Three months after graduating from Purdue, I started working remote at Facebook. I support the Facebook Pay team and other teams involving Payment transactions (eg. sending money through Messenger known as our Peer-to-Peer Payments team). My role is focused on improving product quality of our products by analysis of internal signal (ie. employee submitted feedback.) When I’m not working, you can find me (safely) traveling, watching good tv/ movies, and trying new restaurants.

Melody Birmingham-Byrd鈥檚 destiny as a future leader was set in motion on Purdue鈥檚 campus.

鈥淢y fellow first-year students in Earhart Hall asked me to serve as their Freshman Board President. At such an early age, and being new to college, I had not considered taking on a leadership role. However, I believe that nomination from my peers was my first Indiana president position!鈥�

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What are you job duties?

Maintain and update software related to corporate and investment banking.

Who would you like to thank as you finish your time at Purdue and start your career?

I would like to thank my fellow classmates and TAs for always remaining so encouraging as we tackled our course work and other challenges. I highly recommend making friends in your classes early on, it will only make your time here more enjoyable!

As a female manager in the construction industry, Brittany Remec is often asked how she got into her field. 鈥淢y story starts with my time at Purdue and the Construction Management degree I worked hard to earn,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he College of Technology was my first stop on my campus visit. When I was introduced to the Building Construction Management program, I realized the program fit my personality and goals, and I knew that鈥檚 where I was meant to be.鈥�

鈥淚 acquired valuable technical skills at Purdue,鈥� says Jennifer Rider, president and CEO of Lafayette Instrument Company, 鈥淎fter graduation, I interviewed with a multitude of companies and decided to work for a day-trading firm in Austin, Texas. Working with the latest technologies at Purdue meant I was immediately able to contribute in my new position.鈥�

鈥淗older Construction Company is on the bleeding edge in the use of BIM and VDC in the commercial construction industry. I want to be a leading force to change the face of our industry with this technology,鈥� says Shanna Morrett, manager of VDC at Holder Construction, referring in shorthand to the construction industry technologies and processes known as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC).