Research and Development Center

SERGEI

Hometown:
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Stevenson High School

Major:
Computer Engineering (I was fascinated by electronics from an early age); with minors in Technology and Management, and German.

Favorite class right now:
Digital Communications – it’s challenging and interesting material.

Favorite study break:
Reading, anywhere

Favorite food or splurge:
Whatever I cook or splurging on sushi

What brought you to the State Farm Research and Development Center?
I'm studying computer engineering because I’m very interested in mobile devices and their applications within industry. The work I'm doing at State Farm gives me the opportunity to analyze how applications for tablet PCs can be better developed to be used within the Company.

Favorite and least favorite things about your work here:
The plus side is the technology I get to work with and the broad scope. On the minus side is some bureaucracy with getting things off the Internet.

What I wish I'd known about college life before coming to the U of I:
The lack of good music

One word to describe me:
Ambitious

In my wildest dreams, after graduation I'll be:
A Web 3.0 startup