Ilana Davidi

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Ilana Davidi
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Dude, whats up with the English degree?

• In my day
• Writing a story requires the same thought process
  as writing object-oriented code
• Learned how to approach a problem from many
  different directions

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I know other languages!

• MITRE
• PowerPoint
• J2EE, Struts, EJBs
• CNN/Sports Illustrated
• Stats Balks, fumbles, flagrant fouls, icing
• J2EE, JSPs, SQL, Perl, MQ Series, mentoring
• iXL
• Money for language development spent on cappucino
  machines
• J2EE, ATG
• Fusion Systems Group
• Startup, takeover
• Java, Perl, Tcl/TK, SQL, HTML

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What else do you do?

• Not married. Have one cat, Scully
• Have wonderful urban family
• Moved back to Boston from Atlanta to be close to
  real family
• Love softball, dancing, sunlight, Simpsons, South
  Park, Tivo
• Love watching and discussing sports

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Why SDM?

• Structured learning about engineering
• MBA courses that most interest me
• Fill in Computer Science basics
• Most well-rounded program