CS Alumni Matt Renze Receives Young Alumni Achievement Award from CS Dept

During the LAS fall homecoming awards ceremony on November 7, Matthew Renze (BS 2011) was awarded the Young Alumni Achievement Award by the CS department. Matthew is a regular visitor to Gloria Cain's careers class each year, has represented the department at high school career fairs, and served as a judge for the 2013 Computational Thinking Competition. In addition to his BS in Computer Science, he also has a BA in Philosophy and a minor in Economics from Iowa State. He is a regular speaker at a number of regional computing events, including the Iowa Code Camp, Nebraska Code Camp, and Agile Iowa. Matthew owns Renze Consulting in Des Moines, working on developing data-driven software applications using Agile methods, performing data analysis, and coaching/mentoring on Lean, Agile, Scrum and XP methods. Visit his website at http://www.matthewrenze.com/.