.com
Rachael Kenders married Matthew Morgan on June 17th, 2006 at University Park.

Peter Ricard '06 IST
Media, PA
peter.ricard@gmail.com
Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Since I have left IST I have been working as a Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. I recently got engaged to Diane Flowers who is still in IST.

Kirk Fuller '02 IST
Programmer/Analyst, Georgia-Pacific
programaspnet@hotmail.com
Still writing intranet applications and managing a Windows/Mac network with a bit of Linux on the side.

Daniel Augustine’04 IST
System Design and Development, Lockheed Martin
Devon, 'PA
After graduation, I entered the Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) with Lockheed Martin's Integrated Systems & Solutions business unit in June, 2004. Since joining the company, I have worked on various programs and in various organizations. I have held positions as a Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, System Architect, Business Development Analyst, and Project Manager for an ELDP curriculum project involving Data Fusion. In August of 2005, I began pursuing a Master's Degree in Software Engineering from the Great Valley Campus of Penn State. I intend to complete my studies for this degree in May, 2007.'

Alison A. Wong ’05 IST and Eric A. Flanigan ’05 IST
After graduation Eric and Alison went on a European vacation and Eric proposed. Eric and Alison were married on July 8, 2006 at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on campus with a reception following at Toftrees Country Club.

Alfredo Acin, '03 IST
Vienna, VA
Attending law school at American University in Washington, DC.
axa249@psualum.com

Omkar Sawardekar, '03 IST
Arlington, VA
Business Consultant, IBM
om@psualum.com

Luis Valbuena, '03 IST
New York, NY
Output Specialist, IBM Corporation
luisvalbuena@psualum.com
After graduation I moved to New York City where I began my job as a brand specialist for IBM.

Stephen Pipino, '03 IST
Vienna, VA
stephen.pipino@psualum.com
Living and working just outside of DC.

Gary Ramsey, '03 IST
Falls Church, VA
Operations, Resourcing & Finance, Computer Sciences Corporation