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Explore the many job shadow host locations available for summer 2023 job shadow placements.
When applying to the Job Shadow program, you will be asked to select up to three preferred placement locations. We will do our best to match you with one of your top three placement requests.
Host Name: Kylie Robertson, Creative Operations Manager, Autograph.io
Host Bio: I manage the day to day operations of our in-house creative team. This ranges from very tactical legal documents to being an open ear when the team needs to vent. Our team is responsible for concepting, creating & delivering NFTs and Web3 experiences.
Organization Industry: Tech/Sports/Web3 -- Majors: Marketing, Business, Creative
Job Shadow Date: Virtually (located in Columbus, OH) - any date works for me
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Shelby Mosel, HR Generalist, Block 15 Brewing Company
Host Bio: I am the sole HR Manager for Block 15 Brewing Company in Corvallis. I manage around 125 -140 employees across three locations in Corvallis who work a variety of jobs that fall under management, brewing, marketing, book keeping, distribution/warehouse, cooks, servers etc. I handle the hiring/recruiting, orientations, payroll, benefits, employee wellness, and engagement.
Organization Industry: Hospitality industry. This experience would be well-suited for students in English, Communication, Psychology, Sociology or Humanities.
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - June 30
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Scott Kemp, Owner, Cinematic Solutions
Host Bio: I own and run a video production company in Corvallis and have created multiple software companies in the past.
Organization Industry: Video production and photography
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, on site shoot, meet other employees
Host Name: Emma Lee Reasoner, Recruitment Coordinator, College Possible
Host Bio: College Possible supports students from low-income backgrounds on their journeys to and through college. Our AmeriCorps coaches students at the high school and college levels as they explore higher education, prepare for the ACT, get acquainted with and complete financial aid, and choose their best fit school. OSU shadowees would be able to observe coaching sessions and explore work life at a vibrant nonprofit in Portland.
Organization Industry: Education, non-profit, social services. This opportunity would be well-suited for students in the College of Liberal Arts, Human Development and Family Services, Education, and Psychology.
Job Shadow Date: June
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Shadow coaching session, meet and greet, lunch, office/campus tour
Host Name: Anna Sherrett-Ouattara, Finance and Administration Coordinator, Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center
Host Bio: Record keeping, volunteer supervision and organization, office management, and financial reports
Organization Industry: Non-profit and community services.
Job Shadow Date: June 27, July 4
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, flow of the office, general overview of the non-profit
Host Name: Kimberly Ward Barowicz, Sr. Project Manager, Critical Path Institute
Host Bio: Operations, project management, global collaborations, nonprofit program development, building and designing systems, HR background
Organization Industry: Regulatory science. Career fields that would be best suited for this opportunity are Business, Operations, Administration, HR, and Nonprofit.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 28
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Tyler Zinsli, Senior Video Editor/Motion GFX Artist, EA Sports
Host Bio: Editing videos and creating graphics that are part of a streamed broadcast during the EA Sports Madden Tournaments throughout the year.
Organization Industry: New media communications, broadcasting, event production
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7, 2023
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Campus tour, office tour, meet with producers and engineers, lunch, playing video games, shadowing/watching production process
Host Name: Amanda Sturgeon, HR Generalist, Glorybee
Host Bio: I have worked in Human Resources for 11 years with multiple large and medium companies, working functions including recruiting, employee relations, leave administration, performance management, and compensation.
Organization Industry: GloryBee's industry is food manufacturing, although I'd be more interested in helping those interested in human resources.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; preferably not Mondays or Fridays.
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Kate Cathcart, HR Manager, HappyLucky
Organization Industry: HappyLucky is an independent, woman-owned, queer-owned, strategic creative advertising agency.
Job Shadow Date: To be determined
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Additional notes: This opportunity is open to all, but HappyLucky would be especially interested in connecting with students who identify as LGTBQIA+, BIPOC, or are from another historically marginalized community.
Host Name: Alan Duran, Immigration attorney, Immigration Oregon
Host Bio: I am an immigration attorney. I was born in Mexico but I have lived in the US most of my life and grew up in the Corvallis area.
Organization Industry: Legal; immigration law; pre-law
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7, 2023
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Kate Ause, President & Owner, The Kate Ause Showroom
Host Bio: I am a fellow Oregonian, born and raised. After graduating from OSU I started at a showroom in Portland in the sample department, working my way up to showroom manager with part time design work and other creative hobbies in between. I moved to Seattle for a little under 2 years before moving back to Portland and opening my own showroom to the trade. I love helping people, textures, and unique creative inspiration and artwork. I'm all about the work life balance - more emphasis on the life part :)
Organization Industry: Interior Design, Marketing and Merchandise Management, Business and Entrepreneurship, and any sort of creative, art, or design colleges and majors
Job Shadow Date: Anytime between June 20 - July 7
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: You will be shadowing along for a day in the life of the showroom sample department – from helping designers source material (fabric, wall covering, trim, furniture, etc) for their projects, providing samples and other information, and any other business/design tasks that come up, which can be anything from finding similar patterns of discontinued items, pulling samples, learning the flow and organization of the back office side of the showroom, and interior design or small business world. Your experience will include a showroom tour, lunch, and introductions to employees and designers who come in. We have a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere that can be fast paced, depending on the day. There is always a lot to organize and streamline!
Host Name: Maya Holmes, Rapid Prototype Production Supervisor, Laika
Host Bio: I have been working in Production Management at LAIKA for 10 years, nine of which have been spent in the Rapid Prototyping Department where we design and manufacture the faces and head components for our puppets. I help manage our department's build schedule, artist workloads and priorities, status reporting to upper management, and department staffing.
Organization Industry: LAIKA creates Oscar-nominated, stop-motion animation feature films. I am interested in speaking with students in film/television/communications/media production fields or anyone who is looking to learn more about film production management/entry level film studio positions.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 23, June 26 - June 30, or July 7 - July 8
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Jered Reid, Lawyer
Host Bio: I graduated from OSU in 2005 and became a lawyer in 2011. I have a small legal firm in Central Oregon serving Crook and Jefferson County.
Organization Industry: Law. Anybody interested in the legal field.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Bonnie Kraxberger, Director & music teacher, Maestro Music Academy
Host Bio: I'm a bringer of order to chaos, a solutions generator, gamefier, educator, and a musician.
Organization Industry: Music Education
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff, observe lessons with students
Host Name: Danny Fajardo, Recruiter, Department of Community Justice
Host Bio: I am a recruiter for the Dept of Community Justice, where we work with adults and juveniles involved with the justice system. Job titles that we would like to offer for this shadow are Juvenile Custody Services Specialist and Parole and Probation Officer.
Organization Industry: We are county government, working with community justice. We are interested in students with majors of Criminal Justice, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, and other related fields.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: This experience includes a meet with juvenile detention staff members, tour of juvenile detention, meet with adult services staff members, ride along with Parole Officer, and a meet with Human Resources.
Host Name: William Geschke, Multimedia Reporter
Host Bio: I write stories, take photos, and produce videos for Roseburg's local newspaper. Most of the time, I'm a photographer, but I also conduct interviews, collect information from public records, and learn a lot from talking to people in the community.
Organization Industry: Journalism
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office tour, field tour, meet with editor of newspaper, lunch/coffee
Host Name: Misty Mason Freeman, Director, Legislative Policy and Research Office
Host Bio: Misty Mason Freeman serves as the Director of Oregon’s Legislative Policy and Research Office (LPRO). In her work, she leads a continuing staff of 50 and seasonal staff of 30 in providing nonpartisan committee services, policy research, and language access services for the Oregon state legislature. For more information about LPRO, check out the website here. Misty holds a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Public Policy with a Minor in Rural Studies from Oregon State University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California Coast University. A policy generalist, Misty has applied her toolkit to a variety of topics, including natural resources and environment, human services, housing, and more. In her free time, Misty enjoys reading, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with her partner and their pup.
Organization Industry: Government, public policy, public administration, political science, economics, sociology, communications, other sciences, analysis or research, language access services, ASL or spoken language interpretation
Job Shadow Date: June 20, 21, or 23 would be best because the legislators will still be at the capitol, but June 26 - July 6 would work as well
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Students can choose a full day or half day. The experience will include learning about the role of nonpartisan staff in the legislature, job opportunities, an office tour, meeting with LPRO staff and other legislative staff, and meeting with a legislator.
Additional Comments: This experience is in Salem, at the Capitol and the Public Service Building. We're looking for folks excited to learn and explore the state legislature.
Host Name: Grant Stalley, Director of Program Execution, Red Sky
Host Bio: As Director of Programs Execution for internal projects, I ensure consistent and high-quality execution across Red Sky's portfolio for our Fortune 500 clients. My strong suit is my ability to drive highly visible programs that require delivery excellence in order to succeed. As a certified project management professional, I have driven many large scale programs that involve partners, sales enablement, business intelligence, and digital marketing. I am a proud alumnus of Oregon State University (B.S. and PMP Certified) and, once upon a time, I was a personal trainer at Pro Sports Club and a manager of a fitness studio. Currently, I’m an active cyclist, runner, and high school football coach. I love the outdoors and spending time with my wife and two beautiful children, Wyatt (3 years) and Grace (6 months).
Organization Industry: We are interested in just about any business major. We are a services company, and we provide project management, Business Process Management (BPM), and Business Analytics services to our Fortune 500 customers.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Our office is located in Seattle, WA; however, would love to meet with students on campus and talk about our industry.
Host Name: Brittany Graves, Campus Operations Manger, Trillium Family Services
Host Bio: I am responsible for the management of campus operations positions. Specifically, my position oversees the on-call Residential Skills Trainers, and other campus operations staffing as needed.
Organization Industry: Adolescent mental/behavioral health
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - June 29
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Matt Watson, CEO, Watson Creative
Host Bio: I'm a designer and the CEO of Watson
Organization Industry: Marketing, business, and design
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: This experience includes an office tour, and we will also review some case studies and discussions.
Host Name: Opel Nibler, Director of Human Resources, Work Unlimited
Host Bio: I am the Director of Human Resources for Work Unlimited. Our organization provides support to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Organization Industry: Our organization provides support to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We would like to host students in healthcare, psychology, sociology, and behavioral sciences.
Job Shadow Date: June 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, and July 3 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office and field tour, meeting with our staff, lunch with our CEO and COO
Host Name: Oliver Hudgins, Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant, Accenture
Host Bio: Oliver has a strong background in operational IT and has been running cybersecurity programs for various organizations since his first job in Help Desk. His background is in industry, working in manufacturing, K-12 education, and state government. His position with Accenture has him advising and implementing security tools and policies to modernize any organization.
Organization Industry: Consulting with a focus on cloud security and secure digital transformation in all industries
Job Shadow Date: June 20, 21, and 22; unavailable after June 23
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Kylie Robertson, Creative Operations Manager, Autograph.io
Host Bio: I manage the day to day operations of our in-house creative team. This ranges from very tactical legal documents to being an open ear when the team needs to vent. Our team is responsible for concepting, creating & delivering NFTs, and Web3 experiences.
Organization Industry: Tech/Sports/Web3; Majors in Marketing, Business, and Creative
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Shelby Mosel, HR Generalist, Block 15 Brewing Company
Host Bio: I am the sole HR Manager for Block 15 Brewing Company in Corvallis. I manage around 125 -140 employees across three locations in Corvallis who are working a variety of jobs that fall under management, brewing, marketing, book keeping, distribution/warehouse, cooks, servers, etc. I handle the hiring/recruiting, orientations, payroll, benefits, employee wellness, and engagement.
Organization Industry: Hospitality industry. Majors: English, Communication, Psychology, Sociology or Humanities.
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - June 30
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Bill Lozier, COO, Bob's Red Mill
Host Bio: I am the Chief Operating Officer of the best food company in the world! I manage all areas of the operation, from procurement through distribution.
Organization Industry: We are a food Consumer Packaged Goods brand with a large supply chain supporting us.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, manufacturing and distribution tour, visit with alumni in operations, supply chain, and IT
Host Name: Kimberly Ward Barowicz, Sr. Project Manager, Critical Path Institute
Host Bio: Operations, project management, global collaborations, nonprofit program development, building and designing systems, HR background
Organization Industry: Regulatory science. Career fields that would be best suited for this experience are business, operations, administration, HR, and nonprofit.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 28
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Alexander Lopez, Public Affairs Coordinator, DOGAMI
Host Bio: As Public Affairs Coordinator for DOGAMI, I serve as an interface between the scientists at the agency and the public. Being a geologist myself, I am invested in the high-level work performed by the agency and how that information is disseminated to the public. In addition to being a geologist, I am also a social worker and therefore focused on how community members can utilize the research produced by DOGAMI to improve community members' lives.
Organization Industry: DOGAMI works in geoscience research and is also the primary agency responsible for permitting mineral extraction in the State of Oregon.
Job Shadow Date: July 3 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students (one in geological research, one in mining regulatory program, and one in business operations)
Description of Experience: Alexander Lopez is coordinating the experience, and students will be matched with additional DOGAMI staff.
Host Name: Amanda Sturgeon, HR Generalist, GloryBee
Host Bio: I have worked in Human Resources for 11 years with multiple medium and large-sized companies, and I work functions spanning recruiting, employee relations, leave administration, performance management, and compensation.
Organization Industry: GloryBee's industry is food manufacturing, although I'd be more interested in helping those interested in human resources.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Kate Ause, President & Owner, The Kate Ause Showroom
Host Bio: I am a fellow Oregonian, born and raised. After graduating from OSU I started at a showroom in Portland in the sample department, working my way up to showroom manager with part time design work and other creative hobbies in between. I moved to Seattle for a little under 2 years before moving back to Portland and opening my own showroom to the trade. I love helping people, textures, and unique creative inspiration and artwork. All about the work life balance - more emphasis on the life part :)
Organization Industry: Interior Design, Marketing and Merchandise management, Business and Entrepreneurship, and any sort of creative, art or design colleges/majors
Job Shadow Date: Anytime between June 20 - July 7
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: You will be shadowing along for a day in the life of the showroom sample department – from helping designers source material (fabric, wall covering, trim, furniture, etc) for their projects, providing samples and other information, as well as any other business/design tasks that come up. This can be anything from finding similar patterns of discontinued items, pulling samples, learning the flow and organization of the back office side of the showroom, and interior design or small business world. Your experience will include a showroom tour, lunch, and introductions to employees and designers who come in. We have a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere that can be fast paced, depending on the day. There is always a lot to organize and streamline!
Host Name: Glenn Scharn, Senior Sales Engineer, Quantiphi
Host Bio: Glenn has experience in technical pre-sales consulting and GTM strategy as the onshore regional lead. He works with an international organization with the majority of the workforce offshore (India).
Organization Industry: Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Technology - anyone interested in technology/business
Job Shadow Date: June 4 - 10
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: This job is fully remote, so there is no major office to report to. We can do a virtual 1:1 or a meet and greet in PDX.
Host Name: Grant Stalley, Director of Program Execution, Red Sky
Host Bio: As Director of Programs Execution for internal projects, I ensure consistent and high-quality execution across Red Sky's portfolio for our Fortune 500 clients. My strong suit is my ability to drive highly visible programs that require delivery excellence in order to succeed. As a certified project management professional, I have driven many large-scale programs that involve partners, sales enablement, business intelligence, and digital marketing. I am a proud alumnus of Oregon State University (B.S. and PMP Certified), and, once upon a time, I was a personal trainer at Pro Sports Club and a manager of a fitness studio. Currently, I’m an active cyclist, runner, and high school football coach. I love the outdoors and spending time with my wife and two beautiful children, Wyatt (3 years) and Grace (6 months).
Organization Industry: We are interested in just about any business major. We are a services company, and we provide project management, Business Process Management (BPM), and Business Analytics services to our Fortune 500 customers.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Brian Feeney, PE, Senior Project Manager, 3J Consulting
Host Bio: I am a Senior Project Manager at 3J Consulting, a Portland Metro Area-based Civil Engineering, water resources, and land use planning firm. I have more than 24 years of Civil Engineering experience, and I work with a variety of clients including public jurisdictions, school districts, parks and recreation, and private developers. I graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
Organization Industry: Civil Engineering; interested in hosting a Civil Engineering Major
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30, 2023
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office tour, field tour/site visit, meet with other staff, attend client meeting (if possible), shadow design staff, lunch with a small team
Host Name: Oliver Hudgins, Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant, Accenture
Host Bio: Oliver has a strong background in operational IT and has been running cybersecurity programs for various organizations since his first job in Help Desk. His background is in industry, working in manufacturing, K-12 education, and state government. His position with Accenture has him advising and implementing security tools and policies to modernize any organization.
Organization Industry: Consulting with a focus on cloud security and secure digital transformation in all industries
Job Shadow Date: June 20, 21, and 22; unavailable after June 23
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Host Name: Samantha Mosley-Wallace, Engineering Manager, Acumed
Host Bio: I have been with Acumed for a little over 4 years now. I started as an entry level Product Engineer and am now an Engineering Manager for Acumed's HUE Product Sustaining & Packaging Engineering teams
Organization Industry: Orthopedics/medical devices; Interested in hosting students in mechanical, manufacturing, and biochemical engineering (MIME, CBEE)
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; Wednesdays are best
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Facility tour, meet with MECOP interns, meet with other OSU alums, meet departments that hire engineers, lunch
Host Name: Nikita Rozanov, System Development Engineer, Amazon
Host Bio: I am a System Development Engineer at Amazon in the Continuous Infrastructure Automation group. This is a software development role, focusing on building new software to manage the networking equipment at Amazon physical sites (eg. fulfillment centers, and corporate offices). In a typical week, I write code for cloud services, introduce and test enhancements and bug fixes, and write documents and new proposals. I also resolve critical customer-impacting issues through an engineering on-call. I graduated from Oregon State in 2019 with degrees in Chemical Engineering and Physics. Prior to Amazon, I was a manufacturing technician and process engineer at the Intel manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, OR. This means I come from a non-traditional software development background, and I have learned many lessons about finding what I enjoy and making career changes.
Organization Industry: My role at Amazon is software and network development focused. It is focused on computer science, although my team has diverse engineering backgrounds, with electrical engineering popular. I am interested in hosting anyone with an interest in software and writing code, not restricted to major.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Joseph Johnson, Implant Equipment Engineer, Analog Devices
Host Bio: I am an equipment engineer at Analog Devices Beaverton fab. I manage every aspect of 4 pieces of equipment (tools), from scheduling PMs, looking though SPC to catch long running issues, or even actually personally doing troubleshooting in the fab on the tool.
Organization Industry: We are a semiconductor design and manufacturer. We are interested primarily in students from MIME/CBEE/EECS, but would consider almost any engineering or technical background.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: This experience will include an office tour, presentation about the company, fab tour, meet with former alumni in other departments, lunch, various tool walkthroughs, and finally attending whatever relevant meetings come up during that day.
Host Name: George Ensey, Jr., Sr. HR Generalist, Avalign
Host Bio: I provide HR and employee relations support to our Portland Manufacturing facility.
Organization Industry: Avalign manufactures surgical and medical implants, and we fall under the guidance of the FDA. We are interested in working with Mechanical, Chemical, Bio-Medical, Industrial Manufacturing, and Manufacturing Engineering majors.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 26
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Facility tour, shadow with multiple Manufacturing Engineers working on implants and machines, and lunch will be included
Host Name: Kala Kopecek Turnquist, Project Manager, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
Host Bio: I graduated from OSU in 2018 with an Honors ChemE degree. I also ran cross country and track for the Beavers. I currently live in Los Angeles, CA, where I am originally from. I work at Design Group, where I took a job upon graduation, and have been here for about 4.5 years. I started as a Project Engineer and now work as a Project Manager.
Organization Industry: Design Group is an Architectural and Engineering consulting firm. We consult in every major industry including Food & Beverage, Semiconductor, Oil & Gas, Industrial and Pharmaceutical industries. We house every engineering discipline including Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural, Structural, and Civil. I can host all of the major engineering disciplines except for Computer Science, Ecological, Environmental, and Industrial as we don't directly offer jobs to those fields.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; not available July 3, 4, or 5
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Bill Lozier, COO, Bobs Red Mill
Host Bio: Chief Operating Officer of the best food company in the world! I manage all areas of the operation, from procurement through distribution.
Organization Industry: We are a food Consumer Packaged Goods brand with a large supply chain supporting us.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Half Day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, manufacturing and distribution tour, visit with alumni in operations, supply chain, and IT.
Host Name: Chris Shepherd, Boeing
Host Bio: Manufacturing Engineering - Responsible for one-off rework instructions for discrepant parts. I understand and work with all engineering disciplines on site.
Organization Industry: Manufacturing Engineering - Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering students
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: In depth description and demonstration of the manufacturing engineering role, site tour and capabilities, and discussion with other engineering disciplines on site.
Host Name: Kalan Guiley, Senior Manager, Global Aviation Safety, Boeing
Host Bio: Kalan works at The Boeing Company as the Senior Manager, Global Aviation System Safety, a role in which he leads a skilled and highly-specialized team of engineers who engage with other manufacturers, major suppliers, industry partners, customers and regulatory authorities to drive continuous improvement in the safety of the global aviation system. He can often be found enjoying the great outdoors in and around Seattle on foot, riding bicycles, skiing, or camping with his wife, Jennie, and their four children, Josie (11), Harry (6), William (1) and Jacob (1).
Organization Industry: Aerospace/Defense - Any engineering field
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 29
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Meet with a few different engineering employees at Boeing to understand the different engineering disciplines and the roles engineers play throughout the product life cycle, tour the Safety Promotion Center and the factory.
Host Name: Kyle Botermans, Associate Scientist - Non-Viral Gene Delivery, Bristol Myers Squibb
Host Bio: I am an engineer contributing to the effort to make cell therapy applications feasible without the need of vector by implementing novel gene delivery strategies. My role consists of investigating new technologies and implementing operating procedures that enable these new techniques. After graduating from OSU with a BS in Chemical Engineering, I completed an internship with Hewlett-Packard prior to joining BMS. I have since worked on several different teams working on cell therapy and have a diverse understanding of many different efforts being conducted by the company. My most recent role in non-viral delivery has challenged me to investigate new technologies that have not yet been implemented into the cell therapy space. Furthermore, my hybrid role consists of designing and executing experiments, analyzing and presenting data, and developing recommendations for future assets to process development teams according to that data.
Organization Industry: BMS has a very broad pipeline; however, all the work performed in Seattle is related to cell therapy development. I would be interested in hosting chemical and bio engineers as well as anyone interested in joining the biotech industry.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 22, or July 4 - July 7
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Host Name: Kaylene Lim, Associate Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Host Bio: Associate scientist working in early phase process development in cell therapy
Organization Industry: Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, bioprocess engineering. Interested in hosting students seeking careers in chemical engineering, bioengineering, molecular biology, biology
Job Shadow Date: Week of June 20
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students in a group setting
Description of Experience: Full day of touring the research and development facility and a chance to meet with other current employees.
Host Name: Ryan Stevens, CTO & Co-Founder, Candidate Labs
Host Bio: Ryan has over a decade of experience building high-caliber engineering teams and establishing team cultures oriented around personal growth. As the CTO of Candidate Labs, he is responsible for scaling the engineering team and building the technology to supercharge recruiters. Ryan moved to San Francisco in 2011 with the life-long dream of working at a venture-backed startup. He started as the technical lead at BandPage, a music tech company that powered artists' presence on social media. Ryan was promoted to Director of Engineering responsible for the frontend and backend engineering and built the application serving 32 million monthly active users. Ryan carved out a specialty in Node.js where he found his way to NodeSource, the industry’s premiere Node.js company. As a principal consultant, Ryan gave architectural evaluations and high-performance training to Fortune 500 companies aiming to level up their adoption and best practices of the technology. Just prior to co-founding Candidate Labs, Ryan led an engineering organization that implemented the first experimentation platform, raised loan origination, and ultimately ushered in a quant-driven software development process. Ryan enjoys spending time with his family where most recently he and his daughter have been getting more serious at playing chess.
Organization Industry: Candidate Labs, Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Kelsey Parpart, Marketing Manager, Century West
Host Bio: Century West is an aviation and municipal engineering and planning company that serves the Pacific Northwest.
Organization Industry: Civil Engineering
Job Shadow Date: Bend Office: any weekday except June 23 and July 3 - 4; Portland Office: June 29 - 30 or July 5 - 7
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students; two groups of 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, project tour, meet with EITs and interns, lunch
Host Name: Debora Piemonti, Water Resources Analyst, Clean Water Services
Host Bio: Water Resources Analyst in the Research and Innovation program at Clean Water Services (CWS). Debora specializes in hydrological and hydraulic modeling, data analysis and interpretation, as well as water quality modeling. Through her years in CWS she has participated in a series of multi-disciplinary projects to support and enrich the Tualatin River watershed management and CWS enhancement and restoration projects. Debora is the current chair of the groundwater hydrology committee for EWRI. Before working for CWS, Debora earned a PhD in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University and spent three years in consulting.
Organization Industry: Clean Water Services is a water resources management utility that combines science and nature to clean water and return it to the Tualatin River so it can be used again. We hire professionals in different areas, including water resources engineers, chemical engineers, process engineers, GIS specialist, data analysis experts among others.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meeting with department staff on site, potential tour to near by natural areas, potential water treatment plant visit, lunch
Additional Comments: We are a great utility, with a wide variety of projects and ongoing research. We keep busy to support the health of our watershed and are proactive investing time and money where we can support the use and re-use of our water resources.
Host Name: Nick Clark, Oregon Structural Assessment Lead, Consor Engineers
Host Bio: I am a bridge engineer primarily focusing in bridge inspection. I have 25 years of experience and have worked in over 30 states throughout the country. I currently lead the Oregon structural assessment group of Consor Engineers.
Organization Industry: We are a full service civil engineering company. We provide professional consulting engineering services in water, wastewater, bridge and roadway design, in-service structural inspection and construction inspection.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Depending on student's availability and our schedule, we will have an office and possibly a field visit, lunch and a meeting with other staff.
Host Name: Ashton Burrell, Manufacturing Engineer, Danner
Host Bio: I graduated OSU Winter 2022 and participated in MECOP. My second MECOP company was Danner, which is where I got an offer for a job after I graduated. I am now a Manufacturing Engineer at the Danner Portland Factory and the MECOP Company Rep.
Organization Industry: Danner is part of the footwear industry. For our first time in this program we will be looking for Engineers, Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 23
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students in a group setting
Description of Experience: Intro History and Factory tour (1.5 hours), Q/A with Pattern Engineering team (30min), Q/A with Product Development team (30min), Q/A with Manufacturing Engineering team (30min) and to end the day group lunch.
Host Name: Lester Morgan Tovey, Sr. Operations Manager, Datalogic
Host Bio: OSU graduate in IME 1998; Early career as Manufacturing Engineer turned into Operations management
Organization Industry: Electrical design and light electrical/mechanical assembly of barcode scanning equipment; could host anyone interested in engineering or operations
Job Shadow Date: July 6 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Full tour with time to investigate points of interest; finish with lunch in our on-site Barcode Bistro
Host Name: Rebecca Kobzeff Jordan, Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, DWFritz
Host Bio: Recruiting, interview training, onboarding processes, retention programs, community engagement, and talent branding and marketing
Organization Industry: Industrial Automation - Mechanical, Software, and Electrical Engineering, Physics. Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems (MIME, EECS)
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office and facility tour, job shadow with engineers, presentation overview of technology, Q&A with president, lunch with resident engineers who are OSU alums.
Host Name: Austin Steimer, Design Engineer, EarthCruiser
Host Bio: Design parts, systems, and new products for EarthCruiser overland vehicles. I use CAD software to model anything from early concepts to production ready products with an emphasis on design for manufacturing.
Organization Industry: Mechanical, Industrial, Design or Energy Systems engineers. Anyone interested in manufacturing or has entrepreneurial goals.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 to June 29
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with other staff or interns
Host Name: Andrew Crookston, Engineering & Sales Manager, Motor Controls, EATON
Host Bio: I manage a team of 5 - 7 engineers (some of whom are OSU grads!) who are responsible for creating controls schematics, bills of material, and engineered layout drawings of Motor Control Centers. The facility I work at also manufacturing other custom-engineered products. Students visiting the site would be exposed to the full spectrum of a company manufacturing goods at this scale including the electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, sales, field services, and pre/post-sale technical support that's needed to keep our power grid functioning.
Organization Industry: EATON is a Fortune 500 Power Management company. The products we manufacture help to transfer, control, and modulate power as it's used in automotive, industrial, and electrical applications. Our customer base at the Wilsonville facility varies from wastewater treatment facilities to electricity generating stations to metals processing & mining facilities, datacenters, and more.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible, not available June 23
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, plant tour, product & job overview, meet with OSU alumni, lunch, job shadowing an experienced engineer, meet members of the other function.
Host Name: Spencer Witter, Process Engineering Manager, Element Six
Host Bio: I am currently the Process Engineering Manager for our facility with a team of 6 process engineers. Our team is responsible for maintaining yield, continuous improvement activities, and qualifying new products and processes.
Organization Industry: Element Six is a manufacturer of synthetic diamond. Our Gresham facility uses chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to synthesize diamond for use as gemstones. We are interested in hosting Chemical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers (Mfg focus), and Industrial Engineers.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Facility tour, sit in on meetings, meet with staff, observe work on the shop floor, lunch
Host Name: Leif Erickson, Project Manager, Equilibrium Engineers
Host Bio: I am a Structural Engineer at a five person Structural Engineering firm in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I consult with architects and other clients to ensure their buildings and other structures meet strength and safety code standards. I run calculations during the design process, and help with construction, including visiting job sites.
Organization Industry: Structural Engineering. We hire Civil Engineering or Architectural Engineering majors with a focus in Structural Engineering.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with client, lunch with the office, run through calculations or the design process, discuss career paths, visit an active or past jobsite
Host Name: Nicole LaTourette, Mechanical Design Engineer, ESCO
Host Bio: I am a Mechanical Design Engineering on the Mining Expendables team. We are an optimization team that works with internal and external customers to create new parts for specific applications. I work with the products that go on mining size machines and interact with the ground. For example, a point on an excavator bucket.
Organization Industry: Design and Manufacture products that are used in the mining industry. Mechanical Engineering, material science, and manufacturing.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible, but Tuesdays and Thursday work best
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office history, office tour, innovation center tour, foundry tour, job shadow, lunch, alumni meet and greet.
Host Name: Michael Chin, Senior Project Engineer - Electrical, EVRAZ
Host Bio: I have 35 years of service with EVRAZ (started here as a college intern), graduate of PSU with an Electrical Engineering degree, hosted/mentored many OSU MECOP Interns over the past several years, and have two children that has been/going through the MECOP process (Mechanical Engineer and Bio-Engineering).
Organization Industry: EVRAZ is Industrial Manufacturing, making steel plate, coil, and heat-treated products.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 22 (in person with full tour of Steel Mill Facility)
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Half or full day job shadow will include introduction to Engineering/Process Automation staff, full plant tour of steel mill, meet/shadow/discussion/lunch with 2023 MECOP Interns.
Host Name: Megan Heinze, Process Engineer, Genentech
Host Bio: I am a Process Engineer in the pharmaceutical industry. The plant in Hillsboro focuses on filling, inspection and packaging of drug product vials.
Organization Industry: Pharmaceuticals. All engineering and science majors
Job Shadow Date: June 19 - August 25
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, production line tour, meet other staff members, lunch, attend meetings, etc.
Additional Comments: In order to attend the tour of the facility, we ask that you remove all jewelry, makeup, nail polish and wear closed toed shoes (i.e. tennis shoes).
Host Name: Diana Slater, Process Engineer, Genentech
Host Bio: I graduated in May 2020 from UIUC with a Bachelors in Bioengineering. I joined Genentech’s Operations Rotational Development Program (ORDP) and took 4 rotations across different areas and sites of Pharma Operations. Now, I work at Hillsboro Individualized Therapies (HIT) where we are on the cutting edge of cell and gene therapy. We are a multi-product, flexible site that is focused on small and per-patient batches. My role is a Cell Therapy Process Engineer, where I am responsible for process science, monitoring, and optimization.
Organization Industry: Biotech. Interested in hosting students in Engineering and/or Biology/Chemistry
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 28 (in person)
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Site tours, panel, lunch, one-on-one meetings
Additional Comments: In order to attend the tour of the facility, we ask that you remove all jewelry, makeup, nail polish and wear closed toed shoes (i.e. tennis shoes).
Host Name: Tianna Coburn, Reliability Engineer, Genentech
Host Bio: I analyze maintenance metrics (i.e. cost & downtime), support continuous improvement projects, assist with troubleshooting, and focus on asset lifecycle management. In my spare time, I enjoy biking, and road&trail running, and play violin with the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra.
Organization Industry: Industry: Biotechnology. Majors: bioengineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 23, or June 26 - 29
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Kameron Beeks, Vice President, Glumac
Host Bio: I am a vice president at Glumac, and I lead up our Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing engineering projects for education clients.
Organization Industry: Mechanical, Electrical, and Architectural Engineering. We are in the HVAC/Power Distribution/Plumbing realm with a focus on sustainability and net zero energy/water performance.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 to July 7 is currently open, and I can try to be flexible.
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff/interns, lunch.
Host Name: Geoff Lodal, Engineering Manager, Georgia Pacific
Host Bio: I manage our engineering team, which consists of mechanical, electrical, and process control engineers. We work directly with the manufacturing teams in the converting, paper mill, and secondary fiber departments to identify and execute projects to improve throughput and quality.
Organization Industry: Engineering, primarily mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and industrial
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 22, or July 5
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Facility tour, meet with interns and EDP (engineering development program) engineers, meet with leadership, lunch.
Host Name: Riley Murnane, Engineer, Hazen and Sawyer
Host Bio: Water/Wastewater Engineering
Organization Industry: Interested in connecting with for Civil, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering students
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with other staff, introduction to project work (drawings, specifications, sit in on project meetings). Site tour will happen if available.
Host Name: Carrie Harris, Master Technologist Inkjet Printing, HP
Host Bio: I graduated from Purdue University in 1995 with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. I have worked at HP, Inc in Corvallis, Oregon since graduation. I spent 15 years in new product process and tooling development for inkjet printhead assemblies. More recently I am a Master Technologist in Ink Supplies R&D working on the future portfolio needs for inkjet printing. This involves identifying technology needs, working with engineers to develop new technologies, all in support of business needs and gaps.
Organization Industry: Locally inkjet printing, 3D printing, large digital presses. Mechanical engineering is the best candidate for this experience although we hire all kinds of engineering/science majors.
Job Shadow Date: June 22 - 29
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Manufacturing and prototyping areas, engineering laboratories, some engineering presentations of work, lunch on site.
Additional Comments: Must be a US citizen to enter the facility. Lots of great women engineers!
Host Name: Connor Dokken, System and Software Optimization Engineer, Intel Corporation
Host Bio: Thermal power and performance customer engineer, focused on supporting customer system development for new silicon products (mobile, desktop PCs). Also, provide support and development of new software thermal and power controls
Organization Industry: Electronics. Interested in hosting all engineering majors
Job Shadow Date: Thursdays: June 22, June 29, and July 6
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Introduction to office, discussion of typical work, meet with other staff (pending availability with hybrid work), lunch, site tour.
Host Name: Lyubo Gankov, Intel Corporation
Host Bio: I studied Electrical & Computer Engineering at OSU with a minor in Computer Science, and I graduated in 2020. I worked at Intel as a product development engineer (testing computer processors) for the past 2.5+ years.
Organization Industry: Semiconductors | Majors: any!
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Breanne Garai, Talent Acquisition Advisor, JRMerit
Host Bio: I'm the Talent Acquisition Advisor and I oversee the recruiting activities and internship program JR Merit offers
Organization Industry: JR Merit is in industrial construction. Majors we are interested in are Construction Management, Operations Management , Civil Engineering , but are pretty open
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: We would like the student to be on a construction site. If timing/logistics don't work for a site visit, they can come to our office in Vancouver, WA
Host Name: Macklin Turnquist, Automation engineer, JSat Automation
Host Bio: Automation Engineer for almost 3 years. Chemical Engineering degree at OSU in 2018
Organization Industry: Bio/Pharma
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Joel R Paulson, Principal Civil Engineer, King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Host Bio: Civil Engineer with 29 years experience. Twenty-one years in consulting and eight with King County. Focused in design and construction of pipelines, municipal infrastructure, roads, and site development. Currently the lead civil engineer for KC WTD, so also responsible for design standards, specification development, mentoring, and training coordination.
Organization Industry: Wastewater conveyance and treatment.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible, but may not be available the last week of June
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Douglas Jones, Senior Wastewater Engineer, King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Host Bio: I am a registered Civil Engineer working on capital projects for the King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Organization Industry: Wastewater conveyance and treatment. Civil Engineers.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Field tour, perhaps sit in on an interesting meeting.
Host Name: Colette Gaona, Senior Associate, Landau Associates
Host Bio: Colette is a Senior Associate Scientist with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from OSU and more than fourteen years of experience in environmental consulting. Colette’s project focus has been on environmental remediation design and source investigations. Her project experience includes extensive work developing and implementing soil, groundwater, stormwater, and anthropogenic material investigation and remediation programs, identification and evaluation of source control methods, and evaluation and reporting of analytical data relative to regulatory criteria and cleanup levels under both state and federal requirements. Colette has also served on the Landau Associate's Board of Directors for over six years.
Organization Industry: Landau Associates is an employee-owned consulting firm that provides geotechnical and environmental engineering, environmental site management, permitting, and compliance services throughout the western United States for public and private organizations. We employ engineers (environmental, civil, chemical, geotechnical) and scientists (geology, hydrogeology, environmental science).
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Client project field site visit. Walk through on how field work culminates in the final work product back in the office. They will meet with other staff and have lunch.
Host Name: Troy Love, Senior Estimator, Larusso
Host Bio: I manage a team of estimators and project managers. I oversee all the proposals for the Portland and Seattle divisions.
Organization Industry: Construction. CEM or CE (Construction/Civil) students in their first year or two would probably be best.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 28
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Students would see the average day of an estimator/ project engineer. They would see what reviewing bids and takeoff looks like. I may be able to coordinate for them to spend some time in the field as well.
Host Name: Andrea Flanagan, General Counsel, LeadVenture
Host Bio: I sit on the executive team and lead the legal team at a software company.
Organization Industry: Technology. Software: websites, digital marketing, dealer management systems. Folks interested in IT, tech, or law would probably derive the most value.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 23, but would be interested in meeting prior to June 20
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with other staff (legal team, accounting team, maybe sales team), lunch, chat about typical 'day in the life'
Host Name: Brad Brookhart, Scientist III, Lonza
Host Bio: I am an analytical chemist with a BS degree in chemistry and 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. My primary focus has been on the formulation and characterization of poorly water-soluble small molecule pharmaceutical compounds, ranging from discovery through commercial phase, using a broad range of analytical techniques.
Organization Industry: We are a contract drug manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on drug products with premier capabilities in bioavailability enhancement and low dose/highly potent applications. We primarily look for students studying chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biochem, and biology.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meetings, lab work, lunch, data work up, meet with other staff.
Additional Comments: Bend, Oregon location
Host Name: Jenny Faulk, HR Coordinator, Lonza
Host Bio: One of Lonza's engineers or scientists will be hosting – employee to be determined closer to date of the experience.
Organization Industry: Engineering, manufacturing, chemistry
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Lab tour, office tour and we could do lunch or breakfast depending on the time they are here.
Host Name: Courtney Seto, Senior Consultant, Merina+Co
Host Bio: Courtney is an alumni of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at the University of Washington. She started her career in the Aerospace Manufacturing industry before taking on a Senior Consulting role at Merina+Co. She currently applies her industrial engineering skills and experiences when working with governments to develop, evaluate, and improve organizational strategy, operations, and performance to help improve service delivery to the community.
Organization Industry: Consulting in local/state government; I am happy to speak with any students interested in Consulting/Alternative Engineering career paths or Industrial Engineering students
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Anthony Lazzaro, Director, Product Management, Optitrack
Host Bio: My offical title and responsibilities center around product management (generally making sure we sell the best products possible). I also have responsibilities from a variety of other parts of the company such as support, development, testing, marketing, etc. depending on the project.
Organization Industry: We make cameras that track humans and objects down to less than a millimeter. We are used in films, games, medicine, robotics and more. We are interested in hosting really anyone technical, since we have a variety roles at the company, but the core company centers around the computer science, electrical engineering, and sales/marketing departments.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7, 2023
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff to talk about job responsibilities, demo showing off our technology, lunch.
Host Name: Elly Carroll, HR Director, O'Brien & Company
Host Bio: Students may shadow our Project Manager Alex Noble, among others (exact team members to be determined closer to date of experience.) We have offices in the Portland, Dundee, Bend and Coastal areas. We are a design build firm with construction teams and an in-house Architecture firm.
Organization Industry: We are a fully integrated design build firm with a focus on commercial hospitality, public works, multifamily, and residential. One of our values is innovation, and we utilize very cutting edge AR technology to build in efficiencies in our DB processes. We find students from Construction Management, Civil Engineering, and Architecture are the students most interested in our work.
Job Shadow Date: Monday June 26, July 5, 6, or 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Meeting at our Portland office, likely 2-3 jobsite tours, meeting other staff including architects/designers, shadow Project Manager at desk in software programs, and lunch.
Host Name: Deborah L Grubbe, Owner and President, Operations and Safety Solutions
Host Bio: Deborah Grubbe is the owner of a safety consulting company, and served in executive positions with both DuPont and BP. Deborah has been a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, and consulted in safety culture with the Columbia Shuttle Accident Investigation Board. She currently serves on the Engineering Advisory Council at Rowan University, and on the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board at Drexel University. Deborah obtained her BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and attended the University of Cambridge, England, on a Winston Churchill Fellowship. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Delaware, a chartered engineer in the United Kingdom, and is a Fellow of both the American and British Chemical Engineering Societies. In 2002 she was named the Engineer of the Year in Delaware, and in early 2018 was named the Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year. In 2013, she was inducted into the National Academy of Construction.
Organization Industry: Primarily seeking to connect with Engineering or Safety majors
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: I am offering 2 students a series of 2 or 3 one-hour sessions on any subject they are interested in discussing with respect to engineering, construction, safety, the work world, living overseas, career progression, etc.
Host Name: Lisa Hogan, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Orchid Orthopedic Solutions
Host Bio: As a manufactuing engineer, I am responsible for improving our casting and coating processes to improve quality and profitability of our products. Orchid Orthopedic Solutions manufactures orthopedic implants in Oregon City, Oregon. I studied Materials Engineering and I plan on finishing my MBA through Oregon State this winter.
Organization Industry: Medical devices - Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering
Job Shadow Date: July 5 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students in a group setting
Description of Experience: Lunch, plant tour - foundry, finishing and machining areas. Informational interviews meeting with other engineers and staff
Host Name: Michael Dunning, Director of Talent Development, Pacific Seafood
Host Bio: I oversee our internship program and college and university relations. The student(s) would shadow our engineering team in Newport, Oregon
Organization Industry: Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical)
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Engineering opportunities at Pacific Seafood are unique. Every day is a little different and allows opportunities to practice many engineering disciplines.
Host Name: Stephen Snider, Engineering Manager, Pak Tech
Host Bio: I am the Mechanical Engineering manager for the Applicators group at PakTech. We design automated machinery to apply PakTech handles and can carriers to all sorts of beverage cans, bottles, food and pharmaceutical products. I'm an OSU alum with coming up on 15 years industry experience in a variety of mechanical roles.
Organization Industry: We're in the packaging industry, specifically automated industrial packaging. We'd be interested in hosting mechanical engineering students, or electrical and controls engineering students.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students (one MIME and one EECS)
Description of Experience: We'll have the students tour both of our facilities: one where the handles are designed and injection molded, and our applicators facility where we design and build the automated equipment. We'll have them sit with an engineer for a couple of hours to learn how we work, what a typical day would look like. We would also take them to lunch with the whole engineering team to give them an opportunity to ask more questions in a less formal setting. We'll basically treat their job shadow day like a half day interview, with some extra tours and fun in the schedule.
Host Name: Pallavi Sapale, Software Engineer, PayPal
Host Bio: I work as a software engineer, in backend team in payments Engineering (Platform team) at PayPal. It involves reading, writing, debugging code and handling tasks end to end with release to production.
Organization Industry: Software Engineering
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; over the weekends would be convenient
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Possible office tour; spend some time connecting over coffee/lunch
Host Name: Elle Miller, Operations Area Manager, PCC Structurals
Host Bio: I have been with PCC going on 11 years. I have held roles in Process Engineering, Supervision, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, & most recently Operations Area Manager for 5 departments: Investing, Vacuum Cast, Master Cast, Cleaning, & Heat Treat.
Organization Industry: Aerospace Industry, most interested in Engineering & Material Science Majors
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7, 2023 (excluding April 24 - May 5)
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Plant tour, production meetings with other staff
Additional Comments: All students will be required to be 18 years old. Students must be a US Citizen and sign a non-disclosure agreement. No cell phones, pictures or posting on of any kind for the students of any of our manufacturing areas.
Host Name: Shawna Lewis, HR Director, PCC Structurals - Deer Creek
Organization Industry: Manufacturing - Engineering and Business. Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems (MIME)
Job Shadow Date: July 5 - July 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Plant tour and Q&A with Operations & Engineering leaders
Additional Comments: All students will be required to be 18 years old. Students must be a US Citizen and sign a non-disclosure agreement. No cell phones, pictures or posting on of any kind for the students of any of our manufacturing areas.
Host Name: Courtney Holbrook, Talent Acquisition Specialist, PCC Structurals - LPC
Organization Industry: Manufacturing - Engineering and Business. Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems (MIME)
Job Shadow Date: July 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Plant tour and Q&A with Operations & Engineering leaders
Additional Comments: All students will be required to be 18 years old. Students must be a US Citizen and sign a non-dsiclosure agreement. No cell phones, pictures or posting on of any kind for the students of any of our manufacturing areas.
Host Name: Kym Dressel, HR Manager, PCC Structurals - SSBO
Organization Industry: Manufacturing - Engineering and Business. Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems (MIME)
Job Shadow Date: July 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Description of Experience: Plant tour and Q&A with Operations & Engineering leaders
Additional Comments: All students will be required to be 18 years old. Students must be a US Citizen and sign a non-disclosure agreement. No cell phones, pictures or posting on of any kind for the students of any of our manufacturing areas.
Host Name: Lina Nguyen, HR Manager, PCC Structurals - Wax Center
Organization Industry: Manufacturing - Engineering and Business, Interested in Connecting with Students in Engineering, Computer, & Information Systems (MIME)
Job Shadow Date: July 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Plant tour and Q&A with Operations & Engineering leaders
Additional Comments: All students will be required to be 18 years old. Students must be a US Citizen and sign a non-disclosure agreement. No cell phones, pictures or posting on of any kind for the students of any of our manufacturing areas.
Host Name: Meghan Looney, Director of HR, Perlo Construction
Host Bio: Recruiting, employee engagement, benefits, people & culture
Organization Industry: Construction - Construction Engineering Management, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, jobsite tour, lunch with current interns/team
Host Name: Karryn Kimball (they/them), Structural Project Manager, Peterson Structural Engineers
Host Bio: I graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelors of Science in 2014 and a Masters of Science in 2016. I've work with Peterson Structural Engineers (PSE) since graduation with job titles ranging from staff designer to project manger. I also serve as chair on an internal committee manages technical and design resources. I've worked on a variety of projects while at PSE including seismic upgrades, CMU buildings, equipment anchorage, industrial piping systems, clean and waste water treatment plants, water storage tanks/reservoirs and many more. In my free time, I enjoy being outside especially near a river.
Organization Industry: Our industry is structural engineering. We are interested in hosting students interested in structural engineering and seeking civil engineering or architectural engineering degrees
Job Shadow Date: June 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, or 28
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet & greet with office staff (there are currently 2 of us), discussion of what we do as engineers on a day to day basis and the seasonal difference in the day to day, lunch with staff.
Host Name: Erik Peterson, Executive Principal, Peterson Structural Engineers
Host Bio: In his 25 years with PSE, Erik has served as a Project Manager, Structural Engineer, and Consultant for a wide variety of public and private clients. Erik became the Managing Principal of PSE in 2001 and continues to inspire and direct the firm. His diverse range of experience includes a variety of structures from commercial and residential buildings, recreational facilities, pump stations, water reservoirs and treatment facilities, to fisheries, ports and docks, cofferdams and retaining walls. This insight allows him to offer effective insight into every project. In addition to providing typical design and construction services for new construction, Erik has performed numerous evaluations of existing structures to provide analysis and design for potential upgrades. His extensive structural design experience and code knowledge makes him a valuable asset on upgrade projects; able to provide innovative and economical solutions to project challenges. Erik also lends his expertise to clients involved in legal disputes over damages and structural problems and failures. He is frequently called upon to perform forensic investigations and analyses to help determine cause. This work includes providing on-site investigations and condition assessments, performing extensive design and construction document review, and acting as an impartial expert witness for legal negotiations and hearings.
Organization Industry: Structural Engineering
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: An office tour and the opportunity to spend time with our professional staff from executive principal through project managers and staff engineers
Host Name: Glenn Scharn, Senior Sales Engineer, Quantiphi
Host Bio: Glenn has experience in technical pre-sales consulting and GTM strategy as the onshore regional lead. He works with an international organization with the majority of the workforce offshore (India).
Organization Industry: Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Technology - anyone interested in technology/business
Job Shadow Date: June 4 - 10
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: This job is fully remote, so there is no major office to report to. We can do a virtual 1:1 or a meet and greet in PDX.
Host Name: Kathleen Smith, Principal, Building Science Specialist, RDH
Host Bio: I manage the RDH Portland office. I work as a project manager helping building owners solve problems with existing buildings - specific to building enclosure. That is roofing, window systems, cladding systems, etc.
Organization Industry: We are a building science consulting firm. We work with Architects and Contractors in new construction, as well as existing building owners in solving problems with their existing buildings.
Job Shadow Date: Friday June 23, Friday June 30, or July 7.
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour and meet/greet staff. We may have limitations regarding attending a site, but can share some example photos of projects we work on. Lunch with our team - Friday lunches we have a shared learning session and the student would join us for that.
Host Name: Abigail Messegee, Technical Sales Representative, Redbuilt
Host Bio: I’m a Technical Sales Representative with a background in Structural Engineering. RedBuilt is a leading supplier of engineered wood products. I work as an advisor to structural engineers and architects, prepare and negotiate bids, and act as a point of contact for design assistance through construction.
Organization Industry: RedBuilt is a leading supplier of engineered wood products. Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Management, Wood Innovation and Sustainability
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 29
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, potentially a construction site visit, option to visit the manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, lunch.
Host Name: Kyle Wagner, Professional Engineer, Redbuilt
Host Bio: I am a licensed PE. I review and stamp structural drawings
Organization Industry: Wood products and structural engineering. Interested in Civil Engineers, Forest Engineers, etc
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Description of Experience: Office tour, manufacturing tour, meet and greet, lunch, overview of products and job activities
Host Name: Sam Thurman - Construction Manager, RiverBend Materials
Organization Industry: Mining and Construction. Interested in hosting a Construction/PM major
Job Shadow Date: One student on June 21 or 22, and one student June 28 or 29
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Start with meet and greet with office staff, Job shadow with Estimating Manager and/or Construction Manager, finish the day with Job site visit or several if possible.
Host Name: Kevin Sternes, Engineering Manager, Silver Eagle Manufacturing
Host Bio: I manage our design engineering team while tackling my own design projects.
Organization Industry: We are in the transportation industry; we are interested in connecting with manufacturing and mechanical engineering students.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible; no Fridays.
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, plant tour, lunch, meet with all staff. Current project overviews.
Host Name: Madison Wade, Corporate Recruiter, SteelFab
Host Bio: Work directly with SteelFab offices and colleges to recruit top talent.
Organization Industry: Construction/heavy civil. Looking to host Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Construction Engineers
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, shop tour, meet and greet with office staff and interns, a rundown of how SteelFab operates and what a career looks like at SteelFab. Lunch will be provided.
Host Name: Maria Agoston, Principal Engineer, Textronix
Host Bio: I have a Master's in Computer Engineering from OSU. My expertise is in test and measurements, with focus on DSP.
Organization Industry: Test, measurements, and digital signal processing
Job Shadow Date: In person on Tektronix campus, before July 1.
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, lab visits, lunch, answer questions
Host Name: Amber Nyssen, Director of Project Management, Tillamook County Creamery Association
Host Bio: I lead our Project Management team. I work closely with our Corporate Engineering team that is responsible for designing, installing and ongoing enhancements to our facilities and capital equipment.
Organization Industry: Consumer packaged goods, food & beverage. We would like to host engineering majors including Mechanical, Industrial/Manufacturing, and Chemical
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 29 (in-person) in Tillamook, OR
Type of Experience: Half Day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Plant overview, meet with project and process engineers, understand other careers of engineers at Tillamook, lunch
Host Name: Lori Serrano, PNW Region HR Director, TKElevator
Host Bio: HR Director in charge of hiring
Organization Industry: Elevators, escalators and global mobility, and anything that moves people
Job Shadow Date: June
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with the managment team and possibly lunch
Host Name: Amber Tilton, Community Relations Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Host Bio: I connect students to the right people within our agency. The Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has over 1,500 employees in a variety of career professions. I can connect students to their interests so they can explore their options within our agency. Here are a few examples of the disciplines we offer: engineering (civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, geotechnical, computer), geologist, park ranger, biologist, hydrologist, public affairs/media relations, real estate management, dredge pilot, first mate (dredge), boat operators, trades and crafts, and more!
Organization Industry: Engineering and everything in between. I can place students with someone in their field of interest within our agency.
Job Shadow Date: Any time
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (In-Person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Mike Shaw, Sr. Director of Software Engineering, Trimble
Host Bio: Director of software engineering, OSU Alum who graduated with a marketing degree (with Communication and CS minors/emphasis)
Organization Industry: Software Engineering. I would be interested in hosting someone who is interested in software engineering, and also is interested in Management
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - 28
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office tour, staff meetings, intern discussion, lunch
Host Name: Gregory Lewis, Director of HR, Warn
Host Bio: I lead our HR team supporting 600 team members at 4 business entities in four states.
Organization Industry: We are an outdoor lifestyle company specializing in winches and fabricated products for off road vehicles. We employ engineer, fabricators and machinist as well as marketing, HR, customer service and other general business roles.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: We will design a curriculum for the day to expose the student to the various aspects of our culture. There will be job shadowing and interaction with team members. Our goal is to share with them the whole process from design, manufacture, sales and after sale support.
Host Name: Calvin Taylor, Senior Electrical Engineer, Warn
Host Bio: I'm an Electrical Engineer with 30+ years of experience in embedded design and chip design
Organization Industry: Warn makes vehicle accessory equipment
Job Shadow Date: June 22
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Tom Szymoniak, Sr. Design Engineer, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Host Bio: Tom currently works at the Department of Natural Resources in Olympia as a Design Engineer in the Forest Roads Program. He received Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil Engineering and Forest Engineering at Oregon State University. After working as a soils engineer and finding his passion in soil mechanics and materials, Tom went back to Oregon State University where he obtained a Master of Science Degree in Geotechnical/Civil Engineering. Tom completed civil and environmental projects acting in roles as the project designer and project manager. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers without Borders, American Public Works Association, and the Construction Managers Association of America. His areas of interest include sustainable design, water resources, slope stability, and materials. Tom is an active sailor, canoeist, runner, bicyclist, and outdoorsman. In 2004, he cycled across the US in the achievement of a lifelong dream. He is an eternal optimist with a strong commitment to environmental education and sustainable practices.
Organization Industry: Civil and Forest Engineers, Foresters, Natural Resources, Biologist, Environmental Sciences, Geologist
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), or virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Location for in-person: Olympia, WA for an office tour and a trip to look as some active logging sites.
Host Name: Isaac Vanderwel, Engineering Team Lead - Dragline Products, ESCO
Host Bio: I am the Engineering Team Lead for Dragline products, currently managing three design engineers and I am responsible for all engineering activities relating to dragline products. I have been in this position for just over a year, prior to this I worked in the automotive industry (OE and Aftermarket). I was a Vehicle Dynamics engineer for RAM/Jeep products before moving into the aftermarket industry, where I was a Design Engineer and Customer Application Engineer for Warn Industries. I hold a BEng in Motorsport Engineering from Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK).
Organization Industry: Heavy equipment attachments (Front End Loaders, Back Hoes, Face Shovels, Draglines, Dredging Equipment, etc). I am interested in hosting any engineering discipline.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 22, June 27 - 29, July 4 - 6.
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with other engineering groups - HMP (Hydraulic Machinery Products, Cable Shovels, Constructions Attachments, etc), Lunch, and if there is time, foundry plant tour (steel toed boots required)
Host Name: Dziugas Radzius, Engineering Team Leader, ESCO
Host Bio: I am the Lead Engineer of ESCO's Contruction Attachment team. We are responsible for our construction sized attachment which are primarily excavator buckets. But also include front end loader buckets, excavator thumbs, and excavator quick change couplers and other products.
Organization Industry: We support many aspects of earth moving including mining, construction and dredging.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 22, June 27 - 29, or July 5 - 6
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Office tour, manufacturing plant tour, innovation center tour, meet other staff, lunch, product overview
Host Name: Leonard Weitman, Principal Consultant, Weitman Consulting
Host Bio: I am an independent consultant without any employees. I work with small to medium sized companies providing guidance for LEAN manufacturing, production capacity forecasting, and executive coaching.
Organization Industry: My industry is consulting for manufacturing improvement and executive coaching.
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - July 7
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: I would like to share experiences and answer questions students may have.
Host Name: Jennifer Bollig, Project Manager/Engineer, Willamette Technical Fabricators
Host Bio: Project manager in charge of engineering, logistics, purchasing, customer interaction, and financial reporting for large infrastructure fabrication
Organization Industry: Fabrication, Mechanical Engineering
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 23
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, shop tour, meet the staff, lunch
Additional Comments: We are a small, newer, black, woman-owed company in Portland.
Host Name: Olivia Crisp, Process Engineer, W.R. Grace
Host Bio: I manage capital projects to improve productivity, safety, and equipment reliability at the Grace Albany plant.
Organization Industry: Chemical manufacturing; chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 30, and July 5 - 7, 2023
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Plant tour, meet with other staff or interns, lunch
Host Name: Kevin Kasnick, EEO/ADR Program Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs
Host Bio: Equal Employment Opportunity Program Manager: oversee the EEO complaint process, schedule mediations, implement fact findings for employee concerns
Organization Industry: Healthcare and administration; Interested in connecting with students in Health & Wellness
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Site tour, summary of what we do, meetings with leaders per the students' interests
Host Name: Nathan Haines, Co-Owner and General Manager, Fitness Over 50
Host Bio: I have been a part of the Fitness Over 50 organization since I graduated from OSU in 2003. I also have an MBA degree from OSU. I run the day to day operations as well as teach classes, provide individual health training, arrange for seminars and guest speakers to take place at our facility, and all other aspects of running a business.
Organization Industry: Fitness Over 50 provides health and wellness training for older adults in the Willamette Valley. I would be interested in hosting students in the Kinesiology field and/or Public Health fields.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Students will witness one-on one group training as well as basic and specialty classes designed to improve the health and wellness of our clientele.
Host Name: Maria Quijano, Senior Early Learning Program Manager, Metropolitan Family Service
Host Bio: I am an Early Childhood Educator and have been in the field a little over 12 years now. I am a queer, Latina/e, bicultural, first generation that is passionate with working with Latino/e and low-income communities. I am here to support other up and coming educators.
Organization Industry: We are a non-profit social service agency that provide responsive programs in the community service babies up to older adults. We are interested in hosting folks with a social work, education, early childhood, older adult, and environmental advocacy backgrounds.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 23
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: We would like to host a half day field tour to meet staff and see a few classrooms that we have around Multnomah and/or North Clackamas. As well as meet volunteers and parents/caregivers that have participated in our programs to get an insight at what we do coming from participants. Informational interviews are also always welcomed.
Host Name: Tasha Mosbrucker, RN, Sarah's Place
Host Bio: I am a registered nurse at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. I specialize in forensic nursing as a sexual assault nurse. I have been in nursing for 18 years. I am also an alumni of OSU Public Health
Organization Industry: Hospital: Nursing, pre-nursing, Public Health
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 23, or July 3 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff, learn about role, program services, field tour
Host Name: Brittany Graves, Campus Operations Manger, Trillium Family Services
Host Bio: I am responsible for the management of campus operations positions. Specifically, the position oversees the on-call Residential Skills Trainers, and other campus operations staffing as needed.
Organization Industry: Adolescent mental/behavioral health; Interested in connecting with students in Health & Wellness
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - 29
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Declan Pizzino, Geospatial Analyst, Conservation Biology Institute
Host Bio: Declan Pizzino is a Geospatial Analyst with the Conservation Biology Institute and has more than three years of experience applying science and geospatial technology to support the conservation of natural resources. With a B.S. in Environmental Science and a certificate in Geographic Information Science from Oregon State University, Declan is excited to be part of a team that is focused on a science-based approach to improving the world. His areas of expertise and interest include geographic information systems, remote sensing, machine learning, modeling, and conservation/sustainability planning.
Organization Industry: Non-profit conservation and geospatial science. I could host most majors from CEOAS, including geography/GIS, natural resources, environmental science, etc.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Coffee or Lunch Meet and Greet (In-Person); Virtual Informational Interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Dan Tonnes, Marine Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: Dan Tonnes is the Washington and Oregon Aquaculture Coordinator for the West Coast Region. Dan has over 20 years of federal experience. Before becoming an Aquaculture Coordinator, he served as a Recovery Coordinator for rockfish listed under the Endangered Species Act, working on recovery planning, critical habitat designation, research, and habitat restoration initiatives. He has an extensive background in the federal ESA regulatory program, including Section 7 and 10 activities. Prior to joining NOAA, he operated fishing boats in Puget Sound and Alaska and passenger ferries and oil spill response vessels in Washington. He received a B.S in Environmental Planning from Seattle Pacific University and a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington. Dan is a Kinship Conservation Fellow.
Organization Industry: Fisheries, aquaculture and habitat management, species recovery, and research
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour of the Western Regional Center and meet with staff
Host Name: Jhenevieve Cabasal, Marine Habitat Resources Specialist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: I work with other government agencies to conserve and protect the environment and endangered animals, fish, or plants in our oceans.
Organization Industry: Science, marine biology, marine ecology
Job Shadow Date: June 20-23, 27-29, July 5 & 7
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Emi Melton, Fish Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: I analyze salmon and steelhead hatchery operations in the Pacific Northwest to comply with the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. I also manage two hatchery-related federal grant programs and am a co-lead of our Region's DEIA team.
Organization Industry: Natural resource management (marine and river in some instances), regulatory management and policy
Job Shadow Date: June 22, 26, 29, July 3 and 7
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Additional Comments: Once matched, please send a summary of your experience and interest. This information will help shape your experience.
Host Name: Jerry Young, Director, Western Malt Operations, Anheuser-Busch
Host Bio: Plant Manager, General Manager for the malt operations at AB. BSME from Oregon State.
Organization Industry: Food & Beverage; Interested in connecting with students in Science & Natural Resources
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Site tour, SME coffee talks with experts, industry overview, etc.
Host Name: Dan Henderson, Global Alliance Manager, Amazon Web Services
Host Bio: Dan Henderson is a Global Alliance Manager at AWS with a focus on geospatial partners such as Esri. He has worked in geospatial technology for the majority of his 20+ year career with a focus on business development and technology enablement. He holds a Bachelors in Geography from Oregon State University and a Masters in Geography from San Diego State University. He has worked for and with a variety of public, private and academic organizations and enjoys helping agencies transform how they do business through the science of geography and location intelligence. His interests outside of work include snowboarding, hiking, surfing, travel, and working on classic cars.
Organization Industry: Cloud hosting. Focus on geospatial partners and customers.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 27
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Informational interview, review of daily schedule, lunch
Host Name: Kyle Botermans, Associate Scientist - Non-Viral Gene Delivery, Bristol Myers Squibb
Host Bio: I am an engineer contributing to the effort to make cell therapy applications feasible without the need of vector by implementing novel gene delivery strategies. My role consists of investigating new technologies and implementing operating procedures that enable these new techniques. After graduating from OSU with a BS in Chemical Engineering, I completed an internship with Hewlett-Packard prior to joining BMS. I have since worked on several different teams working on cell therapy and have a diverse understanding of many different efforts being conducted by the company. My most recent role in non-viral delivery has challenged me to investigate new technologies that have not yet been implemented into the cell therapy space. Furthermore, my hybrid role consists of designing and executing experiments, analyzing and presenting data, and developing recommendations for future assets to process development teams according to that data.
Organization Industry: BMS has a very broad pipeline; however, all the work performed in Seattle is related to cell therapy development. I would be interested in hosting chemical and bio engineers as well as anyone interested in joining the biotech industry.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 22, or July 4 - July 7
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Host Name: Kaylene Lim, Associate Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Host Bio: Associate scientist working in early phase process development in cell therapy
Organization Industry: Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, bioprocess engineering. Interested in hosting students seeking careers in chemical engineeing, bioengineeing, molecular biology, biology
Job Shadow Date: Week of June 20
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students in a group setting
Description of Experience: Full day of touring the research and development facility and a chance to meet with other current employees.
Host Name: Jennifer Hebbeler, Incident Business Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Host Bio: Jennifer works in wildland fire. Half the year, she assists their regions with fire preparations, trainings and reviews, and the other half of the year, she actually go out on fire assignments and serves the firefighters.
Organization Industry: Wildland fire and connecting industries
Job Shadow Date: Flexible, but could be deployed to an assignment.
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Brandon, Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Host Bio: I got my degree in Geology with a GIS certificate. I work on legal description examination and validation for land that Tribes would like to move from Fee status to Trust status. I'm a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians where I serve as the chairman of the education committee. I am also a board member on the Mid Coast Watersheds Council as well as part of an organization called the Indigenous Gardens Network which is an intergovernmental group between the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde where we are working with partners in southern Oregon to restore plant communities that are traditionally important to our peoples as well as strengthening the relationship between our people and the lands of our ancestors which were systematically stolen through bad faith agreements and un-ratified treaties. I also work in the summers as a GISS on fires for the BIA.
Organization Industry: We work to support Indian Country; I do that through the lens of Geographic Information Systems.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Additional Comments: Especially interested in connecting with indigenous students.
Host Name: Bree Hinricher, Education Curator, Chintimini Wildlife Center
Host Bio: I work in the education section of the Chintimini Wildlife Center. We have 11 birds of prey that live on-site permanently as our ambassador animals. My job is to care for and work with these birds, as well as present educational programs for guests of all ages. I have been in the Wildlife Education field for 10 years now and have worked with a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and insects over the years!
Organization Industry: We are a wildlife rehabilitation and education center. We would be happy to host anyone looking into the field of animal care/animal sciences and education.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students; two groups of two students
Description of Experience: Our day starts at 10am with a morning check on the birds. Throughout the day, we will clean enclosures, prepare diets, feed the birds, work with the birds and keep daily records. The day may also include on-site tours for visitors or off-site presentations (it is up to the student if they wish to join us for anything off-site). Educational tours and presentations are not daily and are scheduled as people contact us, so things can change with even just 24 hours notice. We will be outdoors pretty much the whole day - rain or shine!
Host Name: Rachel Golda, Operations Analyst - Research, Clean Water Services
Host Bio: I am a research scientist for the molecular biology lab at Clean Water Services. My primary job is design or optimization of new genetic assays to enhance our understanding of wastewater and wastewater process control.
Organization Industry: Public utility; wastewater. Interested in hosting biology, molecular biology, environmental science or engineering, climate science
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 24, June 26 - 30, or July 5 - 6
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Plant tour, lab or field work, coffee or lunch
Host Name: Debora Piemonti, Water Resources Analyst, Clean Water Services
Host Bio: Water Resources Analyst in the Research and Innovation program at Clean Water Services (CWS). Debora specializes in hydrological and hydraulic modeling, data analysis and interpretation, as well as water quality modeling. Through her years in CWS she has participated in a series of multi-disciplinary projects to support and enrich the Tualatin River watershed management and CWS enhancement and restoration projects. Debora is the current chair of the groundwater hydrology committee for EWRI. Before workign for CWS, Debora earned a PhD in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University and spent three years in consulting.
Organization Industry: Clean Water Services is a water resources management utility that combines science and nature to clean water and return it to the Tualatin River so it can be used again. We hire professionals in different areas, including Water Resources Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, GIS specialist, data analysis experts among others.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meeting with department staff on site, potential tour to near by natural areas, potential water treatment plant visit, lunch
Additional Comments: We are a great utility, with a wide variety of projects and ongoing research. We keep busy to support the health of our watershed and are proactive investing time and money where we can suppor the use and re-use of our water resources.
Host Name: Declan Pizzino, Geospatial Analyst, Conservation Biology Institute
Host Bio: Declan Pizzino is a Geospatial Analyst with the Conservation Biology Institute and has more than three years of experience applying science and geospatial technology to support the conservation of natural resources. With a B.S. in Environmental Science and a certificate in Geographic Information Science from Oregon State University, Declan is excited to be part of a team that is focused on a science-based approach to improving the world. His areas of expertise and interest include geographic information systems, remote sensing, machine learning, modeling, and conservation/sustainability planning.
Organization Industry: Non-profit conservation and geospatial science. I could host most majors from CEOAS, including geography/GIS, natural resources, environmental science, etc.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Alexander Lopez, Public Affairs Coordinator, DOGAMI
Host Bio: As public affairs coordinator for DOGAMI, I serve as an interface between the scientists at the agency and the public. Being a geologist myself, I am invested in the high-level work performed by the agency and how that information is disseminated to the public. In addition to being a geologist, I am also a social worker and therefore focused on how community members can utilize the research produced by DOGAMI to improve community members' lives.
Organization Industry: DOGAMI works in geoscience research and is also the primary agency responsible for permitting mineral extraction in the State of Oregon.
Job Shadow Date: July 3 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students (one in geological research, one in mining regulatory program, and one in business operations)
Description of Experience: Alexander Lopez is coordinating the experience and students will be matched with additional DOGAMI staff.
Host Name: Megan Heinze, Process Engineer, Genentech
Host Bio: Process Engineer in the pharmaceutical industry. The plant in Hillsboro focuses on filling, inspection and packaging of drug product vials.
Organization Industry: Pharmaceuticals. All engineering and science majors
Job Shadow Date: June 19 - August 25
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, production line tour, meet other staff members, lunch, attend meetings, etc.
Additional Comments: In order to attend the tour of the facility, we ask that you remove all jewelry, makeup, nail polish and wear closed toed shoes (i.e. tennis shoes).
Host Name: Diana Slater, Process Engineer, Genentech
Host Bio: I graduated in May 2020 from UIUC with a bachelors in Bioengineering. I joined Genentech’s Operations Rotational Development Program (ORDP) and took 4 rotations across different areas and sites of Pharma Operations. Now, I work at Hillsboro Individualized Therapies (HIT) where we are on the cutting edge of cell and gene therapy. We are a multi-product, flexible site that is focused on small and per-patient batches. My role is a Cell Therapy Process Engineer, where I am responsible for process science, monitoring, and optimization.
Organization Industry: Biotech. Interested in hosting students in Engineering and/or Biology/Chemistry
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 28 (in person)
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Site tours, panel, lunch, one-on-one meetings
Additional Comments: In order to attend the tour of the facility, we ask that you remove all jewelry, makeup, nail polish and wear closed toed shoes (i.e. tennis shoes).
Host Name: Macklin Turnquist, Automation engineer, JSat Automation
Host Bio: Automation engineer for almost 3 years. Chemical engineering degree at OSU in 2018
Organization Industry: Bio/Pharma
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Host Name: Colette Gaona, Senior Associate, Landau Associates
Host Bio: Colette is a Senior Associate Scientist with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from OSU and more than fourteen years of experience in environmental consulting. Colette’s project focus has been on environmental remediation design and source investigations. Her project experience includes extensive work developing and implementing soil, groundwater, stormwater, and anthropogenic material investigation and remediation programs, identification and evaluation of source control methods, and evaluation and reporting of analytical data relative to regulatory criteria and cleanup levels under both state and federal requirements. Colette has also served on the Landau Associate's Board of Directors for over six years.
Organization Industry: Landau Associates is an employee-owned consulting firm that provides geotechnical and environmental engineering, environmental site management, permitting, and compliance services throughout the western United States for public and private organizations. We employ engineers (environmental, civil, chemical, geotechnical) and scientists (geology, hydrogeology, environmental science).
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Client project field site visit. Walk through on how field work culminates in the final work product back in the office. They will meet with other staff and have lunch.
Host Name: Brad Brookhart, Scientist III, Lonza
Host Bio: I am an analytical chemist with a BS degree in chemistry and 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. My primary focus has been on the formulation and characterization of poorly water-soluble small molecule pharmaceutical compounds, ranging from discovery through commercial phase, using a broad range of analytical techniques.
Organization Industry: We are a contract drug manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on drug products with premier capabilities in bioavailability enhancement and low dose/highly potent applications. We primarily look for students studying chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biochem, and biology.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meetings, lab work, lunch, data work up, meet with other staff.
Additional Comments: Bend, Oregon location
Host Name: John Herweh, CFO, Nieman
Host Bio: An HR professional, I have worked for a variety of organizations like Hershey Foods and The American Cancer Society as well as in a variety of industries. I also served in the Army Reserve as a Citizen Soldier and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. In my current role as Chief People Officer with Nieman, my role is to provide both strategic and tactical HR guidance at an enterprise level.
Organizational Industry: Wood products (4 lumber mills in 4 states, and a pellet mill). All majors - we have several OSU alums that would love to host.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 3
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Leadership meet and greet, mill tour, field tour, and lunch
Host Name: Dan Tonnes, Marine Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: Dan Tonnes is the Washington and Oregon Aquaculture Coordinator for the West Coast Region. Dan has over 20 years of federal experience. Before becoming an Aquaculture Coordinator, he served as a Recovery Coordinator for rockfish listed under the Endangered Species Act, working on recovery planning, critical habitat designation, research, and habitat restoration initiatives. He has an extensive background in the federal ESA regulatory program, including Section 7 and 10 activities. Prior to joining NOAA, he operated fishing boats in Puget Sound and Alaska and passenger ferries and oil spill response vessels in Washington. He received a B.S in Environmental Planning from Seattle Pacific University and a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington. Dan is a Kinship Conservation Fellow.
Organization Industry: Fisheries, aquaculture and habitat management. Species Recovery. Research
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour of the Western Regional Center and meet with staff
Host Name: Jhenevieve Cabasal, Marine Habitat Resources Specialist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: I work with other government agencies to conserve and protect the environment and endangered animals, fish, or plants in our oceans.
Organization Industry: Science, marine biology, marine ecology
Job Shadow Date: June 20-23, 27-29, July 5 & 7
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: Emi Melton, Fish Biologist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Bio: I analyze salmon and steelhead hatchery operations in the Pacific Northwest to comply with the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. I also manage two hatchery-related federal grant programs and am a co-lead of our Region's DEIA team.
Organization Industry: Natural resource management (marine and river in some instances), regulatory management and policy
Job Shadow Date: June 22, 26, 29, July 3 and 7
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Additional Comments: Once matched, please send a summary of your experience and interest. This information will help shape your experience.
Host Name: Lyle Gibbs, Agronomist, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Host Bio: As an agronomist for Nutrien Ag Solutions I am a member of a team providing whole acre solutions to local farms. After building relationships with a grower they allow me to consult my agronomic ideas to them and also supply them with fertility and crop protection inputs.
Organization Industry: Crop and soil science, ag business, horticulture.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Facility tour including fertilizer plant, field tour of local crops, discussion of what a day may bring as an agronomist, lunch.
Host Name: Kathryn Olson, Lead Silviculturist, Nuveen
Host Bio: As Lead Silviculturist I provide mentorship to our forestry staff. I also manage a large reforestation program, monitor and respond to forest health issues on approximately 200,000 acres, manage any forestry research, lead all forest certification programs (SFI) for the pacific northwest and manage our wildlife and biodiversity program.
Organization Industry: Forestry, Natural Resources. Happy to host students from any career field.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, field tour (transportation provided), lunch with available staff members.
Additional Comments: In person tours would be held out of our Gearhart, OR office
Host Name: Kaly Adkins, Non-game Wildlife Biologist, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Host Bio: I am a wildlife biologist for the State of Oregon that focuses on non-game species. I cover the portion of the state that is east of the crest of the Cascades. I focus on Oregon Conservation Strategy species.
Organization Industry: Natural Resources, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Wildlife Management
Job Shadow Date: June 26 - 30
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour and meet and greet with other staff, fieldwork with intern, lunch in the field
Host Name: Kristi.K.Fox, HR Director, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Host Bio: Guide a team of HR professionals to provide various HR services to state employees. The classifications that work for us range from office administration staff to Park Rangers to planners and natural resource specialists.
Organization Industry: The state of Oregon Parks system and the employees that provide beautiful park settings to thousands of park visitors
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7 depending on schedule
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Park tours, lunch, and meet with staff
Host Name: Michele Olson, Senior Recruiter, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Host Bio: I am the senior recruiter in the Human Resources Department for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. I have worked for the State of Oregon in different HR roles for the past 16 years.
Organization Industry: Parks and Recreation, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Studies, Archeology or Anthropology
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 30, 2023
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Host Name: John Mullen, Park Manager, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Host Bio: Lead a team of Park Rangers to manage a group of Oregon State Parks along the Middle Fork and Coast Fork of the Willamette River as well as elsewhere. Have managed other groups of parks throughout the Willamette Valley. Prior to this worked in Natural Resource field including as Research Assistant with OSU.
Organization Industry: Parks and Recreation and Natural Resources
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 7, 2023
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Information overview with Manager, job shadow Park Ranger, tour of ecological restoration sites.
Additional Comments: Please dress appropriately for outdoor site visits: layers, closed toe shoes, etc.
Host Name: Bridget Tinsley, Resource Program Manager, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Host Bio: I manage a team of resource and program specialists for state park properties east of the Cascade Mountains. My team includes an archeologist, natural resource specialists, forester, construction project manager and a regional program coordinator. We work to support the natural, cultural resource in the parks and make sure that park visitor's have a wonderful experience when recreating at Oregon State Parks.
Organization Industry: Resource Specialists (wildlife, forestry, botany, cultural resources, etc.) , outdoor recreation management, biology, ecology, archeology
Job Shadow Date: June 21, 26 - 30, and July 3
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Office and park tour, meet with resource and program specialists to learn more about what their respective responsibilities are (both internal for Oregon State parks and statewide). We will also host a lunch with OPRD staff and tour a park property to help participants understand the operations and project planning work that happens behind the scenes at Oregon State Parks!
Host Name: Greg Short, Park Ranger, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Host Bio: Hello I'm Greg Short! I have worked as a public servant for over twenty-five years with a variety of different agencies from federal, state, county and local government. I studied abroad in New Zealand, in Parks & Recreation, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture with the OSU Exchange Program. Most of my career I have worked as a Park Ranger, for over twenty years, gaining work experience with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Rogue River Basin Project for two seasons. First as a Seasonal Park Ranger GS-5, then promoted to GS-7 the following season. I am a U.S. Army Engineer Veteran from the Gulf War. I worked as a permanent, full-time Park Ranger with Linn County Parks in Oregon for sixteen years, and now I currently work with Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. (OPRD) as a Park Ranger at Detroit Lake State Park. I have worked for OPRD for over four years. I started working for OPRD on the Oregon Coast at Sunset Bay Management Unit (SBMU), at Shore Acres State Park, where I was the Lead Park Ranger helping manage, and guide park maintenance and operations for the seven-acre Botanical Garden at Shore Acres. I have worked as a Park Ranger for over twenty years, from the Oregon Coast, to the Rogue River Basin, to the Willamette and Umpqua Valleys, and into the Cascade Mountains.
Organization Industry: Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. (OPRD) provides park and recreational experiences and opportunities. OPRD Mission is to provide and protect outstanding natural, scenic, cultural, historic and recreational sites for the enjoyment and education of present
Job Shadow Date: June 22, 23, 26, 29, 30.
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Park Office visit and field tour meeting park staff and learning how the team works together to provide our visitors with exceptional customer service, with many opportunities to ask questions and interact with myself and the park staff.
Host Name: Kyle Wagner, Professional Engineer, Redbuilt
Host Bio: I am a licensed PE. I review and stamp structural drawings
Organization Industry: Wood products and structural engineering. Interested in Civil engineers, forest engineers, etc.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 30
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Description of Experience: Office tour, manufacturing tour, meet and greet, lunch, overview of products and job activities
Host Name: Mark Miller, Senior Forester, Trout Mountain
Host Bio: Semi-retired professional forester in a small consulting firm, assisting family forestland owners, municipal government, and NGOs in sustainable forest management and restoration.
Organization Industry: Forest Management
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Job shadow could potentially include a tour of our Corvallis office, a field tour of a nearby active operations site, and lunch or coffee.
Host Name: Carla Moentenich, Talent Acquisition/Talent Sourcer, Twist Bioscience
Host Bio: Experienced Biotechnology Support Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. Skilled in Recombinant DNA, Mammalian Cell Culture, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology techniques. Skilled in sourcing and engaging diverse talent and tapping into passive and active candidate pipelines to help build Twist Bioscience's manufacturing team.
Organization Industry: Biotechnology/Manufacturing
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - 21 or July 6 - 7
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff, presentation, lunch
Host Name: Ryan Bellmore, Research Fish Biologist, USFS PNW Station
Host Bio: Research scientist studying river ecosystems, watershed restoration, climate change impacts, and freshwater fishes.
Organization Industry: Ecology, Fisheries, Natural Resources
Job Shadow Date: June 19 - 23
Type of Experience: Virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Host Name: M. Renee Bellinger, Research Geneticist, USGS
Host Bio: I am working on a conservation problem that is at the nexus of climate change, invasive species, and evolutionarily unique species. My research centers on the use of genetic tools to measure population connectivity of mosquitoes, in preparation for a novel application of "Insect incompatible technique" using mosquitoes that have been transinfected with Wolbachia strains isolated from Aedes albopictus. I work collaboratively with a large team, and also generate/analyze genetic data, write papers, etc. I started my undergraduate at OSU but completed my BS at Humboldt State University in Wildlife Management, went on to get a M.S. in Biology at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and then returned to OSU, first working for USGS (Sue Haig's laboratory on OSU main campus), then went to HMSC where I worked with Michael Banks for over a decade, and then started/completed my PhD in Michael Banks laboratory at HMSC. I am a huge fan of OSU!
Organization Industry: I would love to host a Fisheries and Wildlife student at any stage of their career. If they could come to Hawai'i for an in-person visit that would be awesome, but online visit works too.
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - June 25; other possible dates are pending conference travel.
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: If the students could come here we would show them the facilities at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, show them the genetics lab and insectary, demonstrate mosquito dissections and DNA extractions (if time), and talk about career paths. I have a team of research volunteers whom they could meet with to chat about their experiences. If a virtual visit, it could be Q&A format, with a short overview presentation of my research.
Host Name: Nicole Hams, Science Communication and Outreach Biologist, US FWS
Host Bio: Nicole is responsible for managing science communication and outreach efforts for the Columbia River FWCO with partners and organizations in the Portland metropolitan area. She works closely with Portland Public Schools to facilitate Salmon in the Classroom curriculum and instruction for students, as well as community outreach events. Nicole helps develop and manage internship opportunities for students on a regional and national level through her involvement with regional MANRRS chapters and the Directorate Fellowship Program. Additionally, Nicole works with other scientists in her region to coordinate Science of the Service in an effort to enhance the awareness and understanding of scientific information, findings, techniques, and approaches used in the Pacific Region.
Organization Industry: Conservation and Natural Resources, Federal.
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person)
Number of Students: 1 student
Description of Experience: Field tour, the opportunity to network with other FWS scientists
Host Name: Tom Szymoniak, Sr. Design Engineer, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Host Bio: Tom currently works at the Department of Natural Resources in Olympia as a Design Engineer in the Forest Roads Program. He received Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil Engineering and Forest Engineering at Oregon State University. After working as a soils engineer and finding his passion in soil mechanics and materials, Tom went back to Oregon State University where he obtained a Master of Science Degree in Geotechnical/Civil Engineering. Tom completed civil and environmental projects acting in roles as the project designer and project manager. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers without Borders, American Public Works Association, and the Construction Managers Association of America. His areas of interest include sustainable design, water resources, slope stability, and materials. Tom is an active sailor, canoeist, runner, bicyclist, and outdoorsman. In 2004, he cycled across the US in the achievement of a lifelong dream. He is an eternal optimist with a strong commitment to environmental education and sustainable practices.
Organization Industry: Civil and Forest Engineers, Foresters, Natural Resources, Biologist, Environmental Sciences, Geologist
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: If the person was able to come up to Olympia WA, we would have both an office tour and then follow with a field trip to look as some active logging sites.
Host Name: Troy Rintz, Consulting Biologist, Western EcoSystems Technologies
Host Bio: Environment consultant that works with renewables (wind and solar) to monitor birds, bat, and other threatened and endangered species
Organization Industry: Environmental consulting
Job Shadow Date: Flexible
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Full or half day; would likely go out in the field and see what we do. A lunch or virtual option would likely be a question and answer session.
Host Name: Rudy Frazzini, Forester, Weyerhaeuser
Host Bio: Forester. Responsible for land management on approximately 65,000 acres of company timberlands. This involves reforestation, vegetation control, animal damage control, slash burning, and all related activities.
Organization Industry: Forestry
Job Shadow Date: Any
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person), half day (in-person)
Number of Students: 2 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, field tour, data management. decision making tools, regulatory relationships and overview.
Host Name: Emma Lee Reasoner, Recruitment Coordinator, College Possible
Host Bio: College Possible supports students from low-income backgrounds on their journeys to and through college. Our AmeriCorps coaches with students at the high school and college levels as they explore higher education, prepare for the ACT, get acquainted with and complete financial aid, and choose their best fit school. OSU shadowees would be able to observe coaching sessions and explore work life at a vibrant nonprofit in Portland.
Organization Industry: Education, non-profit, social services. Would be well-suited for students in the College of Liberal Arts, Human Development and Family Services, Education, and Psychology
Job Shadow Date: June
Type of Experience: Full day (in-person)
Number of Students: 3 students
Description of Experience: Shadowing coaching session, meet and greet, lunch, office/campus tour
Host Name: Yuliya Dennis, Executive Director, MECOP
Host Bio: An OSU alum currently working at MECOP, where we coordinate internships for engineering and business students.
Organization Industry: Education and career services
Job Shadow Date: Open
Type of Experience: Coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff, and lunch
Host Name: Bonnie Kraxberger, Director & music teacher, Maestro Music Academy
Host Bio: I'm a bringer of order to chaos, a solutions generator, gamefier, educator, and a musician.
Organization Industry: Music Education
Job Shadow Date: June 20 - July 30
Type of Experience: Half day (in-person), coffee or lunch, meet and greet (in-person), virtual informational interview
Number of Students: 4 students
Description of Experience: Office tour, meet with staff, observe lessons with students
