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employees and has served as the project manager of a $20MM
FUTUREME MINI-TALKS: REACHING OUT
THROUGH SUCCESSFUL NETWORKING manufacturing facility start-up. He holds a master’s degree from the
University of California, San Diego.
Presented by the ASME ECE Programming Committee
Tuesday, August 23
Time: 5:00pm–6:00pm The Art of Chit Chat
Location: 213D, Meeting Level
Join the ECE Programming Committee for a two-hour social experience! Lisa M. Cook, Data & Analytics Consultant, Ernst &
You’ll have the opportunity to hear four short, relevant, and inspirational Young
Mini-Talks sharing different perspectives on how to network effectively for
Have you ever found yourself in a room full of strangers
career advancement. Also you’ll have the opportunity to meetup with
that you will have to interact with professionally?
other engineers with similar interests to make new connections.
Advancing your career will require you to interact with different types of
people from various levels within and outside your company; people you
don’t know. How will you approach a group of people already engaged in
Program Moderator: Scott Ferguson, Associate conversation? How do you start and maintain a conversation? Open your
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace eyes and ears to the beautiful art of conversation. Although this descrip-
Engineering, North Carolina State University tion might say interpersonal relationships in the 21st century, this talk will
look at real-life examples of how to stretch your comfort zone to converse
in a variety of situations imperative to build your brand, influence deci-
sions, and broaden your perspective.
Moderator Biography: Dr. Scott Ferguson’s research in engineering design
and system optimization explores the challenges associated with
Presenter Biography: Lisa Cook is a North Carolina local, growing up in
market-driven product design and the design of complex engineered
Cary, NC. She graduated from the Industrial & Systems Engineering
system. Dr. Ferguson received the NSF CAREER award in 2011 to study
Program at NC State after co-oping with BMW in Spartanburg, SC and
how mathematical estimates of customer preference can be used to
Munich, Germany. She currently works for Ernst & Young (EY) in Charlotte,
customize products. His recent work in this area has explored how the
NC in the Data and Analytics practice developing strategic solutions for
uncertainty associated with model estimation and the uncertainties
large banks to manage and govern data. Lisa typically works with global
associated with market simulations can be modeling when designing
systemically important large banks and uses her engineering degree
optimal product lines. His other research interests include the evolution of
every day to solve new problems and brainstorm cutting-edge financial
complex engineered systems and how excess at the interface between
services solutions. Lisa loves working with a firm like EY that fosters an
components allows changes to occur. Dr. Ferguson has received funding
innovative, entrepreneurial, and collaborative culture.
from NSF, NASA, General Motors, Eastman Chemical, the NC Space Grant,
the American Public Power Association, and UPI. In 2012, he received the
NC State Outstanding Teacher Award.
Don’t Work Harder, Work Smarter
Mitchell Rieck, Application Engineer, Transmission
PROGRAM DETAILS Applications, Schaeffler Group USA Inc., Automotive
Technical Center
Just Keep the Door Open

David Nakamura, Engineering Manager, Ardagh Group Networking is not always intuitive and there’s no easy way to learn how to
do it effectively—it’s not taught in school and it cannot simply be
How did you get your first job? Career fair? Job board?
downloaded as an app on your phone. However, you can learn how to
As you develop and excel in your professional careers,
apply some masterful techniques that will be beneficial in the first few
it’s often easy to overlook developing your professional
years of your careers. Mitchell Rieck will share what he has learned the
network. Creating, developing, and maintaining a diverse professional
“hard way,” including how to best get others to network for you (what to
network takes effort but can unexpectedly open doors to opportunities
do), identify and network for your dream job (what not to do), and how to
you never knew existed. As a subject only subtly discussed in school,
check your ego at the door to avoid any pitfalls.
understanding the value in developing this skill can take your career in an
unexpected turn for the better. Presenter Biography: Mitchell W. M. Rieck is an application engineer with
extensive experience in the automotive and power industries. He currently
Presenter Biography: Founder of The Talara Group, which provides
works in the Transmission Systems business unit for one of the largest
outsourced engineering resources to small manufacturing operations,
privately held automotive suppliers in the world, the Schaeffler Group,
David has eight years of manufacturing experience in equipment reliability
10 developing transmission components for OEMs in the North American,
strategies, process improvement, and plant renovations. Before launching
European, and Asia-Pacific markets. Prior to joining the Schaeffler Group
his consulting company, he has run maintenance divisions with over 60
Mitchell designed integrated power and control systems for Schneider