STEM Day Features Dozens of Alumni Professionals

Maureen Modl, Math Department
February 7, 2017

Cretin-Derham Hall hosted a STEM Day on Thursday, February 2, 2017, for our junior and senior students.  The day was designed to inspire students to think about careers in the STEM fields.

Twenty-six speakers, including many alumni or parents, graced our school with their knowledge, expertise and words of wisdom spanning the worlds of finance, medicine, math, engineering, and technology.

The 2017 speakers included:

Ruthie Murray ’12, Transaction Advisory staff, Ernst & Young

Jake Frey ’10, Assurance staff, Ernst & Young

Chris Haider ’95, Chief Engineer Assured Mission Solutions, General Dynamics

Greg Haider ’98, Engineering Program Manager, Medtronic

Gino Pitera ’10, Process Development Engineer, 3M

Mike Pitera ’07, Quality Engineer, RMS Surgical

James Lynch ’10, Engineer, Abbott Laboratories

Matt Leyden (parent of 4 CDH alumni), Principal Mechanical Engineer, Primordial Soup

Tom Skrypek ’97, Emergency Physician, Children’s Hospitals

Abby Willaert, Assistant Professor, PA master’s program, St. Catherine’s University & Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant, Regions Hospital

James Williams ’79, Executive Vice President, MentorMate (Website & App Development)

John Blake ’82,  Senior Account Manager, MentorMate

Shannon Hynes ’08, Engineer, Medtronic

Greg Johnson (current parent), Principal Staff Engineer, Guided Munitions, BAE Systems

Augie Thuente ’13, mechanical engineering student, University of Minnesota

Joe McCullough ’10, Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Design Initiative

Chris Johnson ’96, Director of Technical Support, New Mountain Learning

Jason Simser, Crime Scene Analyst, BCA

Mike Abresch, Programmer, Silent Knight Fire Alarm Systems

Noel Colon (current parent), Engineer, Medtronic

Paul Wagner, ’77, CEO, Minnesota Wire & Cable

Sam Pederson, Service Supervisor Engineer, Abbott Laboratories

Cecilio Olivier (current parent ), consultant in environmental and water resources

John McGuire, ’08, Systems Engineer, Medtronic

Maddie McCloughan, ’10, Chemical Engineer, 3M