Michele Williams Hudson

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I am currently a Principal Systems Analyst for Liberty Mutual’s Global Specialty group. Global Specialty IT supports all of our GS division users around the world as they write diverse and often very specific lines of insurance that can be extremely complex.  After 15 years in training, and being Director of Training for the last two years of that, I decided to change back into a more technical role.  As a Principal Systems Analyst I act as a bit of a translator.  Leveraging my education and training background; my early IT experience as a Business Analyst; and incorporating many of my Executive MBA (Suffolk University) experiences, I help translate our business users’ needs into technical requirements that our development team uses to provide online solutions.  It’s interesting how things can come full circle and intertwine with each other when you take a chance and make a change.

At St. Michael’s, I was a Mathematics major, took a few computer science courses, loved my Honors courses, completed a research summer at Syracuse University’s NPAC (Northeast Parallel Architecture Center), and even completed my Secondary Education qualifications. This combination was very well supported by all of my professors and has led me in some very interesting career directions. I have actually applied my statistics courses as a Statistical Process Control trainer and analyst. Various software and management training positions and my current role have capitalized on merging my technical and teaching backgrounds. In addition, my well-rounded education from St. Mike’s provided a good foundation to help me grow into leadership positions, as well as create and facilitate various training programs for managers around leadership, coaching and interviewing skills.  Take a look at my career details if you are interested in more information Michele (Williams) Hudson LinkedIn.  As Jamie Pitney mentioned above, LinkedIn is a great resource for networking and sharing your professional experience.

We hear more and more how “traditional career paths, or career ladders” often don’t apply anymore, and this has certainly been my experience.  I am certain that the wealth of opportunities and diverse education that I received at St. Michael’s has been a key factor in allowing me such career flexibility.  Use your time at St. Michael’s and beyond to soak up the knowledge, then head off in a direction that feels right for you.  And remember, a decision, or a path, is not absolute, and you CAN change your mind.  Take a chance, learn and grow, and let life surprise you as much as it may delight you!