Early Career Profiles:
Recent bachelors-level graduates in the mathematical sciences

Erik Swanson

Name: Erik Swanson Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Position: Systems Administrator Employer: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Industry Sector: Information Technology

What he does:

• Erik is the systems administrator on two high performance computer clusters

Math on the job:

• Simply, he does performance analysis

Erik's background:

• Erik graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, in Spring, 2005.
• Erik says it was mathematics that brought him to mathematics. He started as an engineering major, but soon realized that what he liked most about engineering was the math. He knew he wanted to be a systems administrator, and since it didn't matter which degree he chose, as neither was a direct link to that career, he decided to switch to math.

Advice for students:

• Study hard, but don't forget to have some fun.

University of Washington   |   Department of Mathematics