Save the Date - MEM Industry Night 2020
Annual networking event set for Thursday, January 16, 2020
Join fellow students, alumni, faculty, and industry partners for the annual MEM Industry Night! The event will include a networking reception, dinner, and keynote talk by
Dr. Helen Sun, CTO at
STATS Perform who will discuss
Artificial Intelligence in Sports: How AI is Changing the Way Sports are Viewed, Understood, and Played.
Dr. Sun has a proven record as a technology strategist and thought leader in previous roles as Vice President of Cloud Computing, Information Management, and Architecture at Motorola Solutions; Senior Director of Global Enterprise Architecture at Salesforce; and Director of Enterprise Architecture at Oracle. Dr. Sun is a leader in transforming businesses through innovative solutions, and has published 3 books on the topics of big data and advanced analytics. In addition, she has been recognized by the Chicago Business Journal as "Business Woman of the Year" and in Crain's Tech 50 of 2018. Don't miss this exciting event!
Save the Date
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
5:30-8:30 pm
James L. Allen Center
Registration Details in Late November
|
Refer a Colleague to MEM
Evanston On-Campus Information Session November 18
Refer a colleague to Northwestern MEM and invite them to an on-campus information session Monday, November 18th. The info session will be held at 5:30 pm in the McCormick Education Center. Highlights include:
- Get an in-depth understanding of how to become a leading engineering manager
- Enjoy a presentation by the director
- Participate in a Q&A session with current students
- Learn why the MEM program is the "degree of choice" for engineering professionals seeking to further their careers
After the info session, participants are invited to stay and experience an MEM course by sitting in on our capstone course Strategic Management for Engineers, held immediately afterward from 6:30 - 9:30 pm.
|
MEM 2019-2020 Student Resume Book
An opportunity to review and hire MEM talent
Each year the MEM program admits exceptional students and prepares them for career growth with a challenging curriculum. Now that the recruiting season is in full-swing, MEM will be releasing the 2019-2020 Resume Book
to facilitate the recruiting process. If your company is looking to recruit MEM students as interns or full-time hires, please review the resume book for excellent talent directly from MEM.
If you have specific questions about the resume book or looking at ways to hire MEM students, please contact Program Assistant Lauren Jones.
|
Associate Director Steve Tilley Transitioning to New Role
Steve will be working as a Career Coach in Kellogg
Below is a note from Steve:
It is with very mixed emotion that I write to let you know that I will be leaving our incredible MEM program and transitioning to a new role at Northwestern, specifically as a Career Coach within Kellogg.
I have been with the Master of Engineering Management program since 2014 and have had the privilege of working to help establish and shape the program as it looks today. I have gotten to know our students, alumni, and faculty on a personal level and continue to be amazed at the contributions of our MEM community. Inside our program, no one could ask for a better leader than Mark Werwath, nor a better partner to help support our students than Lauren Jones. MEM is truly a world-class program and I am thankful to have been a part of it.
My last day with MEM will be Friday, November 1, and in the future I can still be reached at the same email stephen-tilley@northwestern.edu. Upon my departure and during the time of transition please direct any program related inquiries to Lauren Jones.
Thank you MEM,
-Steve
|
Summer Internships Provide Unique Experiences
Students put new skills to work helping companies
Nishant Patel has a passion for the energy industry, so it was with great excitement that the current Northwestern Master of Engineering Management (MEM) student joined the corporate innovation team within Excelon's in-house incubator as an intern this summer. Nishant reflects on his internship and how the experience will help him moving forward in his blog post
Advancing Business Ventures in the Energy Industry.
Sidhant Gulhar spent his summer in New York ingrained in the world of McKinsey & Company as a product management intern in the Technology & Digital practice. His days were spent working cross-functionally with several engineering, business, technology, and design verticals to develop world-class products that helped clients save millions of dollars and impacted the business at a macro level. He reflects on his time at McKinsey and the opportunity to implement lessons learned in the MEM classroom in his article
MEM Student Discovers 'the McKinsey Way'.
|
MEM Student and Alumni Spotlights
Monthly feature recognizing our amazing students and alumni
|
Margaret Debrauske is currently working as a Procurement Manager at Kraft Heinz Company. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, she got her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin before becoming a part-time MEM student. When not in class or at work, Margaret enjoys biking along Chicago's beautiful Lakeshore path. She also has an acute sense of smell, which really helps her working in food product development! Find out about her MEM program experience in her new
Student Spotlight article.
|
Procurement Manager,
Kraft Heinz
|
Radiological Controls Engineering Supervisor,
Electric Boat
|
Weston Sramek, originally from Colorado Springs, CO, is currently a Radiological Controls Engineering Supervisor at General Dynamics Electric Boat. There, he supervises a group of engineers responsible for radioactive material shipments for nuclear-powered submarines. He received a Mechanical Engineering degree from Colorado School of Mines before coming to Northwestern to complete his MEM degree. We caught up with him recently to ask him to reflect on his time at MEM and the impact it has had on him since. Check it out in this month's Alumni Spotlight article.
|
|
|
|
|
