The Young Professionals (formally GOLD) chapter is committed to helping young professionals evaluate their career goals, polish their professional image, and create the building blocks of a lifelong and diverse professional network. We are actively seeking new Young Professionals in the area that are looking to help grow our chapter.

Young Professionals Chair | Kevin Tholen

Kevin TholenKevin Tholen is a Software Engineer at Innovative Software Engineering in Coralville, Iowa, where he focuses on Big Data applications. Additionally, Kevin spends his spare time teaching as an adjunct professor at Kirkwood Community College, and he develops software solutions for several small businesses throughout the Corridor area. Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts from Coe College, where he majored in Physics and Mathematics in addition to minoring in Computer Science. He recently graduated from the University of Iowa, obtaining a Master of Computer Science with a subtrack in Software Engineering.