Denise Dreany is a first year graduate student in the master’s degree program in Library and Information Science and Information Policy at the University at Albany

This is a great opportunity for me to learn about technology in government, learn what is being considered and researched, and get to know some of the issues as well as people involved in research and government management.

My previous career has been in marketing and advertising, as Director of Marketing and Advertising for Long Island University, Advertising Manager for Cushman & Wakefield, an international commercial real estate firm, and at the start of my career with the advertising agency Doyle, Dane, Bernbach. DDB was a great place to work and begin my career as it was considered the most creative advertising agency in New York at the time. I got to work with some of the legends in advertising and have some entertaining stories to tell of the experience.

After receiving my master’s degree, I hope to work as an academic librarian or in business doing information management.

CTG can give me background in research organizations, technology issues that are being evaluated and considered, and how technology and government interacts. It will give me access to issues and information that I can add to my store of knowledge, which will make me a more valuable person in the marketplace.

My dad was a children’s book illustrator and illustrated a number of the Little Golden Book series in the 1950s, which are now collector’s items.