Name: STEM for the Workforce: A Panel Discussion
Start: 2014-03-27T10:45:00-0600
End: 2014-03-27T12:00:00-0600

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STEM for the Workforce: A Panel Discussion LIMITED

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Sixty percent of the new jobs that will open in the 21st century will require STEM skills possessed by only 20 percent of the current workforce. The U.S. may be short as many as three million high-skills workers by 2018. How do educators and industry leaders tackle the issue of employment, when graduating students are not proficient in math, leaving them unqualified and unprepared for employment in growing industries?

Moderators

Kevin Simpson

Managing Director, KDSL Global

Kevin Simpson launched KDSL Global, an education consulting company in 2016 in the USA and in the UAE. The company focuses on empowering educators and education businesses globally. Mr. Simpson has served 500+ schools and thousands of educators worldwide in 20 countries. The majority... Read More →

Presenters

Casey DeRaad

Chief, Technology Outreach; Director, Phillips Technology Institute, Air Force Research Laboratory

Casey DeRaad is chief of Technology & Education Outreach for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates. She leads the laboratory’s Technology Transfer Group, the Phillips Technology Institute, the Small Business Innovation Research program... Read More →

Ron Eppes

New Mexico Community Engagement Manager, Intel

Ron Eppes is the Intel NM Community Engagement Manager. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Oklahoma Christian University and a Master’s Degree in Information Systems from Friends University despite struggling in 2nd grade math class. He was an Automation Engineer... Read More →

Alice Muna

Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Fire Protection & Assurance Department, Sandia National Laboratories

Alice Muna is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Fire Protection & Assurance Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Alice is originally from Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Highland High School. She has worked at Stanford University, Cisco Systems and for the... Read More →