Jérémie is an indefatigable force, who I'm lucky to know through MCIT classes and planning social, technical, and career development programming for our classmates. As a coder, Jérémie is a quick-learner, effective communicator, and patient teacher. As a leader, Jérémie builds team consensus and stakeholder buy-in to bring ideas to fruition. Through his dedication and vision, he formalized our rag-tag team into a department-funded MCIT student group - CIT59x - and created the structure and documentation necessary to make CIT59x an ongoing pillar of the masters program. As president of CIT59x, he led the charge in our establishment of an annual MCIT Hackathon - in-person last year with 5 submissions and remote this year with 15. He continues to find creative ways to build community, and despite all the work and energy he puts into doing so he makes it look easy because he inspires all around him.

During my time as Director of Academic Operations with the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School, I served as Jérémie Allard’s supervisor. In the four years we worked together, I witnessed a great deal of growth and a list of accomplishments too long to include in a letter of recommendation. Jérémie came into this entry-level role soon after he finished his Master’s degree at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This was his first full-time job in the higher education profession. As with any new role, it takes time to learn the in’s and the out’s. But perhaps the first thing I noticed about Jérémie’s work ethic was his clear sense of self, which allowed him to adapt quickly to the challenges that would be placed in front of him. It is worth noting that the small team he worked on within the Office of Academic Affairs experienced a complete turnover in just one year prior to his joining. This created a great opportunity for the office, but it was not without its difficulties. Jérémie’s role required great attention to detail, which he excelled at. Much of his role required working with large data sets of student and course data for a two-year program that consists of approximately 1,600 matriculants at any given time. A majority of the data was confidential and needed to be managed with care. I never had doubts or concerns about Jérémie’s abilities in this regard. The initial training I provided him on items such as Excel manipulations and SQL queries over time turned into a role-reversal - where he would train me on these very same things. He would take a task and run with it. And he always seemed to run a bit farther than the average employee. He was also very candid about aspects of his role in which he wanted to grow. I never had to wonder how he was doing – and for a supervisor, that is a great feeling. Over time, it was abundantly clear that Jérémie was building a larger portfolio of roles and responsibilities than that of his predecessors – including heavy involvement in the implementation of a student-facing Salesforce platform. As a result, I was fortunate to be able to reclassify his role from Data Coordinator to Assistant Director of Academic Operations. In my time at Wharton, Jérémie was a trustworthy colleague, intelligent, knew his strengths and weaknesses, and was simply a pleasure to be around. I consider it a privilege to have been able to work with Jérémie. In fact, when I left my role at Wharton to pursue another opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, I would have loved to have brought him onto my new team. I truly hope his foray in the field of higher education allows him to grow into future roles. Many of the skills he developed in his role at Wharton are transferable to other industries. This, in conjunction with his recent graduate studies with the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, make him an attractive candidate in numerous po

Jérémie is an indefatigable force, who I'm lucky to know through MCIT classes and planning social, technical, and career development programming for our classmates. As a coder, Jérémie is a quick-learner, effective communicator, and patient teacher. As a leader, Jérémie builds team consensus and stakeholder buy-in to bring ideas to fruition. Through his dedication and vision, he formalized our rag-tag team into a department-funded MCIT student group - CIT59x - and created the structure and documentation necessary to make CIT59x an ongoing pillar of the masters program. As president of CIT59x, he led the charge in our establishment of an annual MCIT Hackathon - in-person last year with 5 submissions and remote this year with 15. He continues to find creative ways to build community, and despite all the work and energy he puts into doing so he makes it look easy because he inspires all around him.

During my time as Director of Academic Operations with the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School, I served as Jérémie Allard’s supervisor. In the four years we worked together, I witnessed a great deal of growth and a list of accomplishments too long to include in a letter of recommendation. Jérémie came into this entry-level role soon after he finished his Master’s degree at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This was his first full-time job in the higher education profession. As with any new role, it takes time to learn the in’s and the out’s. But perhaps the first thing I noticed about Jérémie’s work ethic was his clear sense of self, which allowed him to adapt quickly to the challenges that would be placed in front of him. It is worth noting that the small team he worked on within the Office of Academic Affairs experienced a complete turnover in just one year prior to his joining. This created a great opportunity for the office, but it was not without its difficulties. Jérémie’s role required great attention to detail, which he excelled at. Much of his role required working with large data sets of student and course data for a two-year program that consists of approximately 1,600 matriculants at any given time. A majority of the data was confidential and needed to be managed with care. I never had doubts or concerns about Jérémie’s abilities in this regard. The initial training I provided him on items such as Excel manipulations and SQL queries over time turned into a role-reversal - where he would train me on these very same things. He would take a task and run with it. And he always seemed to run a bit farther than the average employee. He was also very candid about aspects of his role in which he wanted to grow. I never had to wonder how he was doing – and for a supervisor, that is a great feeling. Over time, it was abundantly clear that Jérémie was building a larger portfolio of roles and responsibilities than that of his predecessors – including heavy involvement in the implementation of a student-facing Salesforce platform. As a result, I was fortunate to be able to reclassify his role from Data Coordinator to Assistant Director of Academic Operations. In my time at Wharton, Jérémie was a trustworthy colleague, intelligent, knew his strengths and weaknesses, and was simply a pleasure to be around. I consider it a privilege to have been able to work with Jérémie. In fact, when I left my role at Wharton to pursue another opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, I would have loved to have brought him onto my new team. I truly hope his foray in the field of higher education allows him to grow into future roles. Many of the skills he developed in his role at Wharton are transferable to other industries. This, in conjunction with his recent graduate studies with the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, make him an attractive candidate in numerous po

Jérémie is an indefatigable force, who I'm lucky to know through MCIT classes and planning social, technical, and career development programming for our classmates. As a coder, Jérémie is a quick-learner, effective communicator, and patient teacher. As a leader, Jérémie builds team consensus and stakeholder buy-in to bring ideas to fruition. Through his dedication and vision, he formalized our rag-tag team into a department-funded MCIT student group - CIT59x - and created the structure and documentation necessary to make CIT59x an ongoing pillar of the masters program. As president of CIT59x, he led the charge in our establishment of an annual MCIT Hackathon - in-person last year with 5 submissions and remote this year with 15. He continues to find creative ways to build community, and despite all the work and energy he puts into doing so he makes it look easy because he inspires all around him.

During my time as Director of Academic Operations with the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School, I served as Jérémie Allard’s supervisor. In the four years we worked together, I witnessed a great deal of growth and a list of accomplishments too long to include in a letter of recommendation. Jérémie came into this entry-level role soon after he finished his Master’s degree at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This was his first full-time job in the higher education profession. As with any new role, it takes time to learn the in’s and the out’s. But perhaps the first thing I noticed about Jérémie’s work ethic was his clear sense of self, which allowed him to adapt quickly to the challenges that would be placed in front of him. It is worth noting that the small team he worked on within the Office of Academic Affairs experienced a complete turnover in just one year prior to his joining. This created a great opportunity for the office, but it was not without its difficulties. Jérémie’s role required great attention to detail, which he excelled at. Much of his role required working with large data sets of student and course data for a two-year program that consists of approximately 1,600 matriculants at any given time. A majority of the data was confidential and needed to be managed with care. I never had doubts or concerns about Jérémie’s abilities in this regard. The initial training I provided him on items such as Excel manipulations and SQL queries over time turned into a role-reversal - where he would train me on these very same things. He would take a task and run with it. And he always seemed to run a bit farther than the average employee. He was also very candid about aspects of his role in which he wanted to grow. I never had to wonder how he was doing – and for a supervisor, that is a great feeling. Over time, it was abundantly clear that Jérémie was building a larger portfolio of roles and responsibilities than that of his predecessors – including heavy involvement in the implementation of a student-facing Salesforce platform. As a result, I was fortunate to be able to reclassify his role from Data Coordinator to Assistant Director of Academic Operations. In my time at Wharton, Jérémie was a trustworthy colleague, intelligent, knew his strengths and weaknesses, and was simply a pleasure to be around. I consider it a privilege to have been able to work with Jérémie. In fact, when I left my role at Wharton to pursue another opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, I would have loved to have brought him onto my new team. I truly hope his foray in the field of higher education allows him to grow into future roles. Many of the skills he developed in his role at Wharton are transferable to other industries. This, in conjunction with his recent graduate studies with the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, make him an attractive candidate in numerous po