Women in Engrg

inside:
Women in
www.designworldonline.com
October 2022
Medtech
MedicalDesign
& OU TS
OU RC IN G
omen in
engineering
2022
COVER_WIE 10-22_FINAL2.indd 1 10/26/22 2:29 PM

DESIGN WORLD
Follow the whole team on twitter @DesignWorld
EDITORIAL Director, Audience VIDEO SERVICES

Development
VP, Editorial Director Bruce Sprague Video Manager
Paul J. Heney bsprague@wtwhmedia.com Bradley Voyten 2011 - 2020
pheney@wtwhmedia.com bvoyten@wtwhmedia.com
@wtwh_paulheney WEB DEV / DIGITAL @bv10wtwh
OPERATIONS
TOP
WORK
Managing Editor Videographer PLACES
Mike Santora Web Development Manager Garrett McCafferty 2022
msantora@wtwhmedia.com B. David Miyares gmccafferty@wtwhmedia.com
@dw_mikesantora dmiyares@wtwhmedia.com
@wtwh_webdave PRODUCTION SERVICES
Executive Editor
Leland Teschler Senior Digital Media
lteschler@wtwhmedia.com Customer Service Manager
Manager
@dw_leeteschler Stephanie Hulett
Patrick Curran
shulett@wtwhmedia.com
Executive Editor pcurran@wtwhmedia.com
Lisa Eitel @wtwhseopatrick Customer Service
leitel@wtwhmedia.com Representative
Front End Developer
@dw_lisaeitel Tracy Powers
Melissa Annand
tpowers@wtwhmedia.com
Senior Editor mannand@wtwhmedia.com
Miles Budimir Customer Service
Software Engineer
mbudimir@wtwhmedia.com Representative
David Bozentka
@dw_motion JoAnn Martin
dbozentka@wtwhmedia.com
jmartin@wtwhmedia.com
Senior Editor 2013 - 2017, 2021
Mary Gannon DIGITAL MARKETING Customer Service
mgannon@wtwhmedia.com Representative
@dw_marygannon VP, Digital Marketing Renee Massey-Linston
Virginia Goulding renee@wtwhmedia.com
Senior Editor vgoulding@wtwhmedia.com
Rachael Pasini @wtwh_virginia Customer Service
rpasini@wtwhmedia.com Representative
Digital Marketing Manager Trinidy Longgood
Associate Editor Taylor Meade tlonggood@wtwhmedia.com
Heather Hall tmeade@wtwhmedia.com
hhall@wtwhmedia.com @WTWH_Taylor
Digital Production Manager
@wtwh_heathhall
Digital Marketing Coordinator Reggie Hall 2014 - 2016
Senior Contributing Editor Jill Bresnahan rhall@wtwhmedia.com
Leslie Langnau jbresnahan@wtwhmedia.com
Digital Production Specialist
llangnau@wtwhmedia.com @WTWH_Jill
Nicole Johnson
@dw_3dprinting
Webinar Coordinator njohnson@wtwhmedia.com
2014 Winner
Halle Sibly
CREATIVE SERVICES Digital Design Manager
hkirsh@wtwhmedia.com
Samantha King
VP, Creative Services Webinar Coordinator sking@wtwhmedia.com
Mark Rook Kim Dorsey
mrook@wtwhmedia.com kdorsey@wtwhmedia.com Marketing Graphic Designer
@wtwh_graphics Hannah Bragg Medical Design
& OUTSOURCING
EVENTS hbragg@wtwhmedia.com
Senior Art Director
Matthew Claney Digital Production Specialist
Events Manager
mclaney@wtwhmedia.com Elise Ondak
Jen Osborne
@wtwh_designer eondak@wtwhmedia.com
josborne@wtwhmedia.com
Senior Graphic Designer @wtwh_jen
FINANCE
Allison Washko
Events Manager
awashko@wtwhmedia.com WTWH Media, LLC
Brittany Belko Controller
@wtwh_allison 1111 Superior Ave.,
bbelko@wtwhmedia.com Brian Korsberg
bkorsberg@wtwhmedia.com 26th Floor
Graphic Designer
Event Marketing Specialist Cleveland, OH 44114
Mariel Evans Accounts Receivable Specialist
Olivia Zemanek Ph: 888.543.2447
mevans@wtwhmedia.com Jamila Milton
ozemanek@wtwhmedia.com
@wtwh_mariel jmilton@wtwhmedia.com
DESIGN WORLD does not pass judgment on subjects of controversy nor enter into dispute with or between any individuals or organizations. DESIGN WORLD
is also an independent forum for the expression of opinions relevant to industry issues. Letters to the editor and by-lined articles express the views of the
author and not necessarily of the publisher or the publication. Every effort is made to provide accurate information; however, publisher assumes no responsibility
for accuracy of submitted advertising and editorial information. Non-commissioned articles and news releases cannot be acknowledged. Unsolicited materials
cannot be returned nor will this organization assume responsibility for their care.
DESIGN WORLD does not endorse any products, programs or services of advertisers or editorial contributors. Copyright© 2022 by WTWH Media, LLC. No part
of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system,
without written permission from the publisher.
Subscription Rates: Free and controlled circulation to qualified subscribers. Non-qualified persons may subscribe at the following rates: U.S. and
possessions: 1 year: $125; 2 years: $200; 3 years: $275; Canadian and foreign, 1 year: $195; only US funds are accepted. Single copies $15 each.
Subscriptions are prepaid, and check or money orders only.
Subscriber Services: To order a subscription or change your address, please email: designworld@omeda.com, or visit our web site at
www.designworldonline.com
4 October 2022 DESIGN WORLD
Staff page WIE 10-22_Vs1.indd 4 10/25/22 3:17 PM

WOMEN IN MEDTECH | WOMEN IN ENGINEERING | CONTENTS
HERE’S WHAT WE SEE: ................................................12

Diverse executive teams bring more innovation to medtech
& OUTSOURCING
Design
218 women in executive roles .......................................15

Rachel Ellingson, Zimmer Biomet ................................................................ 20
Laura Mauri, Medtronic ............................................................................... 26 Women in Engineering 2022 Salary
Lara Simmons, Medline Industries .............................................................. 32 and Career Update ...................................90
Medical
10 women-led medtech startups ..................................36 Ellen Ferraro ................................................. 98

Maureen Mulvihill, Actuated Medical ......................................................... 36 Christine Georgia ....................................... 106
Gabi Niederauer, Bluegrass Vascular Technologies .................................... 40 Jasmine Jauregui ........................................ 114
Kate Rosenbluth, Cala Health...................................................................... 44 Kathy Miller ................................................ 122
Meghan Olds .............................................. 130
3 questions with women in pharma ..............................48 Kate Schneidau........................................... 136
AstraZeneca Oncology R&D EVP Dr. Susan Galbraith, Ferring
Pharmaceuticals Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Elizabeth Garner and Insmed Allegro Microsystems
CFO Sara Bonstein discuss barriers for women and ways to break through. Yejee Choi .................................................. 146
Allied Electronics & Automation
Cathy Burzik's five essential leadership lessons for Or Yacobi .................................................... 147
medtech's next generation of women leaders .............52 B&R Industrial Automation
Burzik, a seasoned senior executive in the healthcare industry, has Apurva Deota ............................................. 148
successfully led major medical device, diagnostic, diagnostic imaging and B&R Industrial Automation
life sciences businesses. Brittany Langston........................................ 149
Beckhoff Automation
Diversity in medtech: Alyssa Hiedeman ........................................ 150
2022 markedly the best for women in medtech ...........54 Cinch Connectivity Solutions
This year has been one of the most formative for women in medtech
Karen Vintroux ............................................ 151
leadership roles as representation in the C-suite has reached a new high.
Digi-Key Electronics
Kristin McKenzie ......................................... 152
How medical device companies can Elma Electronic, Inc.
Melissa Heckman ........................................ 153
better protect themselves from lawsuits ......................62 Encoder Products
Getting hit with a lawsuit isn't an if, but a when for medical device Melissa Wallin ............................................. 154
developers and manufacturers. Greenberg Traurig lawyer Ginger Pigott igus
shares advice for staying secure. Kristen Copeland Moore ............................ 155
Infineon
Abbott is looking to address biases for Jaya Bindra ................................................. 156
cardiovascular patients ..................................................66 maxon
Jennifer Jones-McMeans, Abbott's divisional VP of global clinical affairs, Nicole Mathieu ........................................... 157
explains how small anatomical differences compound in cardiac care. Microchip
Annalisa Regalado ...................................... 158
B. Braun - Dawn Kentner .................................................71 Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Carl Stahl Sava Industries - Angelica Flores ....................72 Deana Fu .................................................... 159
Clinical Research Strategies - Alethea Wieland...............73 nVent
Confluent - Christine Trepanier........................................74 Dana Myers ................................................ 160
Cretex Medical - Janelle Swanson ..................................75 Velo3D
Donatelle - Treasa Springett ............................................76 Ana Montes ................................................ 161
Eurofins - Susan Shorter ..................................................77 Velo3D
Flexan - Desiree Williford ................................................78 Maritza Ruiz ................................................ 162
Flexcon - Aditi Subramanian ...........................................79 WAGO Corporation
Hobson & Motzer - Kristin Backus ..................................80 Michelle Goeman ....................................... 163
Integer - Margaret Carthy ...............................................81 Wind River
Isometric Micro Molding - Donna M. Bibber...................82 Kitty Kong ................................................... 164
Johnson Matthey - Venkata Pokkuluri .............................83 Wind River
Medbio - Christine Marie Nolan ......................................84 Stephanie Moscrip...................................... 165
Phillips MediSize - Cheryl Norder ...................................85 Würth Industry North America
PSN Labs - Laura Beringer, Ph.D......................................86 Anna Wint ................................................... 166
Resonetics - Danielle Wingerter ......................................87
Tegra - Nihdi Agrawal .....................................................88 Ad Index .................................................168
6 Medical Design & Outsourcing | DESIGN WORLD 10 • 2022

omen in
engineering
2022
| Adobestock.com
INTRO_COVER_WiE 10-22.indd 89 10/24/22 2:43 PM

W O M E N I N E N G I N E E R I N G S A L A R Y U P D A T E
2022
engineering
occupations
and salaries
for women
B Y L I S A E I T E L • E X E C U T I V E E D I TO R
90
October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 90 10/21/22 1:07 PM

Since our WiE last salary report
in 2020, the number of women
in the U.S. computer-worker and
engineering workforces has hovered
around 15% or so. That’s according to
U.S. Census Bureau data. The number
of university-graduate engineers who
are female shrank to 20% or so. But
those that do pursue engineering
continue to be rewarded: Nine out of
the 10 most lucrative four-year college
degrees for women remain those in
engineering fields.
If the field of engineering is
financially rewarding for women, why
the low representation? According
to a study by digital security and
privacy solutions company Atlas VPN,
more than half of all women believe
their gender is a career-limiting factor
in technology industries. A lack of
promotion opportunities is the most
significant barrier to advancement —
with some 38% of surveyed women
citing this a top factor in their career
trajectory.
Other research tends to support these
perspectives. McKinsey and Co. analysis
of several industries indicate that efforts
to hire women for entry-level and C-suite
roles (while helpful) fall short. That’s
because women receive 15% fewer early-
career promotions than men … and 48%
fewer promotions for engineering and
product-management roles. Some have
karn Thanyakij
dubbed this the broken-rung problem for

women.
Other challenges include a lack of
confidence or lack of relatable senior role
models and senior sponsorships.
| Dreamstime | Bong
Representation in engineering slightly

worse than in software tech
As of June 2021, women were 29%
to 45% of the workforce at top tech
companies such as Amazon, Apple,
Google, and Microsoft. However, only
DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 91

about 25% of technical positions are Solutions to address diversity early-2000s drop in women
filled by women … and the largest shortages graduating with engineering
tech companies had more female One important report from the degrees. Often, it’s the efforts of
employees in leadership roles National Academies of Sciences, organizations such as the National
than technical jobs. Contrast these Engineering, and Medicine — Society of Black Engineers and
numbers with how female engineers Promising Practices for Addressing Society of Women Engineers that
are at best 15% of the nation’s the Underrepresentation of spur change; perhaps more often,
engineering workforce despite Women in Science, Engineering, it’s the efforts of individual family
earning 20% of all engineering and Medicine — has aggregated members or teacher mentors that
degrees. data across several fields to serve make a difference.
as a guide to boost diversity in Consider how Black women
STEMM (including mathematics and continue to outnumber Black men
medicine). One goal in instituting in college two to one, though
12% such practices is to reverse the
WOMEN only about 25% pursue bachelor’s
degrees in engineering. The
Promising Practices report cites
an array of actions that schools,
families, faith groups, professional
88% MEN
groups, policy makers, and the
engineering industry can take to
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
ENGINEERS (OTHER) 1,230,000 WORKFORCE
493,600 WORKFORCE
15% WOMEN
85% MEN
7%
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
248,000 WORKFORCE
5%
93% Society of Automotive Engineers
28,000 members
95%
9%
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGISTS
78,000 WORKFORCE 92%
7%
71% MEN
29% WOMEN COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTS
AEROSPACE ENGINEERS 12%

122,000 WORKFORCE
PROJECT MANAGERS
8% Women
remain a
10%
92%
minority in all
engineering
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS
% professions.
90% ENGINEERING MANAGERS
ENGINEERS 182,000 WORKFORCE
182,000 WORKFORCE
92


MEDIAN WAGES & SALARIES IN ENGINEERING

AND A SAMPLING OF RELATED TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Packaging machine operators
Electronics and electromechanical assemblers
Machine-tool, punch, and press setters and operators
Printing-press operators
Metal and plastic workers
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
CNC tool operators and programmers
Production managers
Electricians
Engineering technologists | Scanrail
Computer engineers
Mathematical science personnel
Environmental engineers
Mechanical engineers
Civil engineers Wage
Project managers disparities
Computer programmers for women in
Engineers — all other engineering
Electrical and electronics engineers
remain
Computer network architects
relatively
Chemical engineers
Aerospace engineers
low.
Software engineers
Information systems managers
Engineering managers
Engineering executives
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000
ensure more Black women join, the narrowest wage disparities. As COVID affects engineering careers
enjoy, and find success in STEMM. noted in past WiE reports, the most The COVID-19 pandemic
work is needed to address gender- caused mass burnout that was well
Considering professions related related wage gaps for electrical documented — and a subsequent
to engineering engineering and production- wave of so-called quiet quitting in
Engineering fields often offer management roles. all fields. In fact, women continue to
women an array of technical Of the 28 million U.S. jobs report higher burnout rates than men
occupations as well — from requiring STEM expertise, 13 and in larger numbers than a year ago.
packaging-machine operators to million are satisfied with less than A third of all women report they’ve
engineering executives. Women in a bachelor’s degree. But women seriously considered scaling back their
these manufacturing, logistics, and currently miss out on higher wages work or even leaving the workforce,
other technical fields are paid on garnered by relatively short training which is an increase from the quarter
average $0.85 for every $1 a man programs in engineering-related who said the same in June 2020.
is paid for the same job, which is trades. These include machine Nearly half of all women have thought
more parity than in other fields and operating, programming and about leaving their current company.
industries. Overall, women are paid coding, and laboratory management Another report from the National
about $0.80 on the dollar of a man’s — for which labor-market prospects Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
wages. That’s according to the most are bright. U.S. Department of and Medicine attempts to quantify
recent U.S. Dept. of Labor Women’s Education data indicates that for the the effect of women in STEMM
Bureau statistics. Female engineers 100,000 STEM-related vocational academia — those pursuing degrees
and technical personnel working as degrees men earn at community as well as research and education
engineering managers, mechanical colleges, about 16,000 women earn careers in STEM and medicine. There’s
engineers, and electricians enjoyed the same. evidence that the pandemic degraded
94 October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD

productivity, work/life boundary remote work include more academic respondents to one survey reported a
control, networking, and mental isolation for women as well. desire to continue working at home to
health for women in academic That said, there’s evidence increase time with family. An increase
STWMM settings. Increased that COVID-19 also prompted a in the number of virtual conferences
caregiving responsibilities had worldwide increase in the amount also boosted their accessibility for
disproportionately negative effects of caregiving that men provide for those who cannot travel due to
on women. The gendered effects of their children. More than half male existing familial commitments.
SELECT OCCUPATIONS BY SEX AND MEDIAN EARNINGS

TOTAL MEN WOMEN PERCENT MEN’S WOMEN EMPLOYED WOMEN’S
EMPLOYED EMPLOYED WOMEN EARNINGS FULL TIME EARNINGS AS
PERCENT OF MEN’S
TOTAL STEM OCCUPATIONS 10,769,890 7,890,084 2,879,806 26.7 91,360 76,820 84.1
ENGINEERING OCCUPATIONS 3,270,393 2,780,042 490,351 15 90,930 79,170 87.1
Architectural and engineering 174,799 154,808 19,991 11.4 147,093 142,245 96.7
managers
Surveyors, cartographers, and 38,618 30,916 7,702 19.9 70,273 56,659 UNAVAILABLE
photogrammetrists
Aerospace engineers 130,727 114,393 16,334 12.5 112,402 101,105 89.9
Agricultural engineers 3,010 2,614 396 13.2 90,716 93,777 UNAVAILABLE
Bioengineers and biomedical 14,712 11,810 2,902 19.7 94,134 90,990 UNAVAILABLE
engineers
Chemical engineers 77,299 61,820 15,479 20 105,727 101,296 95.8
Civil engineers 425,576 358,160 67,416 15.8 91,923 79,966 87
Computer hardware engineers 59,146 48,993 10,153 17.2 102,060 90,923 UNAVAILABLE
Electrical and electronics 259,437 236,008 23,429 9 101,802 92,617 91
engineers
Environmental engineers 32,561 21,970 10,591 32.5 91,027 80,086 88
Industrial engineers — including 256,526 205,133 51,393 20 86,334 80,836 93.6
health and safety
Marine engineers and naval 11,739 10,830 909 7.7 86,276 103,672 UNAVAILABLE
architects
Materials engineers 52,724 45,352 7,372 14 87,936 82,210 93.5
Mechanical engineers 328,181 299,637 28,544 8.7 91,189 90,524 99.3
Mining and geological 7,552 7,052 500 6.6 110,014 78,145 UNAVAILABLE
engineers • mining safety
engineers
Nuclear engineers 7,605 6,376 1,229 16.2 111,834 105,182 UNAVAILABLE
...Petroleum engineers 29,269 24,013 5,256 18 138,456 126,712 UNAVAILABLE
Engineers (all other) 593,540 508,067 85,473 14.4 101,281 91,932 90.8
Architectural and civil drafters 54,878 43,661 11,217 20.4 56,781 46,393 81.7
Other drafters 94,179 74,863 19,316 20.5 58,064 50,363 86.7
Electrical and electronic 109,786 99,857 9,929 9 65,471 52,401 80
engineering technologists and
technicians
Other engineering technologists 387,073 303,599 83,474 21.6 60,034 48,180 80.3
and technicians, except drafters
Surveying and mapping 71,453 65,147 6,306 8.8 53,592 46,654 UNAVAILABLE
technicians
Sales engineers 50,003 44,963 5,040 10.1 125,063 91,083 UNAVAILABLE
Means of error data have been removed for space. Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
96


Women in Engineering
Helping the
world
through engineering
Today’s global engineering challenges require collaboration to solve.
F or Ellen Ferraro, the attraction of engineering is the problem solving she

gets to do. “Not just problem solving for the sake of problem solving,”
she says, “but solving technical issues that have a benefit to society or
the world.”
She first realized this preference in graduate school when she
received a NASA research fellowship to build an instrument to study
the Greenland ice sheet. At that time, global climate change was less
understood and scientists needed more data. So, NASA wanted to
measure changes in the Earth’s global ice sheets.
The Greenland ice sheet was chosen as it is smaller, making it a bit
easier to study, and it’s closer to the United States. The goal was to map
Greenland topography to a centimeter-level resolution to measure where
there might be melting going off into the ocean and land mass shifting.
Ferraro was on the first NASA P-3 aircraft that mapped all of Greenland
for a topography baseline.
“My role was developing a radar that had high resolution capability.
I worked with glaciologists and other scientists from NASA so that I
could understand why we were doing it. My job was to help them figure
out how to measure it, and their job was to then take that data and
understand what was happening. That was my first, ‘Wow, this is really
cool; I can see how what I’m doing impacts the bigger picture’ experience,
which in this case is understanding how our climate was changing.”
98

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 98 10/20/22 3:45 PM

Ellen J. Ferraro, PhD
Vice President, Engineering & Mission Assurance,
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering

program because I went to college

for nine years straight, but I really
enjoyed it. I enjoyed the classes, the
research, and I found my passion.
Her rise up the corporate ladder
led her to a role where she has
an impact and can guide what is
important to her.
“Deciding on how we invest our
dollars today means that we get the
best technology in the future to give
to the men and women serving our
country,” she says. “You want them
to have the best possible equipment
Ellen, her husband to protect themselves, and making
Paul, and a Raytheon the investments today to enable that
employee volunteering is, to me, really important.
at a local event. “That’s one of the reasons I love
my job, and the other is leading a
large organization of engineers and
helping to develop them and get
them into a career path that excites
them. Not everybody has the same
career goals, so working with a
Ferraro is now the vice president large organization and being able to
of engineering and mission provide lots of different career path
I think the diversity assurance at Raytheon Intelligence options is meaningful to me.”
& Space. She supervises just under
of ideas coming to 15,000 engineers and mission Being heard
the table is critical, assurance professionals. It’s her
favorite role now because she can
Through the supervision of that
many men and women, Ferraro has
so I think having men be very strategic in determining become familiar with the different
where to invest Research and ways each works at their jobs.
and women, a diverse Development dollars. “I think the diversity of ideas
Ferraro comes from a family of coming to the table is critical, so
team, is absolutely engineers. Her father and oldest I think having men and women, a
brother are chemical engineers; diverse team, is absolutely important,
important, as long her second oldest brother and her as long as everyone gets to have
oldest sister are civil engineers. their voice heard. You have to have
as everyone gets to “I always tell everybody it was the inclusion piece of it.
have their voice heard. my destiny to be an engineer,” she
says. “The only decision I had to
“And yes, I see a difference
in the way women and men work.
You have to have the make was what type of engineer. Women will approach a problem and
Just to be the rebel in the family, collaborate together. The big piece
inclusion piece of it. I chose electrical because no one here is making sure that everybody’s
else had taken that path yet. I voice gets heard. I am fortunate that
— Ellen J. Ferraro literally had no idea what electrical my boss, the president of Raytheon
and computer engineering was but Intelligence & Space, is very good at
I decided that was the path I was that. If I go to speak and someone
going to take. Turns out I loved it. speaks over me, such as one of my
I loved it so much that I stayed in peers, which happens, my boss
school basically as long as I possibly will say to whoever spoke over me
could. My parents thought I was when they’re done, he’ll say, “Ellen,
on some kind of work avoidance you were going to say something or
100


you started to say something, what simulating how the radar would to me that was learning how to lead
was that,” and pauses everyone work. a team, and to bring out the best of
else who may want to jump into the “We had a pretty tough the team.”
conversation, so that my voice is schedule and a young and fairly Ferraro strongly encourages
heard. And he doesn’t just do it for diverse team. One woman in women to speak up and have
me, he does it for everybody on the particular, Edna, was probably the confidence that their education
team. It tends to be the woman on brightest one on the team. She qualifies them to do the engineering
the leadership team that he has to do knew more about the simulation projects they work on. In addition,
it for, but he always does it. So, I try than anyone else. But whenever we she points out the importance of
to replicate that in my meetings. And held meetings to brief higher levels having advocates.
I expect my team to do it with their in the company, she’d always sit in “If you know going into a
team to flow that culture down so the back of the conference room situation that there’s someone
that the dynamic of men and women and not say anything. When people who tends to speak over you and
is something that we are taking would ask questions, I knew she take credit for your statements, an
advantage of, as opposed to just knew the answer, but she wouldn’t advocate can help.”
letting them be two separate ways of say a word. She absolutely could Most women have faced
thinking.” have proven that she was smarter situations where they made a
Ferraro tells another story of person in the room. suggestion, it was ignored, and
helping others be heard. So I pulled her aside and said, “ two minutes later a man says it
“One of the first leadership roles I know you know more than anyone and suddenly it’s a brilliant idea.
I had was on a program called Sea- else on this particular subject. I want “An advocate can direct the
based X-band radar. It is a massive you to sit at the table next time, not conversation with something like,
radar, sitting on a mobile platform in in the back of the room. And when “You know, Sue just said that, Joe.
the middle of the ocean. It’s about those questions come up in your That was a great idea she had,
300 feet, so think of a football field area, I’m going to look to you and and you’ve just confirmed it,” or
size platform sitting in the ocean with I’m going to say, “Edna knows this,” something to that point, adds
a massive radar on it. It’s used as and I want you to chime in.” And so, Ferraro.To find advocates, Ferraro
part of our national missile defense. she did. This was 15 years ago, and advises talking to a few people
I was working on that radar before today Edna has done outstanding in about the subject prior to the
it had been built, and I was leading the company and she’s stayed as an meeting who will help advocate and
the team that was modeling and engineer. Very, very talented. And get the points across that you need
to get across. “I think men develop
advocates a little more naturally. I
try to work that process not only
with my female counterparts, but
with my male counterparts to say
‘Hey, can we go into this meeting
aligned?’ And I ask a couple of men
that are my peers that are huge
advocates for me to help get certain
topics across.”
As for finding advocates, Ferraro
advises finding people who want
that role. “Not everybody wants it C
or is good at it. I think it’s who do
you trust. And you build trust in a
relationship over time.”
th
W
Inspiring young engineers
Multiple efforts have been made to W
Raytheon team members, including Ferarro, volunteering encourage more women to pursue
at a local food pantry. engineering as a career. When
Ferraro graduated, she was the
president of the Society of Women nVe
102 October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD CA

participates in STEM events and Ferraro is
passionate about traveling to middle schools, high
schools, and colleges.
“A lot of times I go to the SWE student
sections to encourage those women to stick with
it, because there’s also a high dropout rate of
females in engineering. They may go into it, but
the dropout rate is higher for females than males.”
She also encourages women who have graduated
to pay it back. “Once you’ve made it through,
please make sure that you spend time encouraging
other young women to go into engineering. I
One of Ferarro’s early projects was working on the massive think the most important thing is those of us in
Sea-based X-band radar, which sits on a mobile platform in the engineering need to make sure that we’re getting
middle of the ocean. It’s used as part of the U.S. national missile
defense. | Source: U.S. Navy
out there, supporting the STEM events. Raytheon
does a lot in that area through our corporate
sponsorship of events, like First Robotics, but also
through our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs),
Engineers at her college. At that time, the statistics on which I feel have a huge impact. For women,
women in engineering were not high, and have stubbornly African Americans, LGBTQ, each area of society
remained about the same for many years. has a resource group. And these ERGs go out into
Ferraro thinks it’s absolutely essential to encourage the community and encourage young women and
more young women and girls to go into engineering. She men to go into STEM fields.”
is supported in her efforts through the Society of Women Ferraro notes that it’s important for women
Engineers as well as Raytheon Technologies. The company engineers to be engaged in organizations like the
Connecting and Protecting

the Electrification of Everything
We believe that safer systems ensure a more secure world.
We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
nVent.com
CADDY ERICO HOFFMAN RAYCHEM SCHROFF TRACER

©2022 nVent. H88474-2209
Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 103 10/22/22 9:29 AM

Society of Women Engineers. We’re a big company, we have team to bring in the right subject
“It’s showing others the importance 180,000 employees, in pretty much matter experts. Never try to do it
of engineering and the value of every state. We pull in the right on your own. And I think this aspect
engineering. SWE played a huge talent, get them engaged, involved, of engineering is not emphasized
role in my career, even as a student. really talking through the technical enough. Many women who might
It really helped me build a network details, considering all the options have considered this field might
and have confidence to run for an until we have a solution. have resisted it thinking it’s a
office position in the organization as “And I think the important part solitary role. And it’s not that way
a student, which was huge for me. as you go through each of these anymore.
It’s how I learned a lot and made a challenges, and they happen all the “So, whenever I talk about
tremendous network of friends that I time, is making sure that you learn engineering, I try to tell these stories
still have today and have built through from them and that others learn of working in teams. And it’s not just
the years. I go to the conference from them. teams of only electrical engineers
every year. “The team dynamic, or the team or only mechanical engineers. I
“I can’t say enough about how problem solving, is one of the things mean, we’re pulling in physicists and
impactful that can be in helping other I loved about engineering from mathematicians and every type of
women engineers go into engineering, very early on, and it’s absolutely engineer, even the finance person.
but also stay in engineering. essential today. Technology is so Everybody is in on these, and that’s
More often than not, engineering, deep, meaning we have experts what I think is exciting. Learning,
as a career choice, is not on many that are specialized, but it’s also hearing someone else’s perspective.
people’s radar. “Our society doesn’t very broad in the sense that there’s What is the supply chain person
advertise much. For example, you so many technologies. No one thinking? What is the manufacturing
won’t see many shows or movies person could possibly solve some lead thinking? All these different
showcasing engineering. I think we of these technically complex issues perspectives. So that’s what makes
also fail at communicating engineering that we’re trying to resolve. It’s it, to me, a really fun career.”
as a profession that helps society. absolutely essential to work as a
That messaging could make a huge
difference, particularly to young girls
who are thinking, ‘I want to have an
impact on the world, so I’m going
to be a doctor,’ or, ‘I’m going to be
a teacher,’ where they see what it’s
like to be helping others. “I think we
need to highlight the stories where
engineers are helping others.”
Work the problem

Increasingly, engineering is a team
effort, especially when it comes to
solving customer problems. A recent
challenge for Ferraro involved a
technical issue that made it difficult to
provide the customer with what they
needed.
“When we have problems like
that, I’m often awake at night trying
to figure it out, but really, it’s all
about pulling together the right team
because no one individual solves
these technical problems. They’re
too big to even think about solving
on your own. So, I pull in expertise
literally from across the company.
104


Engineering
is a stepping stone
to many opportunities
Women don’t have to be perfect in math or science to consider becoming
an engineer. Engineering skills can be applied to a range of fields and
corporate opportunities.
I n France, engineering is a well-known and respected field.

Many young people choose it as a career if they have math and
science skills and interest. While Christine Georgia did have those
skills, engineering was not her first choice. She initially wanted to
pursue a career as a writer or artist. However, both her parents
were engineers — and thus they were adamant that she obtain an
engineering education.
“I very much wanted to write,” she said. “It was hard to
forego that goal, but in retrospect now, I am grateful, particularly
for my dad who really stood his ground and kind of said,
‘absolutely not.’ And engineering has become, or has turned out
to be, much more fulfilling than I thought it would be when I was
16.”
Now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Georgia first came to this
country when she was 15 years old; her father had received an
opportunity to come to the U.S. to work for a subsidiary of a
French company that was based in New Jersey.
“He uprooted the whole family, which, being a teenager at
the time was very traumatic and profoundly changed my life,”
she said. “I ended up finishing my high school years at a French
school in New York City in Manhattan. And you’re 16 and you think
you know everything and I just thought, ‘oh, the whole country
106

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 106 10/20/22 3:52 PM

Christine Georgia
Assistant Dean & Director, Women in Engineering program,
Principal Academic Professional, GW Woodruff School of
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology

hard, still to this day, for companies

to hire foreign nationals. Also, I was
in a research area that was very
defense related. I was looking at
cracks in military aircraft. The types
of companies that were interested
in me definitely did not like the fact
that I was a foreign citizen. Every
country protects its military, so it
makes sense. Still, I had a hard time
trying to stay in the States. But being
an academic is, still to this day, one
of the easiest ways to get the green
card, which is the permanent work
authorization and then from there,
five years later, you can apply for
citizenship.
“Therefore, I applied to
universities and found out quickly
that I love teaching, which I never
thought would happen. And so I
stayed.”
She taught at two other
universities before returning to
is like Manhattan. This is amazing. I Georgia Tech. One was the University
have to come back.’” of Maine and the other was Embry-
Engineering can be a She wanted to go to college in Riddle Aeronautical University in
the U.S. but her dad, who was quite Arizona.
stepping stone for so cost-conscious, forbid it. So, she
many other fields. The went back to France for her first
degree in aerospace engineering.
Working with young women
engineers
foundation of every The Paris college had a partnership Georgia Tech has been the number
with Georgia Tech, so Georgia one producer of women engineers
engineering field is received her master’s PhD at Georgia in the country for more than a
Tech in mechanical engineering. decade. Christine has been running
problem solving skills. “I started in aerospace, but then the institute’s Women in Engineering
met a professor who sold me on a program since 2011.
So many employers look project for my PhD that was going to “I think the program’s success
be housed in mechanical engineering, is multifactorial,” she said. “The
for people with problem so I had to switch majors,” she women who come are attracted
solving skills, including continued. “I got my PhD from
Georgia Tech and basically never left
by different aspects of Georgia
Tech. If I had to narrow the biggest
law, medicine, and the country, becoming a naturalized factors, number one is the fact that
citizen in 2008.” we are academically rigorous as an
others. institution. Women tend to be risk
Have degree, will work averse. If they’re going to study
— Christine Georgia While Georgia had the necessary something, they want to make sure
degree qualifications for just about that this is a good degree from a
any corporate employment, actually good school that’s going to lead to a
getting hired in an engineering field good job.”
here proved challenging. “And we are good at specific
“This was 1999. I think part of the majors that women seem especially
situation was with my visa. I was here interested in. In Biomedical
on a student visa F1, which makes it Engineering, for example, the
108


Wind River 10-22_WiE.indd 109 10/20/22 1:27 PM
program that we have here has strong or really enjoy chemistry in

consistently been in the top three in high school. And then, there’s an
the nation since inception. Industrial environmental aspect to chemistry
Engineering is another popular major too.”
for women, number one for over two
decades. Environmental Engineering Challenges in the corporate world
is in the top three, and then Chemical In some cases, gaining the
Engineering is in the top five.” engineering education is the easy
“In general, women seem to be part for women. Feeling as though
more socialized to help others, so you matter and contribute to various
fields like bio-med and environmental corporate goals can be a challenge.
engineering strongly connect with For various reasons, a number of
women. Industrial engineering is more women leave the corporate world
systems and business oriented and after a couple of years. Georgia sees
women also tend to like that. And several reasons for this situation.
then finally, chemical engineering, I “I think a lot of this has to do
think chemical engineering is attractive with the individual’s position and the
because there’s a lot of ties to group that she might be in at the
chemistry and a lot of women are very company. If you start out as a young
woman and don’t see a whole lot of
other women around you, that can
be very isolating and alienating,” she
said. “Another aspect is if women
don’t see sufficient opportunities
they will leave. Women must also
deal with being the dominant care
giver to children and spouses,
which can force women to take a
backseat.”
“Some women, however, will say,
‘I don’t care. I’m just going to power
through,’ and they will stick with
it. Or they just really, really deeply
love the industry or they find some
other reason to stay. I’m thinking in
particular of one alumna who works
in an extremely male dominated
field — a railroad company. But she
said what she loves about it is that
it’s a union job. Her benefits are
exceptional and her husband has
a medical condition that makes it
difficult. So, she sticks it out and
she has found ways to make the
job interesting and worthwhile for
her and her family. Engineering is
still very male dominated, and not
changing anywhere near as fast as
I’d like.”
Being heard
The corporate world can be a
challenge for a large number of
women engineers. Georgia notes
110


that such experiences are prevalent a group, the groups are assigned by of all, you are not alone. Second,
in industry and it can also be a the professors so I don’t have a say there are strategies, and third, you
common experience at the student in who my teammates are. If I’m in get better. I think with those three
level in college. a group with mostly men — guess aspects, it will help. It helps if women
“What I have found, and what, I’m the secretary, I’m the one get out of their own isolation. It can
research concurs,” she said, “is who writes the report because really distort the picture for you in
that anytime you are in a group women are good at writing, right?’ a number of ways and you realize
where you stand out in some way, So, it’s hard to be taken seriously.” you’re nowhere near as bad as it
it could be your gender, it could be “We at the university are seems.”
your race, it could be the fact that very aware of that. And we have
you’re a foreigner and everybody mentoring programs within the Full STEM ahead
else is native born, it could be major in place. We host seminars Georgia, in her capacity as director,
your sexual orientation, whatever where we try to teach women skills spends at least half of her time
it may be; if there’s less than 30% on how to tackle this. But again, doing K-12 outreach. Georgia Tech
like you within the group, you will it’s very situation dependent. Such has hosted summer camps for
feel self-conscious. Depending experiences do not apply to every elementary school girls and middle
on your personality, you may feel single woman. Although I will say school girls. Plus, the institute
intimidated and taken less seriously once they are out in the working offers one-day visits for high school
than the majority group. And so, world, and especially as they rise up female engineering students, giving
30% is defined at this critical mass in rank, the likelihood that they’re them an opportunity to talk to
where the people with the different going to encounter a situation like faculty and students in the college
characteristic will feel less able to that goes up the higher up you go, of engineering about the different
speak up and to be treated the just because most of the working majors and how to apply and what
same way as the majority group.” world, engineering or not, is still exactly is engineering and all of that.
“If you look at majors like male dominated. This will be a In addition, Georgia Tech has
biomedical engineering or chemical problem that at some point they’re a program to reach out to local
engineering, pretty much over going to have to tackle.” schools to reach groups of potential
50% or very close to 50% of the “We try to let them know that if students not strongly represented in
students are female. Very few they’re suffering from lack of self- engineering fields.
of the students in those classes confidence and impostor syndrome, “And we partner with school
report not being taken seriously. all those kinds of things that have teachers and principals to go into
Whereas if you look at mechanical been documented for groups that the classroom and talk to the kids
engineering, I will fairly often hear have characteristics that make about engineering — and sometimes
from female students saying, ‘In my them minorities within the overall we do hands-on activities with the
design classes where I’m working in male, white engineering field, first kids. We really like that because

we’re in the heart of Atlanta,” she Georgia mentioned an alumnus

continued. “There’s so much demand who graduated from Georgia Tech
even within the city of Atlanta and and worked at Kimberly Clark. As
even more in the state of Georgia an extremely successful black man,
in terms of exposing young kids, he often commented about being a
men and women for that matter, to terrible student at the university.
engineering and not every kid will be “He was completely open
able to come to campus. It’s good about it and he would regularly
when we can go out to the schools.” come on campus and talk about
how he barely graduated because
Engineering not well known his GPA was so low. And part of it
Georgia has an international was he was having too much fun
perspective on the field of as a student, but part of it was also
engineering. She finds that in the he just was not very committed.
U.S., the engineering profession is He liked math and science, but
not as well-known as it is in France, he was not very serious about his
where it is tied more to the military homework,” she said. “Women put
than to other markets. In the U.S., so much pressure on themselves.
engineering initially was tied to ‘My GPA has to be perfect.’ No, no,
the automotive industry, similar to no, and no. Obviously if you hate
in Germany and Britain. And now math and science with a passion
in the more than 50 or 60 years in high school, then it’s not a good
since, the skills used in engineering field. But if you like it reasonably
are gaining a strong association well and you have good study skills,
with entertainment and other more you can go really, really far.”
lucrative fields, such as law. “Women should not think that
She finds that many students engineering is just engines and cars.
feel they lack the math skills to go It’s an extremely broad field that
into this profession. She advised, you can work with. It can be a very
“The number one, number two, people-oriented field. You really
number three thing I would say is to can help others, you can travel, you
not doubt yourself, don’t think that can make good money. It’s really
you need to be an absolute perfect a wonderful, wonderful field and I
100 average in math and science hope more women that have the
to be an engineer. What I find first interest and aptitude can go into
and foremost is that women tend it because there’s a lot of great
to think that unless they’re absolute opportunities in that area.”
rock stars in math and science, they “Engineering can be a stepping
cannot be an engineer. And I just stone for so many other fields. The
really want to demystify this. It’s foundation of every engineering
not true. Women suffer from a lack field is problem solving skills. So
of self confidence in those fields, many employers look for people
particularly when they’re young, with problem solving skills, including
primarily because of isolation, they law, medicine, and others.”
don’t have enough peers to connect
with.”
“If you have the interest and
reasonable ability in those fields,
go for it. But definitely do not think
that every boy who graduates with
an engineering degree is a rockstar
because I can promise you that’s not
the case.”
112


Engineering
a life of purpose
J
asmine Jauregui has always found that understanding the ‘how’ or ‘why’
of a process is one of the more rewarding aspects of engineering. Like
other engineers, she is always curious about how things work and enjoys
fixing or improving upon some process or design.
Jauregui was strong in STEM subjects growing up, and this led her to
pursue engineering. “I was always encouraged and supported to follow
these interests in school and by my family, and that support accelerated my
enthusiasm for the field,” she says.Jauregui was a first-generation college
student, so her early exposure to engineering was not extensive. “Selecting
a major was a new experience for me and my family, but I never felt limited
in my choices,” she says. “From what I knew at the time, engineering was
a challenging career path, but I had a lot of support to pursue it. Both my
mom and dad reached out to neighbors and colleagues that were engineers
to talk with me and answer questions I had about the different engineering
fields. These conversations gave me confidence and really got me excited
to go down the engineering route.”
Problem and solution

As engineers tend to be inherent problem solvers, that characteristic is
one of the reasons they go into this field. “Given a problem that needs a
resolution, there’s a lot of challenges and creativity that come with that,”
Jauregui notes. “The variety of systems involved in engineering also means
that I’m constantly learning and growing as an individual.”
114

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 114 10/20/22 3:59 PM

Jasmine Jauregui
Engineering Manager, Enterprise Automation, A Tetra Company
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Loyola Marymount University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UCLA

She enjoys problems that “It was definitely one of those ‘reap
require reverse engineering or what you sow’ experiences that gave
“It’s important to be initial investigations to determine a me confidence for bigger challenges
baseline for moving forward. to come.”
available to our next “I’ve always enjoyed puzzles and
organizing, and problems that require Dealing with a pandemic
generation of engineers you to reverse engineer what you’re One of the challenges for everyone
to help them recognize starting with include both of these
tasks. Throughout this process, you
over the past couple of years has
been coping with the unknown
opportunities to get end up becoming a subject matter brought on by the COVID pandemic.
expert in the system before moving Jauregui says that a large part of
involved, ways they can forward and that depth of knowledge her team’s success has always
can give you a lot of confidence in been the solid communication and
lean into their strengths, the solution you’re proposing and collaboration they have internally as
project risks you’re tracking and well as externally with clients.
and work on areas for mitigating. That’s always a good spot “To deliver on client needs, we
to be in when working on a project.” tend to become an extension to
improvement,” she notes. Jauregui works with a variety of their staff in understanding their
“Many times, through systems and stakeholders, giving her
an opportunity to make a significant
operations for the benefit of the
deliverables we provide,” she notes.
mentorship, I have been impact. “With all of this comes a “During the pandemic, everyone
responsibility to our stakeholders experienced various forms of isolation
enlightened as to my true (end-users, operations, business and disconnectedness so you can
units) and this drives a huge sense imagine how that affected our team’s
potential to succeed and of purpose for the effort I put into workflow. In transitioning to remote
my work,” she adds. “My Loyola work, we made extra efforts to
grow as an engineer and Marymount University class motto, stay connected - every internal and
a quote by Robert Byrne, was ‘The external call became a video call,
leader.” purpose of life is a life of purpose,’ client visits continued where possible,
— Jasmine Jauregui and this really resonates with me and
why I’m in this field.”
team activities (such as trivia nights)
outside of work continued virtually.
One of Jauregui’s more notable I often provided feedback to the
accomplishments involved control company and management on how
system integration. She led this remote work was going, what was
integration project for a water working, what could be better. It’s
treatment facility that involved one of those things where if you’re
adding a new influent source. feeling something is off, chances are
“It was the first integration project you’re not the only one. I enjoy the
I ran as a technical lead - breaking team I have the privilege to work with
down the scope into technical and so I’m sensitive to the climate
tasks, leading other engineers in its of how things are going with us as
execution, testing, and deployment,” a team and the services we provide
she says. to our clients. I think this drove
The scope of the project some of the efforts to maintain the
involved coordination, planning, workflow normalcy we had before
and preparation to ensure her team the pandemic and routinely provided
was prepared to execute the work feedback for improvement along the
according to schedule in coordination way.”
with construction and operations on While the pandemic was a
site. challenge, an even bigger challenge
“Though it was a new challenge for Jauregui involved replacing a
for me, it was well planned, and we SCADA system. The system had
were able to deliver on the quality obsolete SCADA software, so the
and scope for our client,” she adds. challenge was to deliver a product

that demonstrated consistent opportunities to gain a range of skills

standardization and predictability in leadership over their careers.
in behavior for operations, short “My engineering work is very
There’s sometimes a of implementing a completely
new control system. Jauregui
much team based,” says Jauregui,
“and involves working directly
narrow perception of did extensive investigation and with clients to provide them with
documentation of the existing comprehensive solutions. In the
what a typical engineer system. teams I lead, success for the
“With such a large task,” she team is stemming from success
is like - technical says, “being methodical, detiled, of the individuals. Leading by
and capturing potential risks and example, as well as coaching and
communicator, running unknowns along the way helped providing feedback, have become
us have a solid design for moving instrumental to how I lead my teams.
analytics, risk adverse. forward with the replacement. We It’s important for me to enable
In reality, an engineer delivered on the goals for operations
without a total overhaul of their
those around me and being in the
engineering field with the projects I’m
is someone that can system, maximizing the value of their involved with has helped me develop
SCADA asset.” these skills.
define a problem, In another example, Jauregui “In my current role as
was involved in a PLC conversion Engineering Manager, having this
identify the facts, project that required taking a technical background has given me
given controller and automatically the insight to understand what kind
make reasonable converting it to a newer software of support my departments need
version. One of the risks of this to succeed. For example, as an
assumptions, and conversion was the possibility that engineer, it is always important to
oftentimes be able some of the programming would
change during the automatic
me that my manager is accessible,
up to date on the work I am doing,
to communicate to conversion process, resulting in and open to conversations regarding
the system behaving differently. my career interests. I am now in a
multiple parties. To mitigate this risk, she and her position to be able to provide the
team developed a way to compare same support and leadership for my
aspects of the code prior to and team’s success.”
after the conversion process. They Jauregui has learned a number of
developed a program that would valuable lessons including managing
use text exports of the two projects, expectations and fostering employee
extract key aspects of the code, and engagement.
then compare for differences. “When I think of times my
“To validate the program, I work has been most rewarding it
developed documentation that was because my expectations for
defined the specifications for the tasks, future work, and higher-level
goals of the program, definitions decisions were in alignment with
for various aspects of the exports, the direction the team was headed.
and test documentation. It not I have a lot of trust in my managers
only provided us a quick means to and the company when I am not
validate our project work, but the surprised by decisions or events. I
documentation has lived on so it have also been really proud of the
could be leveraged again by other work I was doing, or most productive
project teams for similar projects,” on the team when I’ve felt really
she adds. engaged with my career and the
company goals. The satisfaction and
Developing leadership skills autonomy I feel in my role goes a
Many women engineers find a large long way. These are two areas I am
portion of their job involves leading cognizant of and try to encourage as
a team. Such assignments provide I work with my team.”
118


Meeting the expectations fellow potential to succeed and grow as an

women engineers on teams have of engineer and leader.
the engineering experience is part of “There’s sometimes a
Jauregui’s leadership style. narrow perception of what a
“Most of the women engineers typical engineer is like - technical
I have worked with have had communicator, running analytics,
experiences where they have felt risk adverse,” she adds. “In reality,
extra pressure to prove themselves an engineer is someone that
successful in the field. This looks like can define a problem, identify
volunteering for more assignments the facts, make reasonable
or leadership positions, taking extra assumptions, and oftentimes be
steps to ensure they are having able to communicate to multiple
experiences outside their comfort parties. This take on what a typical
zones so that they are growing as engineer is like emphasizes more of
a professional, and wanting more the methodology of being a strong
opportunities to demonstrate what engineer and is more welcoming
they add to the team. I’ve noticed of those that may have an interest
that this extends to some of the in becoming an engineer. And I
extra effort, attention to detail, and think we should be encouraging
longer-term planning those women those interests and diversity of
bring to our teams. This is by no personalities within the engineering
means limited to women but it’s field. What we can accomplish
a strength I more often see in our together is better for it.”
women engineers because of their Jauregui also notes that if she
unique experiences.” had understood that enjoying a role
and career is more than figuring
Encouraging young women out the ‘what’ of a technical area
Statistics and reports note that when she was younger, it would
young women are not choosing have helped her discover more
engineering as a career as often opportunities for professional
as educators would like to see. growth earlier.
Jauregui sees two possible reasons “It’s not only the systems
for this. The first is exposure to you work on,” she says, “but also
the experiences of other women the environment you work in,
in the engineering industry. The the responsibilities you take on,
engineering community needs to the teams and clients you get to
make a greater effort to showcase work with. All of these are just as
women in engineering roles and important to figure out in terms of
tell their stories; such efforts can where you aspire to be or go in your
have a lasting impression as to career. Knowing this sooner would
the opportunities available and have led to richer professional
attainable in the field. The second experiences or career conversations
reason is mentorship from women in with others in the field as I sought
the industry and from men as well. to figure out my career goals earlier
“It’s important to be available to on. It’s something I like to share with
our next generation of engineers to engineering graduates as they are
help them recognize opportunities embarking on their job search.”
to get involved, ways they can lean
into their strengths, and work on
areas for improvement,” she notes.
“Many times, through mentorship, I
have been enlightened as to my true
120


From
engineer
to author Engineering can be a springboard to a range of careers.
F
or young students considering an engineering degree, going
through a traditional engineering university is only one path. For
professional engineers considering their career path, a degree in
engineering is a springboard to a range of occupations, including
consulting, as Kathy Miller shows.
Miller was a well-rounded student with good grades in all her
classes. She could go in any direction she wanted. However, she
did not have access to a college fund, so she put herself through
college. The choices available to her included schools like Kettering
University. Kettering offered a type of work and learn program where
students would work six months a year, getting a range of practical
experience, and then attend classes for six months.
“My education took five years,” she says, “but the great thing
was I had this practical experience. Plus, I was able to come out of
school with very little debt and get a really good job after. It was a
practical decision rather than a passion decision.”
Even though she didn’t have role models for engineering, male or
female, Miller chose industrial engineering because she liked the
people and the processes.
“When I was a co-op student, I worked in industrial engineering in
every single department in the factory, from labor relations through
to taking noise surveys to ensure the environment was okay. I did a
122

Kathy Miller_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5 LL.indd 122 10/20/22 4:30 PM

Kathy Miller
Professional Coach & Business Transformation Adviser/Speaker/Author/
Sr. Manufacturing Executive
Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame Inductee (2021)
most recently the Global Vice President of Vertiv Operating Systems
B.S. Industrial Systems Engineering

Engineering, though, was the

practical choice, and it made it easier
to find a job with a bachelor’s degree,
ensuring a good living and enabling
Miller to support herself.
Miller ran the plants at Rolls-Royce
Defense globally and was promoted
into leadership positions early in
her career. She was a supervisor of
an industrial design and mechanical
engineering department in advanced
audio systems.
“I was drawn to the people
aspect of this position,” she says.
My engineering degree was helpful
for supporting the engineers … and
providing an environment where
they could flourish. We speak the
Steel Toes and Stilettos: A True Story of Women Manufacturing Leaders and same language, and I understood the
Lean Transformation Success, (with S. Karels), published December 2021 by challenges they faced and we worked
Routledge of Taylor & Francis Group. on potential defects they saw in the
designs.
“But part of me always wanted
lot of layouts, moving things around to study psychology. After the
the plant, as well as time studies to opportunities at Rolls-Royce, I decided
make processes more efficient and I didn’t need any more operations
The pursuit of her to balance the assembly line. experience. Life is short and I went
“After that, I moved into back to school to pursue this degree. I
dream led to the advanced engineering for felt that the hard work that I had done
publication of her instrumentation and audio systems.
I worked on ergonomic issues
through the years and the results that I
achieved afforded me the opportunity
book, Steel Toes and associated with advanced displays. to live in choice and pursue that
I was able to do a lot of exciting dream.”
Stilettos. With the projects when I first got out of The pursuit of her dream led to
school. And then I went back into the the publication of her book, Steel Toes
publication, Miller plant.” and Stilettos. With the publication,
Miller enjoyed the tasks of fitting Miller started a company with a friend,
started a company with processes and equipment into a OPSisters. This is a coaching business
cohesive whole and learning the that advises and helps manufacturing
a friend, OPSisters. This broader picture of how everything clients develop a roadmap to
is a coaching business interacts in a manufacturing setup.
“It turns out that it was a wonderful
transform their businesses.
“Since my friend and I have spent
that advises and helps background as my career progressed the majority of our careers with
through manufacturing, which is manufacturing, it made sense. I’m
manufacturing clients where I chose to take it.” coaching manufacturing leaders at
all levels from team leaders through
develop a roadmap Changing direction executive management. We have a
Miller had a lot of interests in high class on creating lean transformations,
to transform their school, including the humanities. and we help clients develop inclusive
“After my post grad, I got a cultures.”
businesses. Master’s Degree in applied positive Miller did her thesis on
psychology. Well, if the truth be manufacturing, titled Welcome to
known, I wanted to study psychology the Efficacious Factory. It focused on
out of high school.” getting better business results through
124


NEW!
4 AXIS SERVO from
2.25”
positive workplace relationships, optimism or countries turning on and off their

and meaningful work. supply chains, the lag between when
“I learned the science of organizational you ordered things and when they’re
principles that help people flourish. Now, available and when you shut down
I have 117 pages of literature review your purchase orders and... it’s just
- brushed or bldc motors
connecting those concepts with business like this whole bull whip effect. And I
- 5 amps per axis results. And I’ve got years of case studies. think it’s going to be a while before it
- 16 analog inputs It’s a nice combination to help today’s stabilizes.”
- 16 on/off drivers modern factories. And manufacturing
is undergoing a huge shift. Whether What women bring to engineering
- home and limit in the industry likes it or not, it’s definitely But such struggles can also be
- live tech support changing.” opportunities for women to “strut their
- made in the USA stuff.” Miller says that there is a lot
The new manufacturing reality of research on what women bring to
Miller sees a lot of variation on how engineering problems and businesses.
See the companies adopt technology, how they “Particularly as leaders, because
include people, and how they treat their women tend to promote cooperative
EZQUAD SERVO facilities. Plus, many manufacturing learning versus competitive type
in action! companies grow by acquisition, often cultural behaviors,” notes Miller.
purchasing the problems of the previous “Women tend to be relationship
sites that now they must handle. Part of oriented, so they can get better
the problem is that the buying company results from a group versus an
attempts to impose its operating individual project. And diversity of
WWW.ALLMOTION.COM preferences on the bought company, thought is so important for getting the
leading to operational challenges. most creative solutions.
Of course, the Pandemic has spotlighted “Every corporate culture is
(510) 471-4000 many weaknesses and challenges of
supply chains.
different, and there are subcultures
within corporations that really do
“Supply chain issues are always well. You can move from one part of
30097 Ahern Avenue complex, depending on what your a company to another and almost
Union City, CA 94587 philosophy is,” she says. “I think right think that you’re in a different
Te c h n i c a l S u p p o r t now, there’s been the normal challenges company. I always got great results
(408) 460-1345 in supply chain, and then there’s the by including everybody and making
global pandemic. You’ve got workforce sure all voices were heard and giving
issues, the great resignation, company everyone an opportunity to problem

solve. When we had a recordable injury, I something that’s brought up in high run over by men, the male allies need
made all my staff go to the scene of the schools. Particularly when you look to call that out and move attention
accident. Everyone had to contribute to at manufacturing, it’s not considered back to the woman.”
the problem-solving process, even the very glamorous. And thus, is not Studies show that when women
marketing guy who didn’t want to go. attractive to people. That’s why I try advocate for themselves, it’s
And what you found was people just to get out and tell the stories of how not accepted as widely as when
had different perspectives. My marketing I fell in love with the factory and in men advocate for them, which is
executive came up with amazing solutions doing this. unfortunate, but for whatever reason,
for things that he did outside of the plant “When I was at Rolls-Royce, we it appears to be true.
that we could bring into the plant to help would sponsor grammar schools. “Also, management needs to
solve problems. So, I think that can be an We had problem solving projects ensure their women engineers get
advantage for female leadership, just that for grammar schools. We would good assignments and work in ways
whole inclusivity.” bring high schoolers in and take that contribute to the organization.
them on tours. They had some high- I know when I was in engineering, I
A woman in a man’s world tech facilities that we were able to worked on many special projects that
Women engineers can face challenges of showcase.” were beyond the technical aspect of
working in a male dominated profession. Unfortunately, keeping women the job. I helped put in a mentoring
And each woman handles it differently. in an engineering occupation is program. I helped some of the
Miller used her confidence to handle any another challenge. Miller has read male engineering leaders who were
situations that came up. the studies that show that women technically astute but had people
“I always felt that when I got a seat don’t stay in the STEM fields very issues.”
at the table, I had earned it. And I never long. She sees that as something to Corporate management has
really made gender an issue unless focus on. work to do. The traditional pathway
somebody else did. I grew up with “For me, that means providing to managerial or supervisory roles
brothers, went to engineering school, I role models and mentors and is so male dominated in perspective
was very comfortable in the male world. allowing women to be authentically that people forget about the people
And unless someone made some sort who they are. Women may issues. “Some people should never
of interesting comment, which happens, approach things differently than be a manager, even though they’re
it wasn’t a big issue for me. I developed their male counterparts. We technically brilliant,” notes Miller.
really strong relationships with male allies shouldn’t make them conform to the “Some people should absolutely go
before they were even called male allies. male model; we should allow women up because they have better people
“What I would say is let your results to live in their strengths. skills.
speak for themselves. As I was leading “We need to provide a support
plants, I just focused on doing a great job system to women engineers. If Final thoughts
and getting great results. And then people they’re the only token female in a Miller advises women who find
would notice and they would come in and male engineering group, someone engineering rewarding, but
say, what’s Kathy doing? Her leadership needs to be an ally to that person. frustrating, to focus on two
teams are a little more diverse. Their rate If you are a female, you need to things. “First of all, develop strong
of improvement is above average. Let be a role model to other women in relationships within the organization
your results be your calling card.” your company. I didn’t have female regardless of people’s gender. I had
Miller believes women should be role models. There weren’t many a lot of amazing male coaches, male
encouraged to consider engineering. women in manufacturing leadership, mentors, male bosses along the way
“Since the launch of the book, I’ve or engineering leadership that who are not misogynistic, or just who
been doing a lot of podcasts and I had exposure to. So, I had to are amazing leaders. So I don’t want
encourage women to go into STEM. I pave my own way. Ladies in these to characterize what I said as being all
work with women in high tech, women companies need to reach into the females have this and all males don’t.
in manufacturing. There’s a number of organization and provide support as It doesn’t work that way.
different groups that I’m associated with. well as model what it can be to be a “And when you’re problem
Everybody should consider it if they’ve successful engineer without giving solving, make sure you go to the root
got a propensity towards math and up your identity. You don’t have to of the problem, sort emotion from fact
science, but we really want to encourage conform to male stereotypes to be and go where things are happening
women to explore it. successful. And there needs to be and you’ll get better results. And the
“Some people don’t even consider male allies who will speak up for results will come. Let them speak for
engineering in the first place. It’s just not them. If a woman’s voice is getting themselves and you’ll be just fine.”
128

Kathy Miller_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5 LL.indd 128 10/22/22 9:33 AM

A life-long
love
of engineering
M
eghan Olds’ journey with engineering began in elementary
school. Encouraging young students to explore their
creativity, the school offered an accelerated program that
included competitions focused on invention. Thus, when
she was in fifth grade, Olds put her problem-solving skills
to the test in one of these competitions and created a floor
cleaning mop; think of today’s Wet Jet mop that many
people use today as an example.
“I took my mom’s mop, drilled holes in the bottom,
Leslie Langnau • Senior Contributing Editor Velcroed the water bottle to the handle, and used a tube
to run the water bottle to the sponge portion of the mop
where I drilled the holes,” said Olds. “I then presented it as
an invention that you can put any cleaner you would like in
the water bottle and mop the floor with ease.”
Education at her school continued to fuel her love
of problem solving. As with many women who study
engineering, various teachers and mentors played roles in
guiding her engineering abilities.
“I found mentors everywhere. There were too many to
count for me to name just one or two,” said Olds.
She found all the science classes interesting. It helped
that all of her teachers in chemistry, physics, and calculus
made the classes and learning fun. “The science and math
teachers seemed to have the best sense of humor,” she
said. “I would advise young female students to embrace all
the people around you while you’re young. Be curious and
follow what ignites your passions.”
130

Meghan Olds_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.indd 130 10/20/22 4:37 PM

Meghan Olds
Director of Operations, Powder Atomization, Oerlikon
BS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
MS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Dayton

Throughout her schooling, Olds don’t appreciate or like,” she said. “I

had a number of opportunities to may enjoy the process engineering
problem solve and build. “I continued side, but 100% appreciate the
to love to build items whether with value of programming and controls
Legos or other materials for school engineering. When we have an issue
projects,” she said. on a piece of equipment, we get the
Then in high school, she right expertise to resolve it.
When I went into discovered an area that would
become her career.
“Plus, I love introducing
new products and processes. I
leadership positions, I “I discovered Materials Science
& Engineering as a junior at an
enjoy the design of experiments
and structuring specifications
realized my favorite part engineering camp at the University
of Michigan. I found that I wanted to
so they are both profitable and
manufacturable.”
about engineering is dedicate my career to making new
materials and learning about the Bragging rights
uniting a team together manufacturing processes.”
Mentors continued to play a role
When it comes to accomplishments
in her engineering career, Olds is
to create a solution to a in her education. “At the University
of Michigan, my classmates inspired
most proud of helping start up a
new facility in Plymouth, Mich. She
problem. Our teams are me,” she said. “I even married
one of my classmates from my
became part of the start-up team
when she joined Oerlikon in 2017.
filled with many skillsets Materials Science & Engineering
undergraduate program.”
This facility was built to make metal
powders for additive manufacturing
and perspectives. It is Going professional
and advanced coating applications.
“When I hired into Oerlikon, the
always beautiful to see After college, Olds moved into her
business career. Many leaders and
foundation was just poured,” she
said. “I was the Quality Manager and
how a diverse team colleagues at GE and Oerlikon helped worked to start up the lab and get
push her forward to the next level. the site AS9100/ISO9001 certified. In
can solve complicated “Having a supportive team and
network makes all the difference
just under one year of our opening
date, we passed our AS9100 audit
problems with often to having a fulfilling and successful
career in engineering,” she added.
with no findings. The entire team
worked hard to build production
simple approaches. While some people think most
engineers work individually, Olds
processes that were compliant with
an aerospace quality management
finds her engineering efforts are system. As we continued our
highly collaborative. journey, I added engineers to my
“When I went into leadership team and then was promoted to the
positions, I realized my favorite part Director of Operations in 2020.”
about engineering is uniting a team The last two years have not
together to create a solution to a been easy on any business and
problem. Our teams are filled with have brought unique challenges
many skillsets and perspectives. to everyone. Olds received her
It is always beautiful to see how a promotion just as many states and
diverse team can solve complicated businesses were shifting to a work-
problems with often simple from-home model to prevent the
approaches.” spread of the Coronavirus, which
Most engineers enjoy a few brought a new set of challenges,
aspects of their jobs more than but which also led to additional
others. However, Olds finds aspects accomplishments.
to appreciate in all engineering areas “We had to balance the
that impact her field. uncertainty our customers were
“There are so many engineering facing and strategically think about
disciplines that there is not a part I how we navigate forward for the
132


future of the site during that time,” equipment for cleaning gas turbine they should be encouraged to tour
she said. “We were able to qualify a blade tips in a novel way. The idea through manufacturing sites so they
handful of new product introductions was conceived by an engineering can visualize themselves in these
that helped strengthen our product manager, and we worked with a environments at a young age.”
portfolio. And by the end of 2020, company to help turn this idea For Olds, there are no wrong
we were stronger than ever as a into a unique piece of equipment. choices. She believes it’s possible to
team, but also stronger from a cost There were many designs of make any choice the right choice.
standpoint. We ended up winning experiment trials to optimize the “Throughout life there are many
the Metco Team award with our Troy cleaning process. By the end of the choices,” she said. “Where should I
site based on our collaboration and experiments, we showed feasibility go to college? Where should I work?
savings for Oerlikon.” of the process and presented the What city should I live in? When
results to our stakeholders.” should I have kids? I have learned
Leading by example One of the more important with questions like these, we make
A common skill among women lessons Olds has learned is to the best choice with the information
engineers is the ability to work in or embrace her style of management we have at the time. Then once we
lead a team of fellow professionals. and leadership. While women commit and put our energy into the
For Olds, having an engineering engineers bring a range of talents decision, we make it the best choice.”
foundation has helped her think and abilities to their leadership
logically about a problem, even non- styles, a part of their success
technical problems. involves embracing their unique
“I use these same fundamentals styles.
to create actions to work towards “I see that my style of leadership
a solution,” she said. “For example, may be different than others in
in teams, many times the root similar roles,” said Olds. “I have
cause of issues can be because of learned to embrace my style and
communication. The next step is be authentic. There are many paths
to break it into actions to improve to reach a goal. This is a key point
communication. Over the course regardless of gender. One factor
of my career, I have learned many in leadership is to create a safe
valuable lessons, such as patience working environment so you and
to understand the whole problem, your team can perform at your best
how to build a team with the right abilities.”
skillsets, and to take advantage of
each day. Encouraging future generations of
“My first big professional project women engineers
when I graduated college was my To inspire more young women to
six-sigma project on inertia welding,” enter engineering fields, Olds thinks
she added. “At that time, I was it’s important to start as early as
learning statistical analysis and possible.
the DMAIC/DFSS approaches. We “I have a nine-year-old daughter
were optimizing the inertia welding and think about this question often,”
parameters for welding tubes onto she added. “First, I make sure my
case structures. I learned a lot from daughter knows she is capable of
the engineer and technician about pursuing all her desires. Last year
the welding processes. One of my we enjoyed doing Science Olympiad
favorite parts was performing the with her school. Together we did
metallography on the cross-sections experiments and collected data
of the welds and organizing the and then analyzed them. Also, at
mechanical testing results into a home she sees my husband and
regression equation. This helped us I do many home-improvement
predict parameters for joining two projects. I think we have to be
different or two similar materials. good examples for young women
“I also have a patent with a around us and show them what it
team of colleagues for designing looks like to be an engineer. Also,
134


gboard to a range of careers.
Kate Schneidau M.S., mechanical engineering, University of Louisville
136

Kate Schneidau_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5.LL.indd 136 10/20/22 4:42 PM

Inspired
by engineering
Today’s young women
engineers find this field
can inspire entrepreneurial
ambitions.
F or Kate Schneidau, the idea of becoming an engineer

began early, “right after my princess and racecar driver
stages as a child,” she says. “I always wanted a field that
would allow me to be creative and problem solve.”
Schneidau comes from a family of engineers, as her
older sister, father, and grandfather are also engineers. Her
mom is a teacher. Her early exposure to engineering began
with helping her dad and grandfather work on cars, which
built a foundation of understanding tools and how to build
your way to a final product.
In middle school, she could always picture herself as an
| Beehive Industries_Jessica Whittington
engineer. “I’ve gone through phases of wanting to work on
cars like my dad, who is an engineer at Ford Motor Co., build
rollercoasters, be an Imagineer at Disney, and be a nuclear
engineer. My dad was and still is one of my heroes.”
Stepping up
An opportunity to build her problem-solving skills came
while she was finishing her graduate degree at the
University of Louisville. The COVID pandemic hit, forcing a
number of educational institutions to close down.
“When I was at U of L, school stopped. I had to put my
thesis on hold, like other students.”

Most of the students were different people from all across the
frustrated and felt a bit helpless university. I learned a lot about being
given the situation. Students were a leader and communicating with
texting each other about what they other engineers.”
could do, if anything, as they all As a fairly recent graduate,
wanted to be involved in something. Schneidau is one of the young
When news came out that additive manufacturing engineers
hospitals were running out of coming into the business world.
Personal Protection Equipment Asked about what she likes best
(PPE), many professional engineers, about this field, she finds in difficult
also side-lined and forced to work at to pick out one aspect, but she
home, began developing PPE face narrowed it down to innovation and
shields and masks. Schneidau and community.
many of her fellow U of L engineering “With additive, we’re really able
students saw a way to get involved. to express what’s going on in our
“Because I was working in 3D brain and push the boundaries, push
printing, we looked into how we the limitations of what is actually
could help,” she says. “It started with possible, blending engineering and
us using our at-home 3D printers artistic approaches when you’re
printing face shield adapters which developing a product. That’s one of
then turned into a partnership with the cool things about additive is the
a local injection molding house. We innovative capabilities that you have.”
printed 80,000 injection molded face Schneidau was awarded the Guy
shields through this community. We E. Bourdeau Scholarship during the
would print and then go to the drop 2020 AMUG conference. She was
off sites that we set up, and drop off able to attend the 2021 conference
the shields. Then we put in place a once the major wave of the COVID
socially distanced production line. I virus passed. At the conference, she
learned a lot about manufacturing found a community of like-minded
from this because I was basically the engineers and used this opportunity
person in charge of managing it.” to create a network of friends with
| Ed Helms, AMUG 2021
Schneidau feels she gained a many of the attendees.

lot of understanding in leadership “It’s like a family in itself. I have to
and communication through this say, three of my best friends within
experience. In one example, some additive I’ve met at AMUG,” she said.
members on her team wanted to
change how the face shields were Building relationships
fastened to the head band. They Schneidau now works at a company
“The nature of design learned that they could not simply
make a change, as operators at
where collaboration efforts between
coworkers are highly valued. But
engineering has their service bureau taught them she’s witnessed how a lack of
how such a change would affect the collaborative relationships affect men
changed, to where it’s production process. and women in the work place.
“This experience taught us to “I don’t want to put any company
much more collaborative, understand the whole production on the spot, but if you join a very
process,” she says. “To this day, it’s large corporation, you’re basically
thus needing strong one of the most rewarding things working to meet specific needs.
I’ve ever done. And it’s also one So, you’ll put your head down and
communication skills.” of the most challenging things I’ve just work towards the company’s
ever done. Not only did the project goals. But what do you get out of
distract me from what was going on, it? How are you bettering yourself
it made me feel like I actually was to build your own career? I have
impacting something greater than worked in a large corporation and
myself, and I got to meet so many realized it wasn’t for me. It didn’t
138

| Ed Helms, AMUG 2021
offer much room for collaboration Getting comfortable

I build relationships with my coworkers to meet specific Many women engineers report a
company goals,” she said. number of challenges that they face
because I like to Relationships have helped in the corporate world including
Schneidau become more open. being taken seriously, finding growth
understand all the She says she would have been
considered shy as recently as five
opportunities, dealing with imposter
syndrome, and trusting that they
different scenarios. years ago. But through her journey
with additive technology and the
know what they know.
For Schneidau, a challenge
I talk to as many various roles she’s taken in her

career, she’s learned to be more
she is currently facing, one many
women engineers relate to—is
communicative. trusting your gut.
people as possible “I build relationships because I “There was one issue among
like to understand all the different several recent ones that showed
now. When I got into scenarios. I talk to as many people a common theme,” she says.
as possible now. When I got into “Confidence and trusting my gut. I
school, I realized that school, I realized that a lot of the sometimes still struggle with trusting
other female engineers thought my judgement on some projects
a lot of the other similarly. Communication is 100%
one of the most important skills to
but that’s the great thing about an
engineering challenge, the constant
female engineers have to work well with somebody.”
Her perspective now is that
iteration and testing of new
approaches to refine and improve
thought similarly. while communication issues still

arise, it has less to do with the
my own thought process. The
opportunities I’ve had to collaborate
different perspectives male and with others and their different
Communication is female engineers bring to a design perspectives has helped, because
challenge and instead is “more of a the best engineering solutions are
100% one of the most managerial problem.” from a collection of experiences
“The nature of design applied to one possible scenario.”
important skills to engineering has changed,” she In Schneidau’s present position,
adds, “to where it’s much more she is one of two women in the
have to work well collaborative, thus needing strong
communication skills.”
department. However, her colleague
is not an engineer — she has an
with somebody. artist background.
140


“We each bring something that women bring to the table.” Like manufacturing industry. Her
different to the table that breaks many women engineers report, she company will help educate students
up the traditional engineering has had her share of being assigned about this industry.
mindset,” Schneidau said. “While I to take notes for a team of mostly “One of my passions in additive
have an engineering mindset, she men. is workforce development,” she
has the exact same knowledge says. “I’ve trained and taught many
on a situation, but she brings a Building her businesses students while I was at university.
new perspective. It’s been really But she refuses to be defined by I knew that with this rapid growth
interesting. In my past jobs, whether others’ limited views of her role. of 3D printing, especially during
engineering or not, it’s always been Even before she obtained her COVID, that many businesses
difficult to have people accept a master’s, Schneidau had ambitious would struggle to hire technicians
different perspective.” plans. She sees a problem, and and process engineers for additive
Schneidau seeks out different she uses her problem-solving skills projects. To me, there needs to be a
perspectives, even though there are to address it, even to the point of curriculum that can be shared with
challenges here. “When I’m in a new creating new businesses. K through 12 students, especially
situation, the hardest thing has been She is CEO and founder of young girls. The initial approach was
getting people to understand the two companies and is involved in a for general education in engineering,
way I think. But it’s helped me evolve third. The first company is Mod Man but why stop there? There are
because my mind is constantly Technologies, which she started so many other capabilities for 3D
moving in a million directions. I do as an undergrad with two of her printing. So instead of focusing
see that it’s a challenge for people friends. They designed a prototype solely on engineering, why not
to accept the different perspectives machine that is a modular desktop design it for the entire STEAM
manufacturing machine with area?”
interchangeable 3D printing, milling, “So, now it’s turned into a
laser engraving, slash cutting, and curriculum for STEAM application
injection molding features. for K through 12 with the intent
“We noticed in our engineering on having modern man-machines
classes that we had to use a integrated so that students can
separate machine for each function,” learn and modify the machine. I
she said. “And those machines am working on my first few sets of
are expensive and there’s not a curricula and building relationships
lot of money available through with teachers within my mom’s
grants or funds for many education school district and also within some
institutions to purchase them. of my friend’s school districts. The
Our goal was to have a desktop company is called Kettle because a
machine that was small but built for kettle generates steam.”
education use that we could sell for Schneidau’s third company
less than a thousand dollars. And is a service center for small
have everything integrated into it, businesses, high school students,
including all the software in one and entrepreneurs who want to
package.” try out 3D printing technology. She
“We convinced our department works with customers on designing
chair to let us do this as our senior concepts. This company is modeled
design project. In five months, a bit after Etsy, to print small
we went from idea to functioning production lots and help customers
prototype. Then we recruited some begin to sell their product and
computer science students to help establish their own businesses.
us with the software.”
They continue to iterate the A love of learning
prototype while working on a Schneidau has long been active to
number of other projects. helping younger students develop a
Another company for Schneidau love a learning.
focuses on solving the workforce “When I was at U of L, we had a
| Sarah Summers
development need in the additive type of ‘summer camp’ for students
142


in underdeveloped counties in Kentucky.

For a week, high-school students came
to campus and experienced the city.
They got to see what college life was
like, and we gave them a Shark Tank
type of learning opportunity,” she said.
“We put them into groups, assigned
them roles and had them pick an item
or an idea that they would turn into a
product. They had a week to design
it in CAD, print out their components,
assemble and then pitch the product to
a panel of experts. All of the students
who had limited access to these tools
took it and ran. I remember one group
struggled with the product assembly
part for their idea. They wanted to use
3D printing so I suggested they print
it as one part. They didn’t realize they
could do that. I showed them how to
design a gap in the part so that when it
prints, it’s nearly fully assembled. They
We Take Our Leadership were so amazed at what 3D printing

could do, and I thought, ‘that’s why
I do this.’ 3D printing can be such an
Role Seriously aid to entice people into engineering
because they can see immediate results.
By the way, the winning group made
cupholders for cars that wouldn’t spill
during driving.”
Schneidau can relate to young high-
school girls getting teased for liking
math and science. It’s one of the reasons
she enjoys teaching younger students
about engineering.
“I was picked on for liking those
subjects. And it does something to you.
But I was fortunate, a lot of my friends
were also good at math and enjoyed
science. For those that weren’t good
Our customers depend on us to deliver the best quality, with math, I was able to help. And
that taught me about collaboration.
highest reliability and lowest risk rugged embedded
Sometimes people forget that for a 14-
platforms. Elma’s highly qualified teams deliver. Count on or 15-year-old girl who likes math and
us to meet your toughest program demands — we are science, it can be a little lonely,” she
said. “I know so many other people who
your trusted embedded computing partner. wanted to help their dads with cars and
get grease under their nails, but who
weren’t necessarily allowed to. They
could have gone into engineering too.”
With you at every stage! Schneidau has found a place for all
her creativity, problem-solving skills, and
her drive and ambition.
Elma Electronic Inc. elma.com
144 October 2022 DESIGN WORLD
Kate Schneidau_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5.LL.indd 144 10/24/22 9:46 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Yejee Choi
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive of
women in engineering and automation?
Working as a female engineer can seem intimidating from the outside as it’s a generally
male dominant field. I’ve worked at Allegro for 5 years and never felt I was being treated
Test Engineer
differently than my male peers. I’m always treated as an equal engineer, not a female
Allegro MicroSystems engineer.
It’s a great feeling to work for a company that values inclusivity. Everyone is valued
Electrical and Computer Engineering, equally as an individual, regardless of gender, age, or ethnicity. We’re all given the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), tools and support we need to succeed in each project and continue advancing in our
Worcester, MA
careers. Last year, Allegro helped sponsor my green card which made me feel valued
as an employee and respected as an individual.
Over the past few years, the organization has taken steps to better acknowledge the
work of our women engineers, which is so exciting to see.
Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went
particularly well. How did you and your team go about ensuring success?
As a test engineer, my job is to test, develop, and debug newly designed products
to ensure product capability and performance. We recently launched the world’s first
Yejee Choi is currently a test engineer at Allegro
three-phase BLDC driver IC with integrated power loss brake features. This project was
MicroSystems. She was raised in Korea until the
exciting to be a part of, and the challenges it presented were fun to overcome together
age of 14, when her family relocated to Ghana.
as a team. It had new features that needed to be finalized, but the COVID-19 pandemic
Upon high school graduation, Yejee
began in the middle of the development cycle, which threw the whole team for a loop.
decided to come to the United States where she
With constant teamwork and ongoing support, we were able to pull it through and
studied electrical and computer engineering
successfully launch this product.
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in
Worcester, MA.
What first drew you to engineering and this industry?
She began her career at Allegro
During my junior year of high school, I attended a science research camp taught
MicroSystems right out of school, quickly
by brilliant math Ph.D. students from the United States. The whole camp experience
taking on new projects and responsibilities,
opened my eyes to envisioning and viewing the world from a different perspective, and
providing significant contributions to the
my interest in science and technology peaked.
success of Allegro. Her passion for learning and
Living in a country with frequent power outages and slow internet connections as
understanding new and evolving technologies is
the norm contributed to my choice of electrical engineering when I entered college.
inspiring to everyone around her. She is always
I took my first introductory electronic course with all the circuitry lab work during my
going out of her way looking for a new problem
first year. From the start, the course brought me so much joy. It was clear this was the
to solve.
correct career path for me.
For the rest of Yejee Choi’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Allegro - Yejee Choi_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.LL.indd 146 10/20/22 2:13 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive and
Or Yacobi supportive of women in engineering and automation?
The culture at Allied is diverse and transparent. The leadership team
prioritizes diversity and inclusion, and that’s reflected by the diversity
Product Portfolio Manager
of employees throughout our business; whether by gender, race, or
Allied Electronics and Automation age. Women at Allied are highly-valued and supported through multiple
programs and initiatives.
MS in Quality and Engineering Management What first drew you into engineering and this industry?
Tarleton State University, Stephenville,Texas I always wanted to extend my experience to the more technical side
of the business. Once I started working in the automation industry it
confirmed that I enjoy exploring how things get done and how they can
be improved, whether the process involved goods or services.
Describe your biggest career challenge?

I would say I faced the common challenges most people experience in
the field. The main challenge for me was defining my career path and
finding an employer that values work-life balance, as well as a team that
is collaborative and committed. Luckily, I’ve found all of the above at
Allied!
Career advice to your younger self?

One piece of career advice to my younger self would be to ask more
questions. It’s okay to not know everything right away or for the first time
when doing something new. Asking thoughtful questions leads to better
outcomes and more opportunities for growth.
For the rest of Or Yacobi’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Allied Electronics - Or Yacobi_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs5.LL.indd 147 10/21/22 8:57 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Apurva Deota’s journey in engineering started 10 years ago after being introduced
Apurva Deota to the concepts of current and electrical circuits during her high school physics
lectures in India. She pursued her Master of Science in the field of Electrical and
Computer Engineering from Dalhousie University, Canada, and started working as
Technical Sales Representative
Electrical Design Engineer at a machine builder in the plastics industry. This is when
B&R Industrial Automation she first used B&R Industrial Automation products and was impressed by the quality of
technology B&R provides.
Master of Science Electrical and Talk about the culture at your company.
Computer Engineering Women in Engineering and Sciences are still a minority, however, due to the inclusive
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada culture at B&R I have never felt any different than any of my colleagues. In fact,
team Canada proudly introduces me as an Engineer and allows me to talk about the
technicalities of products, help suggest better-engineered solutions, and present our
programming software. I don’t ever feel that my gender is considered when challenges
and opportunities are distributed. I have been given many opportunities with designing,
traveling to meet clients, and represent the company’s complex technical portfolio.
Although I am the only woman in the Technical Sales team in Canada, B&R as a
company has many women in engineering to look up to. Ultimately, B&R employs
many women in high-level management positions who are entrusted with great
responsibilities.
Apurva Deota is an Electrical Engineer
working in the Technical Sales Team Describe a recent company project you were involved in. How did you and your
at B&R. In this position, she works with team go about ensuring success?
OEMs in various industries, such as One involved showcasing our capabilities and understanding the demands of a
plastics, packaging, automotive, and food machine manufacturer in the EV (electrical vehicle) market. At B&R we work as a team,
and beverage. She helps manufacturers and we had several discussions with the territory manager and our country manager to
design dynamic, innovative, and efficient ensure success. Also, B&R is unique in the way that we provide applications support
machine solutions. and for this customer, we made sure we had our experienced applications engineer
present to help them with any roadblocks.

Electrical circuits and concepts of electricity/current got my attention during high school
along with C programming. That is when I discovered I can learn more about it in
Engineering and I started looking up different fields of engineering and the application
of physics. The ability to craft machines that would make complex tasks easier was a
powerful feeling which led me to pursue a bachelor’s in electrical engineering.
For the rest of Apurva Deota’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
B&R_Apurva Deota_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.LL.indd 148 10/20/22 3:00 PM

2022 Women in Engineering
Talk about the culture at your company.

Brittany Langston The company culture at B&R has always been quite open and informal. Ideas and
thoughts are shared regularly without a fear of backlash or having to go through
significant red tape, and everyone here is generally down to earth and approachable. I
Product Manager - North America
think this environment of casual approachability has enabled a sense of humanity in our
B&R Industrial Automation workplace. It therefore naturally follows that women are valued for our contributions to
the team rather than being treated as outliers.
B.S. Electrical Engineering Describe a recent company project you were involved in. How did you and your
University of Florida team go about ensuring success?
There were several factors that ultimately led to success in a project that I recently
led. First and foremost, there was mutual respect within our team which enabled a
productive and positive work environment. The big picture deadlines were clearly set,
along with the intermediate deadlines in between which helped keep us on track. We
had sync meetings every week to discuss progress and roadblocks. Ultimately, we
were proud of the product we were making, which easily motivated us to improve and
complete it.

I’ve always been very detail oriented and enjoyed math classes, so engineering was
Brittany Langston is a North America a natural career target. It wasn’t until I was introduced to circuits in my Physics course
Product Manager at B&R for a handful of that I became interested specifically in electrical engineering. Circuits questions were
technologies, primarily related to software. real-life, practical puzzles to me that I got a lot of enjoyment out of solving.
Her purpose in this role is to improve the Ultimately the best part of undergrad for me was being a teaching assistant for
success and acceptance of these products the microprocessor lab course. I loved the course material and the process of helping
within North America, and interface regularly guide students to understand it better. This is what ultimately drew me to the support
with global product management. Prior role at B&R Industrial Automation because I got to do a similar function in industry.
to this role she was a senior member of
the Product Support team, where she Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it, or what was the
provided engineering support to colleagues outcome or lesson learned?
/ partners / OEMs / end users. She earned The biggest challenge for me has been learning how to respond in moments when I’m
her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical underestimated. This can happen often when you’re a woman in a male dominated
Engineering from the University of Florida in field. It took a long time to learn how to use those moments as fuel rather than triggering
2013 and joined B&R shortly thereafter. self-doubt. I was lucky that I always had the support of my teammates, which helped
me to gain the confidence to traverse those situations with more boldness.
For the rest of Brittany Langston’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
B&R_Brittany Langston_WiE Paid Profile_PRINT VERSION_10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 149 10/21/22 9:15 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Alyssa Hiedeman
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or
supportive of women in engineering and automation?
The culture at Beckhoff is very welcoming, inclusive and has a close family feeling.
Application Development Engineer I have had the chance to work in several different roles during my time at Beckhoff
and grow my career with the support of some very knowledgeable mentors. The work
Beckhoff Automation that we do is often collaborative, and I always feel my opinion is considered equally
whenever I give it. I have never been made to feel any differently due to being a
woman. Beckhoff USA is currently launching a women’s leadership group, which is an
B.S. Electrical Engineering exciting resource for employees from any department working to grow their career in
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota the automation industry.
The biggest success I’ve experienced has been in helping develop this new Advanced
Applications Group at Beckhoff USA. At first, the challenge was defining what it would
do and where the team fit within the existing support structure for customers. In the
past, the sorts of questions we address would often be handled by the Technical
Support Department, applications engineers in the field or the product management
team. It took time and internal communication, but we were able to carve out a specific,
beneficial niche that fit well within the organization.
Alyssa Hiedeman started working in
Now, when we are brought in to assist, we sit down with the customers and listen to
Technical Support at Beckhoff Automation’s
their goals and concerns. Typically, we end up building a small demo, delivering some
U.S. headquarters in Savage, Minnesota, in
sample code and/or provide 3D simulations to validate that an application will work the
2016. In 2019, she relocated to Denver to take
way they want. Other times, we simply provide a definitive response that a concept
a position as an Application Development
will not work and offer alternative options that will do the job. Either way, customers are
Engineer on the recently created Advanced
often very appreciative. I was able to help grow the Advanced Applications Group as
Applications Group. Working on this select
well as grow with it, and that has been extremely rewarding.
team of New Automation Technology experts,
she helps Beckhoff sales and applications
engineers test and validate complex
Growing up, I was always very interested in math and science. When I was in middle
applications and novel uses of TwinCAT
school, I had the opportunity to attend an engineering camp for girls, STEPS Camp
automation software to ensure the success of
hosted by the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. During the camp,
customer applications before they even start.
we had the chance to learn and explore everything engineering. We built HAM radios
and model airplanes that we got a chance to fly at the end of the week, and I was
hooked on engineering from that moment on.
For the rest of Alyssa Hiedeman’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Beckhoff_Alyssa Hiedeman_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.LL.indd 150 10/20/22 3:02 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Karen Vintroux
Talk about the culture at your company What makes it inclusive or supportive of
Cinch retains a family-oriented spirit while operating at an internationally high level
Staff Scientist in advanced interconnects for over 70 years. We make it possible for our customer’s
equipment to “talk” to each other, whether on the ground, in the air, or in space. The
Cinch Connectivity Solutions | work is significant for end-user success on some of the biggest missions and has
a bel group captured my focus for over 20 years. Our team embraces problems or new tasks.
Our short design cycle continuously resulting in working prototypes is rare in these
B.S.ChE Chemical Engineer industries. With the resources at Cinch, the manufacturing and production steps are
Florida Institute of Technology handled professionally and with respect to the original design. As a woman in the male-
dominated engineering field, I’ve never experienced any team hesitation.
The pandemic shattered supply chains on a global scale. Here at Cinch, our core multi-
discipline team of essential workers came in daily to source replacements and get them
qualified for customer approval. While meticulously following CDC guidelines, we laid
Karen Vintroux is a Staff Scientist working
out new schematics, made mechanical fit adjustments, performed in-house machining,
for Cinch Connectivity Solutions, a bel group
built working parts, completed performance testing, and documented the qualification
in Melbourne, Florida. She began working in
results for end-user review and feedback. Many of these program changes will move
RF and microwave electronics in 1983 and
forward permanently since some suppliers did not make it back after the shutdown. The
received her bachelor’s degree in chemical
effort took everyone’s full participation, and we added to Cinch’s overall fiscal success
engineering from the Florida Institute of
during this trying time in history. The results were satisfying for our customers and us.
Technology. Solving problems with avionics
and automotive hardware led her to create
novel alumina powder compaction materials
In 1963, during the Great Space Race, my mom moved from West Virginia to
and to develop low-temperature processes for
Melbourne and started working at Radiation Inc. As a Florida native, long hot summers
gallium arsenide semiconductors. During the
and crowded winter beaches epitomized my home. We watched the rockets go up
past decade, her work focused on developing
into space from our front yard. At my first job, I worked with ceramic circuit cards,
hybrid technology for fiber optical transceivers.
semiconductors, and a needle-guided gold wire to create interconnects from point to
In that capacity, she defined best practices for
point. It was natural to me. Little did I know that my mom did hybrid semiconductor
the design team to assure robust performance
technology work at her job. She supported the development of antenna, integrated
in harsh environments. Her recent work can
circuit, and modem technology used in the NASA missions. After 30 years, she retired
be summarized as designing and evaluating
as a Field Quality Engineer from Harris Corporation. I learned best practices for
mechanical, electrical, and optical components,
integrating family and work from mom. Embracing the lifestyle results in a meaningful
developing materials and processes to assure
natural gift to pass down to future generations.
rugged performance, testing for reliability
advancement, and implementing risk mitigation. For the rest of Karen Vintroux’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
CUI_Karen Vintroux_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs4.LL.indd 151 10/21/22 9:17 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•

Kristin McKenzie supportive of women in engineering and automation?
I’ve been fortunate with my experience at Digi-Key, which is why I’ve been with the
organization over 27 years. It’s just a good company. One of our core values is “People
Senior Director of Information Technology
Make the Difference,” which has held true throughout my career. Our people are
Digi-Key Electronics Digi-Key’s secret sauce. I get to work with a lot of smart, creative and dedicated team
members who inspire me to do better in my own role. Technology has always been
B.S. Computer Science, SCL viewed as a differentiator at Digi-Key. Even early in my career, I felt like I was making an
University of North Dakota impact and contributing to the success of the company.
Digi-Key respects women in engineering. I was the first female software engineer
hired by the company and was involved in recruitment and mentoring engineers for
about 10 years before moving into various leadership roles. It’s been wonderful to see
how many bright and capable women in tech have joined Digi-Key over the years.
Overall, we have a great group of women leaders in the company. Digi-Key is an
active sponsor of Women in Electronics, which is a community of progressive women
leaders dedicated to expanding the opportunities for women in the electronics industry.
Kristin McKenzie thrives on leading technical particularly well. How did you and your team go about ensuring success?
teams and solving complex global business and Digi-Key launched a marketplace in 2020, which was an exciting initiative to provide
IT challenges to drive business value. She leads a one-stop shop for all aspects of technology innovation. We expanded our breadth
an organization of agile development teams of products and suppliers available to design engineers through this program. Our
who support critical business applications for team focused on the customer experience and seamlessly supporting Digi-Key and
Digi-Key’s sales and operations capabilities. Marketplace product in the same shopping cart, which was more challenging than it
Presently, her primary focus is leading a large sounds. We’ve been improving the supplier and customer channels over the past couple
technology transformation program for Digi-Key years and offering new capabilities like a PCB Builder tool and the DKRed program,
targeting digital first, enabling rapid growth and which allows makers, hobbyists and students to order custom circuit boards.
driving an exceptional customer experience.
She has worn many hats in her technology Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it — or what was the
career spanning almost three decades, outcome or lesson learned?
spending her first 12 years writing code as A recent international growth initiative pulled me further away from my technology roots
a software engineer and eventually moving and focused more on business operations in new markets, primarily China. Having no
into various leadership roles over software experience with business in China, the learning curve was significant. Building trust and
development, business analysis, program rapport between our U.S. and China team members and partners was essential. I’m
management, agile practices and international not involved in the business side today, but my team still supports the technology for
expansion initiatives. our China operations, and I continue to have a strong affinity for our business team in
Shanghai.
For the rest of Kristine McKenzie’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Digi-Key - Kristin McKenzie_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs4.LL.indd 152 10/20/22 3:05 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Melissa Heckman women in engineering and automation?
Elmanians, as we call ourselves, are a truly multi-cultural group! We pride ourselves on the
diversity of our teams, who represent people from all over the globe and walks of life. The
Senior Backplane Engineer
culture at Elma welcomes women and people from all types of different cultures. Women
Elma Electronic Inc. are listened to, and our opinions have weight. Most engineers are accepting of women in
our industry, and due to that, I feel very fortunate to be in this field.
B.S. Electrical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University - Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went particularly
San Luis Obispo
well. How did you and your team go about ensuring success?
A recent project came to us from a long-time customer, whose newest computing
platform was quite small. They wanted us to fit the backplane and two computer boards.
It required organizing internal meetings with a special team of backplane designers, a
mechanical designer, signal integrity engineer and cabling designers. Due to the severe
space limitations, we had to work out a way to fit all the electronic circuits. The solution we
proposed came out of a different approach than our usual methods. The team had to be
flexible to accommodate changes from the customer, and with frequent internal meetings,
we could keep everyone informed and included in the process. It ended up a very
Melissa is a Senior Backplane Engineer and
rewarding experience for everyone involved, a process that we have continued with new
has been with Elma Electronic for almost 25
projects.
years. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering
from California Polytechnic State University –
San Luis Obispo. Melissa is an indispensable
My father was an engineer. He enthusiastically encouraged my fascination with and love
leader in the design of high-speed backplanes
of NASA’s Apollo space program. He also brought home one of the early programmable
used for implementing embedded computers
calculators and taught me how to play a submarine game on it. When it was time to choose
based on high performance open architectures
a university program, I chose electrical engineering, originally because I wanted to get into
like OpenVPX, SOSA and others. She works
solar energy. Now I support customers who help enable innovations in the energy sector as
through the entire backplane design process,
well as other industries.
starting with supporting sales on the technical
aspect of customer quotes; working with the
Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it — or what was the
PCB designers for the schematics and layouts;
outcome or lesson learned?
verifying designs while helping to ensure a
In the early to mid-90s, I experienced multiple layoffs. It was frustrating and demoralizing,
quality finished product with the manufacturing
but I stuck with it because I enjoyed what I was doing and wanted to continue to grow in my
team. She is an integral part of a team of
chosen field. While interviewing, I learned to read red flags, and how to find the positives.
mechanical engineers and cable designers
The experiences also taught me to understand what I liked and disliked about working in
that design and deliver the full embedded
certain industries. One important thing I learned is that I enjoy working for companies that
computing chassis and backplane integration
aren’t too large.
built to customer specifications. For the rest of Melissa Heckman’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Elma Electronics - Melissa Heckman_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.indd 153 10/21/22 9:13 AM
••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•

supportive of women in engineering and automation?
I have always appreciated Encoder Products Company’s desire to see its
employees thrive in the work they do. I’ve been asked on multiple occasions,
“Are you enjoying your work? Is there any career path you’d like to explore?”
If I find myself wanting a new challenge or a different path in my career, the
company has always been open to considering it.
Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that
went particularly well. How did you and your team go about ensuring
success?
Our sustaining team was met with an unplanned part shortage, and
Melissa Wallin we needed new parts as soon as possible so an order could ship on-
time. The sustaining engineering team needed to work with our in-house
manufacturing process to make the part, the Quality department to review
Sustaining Engineer
and approve the new part, and production to install the new part and get the
Encoder Products Company order complete before the deadline. Every department worked together and
understood the urgency of the situation, and with great team effort, the order
shipped on-time.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Platteville What first drew you to engineering and this industry?
Engineering was something my dad (also a mechanical engineer) put on
my radar. In high school I had a Rube Goldberg project in which my team
and I opened a can of soda using a chain reaction of simple machines. It
required lots of time in my dad’s shop designing and assembling the device.
After the project was complete, my dad remarked that the project seemed to
come very naturally to me and asked if I’d ever considered engineering as a
career. I enjoyed working with my hands and using the scientific method to
solve problems, so mechanical engineering seemed like a good fit.
Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it, or what
was the outcome or lesson learned?
Melissa Wallin is a Sustaining Engineer My biggest career challenge is knowing when to act on a problem. For
at Encoder Products Company, where example, production may be seeing issues with installing a screw. Now
she develops solutions to product and the question is, what is the root cause of this issue? Is it the screw? Is it the
production problems through fixturing, method of installing the screw? Who was involved? Et cetera. Collecting
improved processes, and design this information is time consuming and sometimes challenging, so you must
changes. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical discern when you have enough information to act. The challenge is knowing
Engineering from University of Wisconsin- when that time is.
Platteville. In her free time, she enjoys
hiking, fishing, and baking. What career advice would you give to your younger self?
Don’t be afraid to be wrong. There are plenty of times when you will mess
up or assume something incorrectly. That’s ok, and it doesn’t necessarily
mean you’re a bad engineer. I think it is very easy, especially as a woman
engineer, to doubt your skills and think yourself unqualified for the task at
hand. While there are always things to learn, the worst thing you can do for
yourself is avoid new challenges. There is little growth when you do that.
For the rest of Melissa Wallin’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Encoder - Melissa Wallin_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 154 10/20/22 3:07 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Kristen Copeland Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive of
igus has a very welcoming culture and they are not afraid to take a risk on atypical
Moore employees. At the time I was hired, I was the first female outside technical sales
representative for our energy chain and cable management division. When I interviewed
for the role, our upper management made me aware that I would be the first female in
Territory Sales Manager
this position, but they informed me that if I was up for the job, they thought I would be a
igus great fit. In a male dominated field, I am grateful that igus was prepared to step outside
Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering with a of the box when offering me the job and they have continued to support me every step
minor in mathematics, University of Alabama of the way.
Master’s in business administration with a Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went
specialization in sales, University of Alabama particularly well. How did you and your team go about ensuring success?
I recently had a customer that was using our cable management system for a plasma
table. Our product was originally designed in many years ago by a third-party
engineering company and it was not designed per our specifications. This led to
frequent failures of our product that was causing the customer expensive downtime.
Through various meetings with myself, my regional manager, and our industry manager,
we were able to demonstrate to the customer how our newly proposed solution would
differ from their current cable management system. It took several different meetings
and proposals to ultimately regain the customer’s trust in not only our products but our
capabilities as well. We were even able to take things one step above from just offering
Moore participated in the STEM program them products and provided the customer with a turnkey installed system. Since we
when she worked on both her bachelor and installed our system two years ago, the customer has seen no downtime which has also
master’s degrees. She had various mechanical restored their confidence in our products and our company as a whole.
engineering internships with companies such as
Project Design Group, Austal USA and Airbus Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it — or what was the
Americas Engineering. These experiences helped outcome or lesson learned?
her realize her passion for helping people solve My overall biggest career challenge has been gaining the respect of maintenance
problems on a day-to-day basis. Since graduating managers and engineers who have been doing their jobs longer than I have been alive.
college, she has worked as an outside technical Some customers are sometimes reluctant to take constructive criticism from me and
sales representative and a territory sales manager would sometimes push back on my recommendations. Ultimately this taught me to
for igus for the last four years. This position has enter meetings with even more confidence than I normally would and not to back down
allowed her to combine her love of engineering from my recommendations. I must trust that I am the product expert in my field and that
with her passion of helping customers find I have something positive to offer my customers. What originally began as a challenge
solutions and design innovative equipment using in my career now has transformed me into a more confident sales engineer.
igus products.
For the rest of Kristen Copeland Moore’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
igus_Kristen Moore_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 155 10/21/22 9:19 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Jaya Bindra women in engineering and automation?
Infineon is a unique company that provides ownership of impactful and challenging
projects to employees at all levels The company also guides them to the finish line,
Director of Applications Engineering, IoT,
which is something I appreciate. Infineon inspires me to embrace innovation and
Compute and Wireless Division continue to work towards creating a new, better version of myself.
Infineon Technologies
Executive General Management (MBA) particularly well. How did you and your team go about ensuring success?
Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore, India In October 2021, our fairly new team of two were approached to deliver a proof-of-
concept for a demo that runs a completely new, state-of-the-art technology called
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and ‘Matter’ using Infineon products. Our deadline was only two months to architect, design,
Communication - Kurukshetra University, India build hardware, firmware and a mobile App to present the demo. The complex project
included integrating different Infineon products such as PSoC™ 6 MCU, PSoC™4 MCU,
AIROC™ WiFi/Bluetooth devices, OPTIGA™ Trust M, to make a full-fledged
smart lock design.
While our team was architecting and learning the new technology, we also
collaborated with design partners to support the development. We were able to secure
a partner, and our two-month journey began. We trained our partner while working
on the design. Eventually, this partner acted like our extended team for Hardware,
Jaya loves to mentor teams and enable their
Firmware and App development and we were able to deliver the solution one week
creativity to build innovative solutions that make
before our deadline.
life easier, safer and greener. She takes great
The notable achievement is the final demo looked more like a reference platform
pride in leading the Applications and Solutions
than a proof-of-concept, and the same demo became Infineon’s flagship demo for
Development group at Infineon in India.
‘Matter’ at various events thereafter including CSA (who define the Matter spec) and
“My team encourages me to be a better
Embedded world events.
version of myself by putting their trust in me as a
leader, and I ensure I live up to their expectation
by introducing learning opportunities and
Interest and curiosity initially drew me into engineering. Things like resistors, capacitors,
working hard towards developing their career.”
and lights fascinated me. When it came to studying engineering, I knew from the get-go
During her school years, Jaya was a national
it would be Electronics Engineering. A good engineer requires one to be a creative
level gymnast and even today indulges in
problem-solver.
casual somersaults. She believes in simple
As engineers, we make things work. And I have always enjoyed design and building
and innovative solutions to problems. She is
things, resulting in greater job satisfaction, and keeping me engaged and interested.
passionate about technology and has authored
What I enjoy most is helping customers solve their interesting and complex issues using
more than 45 technical write-ups in international
the right technology, products and software.
magazines related to IoT and embedded
systems. For the rest of Jaya Bindra’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Infineon_Jaya Bindra_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs5.LL.indd 156 10/20/22 3:13 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Nicole Mathieu
A main thing I would say about maxon is that they do not hold you back, they want you
Inside Sales Engineer to succeed and provide you with the tools and support to do so. Anytime you need help
or clarification there is always someone there to jump in. I was able to be mentored
maxon by various people at my company where they took the time out of their day to help me
grow as an employee as well as a person. We have an amazing Women in Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
program where we do quarterly meetings with the women globally at our company.
University of Massachusetts,
This group allows us all to connect, lean on each other for support and share our
Dartmouth
experiences.

I have loved math and problem solving since my first algebra class. To me, math
problems felt like a puzzle where it was fun to do and only had one answer. I am also
a very high energy person so when I was able to zone out while doing math and just
focus on one thing, it felt nice. I later took physics in high school and one project was
to design and build a roller coaster. I instantly loved it because I was able to use math
Nicole Mathieu graduated from Umass to create something. With my love of math and coming from a family of engineers it felt
Dartmouth with a B.S. in Mechanical natural to go down the engineering path. I loved the concept of ideas becoming reality
Engineering in 2020. During her time as and being able to be a part of that process. I chose mechanical engineering because
a student, she completed an internship it was the broadest, it came with a lot of opportunities and options when selecting a job
at Night Vision Technology Solutions focus. I was drawn to sales engineering because I was able to use problem solving
in Jamestown, RI where she created as well as channel my extroverted personality when it came to the sales end. Working
3D rendered images of night vision in the motion control industry, I can communicate with customers to find out their
cameras used in combat. She began application needs, help find them a solution and see their ideas come to life. I find it to
her professional career March of 2021 be rewarding both personally and professionally.
at Maxon Group Inc. in Taunton, MA.
At maxon she works as an Inside Sales What career advice would you give to your younger self?
Engineer where she acts as a technical If I could tell the younger version of myself anything it is to simply see it through. No
and sales support to the outside sales matter how hard something gets or how many times you stumble, never forget why you
team and small accounts for four started. Always believe in yourself even when it seems impossible. Success is on the
territories (Midwest, Upper East, Central other side you must keep going to be able to achieve it.
and Mexico). Outside of the office, she
participated as a panel member for a
Society of Women in Engineering event
this past May where she was able to be
the person she once needed. For the rest of Nicole Mathieu’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
maxon- Nicole Mathieu_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 157 10/21/22 9:24 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Annalisa Regalado women in engineering and automation?
One of Microchip’s Guiding Values is “employees are our greatest strength,” where
inclusion and diversity are emphasized. We have programs that promote and
STEM outreach representative
encourage outreach in our communities, from offering mentorship and volunteer
Microchip Technology Incorporated opportunities, to helping those in need. I co-chair AZFirst, the charitable foundation
founded by Microchip, whose mission is to initiate and support the study of science,
Bachelor of Science in Engineering technology, and engineering. I am a direct result of one of the programs Microchip
Arizona State University supports and wouldn’t have earned my degree had they not provided access to
mentors and programs that promote and encourage women to go into STEM careers.

I went through a marine biology program in high school and I initially wanted to be
a whale trainer but knew I would need to look outside of Arizona for college and a
career. Next to the marine biology room was a smaller room that housed the after-
Annalisa Regalado is the STEM outreach
school Robotics Club. Being the oldest of four girls, fixing things wasn’t completely
representative for Microchip Technology,
unfamiliar, but this was more than just helping fix a kitchen sink. One day, they asked
headquartered in Chandler, Ariz. She manages
for help painting wood for a crate that would be used to ship a robot to California for
both internal and external STEM programs,
a competition. Soon after that I was attending meetings and helping to write technical
including For Inspiration and Recognition of
reports. I started spending a lot of time with the other club students and I started to see
Science and Technology (FIRST) and Robotics
myself doing engineering as a career. Electric cars, trebuchets, land and underwater
Education & Competition Foundation program
robots became my favorite projects. I was elected the club’s president my junior and
offerings. She serves as the statewide regional
senior years of high school. Having been on the robotics team for four years, I knew this
director for the FIRST Robotics Competition and
was the field I wanted to pursue. Now at Microchip, I get to help those same teams and
is an event partner for the Robotics Education
know first-hand the difference these STEM programs can make in a young person’s life.
Competition Foundation. Her main objective is to
engage and support students through science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM)
programs, grants and scholarships.
My biggest hurdle started in college. As one of only three women from my graduating
Annalisa is an ASU alum, earning her
class, trying to be accepted by my professional peers was tough. By overcoming similar
B.S.E. in Engineering. Her previous positions
challenges on my high school robotics team, it better prepared me for the uphill battle
include several years at Arizona State University
to prove myself on project teams based on knowledge and not my gender.
as a community and student engagement
In my current role, I have a similar challenge as I am younger than most of my
coordinator, assisting three executive directors,
team. I find having open communication and asking my co-workers for their input
planning and executing K-12 summer camps,
demonstrates my ability to complete the vision we set forth as a team.
recruitment and retention, student advising and
front desk administration.
For the rest of Annalisa Regalado’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Microchip - Annalisa Regalado_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs4.LL.indd 158 10/20/22 3:16 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
What first drew you to engineering?

Deana Fu Sending their children to college was everything that my parents had hoped for. When it
came time for college applications, I drew a blank at the field labeled intended major. I felt
the conflicting emotions of almost living up to my parent’s expectations yet falling short for not
Director of Product Management
having thought out what I was going to spend the next four years studying. I was raised to seek
Mitsubishi Electric out new experiences, to step into discomfort, and to take calculated risks. So, I did exactly that,
and off to Cornell University I went to pursue a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University How has engineering helped you develop leadership skills?
I started in the world of manufacturing, first at Mitsubishi Electric’s factory in Japan and then
at the American headquarters near Chicago. Transitioning to life and work in a different
country helped me develop leadership skills that were foundational to my career in product
management. When you are the least tenured of the team, you must persuade people to help
you with your projects, listen and adjust to the team you are working with, and influence without
authority over them. I learned to give myself grace when I made mistakes and to be humble in
accepting advice and mentorship. When I first joined the team at our American headquarters,
my assignment was to launch a campaign to accelerate adoption of a new programmable
controller product. I called the stakeholders to get their buy-in, and time and again I heard, “I
Deana Fu has served as a product
get that this is the latest and greatest technology, but my customers do not care.” I planned a
manager for various industrial automation
road trip around the country visiting customers to understand the challenges they were trying
products throughout her career. Her
to resolve, advocated for enhanced features and functions with the development team, and
passion is in the intricate weave of
crafted a new campaign to motivate our sales team to achieve the results I sought after.
engineering, business, and relationship-
building. As the director of Product
Give us an example of your involvement in: a design project, a product launch, the
Management of Mitsubishi Electric
development of a new technology, or the adoption of a new technology or process.
Automation, Inc., she is responsible for
Recently, I was asked to lead the effort to implement a business operating system based on
the company’s product management
the 80/20 principle, which consists of driving a conscious decision to treat things with the
team as they master their roles as
appropriate amount of effort, based on the overall value they bring or could bring. Several
innovators, problem solvers, and
cross-functional initiatives were implemented, and it became my role to coach each business
advocates for their product lines.
group to define impactful strategies, be intentional at making data driven decisions (especially
when it comes to resource allocations), and establish clear performance indicators to quantify
progress. I had doubts about taking on this additional role of driving a cultural change within
our organization. It seemed to be a distraction from my focus on building the best product
management team I could. But after seeking out advice from my mentors, I realized nothing is
in conflict at all. As a product leader, I not only have to understand the technical aspects of my
product, but I also drive the growth strategy and own the business outcome.
For the rest of Deana Fu’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Mitsubishi- Deana Fu_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.LL.indd 159 10/21/22 9:28 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Talk about the culture of your company? What makes it inclusive or supportive of
Dana Myers women in engineering and automation?
As a female engineer, I have worked in some very challenging environments. Learning
to navigate tough environments in a male-dominated industry is something everyone
Global Product Manager
struggles with. When you find somewhere that truly supports women and shows that
nVent by tapping them for leadership opportunities, having them in the board room, having
MBA - Carlson School of Management diversity at all levels—that’s the real report card to me. nVent is far and away ahead
University of Minnesota of many other companies in our industry. My management chain all the way up to the
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering top includes people I genuinely believe want to empower me to succeed. When the
Michigan Technological University president of your company knows your name and asks how your son is doing, that
should tell you something about how nVent values people.
Describe a recent company project that went particularly well. How did you and
your team go about ensuring success?
I am fortunate to be surrounded by incredibly talented people. In the last few years
we’ve had to challenge ourselves to get really creative troubleshooting supply chain
and pricing challenges and not letting those things stand in the way of meeting
customer commitments. We have been working for years on an innovative electrical
Dana Myers has worked at nVent for
enclosure for extreme environments. Knowing the customer problem and figuring
nearly 8 years. She entered as an industry
out how to create a platform of products that clearly addresses those challenges in a
specialist following a six year career in the
technically advanced way is something I’m very proud of. From start to finish, our team
functional and process chemistry consulting
was able to hold the paintbrush, innovate, develop the solution and bring it to life.
industry. During her time at nVent she
has moved into several different roles and
Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it—or what was the
earned her MBA. She now works as a global
outcome and lesson learned?
product manager.
My biggest career challenge was figuring out what I wanted my career to look like in
Dana specializes in building product
the first place! As I’ve navigated through different roles and responsibilities, I’ve gained
portfolio strategies to solve unique customer
a better understanding of myself and where my natural curiosities are, and I’ve learned
application challenges. She makes an
how to leverage those things to bring value to a business. That growth has led me to a
impact by developing and deploying new
career that plays to my strengths, but I didn’t always know how to get there. I learned
products and educating sales teams on
that for me, someone with a very mechanical mind, I like to create, I like strategy, I love
how to best communicate and deliver the
working with people. I was fortunate to be able to find a workplace that values those
value-add to customers for the products she
things and puts me in a position to do them every day.
supports. Her favorite part of her job is the
variety. No day is ever the same and she
has welcomed the opportunity to work on
projects that have pushed her and helped
her grow her career at nVent. For the rest of Dana Myers’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
nVent - Dana Myers_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs4.LL.indd 160 10/20/22 3:22 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Ana Montes women in engineering and automation?
I’ve always liked that at Velo3D there is a strong sense of collaboration and respect. There
are a lot of opportunities to interact with different teams, and everyone is always open to
Senior Technologist
help and work together to achieve our common goals. I have always felt respected and
Velo3D included, and while many times I have found myself to be the only woman in a room or
meeting, I’ve always felt my input has been valued and considered.
B.S. and M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went
PhD Mechanical Engineering
I was recently working in qualifying a new material for the Velo3D printers. This material,
Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
called GRCop-42, is a copper alloy of particular interest to the aerospace industry. Due
to its high reflectivity, conductivity and melting temperature, this alloy proved to be very
challenging to print. The typical processes we use for other materials didn’t work very well
for this one, and we identified new failure modes that we hadn’t seen before. We had a
tight schedule, a small team, and a lot of work to complete. We also had a lot of pressure
from other teams that depended on us completing our work to be able to start theirs. I
started by clearly laying out what the main requirements would be for this project, while
also keeping track of lower priority goals that could be tackled later. We set up regular
internal check-ins to track progress, and kept the customer informed along the way on how
Originally from Colombia, Ana moved to the
the project was moving forward. While there were a lot of challenges related to maintaining
USA to pursue a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
good communication and synchronization across teams, I consider the project was
with an emphasis in Material Science. After
overall very successful in that we were able to deliver a product that met and exceeded
graduation, she started as a Junior Process
the customer expectations. It required a lot of hard work, a great team of people, good
Engineer at Velo3D, where she now holds a
organization, many iterations, and open collaboration both internally as well as with the
position as a Senior Technologist. In this role,
customer.
she works on developing laser powder bed
3D printing processes for a variety of metallic
materials. One of her favorite parts about her What first drew you to engineering and this industry?
job is getting to see how the processes she I loved math and science classes during high school. I found it very exciting to learn about
develops on small-scale test structures turn basic concepts and principles that allowed me to derive exact solutions to problems. For
out when used in the 3D printing of large-scale that reason, engineering felt like a natural choice for me when selecting a career, even
components, and knowing that the technology though I come from a family of artists. I started my undergrad in a General Engineering
she is helping develop enables the printing of program, and after getting more exposure to the different path options available, I opted
complex and ambitious designs that allow fast for Material Science and Engineering under the Mechanical Engineering Department.
innovation in the aerospace, transportation and In my senior year, I had the opportunity to join a research lab focused on powder
energy industries. metallurgy, and that experience sparked my interest in research and experimentation in
manufacturing.
For the rest of Ana Montes’ insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Velo3D - Ana Montes_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 161 10/21/22 9:33 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Maritza Ruiz women in engineering and automation?
At Velo3D, we have a very innovative environment which means we must be inclusive of
diverse mindsets. We try and encourage innovation across all levels and we regularly see
Director of Process Engineering
junior engineers and members of other non-technical teams provide possible solutions to
Velo3D various problems.
We also encourage internal mobility within the company, due to our collaborative
PhD Mechanical Engineering environment. We regularly have people on adjacent teams—manufacturing, support
UC Berkeley technicians, and others—change teams to progress in their careers.
Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went particularly
Early on, we had an issue where one of our printers was generating a safety hazard,
stopping production on the printer. We created an action team to work on the issue and
come up with solutions that would ensure safe operation of the system. We had to approach
it from a fundamental science perspective to mitigate the inherent risk in our system. Team
members from various groups came together to resolve the issue, including operations,
Maritza is the director of process
hardware, software, and process engineering teams. Together, we came up with a system
engineering at Velo3D and has been with
that would test our theory of what was happening on our machine, and validate the plan to
the 3D printing company for nearly 5 years.
ensure its safe operation. Through these experiments, we came up with a novel solution.
As the director of process engineering,
Maritza oversees the qualification of new
metal alloys in the company’s Sapphire
I’ve always been quite interested in physics and I love solving new problems. The field
family of printers. She also develops new
of additive manufacturing has a lot of growth potential. There are endless amounts of
processes and techniques to improve the
unresearched areas in the industry.
material properties of parts printed using
When I joined Velo3D, we were extremely focused on how to build parts with low,
Velo3D technology and maximize the
unsupported overhangs. This was nearly impossible to do in conventional metal additive
capabilities of the lasers used in Sapphire
manufacturing solutions. The physics behind building these surfaces was very interesting.
printers. Prior to joining Velo3D, Maritza
We had to consider how the laser meltpools develop in the powder bed, and how the part
was a Mechanical Design Engineer at the
reacts to various conditions throughout the build.
solar energy company SunPower. When
Through extensive trials and learnings we developed a technique that would make
not working with Velo3D’s world-class
large unsupported overhangs possible to print. This created many new opportunities for our
technology, Maritza enjoys mountain biking
company and is one of the reasons our customers purchase our technology—especially
in the Santa Cruz mountains, gardening,
those in aerospace who are using our technology to produce a variety of components in
and spending time with her husband and
rocket engines
6-month-old son.
I really enjoy solving these types of new problems that have a huge possible impact.
For the rest of Maritza Ruiz’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Velo3D - Maritza Ruiz_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 162 10/26/22 1:37 PM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive
Michelle Goeman of women in engineering and automation?
WAGO offers opportunity for growth in so many areas for our employees. We’ve had
customer service move to product management, product support move to training
Regional Sales Manager
manager, and my personal story of moving to an outside sales manager position. It
WAGO Corporation is definitely an inclusive atmosphere with low turn-over. We also offer a flexible work
environment so that you can have a family and a career.
Bachelors of Science Industrial Engineering
Minor in Business Management Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went
Milwaukee School of Engineering
A recent project I worked on was with our Custom Engineering team to save my
customer wiring time, and create a harness terminal block assembly to remote I/O
connector. They were having trouble getting help in the plant, so this solution saved
them so much valuable assembly time. One of our in-house engineers, assisted with
the project, and after a Teams meeting with our customer she was able to make
some significant time-saving suggestions.

Michelle realized early on that the time studies
I actually selected engineering as college major from a high-school career
and ergonomics of Industrial Engineering were
assessment test. Although, I discovered early that the Industrial Engineering field was
not going to be fulfilling enough for her. So
not for me, one of my college professors convinced me to continue on. She informed
she entered the work force from college as an
me that many employers want a 4-yr technical degree, so they know the employee is
applications engineer for drives / motor control
technically minded and trainable. I quickly transitioned into more of an electrical field,
products, where she held various positions.
but have enjoyed it ever since.
Then she moved to WAGO , where she was a
product manager for over 10 years, and is now
Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it — or what was
in outside sales for coming up on 5 years.
the outcome or lesson learned?
About 5 years ago, I felt like I was becoming complacent in my job. I could handle
the responsibilities in less than 40 hours/week, as I had been in the role for over
10 years. I was making good money and good at my job, but wanted more. Initially,
I didn’t see a clear path for advancement within the company, and struggled with
what was next for me. I discussed a sales position with our VP of Sales as I honestly
wasn’t sure I’d be a good fit. He helped me overcome my concerns, and really
convinced me to go for it. I am loving the new challenges and experiences of this
sales role.
For the rest of Michelle Goeman’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
WAGO - Michelle Goeman_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs2.LL.indd 163 10/21/22 9:36 AM

••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Kitty Kong women in engineering and automation?
I have worked at Wind River for more than 25 years, starting out as an intern and working
my way to my current role as a director. For some, this may seem too long to work at
Engineering Director
one company. But for me, Wind River has provided an environment of personal and
Wind River professional growth. One of the reasons I started and stayed there is its culture and
diversity. Wind River fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, knowledge sharing,
B.A. Computer Software Engineering and teamwork. On every project and every team I have worked with, everyone has been
UC – Berkeley supportive of each other and shared a common goal for success. Even as a woman in a
male-dominant profession, I have felt respected and valued for what I can contribute.
Describe a recent company project in which you were involved that went particularly
Three years ago, Wind River had a vision to transform from a traditional embedded RTOS
company to an intelligent systems software company by introducing a cloud-native
platform for our customers. This new product encompasses all the existing products within
Wind River plus many new technologies. It is a very large-scale project with many teams
involved! About a year ago was our official first release of this product. There were lots of
Kitty Kong oversees teams that work on the
challenges along the way to deliver this first release: infrastructure setups, coordination
company’s flagship real-time embedded
between teams, new processes, new technologies, integration challenges, resource
operating system, full-system simulation of
challenges, etc. Even with these challenges, my team and all the teams contributing to
target hardware, and cloud-native platform.
the product came together, collaborated as a single team to integrate all the technologies,
She earned her bachelor’s in computer science
addressed issues as they came, worked closely with QA testing, and delivered the release
from University of Berkeley and started her
on time. It was a proud moment for Wind River and all the teams involved. Such success is
career at Wind River Systems after graduation.
due to the collaborative and positive culture we have at Wind River.
She joined Wind River as a kernel engineer,
working on device drivers, BSPs, and OS
kernel features. She has worked through many
engineering levels and technical leadership
I was a senior member of the technical staff and a technical lead. However, I realized
and project management roles, and is now a
then that I might not have the technical creativity to get to the next level of becoming an
director of engineering, leading the teams that
architect. I had to figure out where my career path would lead. While I was doubting
she used to work in.
my readiness, my director approached me and offered me a manager role. I hesitated
but decided to take the offer with the condition that I could remain technical and close
to the engineers. Becoming a great manager could make a difference for an engineer’s
career. I have never looked back as I love managing a team — although I do itch to code
occasionally.
For the rest of Kitty Kong’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Wind River - Kitty Kong_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs7(REV) LL.indd 164 10/21/22 1:53 PM
••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive
Stephanie Moscrip of women in engineering and automation?
The word that first comes to mind to describe the culture at Wind River is family. Wind River
is a place where people work for decades because we are passionate about our products,
VP of Engineering Excellence and Linux
we support each other, we pull together to make things happen, and we have fun.
BSc Electrical Engineering The second word that comes to mind is diverse. People at Wind River strongly believe
Queen’s University that the best workforce is a diverse workforce, where different perspectives combine to
bring out the best in everyone and everything we do. Wind River hosts a series of diversity
and inclusion panels, one of which is geared toward women.
The last word that comes to mind is balance. Wind River encourages and supports a
balanced life — something I have appreciated, having raised now-16-year-old twins during
the time I have been at Wind River.
Describe a recent company project in which you were involved that

went particularly well.
What began as an inkling in someone’s mind is now a product that is going to enable a
Stephanie Moscrip graduated from Queen’s
software-defined, AI-driven world. Bringing it to fruition in less than three years has been an
University in Canada with a degree in electrical
incredible ride. As VP of Engineering Excellence, I was actively involved in working across
engineering with a computer option. Her career
the department to manage and enable our engineers to deliver as they grew from a team of
started at an optical devices and module company
ten to a team of hundreds. As VP of Strategic Programs, I am working with our partners and
called JDS, which then became JDS Uniphase.
customers to further enable the vision. To see this product and vision gain traction across
For the first few years she worked in embedded
the industry and know that I was part of making it happen is incredibly satisfying.
software development, and then moved into
project management and general leadership
Describe your biggest career challenge. How did you solve it — or what
roles. After more than 13 years, though, it was
was the outcome or lesson learned?
time for a change. She moved to Wind River,
My biggest career challenge was being asked to take over our Wind River Linux product
where she has happily worked for more than 14
engineering team. In my mind, taking on the Director of Linux Engineering role was a big
years. She started as a project manager for the
leap over a huge chasm, and I am afraid of heights! However, it ended up being one of the
Wind River Linux project, working her way up to
best decisions of my life. I realized a lot about my strengths and how they can be applied
project director and working on most Wind River
in different areas, and I was able to drive several strategic initiatives within the team. I am
products in some capacity over the years. She
most proud of transforming the team into a Continuous Integration/Continuous Development
became director of Linux Engineering in 2018,
(CI/CD) organization. I had to first get buy-in from the extended team and management,
adding responsibilities for Engineering Excellence
then work through the unique hurdles of doing CI/CD with an open source–based product.
in 2020 and being promoted to VP of Engineering
We were able to complete the transformation within a year, becoming one of the first CI/CD
Excellence and Linux in 2021. She recently took
organizations within the company and having the first Linux CI/CD offering in the industry.
on an additional role as VP of Strategic Initiatives.
Lesson learned: Take the leap.
For the rest of Stephanie Moscrip’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Wind River - Stephanie Moscrip_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 165 10/21/22 9:39 AM
••
••
2022
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
••
••
•
Anna Wint Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive of
When I started at Würth, I was warmly welcomed and made a part of the Würth family.
Quality Engineer
The culture here is one that builds people up. From the top down, the mindset has
Wurth Industry North America been “We’re a team, we’re a family.” We’re encouraged to learn more about topics
we are interested in, with Würth offering various trainings to all employees (effective
communication, problem resolution, in depth fastener knowledge, etc.) and supporting
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical continuing education outside the business as well. I’ve never been denied the
Engineering opportunity to learn and develop my skills. Each time I’ve gone to my manager about
Valparaiso University something I wanted to learn, I’ve always received the support and help to get that
training.
One major win has been the growth of the large customer account that I support. In
mid-2020 the account was a small one, but now they are one of the larger accounts with
the potential for even more growth. There were multiple things we did that ensured our
success. One was to have in-depth team trainings with everyone associated with the
Anna started in the automotive industry account about our customer and their requirements and culture. Another major help
as a manufacturing engineer for an was that we had, and still have, daily communications with the customer. Those daily
engine manufacturer in 2014 and worked communications made sure we avoided any issues with the parts and helped to build
as part of a team that helped to begin their trust in Würth.
producing a new diesel engine. In 2017,
she transferred to another engine line and What first drew you to engineering and this industry?
began work as a production line quality Growing up I always wanted to know how things worked: sewing machines, lights,
engineer as well as the shift A3 problem cars, etc. Several members of my extended family are farmers and I remember wanting
solving coach. In 2020, she moved to the to know how the tractors and combines worked. I was able to take pre-engineering
fastener industry and began working at courses in high school and quickly found that I enjoyed coming up with solutions and
Würth. She currently supports one large working to solve problems. I also took mechanical drafting courses and was able to co-
customer account and several smaller op as a drafting student supporting design engineers at a local company. After working
customer accounts located across the as a manufacturing engineer I became more and more interested in quality and quality
U.S. in regards to quality and production management. When an opening came in the quality team, I transferred there.
part approvals (PPAPs).
For the rest of Anna Wint’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
Wurth_Anna Wint_WiE Paid Profile 10-22_Vs3.LL.indd 166 10/20/22 3:35 PM

WOMEN IN MEDTECH | WOMEN IN ENGINEERING | AD INDEX
Accumold ....................................................................... 143 FLEXcon............................................................................. 35

Advanced Micro Controls Inc........................................ 133 Hobson & Motzer............................................................. 63
Advanced Powder Products............................................ 17 igus ................................................................................. 101
Allegro Microsystems .................................................... 119 Infineon.............................................................................. 95
Allied Electronics & Automation .................................. 129 Integer............................................................................... 69
AllMotion ........................................................................ 126 Interpower......................................................................... 61
Altech Corporation..................................................... 10, 11 Isometric Micro Molding.................................................. 49
B. Braun............................................................................ BC John Evans’ Sons, Inc....................................................... 53
Bay Associates Wire Technologies, Inc........................... 18 Johnson Matthey.............................................................. 29
Beckhoff Automation .................................................... 117 maxon ............................................................................... 97
Biocoat.............................................................................. 25 MedBio.............................................................................. 65
Bishop Wisecarver ......................................................... 127 MedTech Women............................................................. 70
Carl Stahl Sava Industries................................................. 14 MICRO............................................................................... 58
CGI Inc. ........................................................................... 121 Microchip ........................................................................ 125
Cinch Connectivity Solutions ........................................ 145 MicroLumen................................................................ 42, 43
Clinical Research Strategies............................................... 5 Mitsubishi Electric Automation .................................... 135
Clippard............................................................................... 7 New England Wire & Tubing Technologies..................... 1
Components Corporation............................................... 47 nVent ............................................................................... 103
COMSOL........................................................................... 56 Phillips Medisize............................................................... 28
Confluent Medical Technologies.................................... 16 PSN Labs........................................................................... 23
Cretex Medical.................................................................. 13 RECOM Power GmbH ................................................... 113
Digi-Key Electronics ........................................................ 93 Resonectics..................................................................... IFC
Donatelle............................................................................. 8 SENKO Advanced Components..................................... 46
Eagle Stainless Tube......................................................... 19 Tegra Medical................................................................. IBC
Elma Electronic, Inc. ...................................................... 144 Velo3D............................................................................. 139
Elsner Engineering........................................................... 31 WAGO Corporation ...................................................... 141
Eurofins................................................................................ 2 Wind River....................................................................... 109
Filmecc USA, Inc, subsidiary of Asahi Intecc USA.......... 38 Würth Industry North America...................................... 105
Flexan.................................................................................. 3
SALES LEADERSHIP TEAM
Ryan Ashdown Mary Ann Cooke Courtney Nagle Managing Director VP of Sales | Publisher
rashdown@wtwhmedia.com mcooke@wtwhmedia.com cnagle@wtwhmedia.com Scott McCafferty Mike Emich
216.316.6691 781.710.4659 440.523.1685 smccafferty@wtwhmedia.com memich@wtwhmedia.com
@wtwh_CSeel 310.279.3844 508.446.1823
@SMMcCafferty @wtwh_memich
Jami Brownlee Jim Dempsey Jim Powers
jbrownlee@wtwhmedia.com jdempsey@wtwhmedia.com jpowers@wtwhmedia.com
224.760.1055 216.387.1916 312.925.7793
@jpowers_media EVP
Marshall Matheson
Ashley N. Burk Mike Francesconi Brian Toole mmatheson@wtwhmedia.com
737.615.8452 mfrancesconi@wtwhmedia.com btoole@wtwhmedia.com 805.895.3609
aburk@wtwhmedia.com 630.488.9029 267.290.2386 @mmatheson
168 Medical Design & Outsourcing | DESIGN WORLD 10 • 2022

Women in Engrg

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Women in Engrg

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

inside:

COVER_WIE 10-22_FINAL2.indd 1 10/26/22 2:29 PM

EDITORIAL Director, Audience VIDEO SERVICES

4 October 2022 DESIGN WORLD

Staff page WIE 10-22_Vs1.indd 4 10/25/22 3:17 PM

HERE’S WHAT WE SEE: ................................................12

218 women in executive roles .......................................15

10 women-led medtech startups ..................................36 Ellen Ferraro ................................................. 98

6 Medical Design & Outsourcing | DESIGN WORLD 10 • 2022

INTRO_COVER_WiE 10-22.indd 89 10/24/22 2:43 PM

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 90 10/21/22 1:07 PM

dubbed this the broken-rung problem for

Representation in engineering slightly

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 91

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 91 10/21/22 1:07 PM

AEROSPACE ENGINEERS 12%

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 92 10/21/22 1:08 PM

MEDIAN WAGES & SALARIES IN ENGINEERING

94 October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 94 10/21/22 1:09 PM

SELECT OCCUPATIONS BY SEX AND MEDIAN EARNINGS

WiE salary article 2022_Vs4 LL LE OK.indd 96 10/21/22 1:11 PM

F or Ellen Ferraro, the attraction of engineering is the problem solving she

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 98 10/20/22 3:45 PM

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 99

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 99 10/20/22 3:45 PM

program because I went to college

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 100 10/20/22 3:46 PM

102 October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD CA

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 102 10/20/22 3:47 PM

Connecting and Protecting

CADDY ERICO HOFFMAN RAYCHEM SCHROFF TRACER

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 103 10/22/22 9:29 AM

Work the problem

Ellen Ferraro_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5_LL.indd 104 10/20/22 3:51 PM

I n France, engineering is a well-known and respected field.

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 106 10/20/22 3:52 PM

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 107

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 107 10/20/22 3:53 PM

hard, still to this day, for companies

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 108 10/20/22 3:54 PM

program that we have here has strong or really enjoy chemistry in

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 110 10/20/22 3:56 PM

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 111

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 111 10/20/22 3:57 PM

we’re in the heart of Atlanta,” she Georgia mentioned an alumnus

Christine Georgia_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3.LL.indd 112 10/20/22 3:58 PM

Problem and solution

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 114 10/20/22 3:59 PM

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 115

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 115 10/20/22 4:00 PM

116 October 2022 www.designworldonline.com DESIGN WORLD

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 116 10/20/22 4:00 PM

that demonstrated consistent opportunities to gain a range of skills

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 118 10/20/22 4:01 PM

Meeting the expectations fellow potential to succeed and grow as an

Jasmine Jauregui_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs3 LL.indd 120 10/20/22 4:02 PM

Kathy Miller_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5 LL.indd 122 10/20/22 4:30 PM

B.S. Industrial Systems Engineering

DESIGN WORLD www.designworldonline.com October 2022 123

Kathy Miller_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5 LL.indd 123 10/20/22 4:30 PM

Engineering, though, was the

Kathy Miller_WIE_editorial.profile_Vs5 LL.indd 124 10/20/22 4:31 PM