As an international UC student, Ryan Li knows the meaning of hard work and dedication. Graduating in 2012 with his Bachelor of Business Informatics, Ryan is now a valuable member of Group M's IT team. Group M is the world's largest marketing and advertising conglomerate with over 21,000 employees, many of whom Ryan helps with his IT support and recommendations. Ryan's specialties lie in database design, inventory control and monitoring, SQL, and Oracle. As a UC student, one of his crowning achievements was building a new e-commerce system for an online store. His new design led to better navigation and increased purchasing by customers.

Expanding further on his already formidable IT skills, Ryan completed his Master of Information Communication Technology at the University of Wollongong in 2014. He is a member of the prestigious Australian Computer Society and he is fluent in both English and Chinese. Before taking a position in IT, Ryan was an accountant with Pacific Asia Express in Melbourne, proving his worth as not just an IT specialist, but also a financial expert.

Although still growing in his IT career, Ryan fondly remembers the confidence and skills UC instilled in his professional growth. "UC helped me in building strong fundamental IT knowledge for the workplace," he says. We're looking forward to where your career takes you next, Ryan.

Ryan was appointed as the UC Alumni Representative for the Wollongong Region in 2014.