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STEM Pros

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Forget boring lectures—STEM Pros Video brings you face-to-face with young, brilliant innovators who are already making waves in science, technology, engineering, and math. Laugh, learn, and get inspired as they share their journeys: the exciting breakthroughs, the unexpected challenges, and the “aha!” moments.

What's it like to be a Vice President of Development?

With Parker Zee

"In this data driven approach to real estate development allows the company to earn money. We're [also] driving these locations where these families can't afford to live. There's nothing better than getting to go to one of these grand openings and seeing the smile on these families faces."

What's it like to be a Enterprise Architect?

With Josh Yakunich

"The the importance of a role like an enterprise architect is that we act as this kind of bridge between the business and the technology side of our organization..."

What's it like to be a Rocket Scientist?

With Caitlin Robinson

"We build rockets and launch payloads to a multitude of different orbits. Essentially, we help our customers explore the universe."

What's it like to be a Microbiologist?

With Tiffany Claeys

"The coolest thing about my job is getting to look at things under a microscope that you can't see by just looking at them—being able to see a whole new world that is something that is almost hidden from us is just really cool."

Biographies

Ever wondered who’s designing tomorrow’s technology, solving global challenges, or making groundbreaking scientific discoveries? STEM Pros takes you behind the scenes to meet the real scientists, engineers, tech developers, and math masterminds who are changing the world right now.

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Continuous Improvement Specialist

With Zachary Thoma

"A typical day might involve working on the production floor to support Kaizen activities, analyzing data to identify process inefficiencies, and collaborating with departments and team members to implement and monitor improvements. Kaizen and Lean Six Sigma are ways of improving working practices, personal efficiency, and quality, so my job leans heavily on these concepts."

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Senior Process Engineer

With Charles Glosser

"On a daily basis I maybe assisting Junior, Mid & other senior associates with improving their tasks and presentation skills; running trial runs with other departments/teams depending on the goal; hosting planning meetings to define upcoming process & design changes..."

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Electrical Engineer

With Betty Lise Anderson

"Electrical Engineers use their knowledge of electricity and magnetism to invent all kinds of cool stuff from phones to satellites to medical machines. Computer engineers design and build all the parts of computer from memory to processors to the internet. I use light to solve engineering problems, like lasers and fiber optics, and computer chips."

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New Product Development Engineer

With Phil Landis

"My job is to research and design new products in the hydraulic industry[...] I work with my team to brainstorm solutions and create 3D computer models of our ideas [and design to] help solve problems. It's a fun mix of creativity and problem-solving!"

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RF Design Engineer

With Noreesa Williams

"As a RF engineer, we study radio frequency (higher frequency ranges). As a design engineer, it is my responsibility to create the RF portion of a system. An average day is filled with teamwork, communication and dedication to the project. It is important to show up and be ready to solve problems, whether in the design phase or testing phase! It is fun to see your design come to fruition when you were only given a list of requirements to design to."

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Hospital Business Regional Manager

With Tim Boswell

"As a Hospital Business Regional Manager at Kedrion BioPharma, my role revolves around managing relationships with hospitals and healthcare institutions in my region. On an average day, I coordinate sales efforts of Kedrion products to the hospitals, analyze market trends, and develop strategies to ensure our products meet the needs of healthcare providers."

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Director, Quality Management

With Angie Demo

"My job is to make sure that the healthcare products we ship, like medical devices and drugs, are handled with care and that our operational processes meet all the necessary regulations. Every day, I collaborate with different teams to improve our processes, negotiate deals with third-party service providers (providers outside our company), and support our leaders in making important decisions. "

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Maintenance / Engineering Scheduler & Planner

With Ahado Abukar

"I am responsible for leading the overall planning and scheduling of planned and corrective maintenance work for pharmaceutical and research grade products"

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Senior Director of GMP Manufacturing

With Ashley Craddick

"I am responsible for manufacturing clinical and commercial Adeno-Associated Vector (AAV) that are used for the treatment of rare genetic diseases."

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Quality Control Analyst II

With Sango Kasongo:

"I am responsible for the testing to ensure drug safety, purity, and efficacy. We test efficacy by performing experiments."

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Translational Communicator

With Atticus Chance Emig

"[My job is to] research is to find out new things and share information that can improve the world around us. "

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IT Enterprise Architect

With Max Elsass

"As an IT Enterprise Architect focusing on the Business Domain of Enterprise Architecture, I spend my days meeting with people all across the Medical Center who might be able to use technology to do their work better. I speak with them and the people who share in the same problem to understand the issue, the impacts of the issue, and how technology might be able to be employed to make things easier for anyone. "