{"669845":{"#nid":"669845","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - Engineering your Career:  Balance of Tech and Business ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, September 25,\u0026nbsp;2023\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;12:30\u0026nbsp;p.m. -\u0026nbsp;1:20 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation: \u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer C240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ENicholas Otto\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0027 Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;G\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eeneral Manager, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0027 Affiliation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;IBM\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EEngineering your Career: Balance of Tech and Business\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGraduating from Georgia Tech with my degree in Electrical Engineering, I quickly began my career at an engineering firm focused on designing and building large manufacturing facilities.\u0026nbsp; I loved it! \u0026nbsp;I had done similar work through the co-op program at Tech and thought it was the job for me.\u0026nbsp; It spanned many industries including Electronics, CPG, Oil \u0026amp; Gas, etc.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe work I am doing today is miles apart from where I started \u2013 at least on the surface.\u0026nbsp; I plan to talk through the career journey that I have been on and lessons that I have learned along the way.\u0026nbsp; Most importantly, I look forward to an open dialogue around career questions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeneral Manager at IBM with over 15 years of cross industry experience helping clients on their transformation journeys. Nick\u2019s passion is grounded in partnering with customers to understand and align corporate strategy imperatives to technology transformations. His experience with IBM Consulting as well as internal IBM Corporate Strategy spans multiple functional areas including product, ecosystem, finance, sales, talent, and operations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCurrently, Nick is the Head of Global Strategic Partnerships.\u0026nbsp; In this role, he is responsible for leading the largest and most strategic relationships in the IBM Ecosystem including Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, SAP, Adobe, Cisco and Samsung. 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