STEM Day Introduces Students to Career Options

February 19, 2019

On Wednesday, February 13, Cretin-Derham Hall hosted a STEM day for our junior and senior students to inspire them to think about careers in the STEM fields.

Twenty-four speakers graced our school with their knowledge, expertise, and words of wisdom spanning the worlds of finance, medicine, math, engineering, and technology.

The speakers included:

Chris Haider, ’95, Chief Engineer Airborne Systems, General Dynamics
Greg Haider, ’98, Senior Engineering Manager, Medtronic
Kris Macken, ’99, Cardiac Nurse Coordinator, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Sarah Karalus, ’04, Family Medicine Physician, Allina
Abby Willaert, Emergency Medicine Physicians Assistant, Regions
Anna Bazal, ’13, Mechanical Engineer, Emerson
Jon Wadell, ’08, Senior Research and Development Engineer, Protolabs
Tom Skrypek, ’97, Emergency Physician, Children’s Hospitals
Ian Santos Meeker, ’12, Project Manager, IPS Solar
Maggie Harris, ’10, Surgical Oncology Nurse, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Pat Roscher, ’05,  Technical Support, Medical Device Engineer, ProtoKinetics
Shannon Hynes, ’08, Reliability Engineer, Medtronic
Jimmy Buckingham, ’15, Computer Science/ Mathematics student, will be at Target
Abbe Dickson, ’13, Elephant Specialist, Omaha Zoo
Mark Powers, ’00, Traffic Engineer, Stantec Consulting Services
Nathan Naismith, Materials Science Engineer, 3M
Bill Schaffer, ’00, Senior Control Instrumentation Engineer, Aero Systems Engineering
Arlene Schuweiler, ’09, Tax Accountant, UnitedHealth Group
Kevin Hannon, ’10, Investment Consultant, Mercer
Dominic Todora, ’10, Secondary Market Analyst, Bremer Bank
Lexi Montelibano, ’12, Technical Account Manager, Microsoft
Nick Montelibano, ’12, Software Engineer, Minnetronix
John McGuire, ’08, Systems Engineer, Medtronic
Jason Simser, Forensic Analyst, BCA