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
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