Careers Profiles of some of our Graduates
Here are some profiles of recent graduates, including what they have achieved after graduation and thoughts on their experiences while at Liverpool University.
 My degree from Liverpool has given me the best possible start  |
Mark EdmondYear of Graduation: 2006Degree programme: BSc Computer Science (G400) Experience at Liverpool: My degree from Liverpool has given me the best possible start from a technical point of view to be able cope in the business world. Current employment: Application Consultant at Customer Systems Plc, Surrey UK I am on the Siebel Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) consultant team at Customer Systems. (Siebel CRM is designed to help companies store, manage, and analyze customer information.). I'm sold out to other companies to give them expert advice and knowledge about the Siebel application. This includes designing and implementing technical solutions, and delivering training courses. Since joining I have consulted for Novartis Pharmaceuticals US, the Healthcare Commission, and 3M Germany, working at the clients' sites, both independently and as part of a team of other consultants. The 3M Germany project has been one of the most interesting projects as I have had to work on my own to implement a solution and design a major part of that solution. The work was focused around EAI (eBusiness Application Integration), a Siebel integration mechanism that uses XML as the data exchange. This has extra interest to me as my dissertation at the University of Liverpool was heavily involved with XML. |
The reputation of Liverpool University and its degree programmes facilitated a number of offers and positions. |
Marko KozarevicYear of Graduation: 2005Degree programme studied: BSc Computer Information Systems (G500) Experience at Liverpool: Studying at Liverpool provided enough diversity and challenges for me to decide what I wanted to do in the next few years of my career, and the direction that I wanted to take as a graduate. The reputation of Liverpool University and its degree programmes facilitated a number of offers and positions. Further qualifications since graduation from Liverpool: 2005-2006 MSc Bioinformatics at Imperial College London (interest sparked from Dr. Biktasheva's course in "Biology inspired algorithms") Current employment: Trainee analyst programmer at JHC Plc - London, Main Office - Covent Garden, others in Birmingham and Newcastle. JHC is a software development company that specialises for the banking sector, particularly in the outsourcing and securities industry. They provide software to wealth management companies (UBS, TD Waterhouse, Meryll Lynch, etc.), as well as brokerages of all sizes. There are two "departments", the Front Office and the Back Office. The Front Office deals with the interface that clients, fund managers, brokers, dealers, etc. can use to buy, sell, and view stocks and is implemented using Delphi and/or Java. The Back Office deals with data processing, computations, data outputs, settlements, etc. utilizing the Report Program Generator language (RPG). I have been working at the UBS site for a few months, and will be working with them frequently as an analyst and performing a small amount of programming. I'm to be involved in Capital Gains Tax calculations, apparently one of the more difficult financial calculations as there is a lot of information to be gathered and processed. Lately I have developed programs for converting client information from one format to another, and have performed modifications to existing programs to add functionality the client needs to perform some specific function for them. |
I hope to grow my professional career where I can adapt my useful skills and knowledge I gained at Liverpool. |
Joanna Wing-Juk TangYear of graduation: 2005Degree program studied: BSc Computer Information Systems (G500) Experience at Liverpool: It was vital for me to have a Computer Information Systems degree in order to understand the advancement of technology in various growing sectors. I hope to grow my professional career where I can adapt my useful skills and knowledge I gained at Liverpool towards the benefit of a company. Further qualifications since graduation from Liverpool: MSc Human Resource Management, London School of Economics & Political Science Current employment: Unconfirmed - Going to Hong Kong Other past work and interesting projects you have been involved with: (For my dissertation) Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd. Compass Group is a FTSE 100 Company based in the UK & Ireland which has 29 operating food service companies whose well-known brands include Harry Ramsdens, Burger King, and Upper Crust. It is proclaimed to be the world's largest food service organisation within the hospitality industry. In 2002, they expanded their business operations towards the Chinese frontier and they hope to continue to strengthen their presence. In doing so, they asked me to research a feasible recruitment strategy to attract Chinese graduates who have studied abroad in the UK to work for their business operations in China, primarily because they are believed to be carrying back their western experience with them. |
The degree gave me a solid technical and business foundation |
Sachit VaruYear of graduation: 2004Degree program studied: BSc Computer Science (G400) Experience at Liverpool: The degree gave me a solid technical and business foundation, introducing me to the application of technology in the real world. Current employment: Business analyst at LogicaCMG, London, a business IT service company Other past work and interesting projects you have been involved with:
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My degree gave me an excellent grounding in all aspects of computer science, both theoretical and practical |
Matt WebsterYear of graduation: 2004Degree program studied: BSc Computer Science (G400) Experience at Liverpool: My degree gave me an excellent grounding in all aspects of computer science, both theoretical and practical, and therefore was the perfect preparation for a Ph.D. in computer science. In particular I found my Honours project very useful, as it let me get into academic research while I was still an undergraduate. Current employment: I am an EPSRC funded Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, and I also work for the University of Liverpool as a student demonstrator (tutor). Any interesting projects you have been involved with:My current research interests are in the areas of computer virology and artificial life. I have submitted papers to international conferences in these areas and I have recently published a paper in the Journal in Computer Virology on a new means of detection of metamorphic computer viruses based on static and dynamic analysis and proofs of instruction sequence equivalence. |