April Events: Please Join Us!

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March was a busy month for Dallas SWE!  If you missed those opportunities to connect with us, please join us at one of the following upcoming events.  We would love to see you!

April 11, 2015: Younger Members Brunch and Senior Upgrade

Are you a recent college grad? New to the DFW area? Looking to meet other engineering or STEM professionals who are also early in their career? Join the Dallas SWE Younger Members Listserv!  At this month’s brunch from 10:45am-1:00pm, we will be joined by Dallas area SWE collegiate seniors who will have the chance to learn about upgrading to Professional Dallas SWE Memberships.  Please RSVP by April 10!

April 17, 2015: #AskSWE Tweetchat with @SWEtalk

Topic: SWE’s Expanding International Reach.  Join us at noon CST,  follow @SWEDallas and @SWEtalk (the SWE HQ account) and use the hashtag #AskSWE to participate in the discussion!

April 21, 2015: April Professional Development Meeting

Join Dallas SWE for our April Professional Development Meeting featuring speaker Jennifer Bell!

Jennifer will be speaking to us about her engineering career, her SWE life, and ASME!

Boxed lunches will be provided. Come listen to this engaging speaker and connect with members of SWE Dallas, ASME, SWE SMU, SWE Ft. Worth, and all DFW SWE collegiate chapters.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: SMU Embrey Engineering Building. Huitt Zollars Room. 3101 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205
Cost: Professional attendees: $5, Collegiate attendees: FREE.
RSVP: Register here!

Jennifer Bell, SWE LCC
Jennifer Bell, SWE LCC

Jennifer is a native Houstonian and currently resides in Houston, Texas. She received her Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University. She has had roles in downstream, midstream and upstream oil and gas industry with positions that include Risk and Reliability Consultant, Intervention Engineer, Subsea Systems Reliability Engineer, Subsea Systems Integrity Management Team Lead and Offshore Interface and Coordination Manager. She left Chevron in 2012 to purse her MBA and Master in Reliability and Quality Engineering. Her responsibilities have included Offshore Interface and Assurance Manager, Integrity Management Team Lead and Offshore Installation Engineer. For the last 2 years Jennifer has used her spare time outside of school to focus on Reliability and Safety training.

April 25. 2015: Leadership Coaching Workshop

The SWE Leadership Coaching Committee provides proactive leadership coaching to SWE organizational units, including sections, regions, and Members at Large (MALs). Trained Leadership Coaches provide Society leadership with the coaching and support essential to maintaining healthy, vital, and growing section, region, and MAL organizations. Training modules on various aspects of SWE operations, and/or necessary leadership and management skills for SWE success, are delivered to sections at the local level, delivered to sections and regions through the Region Conferences, and are delivered to all levels of SWE at the Society Annual Conference.

Please join Dallas SWE as we hear from Jennifer Bell (photo and biography above in April 21 event) and Carol Bachman about SWE Leadership Coaching Committee Modules (Knowledge of SWE, Tactical & Strategic Planning, Effective Meetings and Succession Planning).

Boxed lunches will be provided. Come listen to this engaging speaker and connect with members of SWE Dallas, SWE SMU, SWE Ft. Worth, and all DFW SWE collegiate chapters.

When: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 9:00am – 2:00pm
Where: SMU Embrey Engineering Building. Huitt Zollars Room. 3101 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205
Cost: Professional attendees: $10, Collegiate attendees: FREE.
RSVP: Register here!

Carol Bachman, SWE LCC
Carol Bachman, SWE Leadership Coach

Carol Bachman, a Project Engineer at Peterbilt Motors for 13 years, spent 4 years as an FAA Liaison Engineer & Project Manager for Boeing Commercial Airplane Group and 8 years as a Design & Test Engineer for Texas Instruments Defense Div/Raytheon. She graduated from UTA with a BSME in 1990 as her daughter finished 3rd grade and her son  turned 5. She has been an active Fort Worth SWE member since 1998, serving as Region C Governor for 3 yrs, Lt. Governor 1 yr, Leadership Coach 9 yrs, Fort Worth Section President for 4 years, Counselor for UTA SWE 3 yrs and Charter & Counselor for UNT SWE Collegiate Section 7 yrs and currently the Region C Rep on the SWE National Nominating Committee.  She has lead Girl Scout Workshops for over 2000 girls over 5 years.  She loves Country Western/2 Step dancing and pop-up camping at all the parks with her favorite cowboy photographer Boyd and their little pug mix Buster!

Event Recap: She Networks, She Wins

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On March 18, 2015 (rescheduled from February due to inclement weather) professionals from Dallas SWE, AT&T, ExxonMobil, and Raytheon met at SMU’s Lyle College of Engieering with collegiates from SMU SWE for their annual event, She Networks, She Wins!  SMU SWE has hosted this event for over a decade to introduce college engineering students to professionals, build networks, and start mentor relationships.

Jennifer Vilbig welcomes attendees and panelists to She Networks, She Wins 2015!
Jennifer Vilbig welcomes attendees and panelists to She Networks, She Wins 2015!

Attendees enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and mingled with one another before the formal program started.  Jennifer Vilbig, SMU SWE Counselor, opened the meeting with some announcements from Dallas SWE and a welcome to the panelists and attendees.  SMU SWE President Emily Ghastin introduced each panelist and moderated the discussion, asking questions to the panelists and then fielding questions from the audience.

The panel discussion and open Q&A yielded some great insights:

  • Keep an open mind for new opportunities, especially early in your career.
  • Take time to make yourself a priority when balancing work and home life.
  • Successful engineers make integrity, honesty, and dependability major components of their personal brand.
  • Don’t try to be someone you’re not: it will show!
  • Don’t burn any bridges! You never know where and with whom you’ll find yourself in the future!
SNSW Panelists (Raytheon), (AT&T), (ExxonMobile)
From left to right, SMU President Emily Ghastin with SNSW Panelists Liz Hainey, Ph.D (Raytheon), Holly Camilli (ExxonMobil), and Gloria Lewis (AT&T)

Dallas SWE is a proud partner for this event.  Thanks to SMU SWE for hosting another successful She Networks, She Wins!

You can view the agenda for this meeting on our Newsletters page.

Event Recap: March Meeting at Emerson

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On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Dallas SWE members headed up to McKinney for a joint meeting with the employees of Emerson Process Management at their Regulator Technologies site. The meeting of over 35 attendees included networking and appetizers, before an informational session and a tour of the facility.

Group Photo at Emerson
Group Photo at Emerson

Stephanie Law, Vice President of Marketing and eBusiness, spoke about Emerson’s history, expansion into the international market, and other manufacturing facilities and service centers in Texas. She spoke of her own journey from engineer to marketing professional, from learning presentation skills to becoming a subject matter expert to management. Susan Hughes spoke of her career path to Vice President/General Manager of Tescom, mentioning she had specifically been told she would not have been considered for a position without her STEM background. She mentioned the support she had throughout her life, from her parents encouraging her to a female math professor pushing her into active roles within groups to a higher-up persuading her to apply for a higher position when he noticed her potential. Susan encouraged all the attendees present to take initiative to help girls stay in STEM and other women navigate their careers through inclusiveness, encouragement, and respect.

In keeping with our new tradition, Dallas SWE President Barbara Read (right) took a photo with first-time event attendees Sarah Rivers (right) and Susan Hughes (left).
In keeping with our new tradition, Dallas SWE President Barbara Read (right) took a photo with first-time event attendees Sarah Rivers (left) and Susan Hughes (center).

Following the speakers, Rebecca Hawkins gave a product overview and demonstration of the regulators made by Emerson. Elizabeth Biru have a tour of the flow lab at the McKinney site, including their regulator testing setup and methods.

A special thank you to Chantel Bailey, for organizing the event with Dallas SWE, and our speakers and tour guide for their time presentations. Emerson sponsors SWE memberships for all of their employees: if you work for them, take advantage of that opportunity!  We hope to see all Emerson attendees at future Dallas SWE events!

Mark your calendars for the next Dallas SWE professional development meeting on April 21st! Also, keep a lookout for details about the Joint Professional and Collegiate Leadership Training in April. Details to follow.

Zaineb Ahmad
Dallas SWE – Awards Chair

Spring Upcoming Events

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Dallas SWE has a lot of exciting events planned for you this spring!  Please join us: we would love to see you at one of our upcoming meetings or outreach events.

Additional opportunities to get involved:

High-Tech High Heels is a local organization that partners with Dallas SWE. They are seeking volunteers for a speakers bureau for periodic requests that are all over the metroplex such as school career days, speaking in classrooms and special events like robotics competitions and panels. Almost all volunteer opportunities are one-time events, so it is perfect for the busy professional who may have the occasional space in their schedule to volunteer. Please contact Kristen Parrish with further questions.

Apply Now for Dallas SWE Scholarships

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Dallas SWE offers scholarships to graduating female high school seniors from the Dallas area, are majoring in engineering. Scholarships are based on academic excellence.  The deadline for applications is April 15, 2015.  Click here for more information!

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March Professional Development Meeting

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Career Advice from a Global Leader

Emerson-PM-logoOur March Professional Development Meeting is sponsored by Emerson Process!  Emerson is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. Founded in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), Emerson delivers solutions through five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. With sales of $24.7B and more than 130,000 employees in over 150 countries, we have a customer-focused, results-driven culture where employee performance is recognized and rewarded. Join Dallas SWE as we tour the Emerson facility and hear career advice from some of Emerson’s outstanding women!

When: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
6:00 pm – Networking starts
6:30pm – Speaker Presentations and Site Tour
7:30pm – Dallas SWE Announcements

Where:  Emerson Process, 3200 Emerson Way, McKinney, TX  75070

Cost: Free registration and appetizers thanks to our friends at Emerson!

Register: RSVP now for Dallas SWE’s March Professional Development Meeting! 

Note:
  • Closed toes shoes are required
  • Last day to resister for event is March 15th (we have to give Emerson the list of attendees)
  • Attendees can park anywhere
  • Please arrive a few minutes early for security check-in

About the Speakers

Stephanie Law is currently Vice President, Marketing and eBusiness for the global Regulator business.  Stephanie joined Emerson in 1994 and has held various positions in Regulators, including but not limited to Applications Engineer, Director of Marketing when the Industrial business was initially formed, Director of Commercial Service Regulators, and most recently served as Vice President, Marketing for the Natural Gas business. In addition, Stephanie was on a short international assignment in France for the Natural Gas business.

Stephanie received her BS in Chemical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and received her MBA from the University of Iowa.

Susan Hughes joined Emerson in 2003 and is currently Vice President / General Manager of Tescom, a business within Emerson.  Susan is responsible for Tescom’s global business which includes all functional areas such as sales, marketing, engineering, finance, human resources and operations.  The Tescom business has manufacturing sites in Germany, Minnesota and Shanghai.   Prior to her role as Vice President / General Manger, Susan spent five years in China with Emerson as a Plant Manager in Shanghai and as the Director of Research and Development and Marketing in Nanjing.

Susan has her bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College in Mathematics and Chinese.  She has her MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

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