Engineering Solutions and Decoding Success

As we count down to Commencement, we’re spotlighting the Class of 2025—sharing stories that go beyond the cap & gown and reflect the heart, hustle, and hope of our graduating Gulls. Learn more about Grace ’25 and Lucas Wlodarczyk ’23 M’25, Dakota Svec ’25, Ashley Allen ’25, Antoni Reyes ’25, and .

When it came time to choose a college, Tyler Williams ’25 wanted to stay near his hometown of Burlington, Mass. Once he stepped onto Endicott’s campus and saw the views, he knew the Nest was where he wanted to spend the next four years.

Williams had been interested in computers from a young age, which led him to try coding and software engineering. “After my first few years, I realized I could see myself doing this as a career for the rest of my life,” he said.

Though he majored in computer science and plans a career in software engineering, Williams also enjoyed Endicott’s writing classes, especially Telling True Stories (ENG 307) and Early American Literature (ENG 203) with Distinguished Professor of Humanities Charlotte Gordon.

“All the professors I’ve had for those classes have been amazing,” he said. “They put me outside my comfort zone and made me grow.”

Williams credits the writing workshops he participated in during class with teaching him how to accept both praise and critique. “This has helped in computer science because if I couldn’t take feedback—whether something was bad or could be better—I wouldn’t have become the programmer I am today,” he said.

Endicott’s small, tight-knit campus makes academic support readily accessible, according to Williams. “If you need help, you always have someone to ask because you all know each other,” he said. “If you are struggling or need help or a professor is speaking too fast, you can always go to them after class or email them, and they’ll practically always respond right away if you need help.”

However, Williams’ first and second years weren’t easy socially. “It was hard finding a group of people I felt comfortable around and where it felt like they were truly my best friends,” he admitted. It didn’t help that some of the friends he made initially transferred to other schools.

But things started to click his junior year after some friends encouraged him to room with environmental science major Andrew Manuel ’25, who is from Bermuda. “After a few months, we became best friends, and then I joined his [friend] group, and then we all became best friends,” said Williams.

A friend also started the Students of Color Association, which sponsored activities such as movies, karaoke, game nights, cultural nights, and discussions on campus issues, in which Williams took part. He also participated in intramural basketball, the Endicott Esports Lab, and the Computer Science Club.

His favorite memories include taking the train to Boston for the Japan Festival, where his friend Shin (business management major Shinnosuke Arakawa ’26) helped at one of the booths. He also loved dressing up as Fezco (Angus Cloud’s character) from Max’s Euphoria and watching the season finale with his friends during their first year on campus.

“The final moment would have to be recently when it was snowing at about 2 a.m., and we were just wandering around campus taking pictures,” he said.

When it came time to look for internships, Williams had already interned at Burlington High School as an Information Technology Assistant, helping to set up equipment and connect it to the system. For his senior internship, he talked to Associate Dean of Science and Technology Jessica Kaufman, who connected him with Endicott’s registrar—the College’s keeper of all student records, including grades, official transcripts, proof of enrollment, transfer of credits, and more.

As part of a semester-long project with the School of Science and Technology, he tackled important data management challenges, writing scripts to extract and format complex academic data. One of his biggest tasks was building a program to scrape course descriptions from the web catalog and transform them into a strictly formatted XML output required for military partners.

“It was a lot of getting data off of the catalog, so writing scripts or programs that would allow the registrar to get specific data,” he said. “The military needed all our courses and dates in a certain format. It took a while to figure out exactly what they wanted because it was very specific.”

“Tyler was fantastic to work with,” said Kaufman. “I was able to provide specifications for the output file we wanted to build, and he independently and quickly developed code that met those needs. Tyler worked on refining the output as we learned more details about the requirements for the submission.”

Associate Registrar Michael Ciardi said that Williams came to the Registrar’s Office at a pivotal time as it was in the middle of a new system implementation. “Tyler was quick to learn our needs and come up with creative solutions,” said Ciardi. “He saved us hours of manual work with his brilliant coding skills and remained dedicated, even when additional challenges came up due to the strict nature of the project. Tyler’s contributions are invaluable—he will go far wherever he lands!”

Williams has already landed an IT job with a company in his hometown. However, he is ultimately focused on the Windy City.

“I’ve always been interested in the culture of Chicago,” he said. “I feel like it’s a great time to move there and start a career there.”