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Engineers Day 2017

Presenter: Misty Mayes October 26, 2017

Agenda

• What is Engineering?
• What’s so special about the Tickle College of

Engineering (TCE)?

• My personal journey as a TCE graduate!

What is Engineering?

What’s so special about the TCE?

• Holds three of the original nine patents on the

standard IBM personal desktop computer

• Helped manage the team in the development of the

Sony Playstation 3

• Named in 2000, U.S. News and World Report as one
• f the “Innovators of the 21st Century”
• Elected into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in

1997

• Received the National Institute of Science

Outstanding Scientist Award

• Dr. Mark Dean

Just to Name a Few…

• Chairman, National Academy of Engineering
• Named one of “Tomorrow’s CEOs” by Fortune
• CEO of DuPont, the largest chemical company in the United States

Charles “Chad” O. Holliday, Jr.

• Advanced preparations for visit to

Mars; participated in a NASA One-Year Space Mission

Scott Kelly Barry Wilmore

• Helped NASA prepare for visit to Mars
• While ISS commander in 2014, made a

tool in space – a ratchet wrench with a 3-D printer

At TCE…it’s about more than just the science

My Personal Journey as a TCE Graduate

Education

Industrial Engineering Graduate

2nd Job Marriage

SAIC

1st Job Alcoa Child #1

1988 1988 1991 1988

3rd Job Child #3 2002

MSLLC

Started 2002

1994- 2002

1990-1994

IT Corp.

15 Years! 2017 Child #2

1993

Chair – TCE Board of Advisors

Engineering allowed me to work on the following projects:

• Largest construction project in the world;
• Largest civil works project in the world;
• Largest IT/research project in the world.

Entrepreneurship

• Founder and President of Management Solutions, LLC (MSLLC)

§ National Management Consulting Firm that Specializes in:

• Project Execution;
• Strategic Initiatives; and
• Change Management.

§ Celebrating 15-year milestone on November 4

Recognitions

• National & Local Recognitions/Awards:

§ #1 Government Subcontractor in America § US Chamber of Commerce Top 100 Small/Medium Size Business § Top Workplace

Impact on the Community

• A portion of our profit is returned to local, national, and global non-profits;
• Dedicated days/hours for employees to give back to community;
• Staff volunteer on average at >15 non-profits annually.

Personal Highlights

• Testified as part of a Senate Congressional Hearing on Women

Entrepreneurship;

• Invited to the White House to meet with the President and Cabinet on Small

Business Issues;

• Entrepreneur of the Year;
• Married for 30 years;
• Raised three sons.

Conclusion

• If you want to be challenged
• If you want to make your community better
• If you want to work with really smart people and innovative teams
• If you want to someday possibly own your own business

Come and Join Me!!!