I founded UQ Solutions after a rewarding early career in higher education, first at Carroll University, and then at the University of California, Irvine. While I loved my work, I often felt that we didn’t have the data we needed to make the decisions we needed to make. When I went on to get my MBA, I became fascinated by business strategy, and how to adapt its insights for higher education. I also became interested in large datasets (having been a math geek in my younger years) and dove deep into IPEDS, BLS, and the ACS.

These three elements of my background came together in my vision for UQ. And they allowed me to develop a tool that delivers key insights, drawn from large datasets, filtered through business strategy concepts, and tailored to the decision-making needs of academic leaders. My goals are still the same as they have been for my entire career: helping students achieve their dreams, and building better institutions to help them do so.

It has been such a joy to share our Market Analyzer with colleges and universities across the country, and to see the impact it is starting to have. We are excited about bringing this wonderful tool to more schools—maybe yours—and developing our next two tools as well: one for optimizing financial performance, and one for student success.