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 CONTENTS
FEATURES
CEO SPOTLIGHT: SID SATISH
How he went from application
developer to VP of Innovation and
his advice for you.

CEO SPOTLIGHT: DEVI SAHNY

How she used tech to build a million
dollar tutoring company and her
advice for you.

CEO SPOTLIGHT: ROHAN MONGA

How he helped a food delivery app
PEOPLE
become a Decacorn and his advice 74 PHIL ROYBAL
for you.
Silicon Valley veteran talks about the changes in the tech
industry, working at Hewlett Packard and Apple, and what it
was like working with Steve Jobs.
SPOTLIGHTS
42 GRACE HOPPER
4 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA This woman is a legend
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28 LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
32 DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
36 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
38 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ROOSEVELT TIPS
46 SHL LUCERNE Imperial College London tells
you what they are looking
50 IE UNIVERSITY for in students applying to
54 BISHOPS UNIVERSITY computing courses. 68
62 BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY Want to start your own
64 EHL BUSINESS SCHOOL tech startup? Learning more
about entrepreneurship and
74 PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY competitions for you 70

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Meet the founder of
GAUSS SURGICAL
While the rest of us were watching funny cat videos on our mobile devices,
Sid Satish was figuring out how to use their cameras and combine this with
computer vision algorithms to save lives. Here’s his story and advice to you.

Sid Satish turned his idea for

technology to improve the
safety of women in childbirth
into a multi-million dollar
business.

As a kid, Sid loved Lego,

science fairs, and working
on projects. His parents Triton in use in the operating room
supported him by giving him
early access to computers couple of fellow students were paired with a Sid believes viewing the situation with fresh
and software, and an uncle doctor to generate ideas to solve real-world eyes was an advantage. “I think I recognized
encouraged him too. “My medical problems. Sid was fascinated by what the need in part because I wasn’t in medicine.”
uncle was a cool and super he saw in the operating rooms, and his curious
techy guy who helped me nature kicked in. After he and other students pulled out their
build an earthquake alarm.” iPhones and started taking photos of the
Sid and his group began researching scrub tech’s instrument table, Sid asked
So it was no surprise that healthcare. He found out that in most of himself “what if an app could remove the
Sid always wanted to study the world death from childbirth was going guesswork from surgical blood loss?” It was
engineering and went on to down, but in the USA it was rising due to the right question.
study Chemical Engineering complications due to hemorrhaging.
at UC Berkeley. Sid’s fellow students and mentors completed
“I started following two really great urologists prototyping and proof-of-concept work in
Although not a medical around in operating rooms, asking a lot of 2011. They then decided that they had a
student, as part of his questions.” great idea and believed in it enough to form a
graduate work in the company: Gauss Surgical.
UC Berkeley Master of This is when he realized how hard it was for
Translational Medicine medical professionals to accurately calculate However, the other two students went on
program, he got to watch blood loss in the operating room. to further studies, so Sid found himself in
surgery for the first time. charge of starting up this new company. Three
“As I spoke to more doctors and nurses, it faculty members stayed on as mentors, and
As part of his degree, he had became clear this was an unmet medical his father was also an important source of
to complete a team-based need. The technology to combat this didn’t encouragement. “Dad mentored me greatly
capstone project. Sid and a yet exist.” on the tech side.”
Above and right: Triton in action in the operating room. Courtesy of Gauss
Sid also convinced Milt McColl, a very
experienced medical device entrepreneur
whom he had met, to sign on as first CEO of
the company. This allowed Sid to build his
vision for the technology, and he named the
product Triton.
“Mentorship is super helpful because
you don’t need to continually discover
everything on your own. Going to them with
questions allowed me to think with a level of
sophistication about the business that I didn’t
have. I was leveraging their experience.”
Sid tirelessly took part in pitching, talking
to angel investors in bio design, questioning
advisors, and hiring staff. To do this, he drew
on his previous experience in a business plan
competition. In his senior year at university,
Sid applied his work on computational fluid
dynamics to optimize the amount of whitening
fluid for each tooth by creating personalized
tooth whitening trays.
Although Sid won this business plan
competition, he realized he wasn’t passionate
enough about the idea. But it was invaluable
in preparing him for this next step of founding
Gauss Surgical.
From a little business incubator space in a
building in Palo Alto, Sid worked hard to raise
funding. He admits to having no money, and
often “pulling all-nighters at the office.”
He also found out how hard it is to get medical
tech approval from the Food and Drug
Administration in the USA. However, he kept
pushing, and in a short space of time Sid had
raised millions and was winning awards.
In 2018, he won the Apple Design Award.
“We initially used the iPad as a user interface
and ran the algorithms on a server. Now the
product runs on an iPad Pro with an infrared
sensor and processes all images on the iPad
itself.” In the same year he was named as one
of the “30 under 30” in Healthcare by Forbes.
In 2021, Sid sold Gauss Surgical to Stryker, a
leading med tech company. “It was a privilege
to build Gauss Surgical with a dream team,
investors, and customers, but I knew a
company like Stryker could take this product
to a new level.” Sid is now VP of Innovation at
Stryker.
Sid has some tips for young people wanting to
start a tech business. (Continued on page 12)
 SID’S ADVICE FOR YOUNG FOUNDERS
1. Get started - do it!
One of the most rewarding experiences
you can have is to start something new.
You don’t need to wait until you have
several degrees and lots of industry
experience. Don’t let your inexperience
stop you from starting something, but
seek the experience of others early and
often. Get as much experiential learning
as you can.
5: Work on communication
As a founder you’re going to have to get up
and pitch your company. For me, debate in
high school was a major step in developing
my communication skills. A tech idea
doesn’t end when you compile your code.
It’s no good having an amazing invention if
you can’t articulate your vision to others.
2: Look to meet a need
Focusing on a need that must be solved
is much more important than the
“invention” you may think you have.
Rather than looking at tech in purely
business terms, look at challenges we are
facing and think of how tech can be used
to solve them.
6: Learn how to network
With ideas from class projects, do pitch
competitions and business competitions.
Schools and colleges often have these
programs. Make connections from those.
Get emails through startup fairs and list
servers from the uni. Ask professors to
make intros for you. Warm introductions
are much better, but don’t be afraid to cold
call. Stay in touch with people you meet.
3: Ask lots of questions
I was curious, and I started with a lot
of naive questions. But I didn't let
that worry me. If you ask questions,
you will continue learn, and you will
begin to ask better ones.
7: Find great mentors
Mentorship is super important because
you learn faster from the mistakes and
advice of others. Mentors helped me
understand how the venture capital world
works, that there are different phases of
a company, and how each phase requires
you to evolve as a leader.
4: Research the market
Do some work to understand and articulate
this. Focus on the big picture and look for
indicators that show you have an idea with
commercial potential. Get validation from
conversations with industry professionals.
8: Find balance
Family, fun and travel can be sucked into
the black hole of a startup. You have to
find balance. You don’t have to work
yourself to death. Yes, there are periods
where you don’t take vacation time for a
year, but you do need to be sure to take
moments. I began to schedule something
every quarter. Once I had wrapped up
board results, I would take some time off.
Take a look at our 2021-2022 International Viewbook to learn more about what the international student experience is like at MCPHS.

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Sonography Jeffrey Hill, is part of a team building a tele-operative,
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Chan Harjivan, BSP ’95

Chan Harjivan, BSP ’95, lead
Managing Director and Partner in
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Sector Health Practice says big tech
has greatly changed the face of digital
health. MCPHS students who graduate
from our PharmD programs, for
example, go on to work at a number
of biotech startups in the Boston area.

PillPack
PillPack — one such Boston-area start-up
founded by MCPHS alumnus TJ Parker - was
acquired by Amazon in 2018. Parker, who
followed in his father’s footsteps to become
a pharmacist, workshopped the idea for
PillPack during his time at MCPHS. His goal
was to simplify the end-to-end process of
managing medications. Amazon, looking to
diversify their e-commerce portfolio, acquired
the personalized pill package shipping
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Too young to start your own
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Devi Sahny believes the answer is ‘no’.
Now the founder and CEO of a successful
Ed Tech company, Devi started her first
business when she was 14. After attending a
summer course on bead-making, she started
a business selling custom jewelry. Her first
client was her Dutch teacher, and then she
went door-to-door selling her jewelry.
Since then, Devi has built her business skills changed and she began to channel her
and made the Forbes
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list. Her company, what you do. Age is just a
Ascend Now, offers
personalized academic number. Start now!”
and entrepreneurial
tutoring to nearly 11,000 students across 13
countries.
Her inspiration for this came from her
experience as a teaching assistant in
Economics at Georgetown University. Devi’s
job was to offer optional revision sessions to of her company’s approach — empowering
students - but almost nobody ever came.
However, once she said yes to a few requests
to personalize her review sessions, things
started to change.
She found herself offering reviews in French,
over the phone, and even next to a basketball Looking back, she wishes she had reflected
court for a student who revised best while
practicing!
“I realized that students learn better in a
personalized format rather than a large
group format.” This power of personalizing
education inspired her business ideas.
With this background, you would think Devi
had always been a strong student, but she
says not. “In middle school, I was one of the
lowest performing students academically.
In fact, I was asked to repeat a year. I wasn’t
interested in the content.”
However, in high school, Devi’s mindset
motivation and
energy into school. “I
worked hard; I don’t
think I was one of
those students who
found school easy. I
really worked for it.”
Through this she developed grit, a work
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Devi’s academic journey is the foundation
students to take charge of their learning while
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opposite of linear and kids know that.” And
this is true for Devi.
upon her strengths and a best-fit career. After
graduating, Devi started a career in finance.
“My biggest mistake was probably not
starting Ascend Now right after college. I
thought I needed “experience” in the job
market before this. I am grateful for the time
spent at Goldman Sachs, but ultimately the
work did not interest me - education always
made me tick.
Despite being often told that at 23 she was too
young to own her own business, Devi wasn’t
one to give up. “I'm a stubborn individual. I
always liked doing things on my own terms.”
It took Devi three tries to get approved for
an Employment Pass visa in order to start her
own business. “Any founder will tell you how
many ‘no’s’ you will get before your first ‘yes’.”
While waiting, for approval, Devi didn’t waste
time. She met with parents and educators
to refine her ideas about the company she
wanted to create - one that focused on
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Devi says technology has been a huge
amplifier. “It allows us to do what we need
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As the CEO of an Ed Tech firm, you would
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could download movies for planes etc. But
I’ve always had a problem-solving mindset.
Systems, processes, categories - everything
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She also values mentors that she can turn to
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and helped us add strategic value.”
When asked what makes a good company
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• Get to know yourself
• Fail early
• Learn, strengthen your mindset
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Join a highly international university
(65%) with more than 60 nationalities
Project: Get the best food
Put together your own curriculum from
close to 40 different disciplines
I’ve been working on finding ways to use
drones to improve all kinds of agricultural
Live in guaranteed and affordable
processes. Think about checking fruit
quality while it is still on the tree, but also housing for the duration of your studies
being able to strategically put pesticides
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Grace Hopper
A legendary computer pioneer
The gutted clock lay on its
face, guts strewn across the
table. The girl puzzled at
the intricate pieces, meshing
them together, trying to
understand how they
worked to tell time. Grace
loved taking things apart.
Grace Hopper (née Murray)
grew up in New York City,
just a few years after its
residents got electricity.
Fascinated by technical
things, she applied to Vassar
at 16 but was rejected for
poor grades in Latin.
Undeterred, she applied
again a year later, was
accepted, and earned
a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics and physics.
Grace went on to earn a
masters degree and then a
Unknown Photographer (Smithsonian Institution) - Flickr: Grace Hopper and UNIVAC
first electromechanical
computer in the USA. It
weighed 9,000 pounds and
had over 750,000 relays,
switches, and control
circuits, connected with 500
miles of wire. It was the first
computer that could solve
any arbitrary mathematical
PhD in mathematics from problem. It could do three
Yale. She taught at Vassar additions per second.
while she worked on her
Ph.D. Young Lieutenant Hopper
was one of its first
In 1943, Grace joined the programmers, making top
Naval Reserves and was secret calculations to help
assigned to the Ordinance with ballistic calibrations.
Computation Project at She wrote the user manual
Harvard. She was part of a for the Mark I computer.
team working with a newly
designed IBM computer Coders in those days
called the Mark I. It was the worked with ones and zeros,
punching holes in cards
or paper tape to indicate
operations to be performed
and the data involved.
Programs were designed for
specific machines, and coding
was tedious and error prone.
Grace was frustrated as her
team struggled to produce
calculations essential to the
war effort. She felt there had
to be a better way.
When the war ended, Grace
left the Navy to join the
Eckert-Mauchly Corporation.
Their engineers were
designing the first electronic
computer. It was called the
UNIVAC 1. As Director of
Programming Research, she
developed her breakthrough
idea.
Hopper believed programs
could be written in plain
language that people could
read and then translated into
Paper tape program for the Mark I
the code a target machine
needed. Tested pieces of code
could be saved in libraries
and then linked together as
needed. The translator which
would do this, a program
itself, was called a “compiler”.
In 1952, Grace wrote the A-0
(Arithmetic Language version
0) System, one of the first
compilers, which translated
mathematical formulae into
machine-readable code.
She built upon her experience
to later help develop COBOL
(Common Business Oriented
Language), which became
the dominant language
for business applications
and is still used today. Her
work made computers
accessible to people without
engineering or math
backgrounds.
The Navy recalled Grace to
active duty in 1967 to serve
as Director of the Navy
Programming Languages
Group. She was promoted to
Captain in 1973, and retired
in 1986 as a Rear Admiral,
the oldest serving officer in
the Navy.
Grace Hopper was a
trailblazer. One of her
favorite quotes was, “a
ship in port is safe, but that
is not what ships are for.
Sail out to sea and do new
things.” She received over
40 honorary degrees and
numerous recognitions
including the National
Medal of Technology
and (posthumously) the
Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the USA’s highest
civilian honor.
As a role model for women
and minorities in male-
dominated fields, Grace
Hopper encouraged risk
taking. This is why she is still
often referred to as “Amazing
Grace.”
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Technology in hospitality
management education –
it all starts with a

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digital mindset

How Hospitality Management Students

learn to apply Technology in Product and
Service Personalisation and
to drive Innovation
How technology is shaping
classroom of the future
Technology is shaping
classrooms fundamentally in
terms of how students learn,
as well as what they learn.
The future classroom will be
a world full of new learning
practices, where the impact
of digitalization on what
students learn will be
significant. In the highly
competitive hospitality
sector, technology is essential
for all companies operating
in the industry. Students
study the latest technology
trends, how to develop
strategies and concepts and
how to select and implement
digital tools and solutions for
a specific business
environment.
Globally recognised as the
leader in service
personalisation
Personalisation is a powerful
concept. According to Forbes
Magazine (forbes.com). 80%
of consumers are more likely
to purchase from a brand
that provides personalised
experiences.
If one sector is globally
recognised as the leader in
personalised guest services
and experiences, it’s the
hospitality industry.
Technology and digitalization
open the door to new
opportunities for attractive
concepts of personalisation
throughout the entire
physical and virtual customer
journey.
In today’s world, many
services and products are
already delivered by apps,
ServiceRobots, applications,
systems and platforms
controlled and automated by
artificial intelligence (AI) and
driven by advanced analytics.
Various touchpoints and
physical spaces, where guest
and customer interactions
take place, will be
increasingly digitized and
transformed.
‘83% of consumers are
willing to share their data
to create a more a
personalized experience.’
- Accenture
Technology in hospitality
education starts with a
digital mindset
Hospitality students gain a
professional understanding
how to utilize small and big
data, analytics and how
organisations are challenged
by a world of algorithms,
cloud, AI, and various other
technologies and concepts.
Learning new technological
skills is essential, but it all
starts with having a digital
mindset.
Hospitality students are
trained with a set of attitudes
and behaviours enabling
them to understand how
technologies open vast
opportunities and how to
create a continuous learning
environment. They develop
an understanding of change
being a constant which
impacts organisations,
companies, teams, people’s
competencies and how the
digitally driven world alters
guests’ and customers’ needs
and expectations as well as
the customer journey.
Small data management
experts
Big data seems to have
become the new currency in
business. Spending
so much time searching for
significant data and insights,
often leads to the most
valuable data being
forgotten- the data from
various small data resources
delivers actionable insights customers and guests.
that come from various types Hospitality students don’t
”
of guest and customer need to be tech wizards. They In many cases, small
interaction. learn to orchestrate people,
data drives innovation
teams, organisations and
and creativity by
seemingly observing
customer and guest
behaviour and paying
attention to details in
daily business.
Hospitality students
not only learn to
manage big and small
data, but also to drive
innovation. ”
Virtual reality, recognition technologies and to create
technology, augmented cultures that drive
reality offer endless innovation.
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A hospitality business
Technology offers an endless Bachelor of Science in
management degree does not Hospitality Management
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for innovation and to stay leaders and entrepreneurs
relevant in business.
with a multifaceted set of
In a fast-paced digital world, hard and soft skills, but also
one of the most challenging
advances highly valuable
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future into reality by
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Maria Ramstad Kristiansen is Head of Marketing & Student Recruitment at
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the Swiss federal government and in compliance with the Bologna Declaration, as well as the
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their professors. We are an English
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while students do not need to know a
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Bishop’s creates a unique social environment for its students, one that
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own a decacorn?
If you know what it is, you will definitely say yes.
So what is a decacorn? A decacorn is the
term for a start-up valued at $10 billion
dollars before it is publicly listed, and we
interviewed Rohan Monga, former CEO of
Gojek, in Indonesia to learn more about his
time growing Gojek into what became one of
Indonesia’s first decacorns.
pivoted to courier deliveries, shopping, food
deliveries, and other services. However, they
differentiated themselves through payments
and building a financial wallet. This gave
people in Indonesia without bank accounts
the ability to put money in a wallet and send it
to their families and others.
According to Rohan, product market fit is
what every start-up is trying to achieve. It
means you have a differentiated product in a
big market that fits with what the customers
really love. “These small and big pivots were
happening quickly when the competition was
building and helped build our customer base.”

Here are some of the lessons he learned on

his amazing journey and his advice on leading
a successful company.

In late 2014, Rohan received a call from a

friend he studied with at university, Nadiem
Makarim. She had started a company called
Gojek. She wanted his help managing the
growing company.

“You never know where things will

serendipitously lead with your friends. In this
case, I moved to Indonesia and helped scale
the platform in three and a half years. It’s kind
of crazy to think about where we started and
where it is today.”

At the time, Gojek was growing from a call

center for courier services and a technology
company with a mobile app. Competitors
such as Grab and Uber were successfully
entering the market in Indonesia. To compete
effectively, Nadine and Rohan quickly A driver in Gojek uniform
Being flexible is the one big thing that has taught Rohan that it’s essential to think and
stayed constant in his entrepreneurial journey. experiment deeply and very cheaply about
Rohan believes in being open to pivoting if product market fit.
necessary to deliver a product market fit.
“You must keep changing, gravitating towards “It was an incredible learning experience. As
customers.” I’ve gone through my career, I’ve gravitated
toward building businesses with an incredible
Rohan is now CEO of Zenius Education. He is market fit.”
staying flexible and has pivoted multiple times
in this company too. Today, Rohan is not only a CEO he is also an
active “angel investor.” This is someone who
Zenius Education started with digital videos typically invests money very early into a
preparing Indonesian students for the startup company. Angels have experience
Indonesian national curriculum and college in business and come in with expertise, a
entrance exam. network, and the
As the pandemic ability to mentor. “I
started,
launched products
they “The opportunity to be part love working with
entrepreneurs
that they felt of a mission and vision for and scaling their
students needed, companies.”
like live streaming. something new is great...
They saw amazing
growth.
an incredible experience in So, with all this
experience what
anyone’s career” is Rohan’s advice
Although finding to high school
a product market students?
fit is a key factor to success, Rohan says the
number one factor is timing. “You can have He says to look for a problem that’s bothering
an incredible idea, but timing is the most you. “As long as you have that problem you’re
important factor.” trying to solve it for yourself, you have at least
one customer to build for. The level of passion
If you’re two years ahead of the time for the you may have for building a start-up can be
market to scale, then even with the best amplified if it’s a product that impacts your
management team, a lot of funds raised, and a life. That’s the ideal circumstance.”
bright outlook, you cannot scale.”
Rohan believes that it’s exciting to be part
Rohan also knows firsthand that being realistic of a startup at some point in your career.
and thorough are incredibly important. “Whether it’s in marketing, sales, operations,
business, product, or human resources, having
“My first startup was a failure. It was the opportunity to be part of a mission and
bootstrapped (this means the founders fund vision for something new is great. To be part
the company themselves), so I and two other of an engaging and exciting team working
co-founders self-funded it for close to three towards achieving the change that everyone
years. We did a bunch of research before wants to see in the world can be an incredible
crafting the idea, but we made a few too many experience in anyone's career.”
assumptions about the problems the market
faced.” “The people you meet, and the friends you
make, are super influential in helping you
This meant they weren’t able to build product grow as an individual. How you treat others
market fit. “We were too optimistic and didn’t is a huge influence on your opportunities and
have enough realism and pragmatism, and experiences. Building your network is just as
even had slight pessimism.” This experience important as any in-class learning.”
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 5 careers for those who love
technology and people
1. Corporate travel consultant
The corporate travel consultant puts together trips that meet client expecations, finds the
best routes and fees, and solves problems that arise during the planning and execution
of travel.
The tech side: Requires an understanding of global distribution systems, programs that
track airfares and rental car fees, airline routing principles, and international regulations.
The hospitality side: Provides an optimal experience for clients, uses problem-solving and
critical thinking strategies, and acts as a business consultant.

2. Technical marketer 3. Data Engineer

Marketing is a chief priority for
businesses today, and the role of the
marketer has taken a more technical
turn, requiring marketers use the latest
programs and tools to make
businesses visible and successful in
the digital space.
The tech side: Implements the SEO and
SEM best practices, seeks and inter-
prets website analytics, and has basic
knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.
The hospitality side: Focuses on
caring for the brand’s reputation, takes
EHL HOSPITALITY BUSINESS SCHOOL
a customer-centric approach to all
The sharing economy has created a
whole new business model based on
people connecting with each other.
Data engineers build and manage data
services, websites, and web applications
that run the sharing economy.
The tech side: Knows basic programming
languages, such as SQL and Python,
understands data structures and cloud
platforms, and
compiles and interprets data.
The hospitality side: Brings a human
touch to a website or application and
creates outstanding customer

Hospitality & Technology: The

tasks, creates outstanding experience experiences that help businesses grow.
online, and builds trust.

Perfect Blend for Future Success

Pleasing customers using the latest technology opens many doors

This is where the graduates of EHL’s Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality

Management stand out from the crowd. With a balanced set of customer-centric soft
skills, business know-how, and an innovative tech mindset, they are able to implement
technology to create wonderful customer experiences. It’s why top companies such as
Apple, LVMH, L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, and Tesla engage EHL’s students as
consutlants and actively recruit EHL graduates year after year.

Young people who are interested in the technical side of hospitality and other service
businesses will find a wealth of opportunities in today’s job market. Here are a few jobs
that are a good fit for people with strong IT skills and a people-pleasing personality.

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 STUDENT STORY
4. E-commerce manager
An e-commerce manager helps retail
brands build their online presence and
Connecting hospitality &
sell to customers through their websites.
The tech side: Knows how to do website
technology innovation
development and optimization, analysis Elliot Morrisod studied on EHL’s Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality
of e-commerce functions on a website, Management and completed a tech internship in Palo Alto, California. He had always
and analysis of competitor sites. been passionate about technology and innovation and the hospitality studies at EHL
The hospitality side: Increases sales and allowed him to combine several of his passions into an exciting study program and
customer satisfaction by creating an future career path. This is the story of his internship at Swisscom Cloud Lab Ltd.,
experience designed around the an outpost of Swisscom.
customer, making clients feel valued,
and encouraging brand loyalty.
His internship role and responsibilities
I am the Innovation Manager for my administrative internship. My tasks vary, but I am
5. Customer Relationship Manager primarily in charge of discovering current trends in the tech market and suggesting
A customer relationship manager uses data to understand how customers interact with the innovations for Swisscom in Switzerland. For the first month, I was in charge of
business and proposes solutions to improve the customer experience to increase loyalty. organizing our annual Startup Challenge, where we bring CEOs of five Startups from
The tech side: Interprets data collected from customer behavior, analyzes the brand’s Switzerland to Palo Alto in order to give them a business acceleration program in
online reputation and user experience, has the know-how to drive sales growth. one week.
The hospitality side: Focuses on creating excellent customer experiences, a sense of
humanity and community, strategies to improve customer retention and build How EHL prepared him for this work
the organization. I would say the first aspect that really has helped me is the international aspect of
EHL. The Silicon Valley is widely international, which means that you meet people from
As you can see, there’s a growing need for professionals who have both technology abroad every day. You have to be open-minded and EHL teaches you this aspect very
and hospitality skills, and EHL is working to prepare graduates for that demand. With well… and I am able to apply a lot of the hospitality theory I learned.
two 6-month internships during its bachelor program, plus an innovation hub, business
incubator, and a student consulting project, EHL offers its students the opportunity to His advice for students considering this path
explore these opportunities in various industries. I will just say that the ambiance and the atmosphere in general at EHL are absolutely
unique and you won’t find those elsewhere. Every semester, you have more than a
But how does hospitality connect to technology innovation? Read our student story. hundred companies coming on campus to find new talents and new interns, this is
incredible. And wherever you travel, you can be sure that people will know about our
school. If you’re interested in studying at EHL, think no more, I guarantee that you will
not regret it.

→ Student Story, next page

 “To summarize it is that we need students to
be excelling at maths! We look for people who
are good (I mean, very, very good) at maths
and are excited by computing and its many
applications.
Jake also points out that Imperial does not
place any focus on “extra-curricular” activities,
so unrelated activities won’t significantly
influence how admissions officers assesses a
student’s academic profile.

We welcome people with a wide variety
of subjects they’d like to mix with maths –
usually physics, for example. We are looking
for students who are, or have the potential to
be, great problem-solvers, lateral-thinkers, or
systematic thinkers.”
Jake strongly encourages applicants to take
Further Maths or the most rigorous math
course available. “If the school offers Further
Maths, we expect them to take it. If their
school does not offer the chance to take
Further Maths, please make sure this is stated
in the school reference. We will take this into
Photo by Imperial College London: Brain visualisation main entrance, South Kensington Campus
account. It is desired but not essential.”
However, they are looking for a student to
demonstrate academic interest in computing
and transferable skills /competencies such as:
• The ability to work as part of a group/team,
for the purposes of research, collective
problem solving, and communication of
results/findings.
• The ability to present key facts, ideas,
problem solutions, results etc., both
verbally and in written form.
• The ability to work independently.
• The ability to use computer systems and
appropriate software packages as an aid
to research, analysis, problem solving, and
presentation.

Tips for applying to

All applicants (particularly those not taking
Further Maths) are encouraged, and may be
required, to take a STEP exam in Maths. Jake
feels that extra tuition is advisable because
of the difficulty and style of questions. For
• The ability to exercise self-learning.
• The ability to use acquired theoretical
and practical knowledge to tackle unseen

computing at Imperial
applications to Computing courses, Imperial problems.
usually asks for a Grade of 2 in STEP II. You
will also need to locate your local examination But overall, Jake stresses that as a UK
center for this test. This can take a bit of time university, nothing is weighted as much as a
and planning if you are not in the UK. student’s academic interest.
Imperial College London is consistently ranked one of the top universities in the world.
Here is what they are looking for in students applying to their computing degrees.

It is easy to find out the basic entry “If you are in this category and are thinking of
requirements to apply to a degree, but are applying to our courses, but are worried that
there qualities that set you apart from other a lack of computing experience will leave you
applicants? at a disadvantage, don’t be.”

Jake Ganymede is a Senior International This is because Imperial teaches a variety of

Officer at Imperial College London, and he
shares his perspective on what makes an
attractive applicant to Computing at this
world class university.
You may be surprised to hear the answer isn’t
necessarily programming experience. Jake
says that each year, a large number of the
college’s incoming students have no prior
programming experience.
programming languages from the beginning
in the first and second year, so not having
previous programming experience won’t be a
problem. This also means that you don’t need
to have taken A-level Computer Science or
AP Computer Science to apply to computing
at Imperial.
So, if knowledge of programming is not the
most important quality, then what is?
Photo by Imperial College London: Student at Dalby Court, South Kensington Campus
Inspired to become a successful CEO? As you have read, it is never too early to
started gaining business and entrepreneurial skills. Here are some ideas to help you.
Paul Sweet is currently the Director of
University & Careers Counselling at Dulwich
College Seoul. Previously, he was Associate
Director of Admission at Babson College.
Babson College is known for training
entrepreneurial and business leaders. It
introduced entrepreneurship as an academic
discipline nearly 50 years ago, which means it
was one of the first institutions in the world to
teach the subject.
We asked Paul to share his thoughts on an
entrepreneurial mindset and the advice he
has for students interested in building their
entrepreneurial skills.
“Someone with an entrepreneurial mindset
sees challenges as opportunities. This person
identifies an issue, makes a plan to tackle the
problem, and then takes action to solve it;
leading, empowering, and inspiring others in
the process.”
Although often considered in a ways. Many colleges and universities offer
business context, the great thing about
entrepreneurship is it can be applied to
various fields. Entrepreneurs are needed in
government, education, health care, and the
nonprofit sector, just as much as in business.
When working in university admissions, I
was tasked to find students who were not
only strong academically but also had other
competencies that would make a potential
entrepreneur.
These qualities may include, but are not limited
to, creativity, critical thinking, communication,
empathy for others, initiative, leadership,
persistence and self-awareness.
As a counselor, my colleagues and I help
develop these same skills in our students. We
want them to identify an important need and
lead others to bring about positive change;
thus helping them develop an entrepreneurial
mindset.
Students can nurture their interest in
entrepreneurship in both direct and indirect
summer and academic year programs that
allow students to explore this topic.
A growing number of high schools have If you don’t find an opportunity that fits your
entrepreneurship clubs that encourage needs, why not start something new?
students to create startup businesses.
The process of building something from
Try reaching out to nonprofit organizations, scratch and the lessons learned along the way
i.e. environmental, animal welfare, social will be valuable for any budding entrepreneur.
service, or women’s rights groups. Taking It is not about being flashy or making the
on a project for causes you care about is a biggest impact. It is about getting out there,
wonderful way to practice entrepreneurship. doing something, and being able to reflect and
It is making an impact on your community. grow from the experience.
Some business competitions for high school students
Start planning to see if you can take part in the next round of these challenges
Blue Ocean High School Entrepreneur Pitch Competition
The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition
The Conrad Challenge
The Diamond Challenge
GENIUS Olympiad
NFTE’s World Series of Innovation
The Technovation Challenge
Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
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Silicon Valley
Veteran
Phil
Roybal
Tech devices are probably at the center of your
daily experience. But this wasn’t even possible
until the 1970’s, and what made it possible
was the new technology of transistors and
integrated circuits.
But the transformation is also due to
passionate young tech enthusiasts who spent
hours in garages and basements dreaming
of a day when people could own their own
personal computers.
The phenomenon known as “Silicon Valley”
(a term used to describe an area in California
associated with tech companies) grew from
this time. Phil Roybal was there in its early
days and was part of this tech revolution that
has gone on to sweep the world.
Here are some of his memories of the rise of
Silicon Valley, what it was like working within
this industry with some of the great names in
tech, and his thoughts for young people their
careers today.
What was your education and how did
you start your career in tech?
I have a BSEE/CS from UC Berkeley, but my
tech experience began much earlier.
I got interested in electronics around 10,
experimenting in my family’s basement. My
uncle was an engineer on the space program.
Then, at 16, I got a job at a local TV shop,
repairing and setting up color TV’s (which
were a novelty back then) for installation.
During college summer breaks I worked at
Whittaker Corp. as a technician, building
digital radar systems for air traffic control.
They offered me a job after college, but I
accepted one from HP instead.
What was technology like back then?
I started my career before floppy discs, email,
the Internet, and cordless phones. I saved
software on punched paper tape when I
installed computers for my HP customers.
Phil was employee number 35 at Apple Computer.
When I started at Apple we stored programs
on audio cassettes, and one of my first tasks
was to help market our new floppy disk drive,
which stored about 140KB per side. For
comparison, my iPhone holds 512GB and
sells for about 70% of that first drive’s cost in
constant dollars.
What was Silicon Valley like in its very
beginning?
Before Shockley Semiconductor arrived in
1956, this was The Valley of Heart’s Delight
- an agricultural area. From Shockley’s work
came the chip houses and the fortunes
they generated - Intel, AMD, National
Semiconductor (where I worked for four
years), and more. They minted millionaires
who willingly financed the next generation of
companies.
Start-up consultant Mike Markkula, who
retired young from Intel and became an angel
investor, invested $91,000 in two scruffy
young men with a design for a personal
computer. With that money, Apple Computer
was incorporated in 1977. Mike was the
first Apple chairman, and then a CEO of the
company.
Early on, there weren’t many women in the
hiring pool. It wasn’t until the late 70’s at
Apple that I saw my first female professional
job applicant. I hired her and she was a great
addition to the team.

Venture financing and a supply of engineers What was it like working at a world
from Stanford, Berkeley, and other local leader in tech like Hewlett-Packard?
universities exploded the quiet apricot
I was very proud to be an HP engineer. We
orchards of Heart’s Delight into a bustling
had a sign in the Lab: HP: Has to Perform. We
tech center of over 1M people.
designed elegant equipment, built to last.
But there was a cost. The salaries tech
Back then Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard
companies could pay made home prices rise
“managed by walking around”. I met Bill, and
2500% over my working lifetime. A house my
his son Jim played guitar at my wedding. Our
wife and I bought for $60,000 in the ‘70s would
team was pioneering computer-controlled
go for nearly $2M today. Homelessness is a
microwave test equipment, doing things that
growing problem because of housing costs.
hadn’t been done before. It was exciting to be
an engineer there.
Was tech a male dominated industry
when you started? Has that changed? You were one of the early employees at
Tech was a boy’s club. (Check out one of the Apple. What was it like?
first Apple II advertisements.) Of the 1000
I joined Apple in 1978 as employee #35
Freshman Electrical Engineering students
to build the product marketing and tech
at Berkeley in 1964, only six were women.
support departments. I was their first Product
Dances weren’t much fun.
Marketing Manager. We didn’t have a building
- just a couple of offices behind a restaurant in When developing the Apple II, they created a few in different colors. Steve Jobs eventually chose to produce them in a creme
Cupertino. color. This is a photograph of Phil with the only known Apple II that was produced in red.

It was chaotic and amazing. I handled tech
support. The day before I started work my
boss, Mike Markkula, told me, “I’ll be out of
town. There’s a stack of phone messages on
my desk. Just start returning the calls.”
Years later, I helped with the Apple Road Show
where we loaded computers onto trucks
emblazoned with the Apple logo and ran
seminars and trade shows in different cities.
What was it like working with Steve Jobs?
I worked for Steve Jobs for a couple years. He
was the most confident and single-minded
person I’ve ever met, and I learned a lot from
him. I liked him most of the time, but he could
be abrasive too.
Something he said to me one day that has
stuck with me is, “Most people never do
anything great because no one asks them to.”
1977 advertisement for Apple II in Byte magazine
What would your legacy at Apple be?
I believe I gave the company a human face.
The first few hundred thousand Apple II’s
went out with a letter from me offering
support resources. Within the company I saw
thousands of employees on their first day of
training. It was my task to tell them the Apple
story.
What did you move onto after Apple?
After Apple I formed Roybal Associates, a
marketing consulting company. Most of my
work for the next two decades was exhibit
staff sales and presentation skills training.
I also taught woodworking professionally
and began volunteering in the public school
system (which I still do).
Then, in 2010, I met Satish Mirle who invited
me to help him build what we now call
MaiaLearning, where I am the VP of Marketing.
What have been the most rewarding
parts of your career in tech?
I fell in love with computers as a freshman at
Berkeley and love them still. Author Arthur
C. Clarke said, “Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
I’ve been honored to meet and work with some
amazing magicians. In creating the modern
computer industry, we literally changed the
world.
What advice would you give young
people planning their careers?
When you’re young and earning your spurs
you’ll spend a lot of time working. Take time
to figure out what you like and follow that.
I used to tell my children, “Find something you
like so much you’d do it for nothing. Then get
someone to pay you to do it.”
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