Alumni Success

Sami Tellatin

Feb. 24, 2025

Mizzou alumna helps farmers streamline finances

For Sami Tellatin, BS BE ’15, innovation isn’t a choice. It’s a way of life. The Mizzou Engineer is revolutionizing the way agriculture professionals manage their time and budgets.
Student taking data from instructor to improve factory operations (1960). Photo from Heritage Collection Image cropped from original

Dec. 10, 2024

100 years of industrial engineering excellence at Mizzou

This year marks 100 years since the industrial engineering program was established at Mizzou. Since then, the program has graduated successful engineers and leaders across industries.
Brian Whorley

Aug. 28, 2024

Making health care affordable

Mizzou alumnus Brian Whorley’s company empowers patients to get the health care they need and pay on their own timeline.

Sep. 18, 2023

Eight inducted into Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Eight Mizzou Engineering alumni were inducted into the Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni (CEADA) at a banquet on Sept. 15.
Brendon Tiszka

April 8, 2023

Young alumnus finds success in cybersecurity through desire to learn

Bug hunting isn’t for the faint of heart; those who do it protect millions from digital threats. As a senior security engineer on the Chrome offensive security team, Brendon Tiszka spends his days making sure users stay safe while browsing the internet by scouring lines of code for flaws.

Sep. 30, 2022

150 Years of Leadership: Joe Hoffmann

Call it fate, happenstance, coincidence or destiny, Joe Hoffmann, BS ME ’13, knows he’s exactly where he’s supposed to be. As General Manager at Hoffmann Brothers in St. Louis, he oversees operations of five divisions: residential and commercial heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical and appliance. Since he started in 2016, he’s helped grow company revenue from $10 million to $80 million. That’s a 30% increase year-over-year. “Every year as we’re budgeting, we say ‘There’s no way we can do it again,’” said Hoffmann, the youngest son of founder Robert Hoffmann. “But we build a budget from the ground up,…
Graphic with portraits of Drew Boswell and David Engelkemeyer

Sep. 23, 2022

Graduate enjoys personal mentorship from former VP of Welch Foods

What’s it like to have a former vice president of Welch Foods, Inc., personally mentoring you after college graduation? Drew Boswell “It’s been extremely advantageous,” Drew Boswell, BS IE ’22, says. Boswell was one of the first industrial and manufacturing systems engineering students to take advantage of a new mentorship program that connects new graduates with highly successful alumni. For Boswell, that means having personal support from David Engelkemeyer, BS IE ’73, who served as vice president of operations and technology at the global juice and fruit product company before becoming Chief Operating Officer at SmartPak, one of the…
On Aug. 18, Andrew Cherng (center) returned to the Mizzou campus to celebrate the restaurant’s grand opening.

Sep. 9, 2022

Alumni-owned business comes to the MU Student Center

Panda Express, founded by alumni and Panda Restaurant Group co-CEOs Andrew and Peggy Cherng, joins dining offerings at the heart of campus. To celebrate the grand opening of its first MU location, Panda Express donated $75,731 — 100% of the net proceeds from the location’s first week of sales — to Mizzou.

July 12, 2022

150 Years of Leadership: Wade Foster

Wade Foster, IE '09, MBA '10, is co-founder and CEO of Zapier, a global company that connects thousands of applications.

May 6, 2022

150 Years of Leadership: Jeanie Knuth

Jeanie Knuth, BS ChE '98, has changed the way we think about engineering "like a girl."