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Meet Ryne Rayburn, virtual guest for ECE400 Spring 2012

Ryne was unable to make it to our young alumni panel. We thus invited him to participate in a "virtual alumni panel". Please go ahead and ask him questions below. He will answer them directly on this page!


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Name: Ryne Rayburn

Hometown: Attica, Indiana

Graduated from Purdue in May 2011 with a BS in Computer Engineering

Activities at Purdue:

  • PSEF (Active 2006-2011; President 2010, VP of Communication 2009)
  • PEPC (Co-President 2010)
  • HKN (Active 2010-2011)
  • TBP (Active 2009-2011)
  • Teaching Assistant for CS159, 2009-2011
  • Internship with John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa in summer 2010
  • Undergraduate research with Dr. Brown, ECE
  • Sports & other activities with friends

Post Purdue:

  • Professional Development Program with Ingersoll Rand (2 year development program)
    • You work full-time through the program, starting as a hardware or firmware engineer in New Product Engineering for the first year. After 12 months, you rotate into Systems Test or Sourcing for 6 months & then spend the final 6 months in product management.
    • Currently, I am working as a firmware engineer with the prospect of moving into Systems Test in Summer 2012

Ask your questions to Ryne Rayburn below

Mr. Rayburn, after working in the industry for about a year, do you feel the need to get a MS/MBA/Ph.D? -Bhakti Khandagale

  • Write a question here.

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Alumni Liaison

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