9 SWE Girls, 15 Years Later: Where We Started,

Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Going

WE14, The Annual Conference for Women Engineers

Where we started– ISU SWE!

9 SWE Girls, 15 Years Later: Where We Started,

Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Going

WE14, The Annual Conference for Women Engineers

Elizabeth Bierman, SWE Society President

• Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace

• BS Aerospace Engineering- 1999 • Iowa State University

• MBA- Bentley University-2003 • Masters Systems Engineering- 2005

• Iowa State University

Over the years…

My SWE Activities

My Family

Through Birthday Milestones …and Happy New Year’s

Sarah 1995

2000

2003

2005

2009

2011

Today 2012

Sarah Persistence Determination

Listening to Myself A New Dream

Love of Learning Growth & Change

Helping Others

Discovering Balance

Mindful Parenting

Priorities

Sharing my Intentions

Nurturing myself &

others

Owning my voice & power

Compassion

8 pre-wedding celebrations…

Amy Huebner Mom of Three

Principal Development Quality Engineer

Iowa State University , Mechanical Engineering

1995 - 2000

1997 Come Across SWE and join 1998 Internship

with Boeing

1999 Internship with General

Motors

Graduation

2000 - 2006

2006 - present

FCG- Product Development

Chassis Development Engineer TCAP

Marry Shawn

Manufacturing Engineer

Design Assurance Engineer

2007 Sophia 2009 Casey 2011 Theodore

Lessons Learned • If you want to move up, be visible, drive your career

• Sometimes you have to suck it up and prove yourself

• There are successful women all around, pay attention

• Be open-minded to opportunities, look for the out-of-the-box

• Find a strong mentor

• Leave emotion at the door or the message is lost

• There is balance, just define it yourself

• Network: Home and Work

8 Weddings…

Graduated ISU in May 1999 BS in Agricultural Engineering

Ames, Iowa

First job after college Engineering Services Specialist

May 1999 – February 2004 Bloomington, Illinois

Back to my hometown for my husband to farm with my parents.

Sales Manager May 2004 – May 2014

Tipton, Iowa

Opportunity in my area of interest K-12 Outreach Educator

June 2014 – current Tipton, Iowa

2002 Teresa

& Jake

2003 Cody

2006 Clayton

2007 Caleb

2012 Callie

2012

2013

2014

2014

8 First Baby Quilts

Kim’s Story 1985 1995 1997

1999 2000 2002

2004

1998

to

Kim’s Family

21 Children…we think…

Tami Wilcox – Civil Engineer

BS Civil Engineering ISU – May 2000 Ames, IA

First Job – Construction Engineer – Weitz January 2000 – December 2000

Des Moines, IA

Second Job – Civil Engineer – Shive-Hattery First Day January 4, 2001

Moline, IL First Project – Krispy Kreme Parking Lot

First Baby – November 2004 Went back to work 4 days/week

MS Business Administration May 2005

Professional Engineering License July 2005

Tami Wilcox – Civil Engineer Second Baby – Ethan – April 2007 Went back to work 3 days/week

Third Baby – Owen – June 2010

Asked for 1-year Maternity Leave

June 2010 Major Job Responsibilities -Lead Design Engineer on 5M Water Main Project -Lead Design Engineer on Wastewater Plant Refurb and 5 Mile Force Main - City Engineer for Hampton, IL

Officially Quit Job to Move to Brazil April 2011

Horizontina, RS Brazil

Currently Junior Lego League Coach

Religious Education Teacher Class Mom

Homeschool Preschool Teacher

The SWE Guys

Our support…

Girl’s Weekend Away

Meet Tricia Walker Graduated with BS from ISU in ESci-BME 2000 Graduated with MS with thesis from UofI in BME in 2002 Joined CDT in Product Development (Engineer II, Proj Engr, Engr Sup) in Brooklyn Park, MN in 2003 Joined Accellent in Design Engineering (Catheter Design Engr, Proj Mgr) in Brooklyn Park, MN in 2006 Presented with opportunity to move for Accellent to the Trenton, GA manufacturing plant to take an Engineering Manager Position in 2008 Moved back to the Midwest to work with Cari Hague and Jacquelyn’s Photography in Ames, IA (Client Care Manager) in 2009 Joined Medtronic’s Cardiovascular Division in Brooklyn Park, MN (Sr Supplier Quality Engr, Prin Supplier Quality Engr) in 2011

What’s Important…

Bio-Medicus Multi-Stage Femoral Venous Cannulae

Curved Tip Arterial Cannulae

RCSP (Retrograde Coronary Sinus Perfusion) with Manual Inflate Cuff Cannulae

Where We Are Now

Medtronic Confidential Information 35

Angie Owen Graduated with

degree in Chemical Engineering with

Minor in Food Science

Worked as an Operations Engineer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

& Minneapolis, Minnesota

Moved back to hometown

Des Moines, Iowa

Worked as a Production Engineer

at artistic furniture company

Currently working as Investment Advisor in

family business

Change of career path -

obtained security licenses

Angie Owen

Panel Discussion

An Introspective Look

Caring Challenge Compassion Connection Conformity Cooperation Courage Creativity Curiosity

Fairness Fitness Flexibility Freedom Friendliness Forgiveness Fun

Hard-working Honesty Humor Humility

Independence Influence Integrity Intimacy

Order Open-mindedness Patience Persistence Pleasure Power

Self-control Sensuality Spirituality

Skillfulness Status Supportiveness Trust

Last Few Pieces of Advice

~Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. ~Find a mentor. Inside and outside of your company. ~The secret to having it all is knowing you already do. ~If they don’t appreciate you, they don’t deserve you. Simple as that. ~Great things never came from comfort zones. ~Listen to yourself. ~Trust your gut. ~Get involved and stay involved. ~Have a network at work and at home.

Meaningful Quotes "Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words." "Without purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction and events without reason." – Rick Warren "Have faith in your journey. Everything had to happen exactly as it did to get you where you're going next." – Mandy Hale “If you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth” – Rocky Balboa “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou “The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling.” – Fabienne Fredrickson “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I’ve ended up where I need to be.” – Douglas Adams “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi “Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill

Suggested Resources Flourishing by Maureen Gaffney What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath Working at the Speed of Trust – FranklinCovey The E Myth by Michael E. Gerber Good to Great by Jim Collins She by Kobi Yamada Us! by Mary Anne Radmacher Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh Designed For Success: The 10 Commandments for Women in the Workplace by Dondi Scumaci

Here’s to You, Enjoy the Journey!