OUR TEAM

Steve Holder Developer - Intern

I am a senior in OM&IS student from Rockford, Illinois where I research how Jekyll and GitHub pages can be leveraged to develop an open source Agile classroom. I have used R on a range of projects, from analysing employee satisfaction data for a private equity firm to mining linguistic transcripts for speech patterns. Through my own work, I have gained experience in using R for statistical modelling, mapping, data manipulation and R-markdown to make reproducible scripts. I’m very interested in the role of open-source and collaborative technology in academia.

Aleena Amhad Developer Intern

I am a Computer Science and Business major interested in all aspects of Data Science.

Christopher Zamora Campus Innovator - Discover Card code_orange

I have recently completed my Scrum Master intership at Discover and I am an OM&IS major at Northern Illinois University. I joined InspirEd Lab in Summer 2019 studying the growth of Agile practice in Information Technology Education. I love to share my passion for teamwork development and Agile, be it through outreach, or teaching. I’ve been a Scrum Master for the Discover code_orange for over 1 year, and I love that I get to learn new things every week by helping other members working at their best to solve their coding challenges! I am now working on developing our brand new course set to launch in 2020 (stay tuned…).

Casey Walters Product Owner Intern - InspirEd Lab

I am a graduate student studying Management Information Systems at Northern Illinois University. In May, I graduated undergrad with majors in Marketing and Operations Management & Information Systems, then immediately launched into my masters. As an InspirEd lab intern, I have had the opportunity to act as the product owner of the OM&IS Gazette, and work with the rest of the InspirEd lab team on various other projects. In the future, I hope to become a Product Owner at a company that uses an Agile methodology to work on IT projects and products. Being a part of the Inspired Lab has challenged me to think in an agile mindset and embrace change.

Federico Bassetti Founder - Instructor

I am the proud founder of the InspirEd Lab, and a lecturer in the OM&IS Department at Northern Illinois University. I am particularly interested in how to encourage the development of Agility skills to respond to the changing nature of the field.

Cody Developer OMIS Gazette

I'm an undergraduate at NIU in OM&IS in my first year at InspirEd Lab. This is a unique opportunity for students across the department to broaden their knowledge and advance their field through working at the intersection of Experiential Learning and Informatics. I am excited to be part of this journey!

Zayra Producer OMIS Gazette

I'm in my 4th (and last!) year of my undergraduate degree. I was introduced to InspirEd Lab in the Fall 19, and since then I have been on the team prducing the OMIS Gazette. I am fascinated by what Jekyll and GitHub can produce with a simple set of Markdown and scripts. It has been a love-hate relationship (but mostly love) and I want to show as many people as possible that coding is not as abstract or inaccessible as it looks!