{"id":47705,"date":"2024-11-07T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/?page_id=47705"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:03:27","slug":"power-at-the-table-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/membership\/women-in-engineering\/power-at-the-table-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Power at the Table Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Join us for an inspiring fireside chat with Maria Cortez, Senior Vice President at Advanced Energy Industries Inc., as she shares her journey of leading transformative growth and innovation in engineering and technology. Attendees will learn valuable lessons as Maria recounts pivotal career moments and explains how she has leveraged strategic foresight, resilient leadership, and technical expertise to drive high-impact changes.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Have you wondered what are the skills, experience, and mindset needed to start a company? Have you pondered how to establish an entrepreneurial career path? Kunal Girotra will share insight from his entrepreneurial journey from process engineer, Head of Tesla Energy to founding clean energy start-up Lunar Energy.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Have you wondered how to identify your career goals \u2013 even the scary lofty ones? Have you pondered how to sell a crazy idea to your company and obtain funding? Do you know how to effectively respond when you hear \u201cno\u201d to your ideas or career aspirations? Curtis Wynn, CEO of SECO Energy, does, and consequently, 1000s of homes in Rural Communities have had affordable energy for decades, and now they have affordable access to the internet too.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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