Mrs. Alison Wish is the director of the Arkansas Coding Academy, where she is responsible for the management of all ArCA programming.
Wish brings more than 20 years of experience in information technology to this role. As director, Alison oversees the administration and everyday operations of the program and will continue to expand the training curriculum to meet the growing workforce demands in the information technology sector.
Alison earned a Bachelor of Science in computer and information science from Arkansas Tech University before beginning her career as a software engineer at Acxiom. Over the years, she has worked in solution architecture and leadership positions. Most recently, in her role as senior manager of delivery, she oversaw an organization of more than 30 technical data architects across the United States and Poland.
Alison can be reached by email at awish@uca.edu or by phone at (501) 450-5811.