PROVO, Utah – Apr 16, 2019 – Deciding between two summer employment opportunities, especially two great organizations that seemed like a perfect fit, was the root of conflicting emotions for BYU Marriott student Autumn Clark. As Clark traveled to attend the Harvard Business School Dynamic Women in Business Conference this semester, she hoped some resolution to her questions and concerns could be found in consulting with experienced and diversified women. She was not disappointed.

What can an IS student do for the largest zoo in Texas? Jacob Peterson, a MISM student in his final year, spent the summer helping the Dallas Zoo update its visitor experience as an intern at Pariveda Solutions, a technology-consulting firm.

Fun facts about Avery Awerkamp: she just started the MISM program this past year; a total soccer fanatic, she watched every game of the 2018 World Cup; and she interned at Honeywell Aerospace last summer back in her hometown, Tempe, Arizona.

A slumber party in the Tanner (minus the slumber) embodied the stuff of many Brigham Young University freshmen’s dreams. For a group of tech-savvy altruists, the sanctioned sleepover was a means of service.

Just days after his son’s birth, BYU MISM alumnus Tanner Skousen and his co-authors received an award for Best Theory Paper at ICIS in Munich, Germany.

Ten years after graduating with an MISM degree from BYU, Kyle Mathews (CEO and founder of Gatsby) announced that Gatsby has raised $15 million in Series A funding. This is a huge accomplishment for this open source software company. Their funding was raised by CRV and other investors including Trinity Ventures, Fathom Capital, and Dig Ventures.

PROVO, Utah – Feb 7, 2019 – After working in Texas for a decade, BYU Information Systems alumna Rachelle Morris has come back to Utah as a Vice President, Client Advisor for the newest J.P. Morgan office.

Anytime someone enters the IS department office with a question or needing help, Business Manager Ashlyn Lewis has a solution. Nominated because of her respect for sacred resources, Ashlyn was awarded BYU’s SAERA Award in January 2020.

The professors in the Information Systems department spend the school year teaching and mentoring students to help them prepare for the professional world. But, when students leave town for internships and full-time job offers, how do the faculty spend their time? Here are just a few of the exciting places that were explored during the summer of 2019.

Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two BYU information systems researchers decided to ask.