WITI Women Survey Questions and Responses:
1. What was your first job in technology?
My first job in technology was at Texas Instruments as a methods and
tooling engineer on the Paveway II and III programs in Sherman, Texas.
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
I have had several mentors during my career but my most significant
mentors would have to be my SES Y2K manager and the former SES quality
vice president. Both women saw the potential that I had and gave me the
opportunity to use my technical creativity and people skills to manage
the Year 2000 Quality job. This job was extremely high level since it
affected the entire Raytheon company which employs over 100,000
employees. For that, I'm truly grateful to have had the opportunity.
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies did you use to overcome obstacles?
I would have to say that working on the Year 2000 project was the
greatest challenge. I used to work on programs at one site and
interface with folks that were located within the local metroplex
in the Dallas area. The Year 2000 job required interfacing with Raytheon
personnel in the SES site which affected the 26 sites. When I picked up
the Raytheon Corporate Test Assessment position, this required interfacing
with the rest of Raytheon - over 100,000 employees. Communication,
training and teaming were the key strategies to making the Year 2000
program a success. On both the SES Y2K core team and the Raytheon
Corporate Test Assessment teams, the tasks were not done soley by one
person but by a team of talented and goal-oriented team members.
Doris Wong answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies
did you use to overcome obstacles?
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
Why?
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to
women beginning their careers in technology?
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive
impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not),
who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
4. What is your definition of success?
