“Layers of Abstraction: How Systems Thinking Helped Me Build, Scale, and Sell a Company” By Mike Harris ‘00, WorkSighted

This will weave in how Computer Science, IT and my personal journey stressing the foundational elements I learned in the program. Mike Harris is the owner of WorkSighted, an information technology company in
Holland.  Mike is a 2000 alumnus of Hope College, with a major in Computer Science.  That same year, Mike and another Hope grad -- Matt Nguyen -- started Worksighted in his parent's basement.  Since then, Worksighted has become one of the fastest-growing private companies in the country.  They have offices in Holland, Grand Rapids, and Detroit.  Worksighted worked to implement IT in senior housing, factory automation, manufacturing and professional services spaces.