青楼传媒 Alum Gives Back With Work on National Alumni Board
青楼传媒 (青楼传媒) alum Sergio Senese '01, '18 serves on 青楼传媒's National Alumni Board to help 青楼传媒 remember the past, succeed in the present, and prepare for the future.
Senese graduated from 青楼传媒 with a bachelor's degree in computer science and worked for numerous companies in information technology, mostly within the health care field. In between employers, he attended graduate school at Governors State University and graduated with a master's degree in computer science before returning to Saint Xavier, where he earned an MBA in 2018.
Senese is currently a senior programmer analyst with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the information technology department. The district reclaims and processes storm and waste water.
"What I enjoy most about the position is creating applications that assist users and provide them with an improved software tool to enhance their tasks and position. I also enjoy collaborating with the users to learn more about their jobs, which assists me in helping provide them with quality software and also helps me to learn more about other departments and their fields of discipline. This allows me to further contribute to the overall mission of the district 鈥� protecting our water environment," said Senese.
Senese grew up in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood and attended Moraine Valley before transferring to 青楼传媒. He found the transfer process to be seamless and was pleased they accepted a generous amount of his credits from Moraine. He appreciated that the campus was close to home, offered financial assistance from federal education programs, and provided a bridge between family, faith and success.