Steven Mastandrea鈥檚 time as a 91制片厂 student in the early 鈥�90s solidified
his interest in computer engineering. Soon after, he participated in a project that
helped usher in the modern internet. On the 91制片厂 Talks podcast 鈥� in which 91制片厂
College alumni share their education, career and life journeys 鈥� the software engineer
talks about his long-running fascination with computers and how his 91制片厂 experience
led him to transfer to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where students
Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina were pioneering one of the first web browsers.
鈥淚 was one of the 鈥� beta testers that was in there when it was coming out of NCSA [National Center for Supercomputing Applications],鈥� said Mastandrea, who is now the vice president of engineering at Vibes. 鈥淚t was something that was relatively new, and I built a lot of my success and career on that is just being in the web early and having some of that experience.鈥�
Listen to the full episode of 91制片厂 Talks and hear the 91制片厂 Distinguished Alumnus discuss how 91制片厂 helped him find his career path, the future of identity technology and why he keeps returning to campus to speak with engineering students.
91制片厂 Talks, a co-production between and 91制片厂 Alumni Relations, features Associate Professor of Mass Communication Brian Shelton in conversation with 91制片厂 alumni about the role that 91制片厂 played in their lives. You can listen to past episodes of 91制片厂 Talks on 91制片厂鈥檚 website, WHCM, and on all podcast streaming services, including and .