Career Coaches

BJ serves as senior director of operations for Career Services. He has worked at Illinois Tech for 12 years in both enrollment management/recruiting roles and Career Services. In his current role, BJ manages the day-to-day activities of Career Services and assists in determining the strategic direction for the office to most effectively engage students, employers, and alumni to ensure that our students are successful in the first step of their career journey. BJ is a proud alumnus of the Illinois Tech’sStuart School of Business, receiving his Master of Science in Marketing Analytics and Communication in 2014.  

Hi, I’m Areeba Essani. I am a 1st-year Graduate Student majoring in Material Science and Engineering.

My favorite quote is: “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the lights.”