Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be here at Tufts University. Along with Robin Kahan, I provide career advising for all engineering, computer science, and physical science students. She and I are job sharing, which is a model for two people to have the same job, but each work half time. We are excited to illustrate how successful a model like this can be! What does it mean for you? You can book appointments with either of us, and our complementary backgrounds will help in different ways!
A bit about me …
I spent most of my professional career so far working in technology companies of various sizes, from 40,000 employees (Texas Instruments) to fewer than 50 employees (various startups). My roles progressed from electrical engineer to program manager to product marketer to product manager. At the same time, I have always deeply cared about helping others succeed in technology careers. I served as an official mentor at some of my jobs and as an informal one to many colleagues. At various points, I volunteered my time to many initiatives helping students navigating finding jobs or founding companies, including programs sponsored by MentorNet, MIT, Smith College Picker Engineering Program, Underscore VC UFirst accelerator, and UMass Lowell. I have both a Bachelors and Masters degree from MIT in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Physics.
Some of the most rewarding aspects of my industry career was getting t to travel and work with teams around the world. Learning about different perspectives and building a shared work culture with people from different backgrounds is my favorite thing about work. I’ve been fortunate to spend time working in places as varied as Mumbai, India; Bergen, Norway; Aguascalientes, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; Tessenderlo, Belgium; and Seoul, South Korea.
For fun I spend a lot of time with fiber arts, especially knitting, as well as painting, yoga, and reading.
Most interesting/unusual job …
My very first job was working at horse shows at the county fairgrounds, where I registered entrants, staffed the information booth, and ran messages, years before mobile phones made a ‘runner’ less needed.
