Advance your career in information technology

The volume and relative recency of the data that exists today is staggering — experts estimate that 90 percent was produced no earlier than 2011. Unsurprisingly, skyrocketing growth has led to increased demand for information managers across business sectors.

The volume and relative recency of the data that exists today is staggering — experts estimate that 90 percent was produced no earlier than 2011. Unsurprisingly, skyrocketing growth has led to increased demand for information managers across business sectors.

According to Harvard Business Review, leaders able to manage and draw insights from data are essential to the organizations of today and tomorrow. Now more than ever, advanced training is a must for meeting evolving business needs. W. P. Carey alum Mandy Mueller is a prime example of the ways in which a specialized business degree can completely transform your career trajectory.

See the bigger picture

Mandy had ten years of experience in information technology before setting her sights on a career in information management. Her determination to grow led her to the W. P. Carey MSIM program, which helped her “stop thinking like an IT person and start thinking like a businessperson with an IT focus.” "The biggest thing that this degree afforded me was the ability to think broader than the project roles that I had been playing in the past," Mandy says. "Being able to look at it from a more holistic perspective instead of looking at it solely from a technology perspective really understanding how technology impacts and enables the business to achieve its goals."

Mandy says the curriculum, the projects, and the leadership she encountered in the MSIM program gave her a competitive edge within her company, and built strengths that can help her throughout her career.

"As a result of the MSIM program I was definitely given the opportunity to take on more challenging, more difficult, and much more strategic work, and I've developed my skill set at a broader level than I was able to before," she explains.

Take the next step

Find out how the W. P. Carey MSIM and Online MSIM can help you reach your career goals.

Check out the video below to see how the W. P. Carey MSIM will keep you — and your organization — on the cutting edge: