Southeastern Computer Science Department to present Industry Connect Lecture
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT TO HOST INDUSTRY CONNECT LECTURE - Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Computer Science is hosting the first of the fall Industry Connect Distinguished Lectures Sept. 21, at 4 p.m. Marcel Lalonde, the chief information officer of MMR Group, will serve as guest speaker and present “From then to Now: A Journey of Success and Failures.”
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Computer Science
is hosting the first of the fall Industry Connect Distinguished Lectures Sept. 21,
at 4 p.m. Scheduled in the Envoc Innovation Lab, located in room 2026 in the Computer
Science and Technology Building, the free lecture is titled “From then to Now: A Journey
of Success and Failures.”
Marcel Lalonde of MMR Group will serve as guest speaker. Lalonde is a Vice President
of MMR Group, serving as Chief Information Officer and overseeing the company’s information
technology services throughout 30 offices in North and South America. As the largest
open-shop electrical and instrumentation contractor in the nation, MMR is the industry
leader in electrical construction, maintenance, and technical services, consistently
ranking at the top of Engineering News-Record’s annual specialty contractor’s list.
Lalonde has served MMR for over a decade and is responsible for building infrastructure
and application systems that will scale to adapt the company’s continuous growth,
which includes revenues of $967 million and a 5,500 nationwide workforce in 2022.
Guests are welcome to attend in person at the Computer Science and Technology
building or virtually via Google Meet. To be added to the RSVP list and receive all
event details, email industryconnect@southeastern.edu.
For more information, contact the Department of Computer Science at 985-549-5740.
