{"id":19158,"date":"2025-12-11T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=19158"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:18:39","slug":"bank-of-america-data-engineer-pays-it-forward-at-wilmu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/bank-of-america-data-engineer-pays-it-forward-at-wilmu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of America Data Engineer Pays It Forward at WilmU"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column19158_756a26-85{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column19158_756a26-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column19158_756a26-85\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>WilmU alumnus <strong>Gopi Pasupuleti<\/strong> has turned the skills he gained in the classroom into a thriving career \u2014 and a pathway to pay it forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 grad is now an Application Program Manager II at Bank of America, where he applies his expertise as a data engineer to build scalable, high-performance solutions in banking and other sectors. His proficiency with the Hadoop ecosystem, encompassing Spark, Kafka, Hive, and Impala, helps drive the real-time and batch data pipelines essential to modern financial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasupuleti credits Wilmington University with helping him build both technical knowledge and professional confidence. \u201cI had great faculty and great fellow students,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That spirit of collaboration extends to his role as a member of WilmU\u2019s Business Management Program Advisory Board. There, he provides industry insights that inform curriculum development and support student success, an opportunity he sees as a meaningful way to stay connected to the university community while helping the next generation enter a rapidly evolving field. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to communicate with other people in my space,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Karen Marie Wagner-Clarke<\/strong>, chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/business\/business.aspx\">Business Management Program<\/a>, says Pasupuleti personifies WilmU\u2019s emphasis on educating students to be career-ready, as well as a willingness to give back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGopi exemplifies the caliber of Wilmington University graduates who transform knowledge into impact,\u201d she says. \u201cHis leadership and contributions continue to elevate our curriculum and inspire future professionals.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Eileen Smith Dallabrida<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WilmU alumnus Gopi Pasupuleti has turned the skills he gained in the classroom into a thriving career \u2014 and a pathway to pay it forward&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[146,1040,1046,1065,14,15],"class_list":["post-19158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","tag-alumni-2","tag-business-management-administration-degrees","tag-college-of-business-and-technology","tag-science-technology-engineering-and-math-degrees","tag-wilmington-university","tag-wilmu"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":145,"label":"ALUMNI NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":146,"label":"alumni-2"},{"value":1040,"label":"Business Management &amp; 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