Alumni Success Stories
I Create Well-Designed Products
Susanne (Eklund) Brokaw is a senior user interface designer at Google and a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Information.
In my current role I design features and products for Google commerce applications. I work closely with usability analysts, product managers, and engineers to bring a product from concept to reality. I also help to coordinate the work done by other designers so that our end product feels cohesive and comfortable. My job role requires both creative and analytic thinking, both big-picture design and pixel-level design. It's a fun ride.
I Provide Information
University of Illinois alumnus Tom Priestly "wanted to be Indiana Jones before there was an Indiana Jones, traveling down the Amazon and discovering things." While he hasn’t gotten his chance to visit the Amazon (yet) he has acted on his passion of discovery—completing his library and information science degree in 2006.
Shortly after graduation, Priestley began working for Motorola as a Program Manager in Staff Development where he is responsible for making sure the information needs of thousands of employees are met, from ensuring people have the training they need to perform their jobs well to creating a structure around which information is collected, stored, and made available.