Andrew P. Widdowson (CS 2005)

2018 Alumni Service Award

Bio

The skills Andrew P. Widdowson learned at WRCT and as a computer science major in the School of Computer Science carried him to his first position following his 2005 graduation at Bose and then onto Google, where he has worked for nearly 11 years. His current position is site reliability engineer, maintaining the performance of Google Search as part of an elite team. 

A few years after graduation, Widdowson began working with the SCS Alumni Advisory Board, helping to move it over the years from a passive advisory board to an active alumni engagement role. As an active mentor for students with the SCS/ECE online career mentorship platform, he connects current students with internship and networking opportunities in Silicon Valley. He is using his technical skills on a multi-year project to build a database to assist in SCS engagement and fundraising activities.

His campus volunteering experience over the years sparked the idea to create an endowment for WRCT, as way to ensure its long-term viability. He worked with other radio station alumni to establish the WRCT Forever Fund, an endowment that provides money for non-essential equipment, training and supplies for the station.