Graduate Profiles
Jon Andrews
BSc Computer Engineering
"“My degree at Manchester enabled me to work with engineering teams at all levels. The breadth of the course gave me grounding in hardware, lowlevel software and appreciation of system architecture."
Jon is now a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core OS groupat Apple Inc, California .
Tara Hellier
BSc Computer Science
"Although development is not part of my role, at Microsoft we're encouraged to increase our knowledge and experience."
Tara graduated in 2008, currently working as partner technology specialist at Microsoft.
Brenton Slater
BSc Computer Science & Mathematics
"My company works in the telecoms industry providing solutions to both large and small companies all over the world and has offices in USA and India.."
Brenton is currently working as a software engineer at Telesoft Technologies.
Sarah McCardle
BSc Computer Science
"One of the most important things I gained from the degree programme was the ability to learn fast and to pick up new skills"
Sarah McCardle, currently working as a Java Programmer at Morgan Stanley.
Geraint North
BSc Software Engineering
"What really drew me to the School was that it offered a great mix of classical computer science and up-to-date, practical engineering."
Geraint is currently projects manger (running a team of 10 engineers) in Transitive IBM.
Sarah Wood
BSc Computer Science with Industrial Experience
"During the year, I worked as a gameplay programmer on the game Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™."
Following a stint at Electronic Arts, is now working for Juice Games.
