Matthew Raider BSC '03 Receives the 2010 Charles J. and Claire O. Ping Recent Graduate Award
Matt Raider '03
Matthew Raider was awarded the Charles J. and Claire O. Ping Recent Graduate Award during Homecoming 2010, October 14-16.
Matt has been a very involved ITS alum since he graduated in 2003, serving on the School’s Advisory Board and frequently coming back to campus as a speaker during ITS Day.
While a consultant at Accenture, he was instrumental in coordinating the Accenture Challenge, a competition for students enrolled in the ITS graduate-level course Strategic Issues and the undergraduate-level course Management Communication Resources.
As an ITS student, Matt was an information technology manager for the former School of Interpersonal Communication (now COMS), a telephone network technician for the OU Communication Network Services, and satellite operations assistant for the Ohio Consortium for Advanced Communication Technology.
As a participant in the Global Learning Community (an interdisciplinary certificate program focusing on global business and social issues) he traveled to Thailand as a project consultant. He also evaluated new products and service proposals for PCCW Hong Kong Telecom and analyzed business plans and company structure for Destila Manu-facturing in Brno, Czech Republic. He was elected the School’s 2003 Outstanding Graduating Senior.
After graduation, Matt accepted a position with the Global Technology Consulting group for Accenture in Boston, MA. His most recent position is Vice President of Product Development at SinglePipe, Inc, in Denver, CO.
Congratulations, Matt!
