Author Archives: portiaplante

Amanda Blair is a working mother, college student and computer programmer. She is employed by Quilmont, a local Myrtle Beach solutions company focused on providing organizations with a comprehensive testing practice by fully utilizing industry-leading software testing tools for mobile, … Continue reading →

Nicole McFarlane received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Howard University, Washington DC, in 2001 and 2003 respectively, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010. She is currently an … Continue reading →

Jaeyeon Jung is a senior researcher at Microsoft Research. Prior to joining Microsoft, she was a research scientist at Intel Labs Seattle (2007-2011) after a brief stint as a software architect at Mazu networks (2006-2007). She obtained her PhD from … Continue reading →

Heather Bauer serves as the Program Coordinator for Coursepower (Applied Computing Minor), a state-wide initiative that believes, regardless of major, students need to have an understanding of information technology. She also serves as chair for IT-oLogy’s Women in IT, Science … Continue reading →

Carol began her professional career as a computer programmer for two Fortune 500 manufacturing companies. In 1980 she moved to the health care industry as a programmer/analyst and became project manager for Blue Cross of Northwest Ohio. In 1986 she … Continue reading →