Non-Traditional Engineering Careers Panel

Non-Traditional Engineering Careers Panel
Sponsored by EMC

Wednesday, January 28, 2010
RSVP: by January 21, 2010

Join us for an informative panel discussion featuring the following panelists discussing their non-traditional engineering career path:

Linda Barrington,
Engineering Service-Learning Coordinator at the Francis College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Jacqueline A. Issacs,
Associate Professor, Northeastern University

Jeanne M. Tanner,
Patent Attorney, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd

Denise Champagne,
Senior Director of Symmetrix Software Global Operations, EMC Corporation

Allison Cyganowski (Moderator), Systems Engineer, Raytheon

Date:
Thursday, January 28, 2010  

Time:
6:30-7:00pm Registration/Networking
7:00-7:30 pm Dinner
7:30-8:45 pm Program: Non-Traditional Engineering Panel
8:45-9:00 pm Networking
(**Note later than usual start time.)

Cost:
Free for EMC employees
$5 Student
$10 Unemployed/Retired SWE member
$15 SWE member
$25 Non-member  

Location:
EMC Corporation
176 South Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748

RSVP: by Jan 21 at www.sweboston.org via Acteva (At the SWE-Boston website you will be redirected to Acteva where you can RSVP).  Any questions may be directed to swebos@sweboston.org.

About Our Panelists

Linda Barrington, Engineering Service-Learning Coordinator at the Francis College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Linda holds BS degrees in Natural Science & Mathematics, Psychology and Mechanical Engineering, a Masters in Business Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Infrastructure for Developing Nations. She worked for over twenty years administrating programs for community service agencies prior to joining academia.

Jacqueline A. Issacs, Associate Professor, Northeastern University
Currently, Professor Isaacs works with the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) and leads the research thrust on societal implications of nanotechnology. CHN is an NSF funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), a collaborative effort among several university partners (Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, the University of New Hampshire, and Michigan State University) and the Boston Museum of Science. The CHN was awarded one of two team Aspiration Awards at NU in 2005. Collaborations on societal implications have led to the formation of the Nanotechnology and Society Research Group. As the NU Education Coordinator for the CHN, Professor Isaacs helps to organize educational opportunities for students at various levels of education.

Jeanne M. Tanner , Patent Attorney
Jeanne earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While studying at MIT, she received a Hughes Aircraft Fellowship and worked summers as a coop student with Hughes Aircraft Co. in California. After graduation, she worked in the Structures Department of TRW, also in California, for about a decade as an engineer in the field of spacecraft structural design and analysis. After moving to Virginia, Jeanne worked for a few years for an engineering firm designing and building small satellites. She is a licensed California Professional Engineer.
Switching fields in her mid-thirties, Jeanne earned her law degree from the George Mason University School of Law in Virginia. While at George Mason, she interned with J. Michel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and was an editor for the George Mason Law Review. Jeanne naturally gravitated to patent law and has been practicing as a patent lawyer in a variety of patent law boutiques for the past dozen years. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and currently practices in the Boston office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

About Our Moderator: Allison Cyganowski

Allison is currently on the Technical Staff of the Test Engineering Department at Raytheon's Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, MA. She is a member of the Raytheon Women's Network and represents Raytheon at Recruiting events. She received her BA cum laude in Physics from Wells College and her MS Degree in Computer Science from Boston University. Ms. Cyganowski has been a member of SWE since 2002 and has supported Professional Development and Career Guidance activities including; Budget Lead/volunteer for the Girl Scout Badge Day events, SWE Rep at the MA Conference for Women and panel Moderator for SWE Boston Professional Development meetings and at the 2008 SWE Region F Conference. She has held several SWE Boston Section positions including; Treasurer, Nominating Committee Chair and Boutique Coordinator.

Directions

• From the East: Take Mass Turnpike (I-90) west. Merge on I-495 South via exit 11A toward Milford/Cape Cod. Follow directions below from I-495.
• From the West: Take the Mass Pike (I-90) east towards Framingham/Springfield. Exit the Mass Pike at I-495 south via exit 11A toward Milford/Cape Cod. Follow directions below from I-495.
• From North or South (I-495): Take I-495 South (toward Milford and Cape Cod) to exit 21B, West Main Street, Upton. At the end of the ramp stay in the left lane, at light turn right to merge onto West Main Street (only choice). At the set of lights take a left onto South Street. At your second set of lights (about 1.2 miles), take a right into 176 South St. After passing gate (there won't be anyone there, don't stop), follow around to left, following signs for Main Lobby. Park in visitors spot or any other non-marked spot; enter Main Lobby and check in with security.
• By Public Transportation: EMC is about 10 miles from the Southborough Commuter Station on the Framingham/Worcester line from South Station. When you register on Acteva, you will be able to indicate if you would like a SWE member to pick you up at the station.

About our Sponsor: EMC

EMC ranks among the ten most valuable technology companies, alongside Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, and Oracle. Our business is information infrastructure: hardware, software, and services. EMC works with organizations around the world, in every industry, in the public and private sectors, and of every size, from startups to the Fortune Global 500. Our customers include banks and other financial services firms, manufacturers, healthcare and life sciences organizations, Internet service and telecommunications providers, airlines and transportation companies, educational institutions, and public-sector agencies. We were founded 30 years ago and today employ approximately 40,000 people worldwide. Our headquarters is located in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. More information is available at www.emc.com.
EMC values an inclusive work environment where every employee is encouraged to share their ideas and talents so we can leverage our diversity. Promoting and leveraging diversity at a grass-roots level, EMC has a number of employee circles-groups organized and run by employees themselves. Supported and funded by our leadership team, these affinity groups provide employees the opportunity to participate and self-lead by arranging social, educational, and philanthropic programs for their colleagues. Additionally, the circles allow employees to share their personal experiences and collective talents, while offering the benefits of career development, retention, and productivity improvement. EMC's Women's Leadership Forum (WLF) employee circle started over 8 years ago and now has more than 3,500 members worldwide.

In April 2009, EMC published a book called The Working Mother Experience which contains nearly 100 real stories, written by EMC women (and one man) from around the world, that provide candid perspectives on being working mothers in a fast-paced business environment. If you're interested, you can read the book online or order a copy
from our website (http://www.emc.com/about/emc-at-glance/corporate-profile/index.htm)