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Senior Director of AI at Elevance Health Chris Reitz shares how the IKNS program continues to influence his career journey—and his thoughts on the future of AI.

Alum Drew Hanessian shares insights he has learned and what makes Columbia's Wealth Management program unique.

Wealth Management alum and Morgan Stanley financial advisor Ameen Amin shares tips he wishes "every business owner knew."

Maria Bootsma on what attracted her to Columbia SPS and which project has been especially meaningful to her.

How the Information & Knowledge Strategy program helped prepare the SPS alums for their post-grad career journey.

IKNS alum Naureen Aziz and change transformation expert Kathy Krumpe distill the prevalent obstacles hindering successful data and AI transformations and provide approaches to address them.

Dr. Robert Behar discusses how insurance management is integral to his medical profession.

Kyle Cai (‘17SPS, Actuarial Science) shares the surprising link he learned between actuarial science and storytelling—and how his final project at the program became a talking point in job interviews.

One year after graduating from the Applied Analytics program, Xintong (Arielle) Wu reflects on how it prepared her for her current role.

Ben Royce, Information & Knowledge Strategy lecturer and alum, spoke about the value and risks that AI's growing prominence poses to businesses.

Q&A: How Columbia SPS helped Arya Jemal win a Fulbright

Q&A: Insurance Management alum Christopher McKeon on his Columbia journey