We are always looking for enthusiastic parents and engineering and technology professionals to be a part of our Project Lead The Way Community Partnership Team. The goal of the PLTW Community Partnership Team is to promote our STEM curriculum and the opportunities available in science, technology, engineering and math fields to our students and community. Our PLTW Community Partnership Team works to:
-Organize an exciting, interactive Engineers Week in the Spring
-Organize guest speakers and lecturers
-Organize field trips
-Serve as mentors for the students
-Evaluate students’ in-class presentations
-Expose students to engineering and technology careers
-Promote internship opportunities to students
-Promote community awareness of the school’s PLTW program and its success
If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of our PLTW Partnership Team, contact Mr. Calkins at kcalkins@saviochs.org. To learn more about Project Lead the Way, visit www.pltw.org.
Community Partnership Team Members, 2011-2012
| Name: | Alfonso M. Gonzalez |
| Education: | BSME, University of Texas at Austin, ‘92 |
| Employer: | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. |
| Position Title: | Plasma Etch Process Engineering Sec Mgr. |
| – | |
| Name: | Thomas M. Hagge*, PE (TX Inactive) |
| Education: | BSME, Iowa State University |
| MSCE, University of Iowa | |
| Certificate, Adv. Management Program, Northwestern University | |
| Employer: | US Navy |
| Position Title: | Captain, Civil Engineer Corps, USN (Retired) |
| Employer: |
Vision Building Energy Efficiency, LLC
Austin, TX
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| Position Title: |
Engineering Advisor
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| License/Certificate: | Professional Engineer, Texas (Inactive) |
| Professional Engineer, Washington | |
| – | |
| Name: | Dan Hurlimann |
| Education: | BSEE, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Employer: | IBM |
| Position Title: | Server Hardware Chief Architect |
| License/Certificate: | Certificate in Computer Engineering |
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| Name: | Mark Nadon |
| Education: | BSEE, University of Texas |
| Additional Study: NTU, U Houston, Rice U. | |
| Employer: | Synopsys |
| Position Title: | Senior Engineer |
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| Name: | Martin Nazareth |
| Education: | MS Industrial Engg SUNY Buffalo |
| MS Industrial Engg. & Mgt, NITIE India | |
| BS Mechanical Engg., India | |
| Employer: | OpEx Solutions, Inc. |
| Position Title: | President |
| License/Certificate: | Project Management Professional (PMP) |
| Six Sigma Green Belt | |
| Director of IIE Lean Division | |
| Director of AME SW Board | |
| – | |
| Name: | Stephen Reeve |
| Education: | BEE, The Catholic University of America |
| MSEE, Purdue University | |
| Employer: | Freescale Semiconductor |
| Position Title: | Senior Hardware Design Verification Engineer |
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| Name: | Margarita Flores-Sicich |
| Education: | BSChemE, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| MIS/MBA, DePaul University | |
| MS Computer Science, Washington University | |
| Employer: | St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School |
| Position Title: | STEM PLTW Digital Electronics Teacher, NHS Adviser, Robotics Club Mentor |
| License/Certificate: | Certificate, Legal Assistant |
| Certificate, Intellectual Property Paralegal | |
| Training for Project Management Professional | |
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| *Community Partnership Team Chairperson | |
