Joe Nutter

I was involved with SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma while a student at Michigan State University, where I double majored in Physics & Economics. As a student, I did research searching for fourth-generation quarks with ATLAS. Over the summers, I interned at Fermilab, where I worked on detector development for a cosmic ray experiment, and at NASA’s Suborbital Research and Education Center, where I worked on GIS mapping of wildfire spread. I also spent several semesters TA’ing introductory physics for both majors and non-majors. Since graduating, I’ve worked in the private sector, first in the finance department of a consumer bank where I forecasted, modeld, and presented data, and now study payments in the US for a global consulting firm. I’m not really involved very much with physics anymore, but I think the skills I learned as a physics major have helped me be better at problem solving and organizing my thoughts and am happy to share my perspective on non-traditional career paths for physics undergrads.

SPS Alumni Information

SPS Chapter: Michigan State University

Joe Nutter is available for student engagement in the following categories: mentoring, in-person speaker, virtual speaker. Send a request using this form .

Alum Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Education Level: Bachelors
Disciplines: particle

Job Sector: industry
Recent position: Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Job Description: I am a Senior Solution Delivery Analyst on the Payments Market Insights team at McKinsey & Company’s GCI Analytics office. In this role, I support several large models of how people and businesses exchange money in the US and Canada and work to forecast and backcast industry trends. I also regularly work on client engagements helping clients develop their strategies to capture market growth and execute their business.