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Conference
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Session
2: Managing Managers: Is It for You?
Description
Are you
considering a role in upper management?
Do you want to learn more about the differences from first line
management? This session is geared
toward women with 10-20 years of work experience considering a management
role with larger responsibility. A
panel of managers will share their experiences and discuss how to assess and
prepare for a these kind of roles. Panelists: Dr.
Ellen Ferraro is currently
the Deputy Director of the System Validation, Test and Analysis Directorate
for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). In this role, she helps lead an
organization of over 1100 people responsible for all aspects of system
integration and test including test facilities, test equipment development and
test engineering. Ellen received her
PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst in 1994 under a NASA Graduate Student Research
Fellowship. Ellen is a member of the
IEEE, and is currently chairing the IEEE 2010 Phased Array Conference. She is an active member of the Boston
Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and is the recipient of the
Mass High Tech “Women to Watch in 2006” Award, the SWE 1999 Distinguished New
Engineer Award and the SWE 2007 Emerging Leaders Award. Liz Garypie
currently holds the position of Chief Engineer, NAVAL HAWK Programs at
Sikorsky Aircraft. In this role, Liz
provides overall technical leadership for all NAVAL HAWK development and
production programs, including engineering execution, production support,
proposal generation and technology requirements and insertion. Major programs include the MH-60R and
MH-60S for the US Navy and International S-70B, and she currently oversees an
organization of over 20 engineering managers and team leads. Liz joined
Sikorsky Aircraft in 1999 in the Transmission Engineering group, and has
since held a number of positions within Engineering and Programs. In those roles, she has supported both US
Military and international programs, including as Team Lead for the Corpus
Christi Army Depot Partnership and Project Manager of Israel Air Force
programs. Liz earned a Bachelor’s
degree in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College, Hartford. She is also an active member of SWE and has
served as the president of the Hartford professional section since 2007. Emily Synk
is Manager, Military Installations Engineering at GE Aviation. She manages four managers and three staff
engineers, located in Lynn, MA and Cincinnati, OH. During her 17 years at GE, Emily has held
various roles in control system design, engine/flight testing, first line
management, and program leadership, and has managed teams through both
downturns and growth cycles. Emily is
a life member of SWE and former Region F Governor, SWE-Boston president, and
University of Michigan student section president. Emily is an avid snowboarder and hiker and
lives in Boston with her husband Robert. Moderator
Bernice Brody is an executive project
manager with IBM Global Services, supporting worldwide web hosting programs
and services for all IBM divisions. She has almost 30 years of
manufacturing and development engineering experience. Bernice has
served as SWE's Directory of Professional Development, Public Policy/Government
Relations Task Force Chair, and New England Region
Director. She is an active member of SWE's Mid-Hudson
section. Brody holds a BS in Chemistry from St. Joseph's University. |
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