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Welcome to the MBA 617 Introduction Biography Assignment
My name is Walker Wheeler
I live in Fairbanks Alaska with my Wife and 4 children.
I am a second year MBA student. Both the General Management and Capital Markets paths appealed
to me, so at present I'm looking to complete both.
I'm expecting an MBA will help move me along the career ladder, which really translates
to piles of money. Hey Kids aren't cheap.
Now let's take a look at my employment history and prior eduction.
I've worked for the University of Alaska Fairbanks for about a decade and half.
The past several years I worked as the IT manager for the library,
but decided that I needed to move on so I transitioned to a position back with the University's
Central IT organization.
So as you might have realized, I work with computers, which may overwhelm some people.
For me It's just what I do everyday.
Some of the facets of my job include locking computers down, doing software development,
or just keeping a system running.
I'm really interested in computer security.
I have a
Bachelors
and a masters
that I recieved from UAF. (Go Nooks!)
Both of them happen to be in Computering.
Really more professionally it is computer science.
For my master project I focused on computer security.
SCADA systems specifically. These are systems that run automated
processing, whether it is in home automation, or large refineries and oil fields.
As for something interesting about me. I am originally from Texas.
After growing tired of my first "real" job, I quit and moved down to the same small town
I grew up in to work on a Ranch.
There I did some very stereo typical things of a cowboy, like heard cows,
ride horses,
drive a tractor,
and move around some hay.
My least favorite activity was clearing brush in July.
After a long year off I decided to seek employment in my field again and came back to work at
UAF.