Newer IT alumni and seasoned practitioners agree that keeping your skills sharp is the key to success in this ever-evolving industry. from the cover As assistant IT director for Mozaic in Waterloo, Adam Keuer ’13 enjoys designing the computer networks that help his colleagues at the human service agency get their work done. “I have always been a very logical thinker,” he said, referring to the tasks involved in getting computers to talk to each other efficiently and securely. “It feels like home for me.” Home took a while to find. Adam logged a years-long trek through three majors at two other colleges and a detour into retail management before finding his way to FLCC’s networking and security program. His story is not uncommon among the College’s IT alumni, some of whom found their niche in unexpected ways. • Katherine Gonzalez ’17 spent a decade bartending and waitressing before giving IT a try. Today, she is an administrator for a customer relationship management software at Canandaigua National Bank and Trust and helped lead the project to add a chat function to the CNB website • Samantha “Sam” DeWeese ’14 planned to become a math teacher then discovered computer science. She moved from a teller position at Canandaigua National Bank to computer support and now works alongside Katherine. • As David Weir ’16 recovered from a serious injury, a vocational rehabilitator advised him to enroll in something that would lead to a desk job. He is currently a junior network administrator at Crosman Corp. in Bloomfield. 4 | theLAKER After consulting and then working for a large corporation, Marty Bognanno ’90 took a job as the sole information technology manager for a family of three small optics companies. He prefers a more hands-on role so he can stay up-to-date as the industry evolves. PHOTO BY RIKKI VAN CAMP ‘YOU ARE ALWAYS LEARNING’
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