Hispanic Engineering, Science, & Technology (HESTEC)

Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology Program

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	Mrs. Yvonne Adams Reservoir Engineer Marathon Oil Company Yvonne Adams is currently a reservoir engineer for Marathon Oil Company's domestic upstream operations. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Houston. She joined Marathon in the summer of 2004 as a production engineer intern in Oklahoma City. In the summer of 2005, she returned to Marathon for a second internship in Kenai, Alaska and continued as a production engineer intern. Upon completion of her degree in 2006, she joined Marathon as a prod... Read More!
	Ms. Luz Marina Alvarez Ensign United States Navy Ensign Luz Marina Alvarez was born in Santa Ana, Calif. on Sept. 3, 1985 to Mexican immigrants. The youngest of three daughters, she was raised by a single mother. She attended Trabuco Hills High School where she played water polo and lettered in tennis. While at Trabuco Hills, she took four years of French and was active in National and French Honor Societies and Model United Nations. She graduated with honors from Trabuco Hills High School in 2003. As the first person in her family to... Read More!
	Ms. Rosa Alvarez Events and Project Manager Sales and Marketing Boeing Commercial Airplanes Rosa Alvarez's role in Boeing Commercial Airplanes is event coordinator and project manager. She leads a team responsible for evaluating event opportunities and developing a strategic course for Boeing's participation in airshows, conferences and symposiums. As events manager, Alvarez has traveled to Europe and South East Asia on behalf of Boeing, having recently returned from Santiago, Chile and the Fidae International Airshow. She joined Boeing in 1996 as a para-legal in the Boeing Commerci... Read More!
	Ms. Jennifer Banda Quality Engineering Specialist Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas Jennifer Banda is a Quality Engineering Specialist in the Paint & Body Quality Engineering Group. Her responsibilities include vehicle specification control and quality control of incoming chemicals and raw materials used at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (TMMTX), located in San Antonio. She received her Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas-Pan American in December of 2007 and joined Toyota in the spring of 2008. She currently resides in San Antoni... Read More!
	Mrs. Maria S. Benavides Process & Flow Assurance Engineering Group Shell María S. Benavides, who has worked as an engineer for 14 years, joined Shell in May 2006 with Shell E&P in the Development Concept Engineering Group for Deepwater. She currently works in the Process & Flow Assurance Engineering Group. Her key responsibilities include providing technical expertise in order to identify and mature new technologies for deepwater and sub-sea applications; monitoring and remediation of technologies for flow assurance considerations in sub-sea flow lines; and conducti... Read More!
	Ms. Amanda Celeste Cañedo Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Amanda Cañedo, a native of Dallas, obtained her commission in May 2006 from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in information technology with a secondary discipline in National Security Affairs. In June 2006, she reported to U.S.S. COLE as the ordinance officer and became the strike officer in November 2006. Cañedo obtained her Surface Warfare Qualification June 2007. Her collateral duties include public affairs officer, engagement control officer... Read More!
	Ms. Debbie Davidson Diversity Manager, an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigator, an Affirmative Action Specialist, as a Human Resource Generalist, and as Staffing Diversity Program Manager The Boeing Company Debbie Davidson has been with The Boeing Company for 30 years. She has been in the human resources field for the last 12 years working as a Diversity Manager, an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigator, an Affirmative Action Specialist, as a Human Resource Generalist, and as Staffing Diversity Program Manager for the last 3.5 years. Prior to coming into Human Resources, Debbie spent 2 years as an organization development specialist. She spent the majority of her career (i.e., 15 y... Read More!
	Ms. Sandra Ellett Technical Manager IBM Ellett-Salmorán is a technical manager with IBM in Austin, Texas. Ellett-Salmorán was born in Mercedes, Texas, and was raised in Cd. Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico. As a teenager, her family moved to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and she considers Brownsville and Matamoros her hometowns. After completing college in Mexico, she attended Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, graduating as valedictorian in 1985. She joined the U.S. Navy after graduation, continuing her education and completing a bachelors i... Read More!
	Ms. Maria Garza Staff Software Engineer IBM Systems and Technology Group, Systems Software Development Maria Garza is currently working with the Virtual I/O Server Development team located at the IBM site in Austin. She is a technical professional who participates in the design, test and development of IBM software products that allow for the virtualization of IBM systems. She is the lead for the Functional Verification Team for VIOS in India for whom she develops test plans and schedules and tracks their completion. This past summer she had the opportunity to successfully lead a summer speed tea... Read More!
	Ms. Maria D. Julia-Montanez Lieutenant U.S. Navy Lieutenant Maria D. Julia-Montanez was born to Puerto Rican parents at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Ga. She grew up on the island of Puerto Rico until the age of 12. She traveled the United States as proud daughter of a Navy doctor and officer, and graduated valedictorian of her senior class at Roosevelt Roads High School in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. She graduated from Boston University in 1990 with a bachelors in biology and liberal arts. She was a 1994 graduate of Tufts University School of D... Read More!
	Mrs. Mery-Angela S. Katson Commander Commanding Officer, Navy Recruiting District, San Antonio Commander Mery-Angela S. Katson was born in Colombia, South America and raised in New Rochelle, N.Y. She enlisted under the Navys Delayed Entry Program in November 1981 and reported for Boot Camp in Orlando, Fla., in July 1982. Upon graduation from basic training, she was assigned as a deck seaman on board the U.S.S. Point Loma (AGDS-2) in San Diego, Calif., where she earned the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialty qualification. She was designated as a disbursing clerk and reported as the lead... Read More!
	Mrs. Mina Martinez Office Administrator Commercial and Civil Satellite Programs Program Services and Execution Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems Mina Martinez supports the Director of Program Services and Execution for the Commercial and Civil Satellite Programs for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, based in El Segundo, Calif. Martinez also works with the Boeing executive responsible for developing, organizing and planning the Company's partnership with The University of Texas-Pan American's annual Hispanic Engineering Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week. In her 28-year career at Boeing/GM-Hughes Electronics, she has gained a... Read More!
	Ms. Laura Montoya Lieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Laura Montoya was born in Las Vegas, Nev. She entered the U.S. Naval Academy as a fourth class midshipman on June 28, 2006 and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy in 2006, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in English and a minor in Spanish. Shortly after graduation, Montoya reported to the U.S.S. ANZIO (CG 68), a guided-missile cruiser, for her first tour. She served as main propulsion officer for her first year in ANZIO, managing 16 Gas Turbine Mechani... Read More!
	Ms. Ingrid M. Moulckers Senior Technical Staff Member, Developer Relations Technical Enablement IBM Software Group Ingrid M. Moulckers joined IBM in 1989 as an associate programmer. With eight years of Small and Medium Business (SMB mid-market) architecture, development, management and business process experience, she is a STSM and chief architect for SMB Solutions and Solutions Builder Express Portfolio in the IBM Software Group. An IBM Certified e-business designer, she also pioneered the IBM Solutions Builder Express Portfolio and the IBM Industry Solutions strategy for SMB. The SMB experience offers ... Read More!
	Mr. Romeo R. Pérez Piceance Basin Expansion Project Manager ExxonMobil Production Company Romeo R. Pérez was born and raised in South Texas. Currently he is an executive level manager with 26 years of service with ExxonMobil Corporation. He has spent the last 19 years in either a managerial or supervisory role with a majority of that time in petroleum production operations. In addition to his current assignment, other notable assignments include reservoir supervisor, technology manager, planning manager, operations superintendent, operations manager, regional coordinator, and busi... Read More!
	Mr. Miguel Reyes Electrical Engineering / MBA University of Texas-Pan American Miguel Reyes was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, a city located in the central region of Mexico. Reyes became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994. He graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1993 and in December 2007 completed a Master in Business Administration from the USC Marshall School of Business. Reyes joined Boeing in 2003 as a member of the Systems Test Organization, served as the test director on ... Read More!
	Ms. Irene Hernandez Roberts Program Director, Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and Developer Relations IBM Software Group Irene Hernandez Roberts is a program director in IBM Software Group, Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and Developer Relations, and works closely with ISVs to help partners integrate IBM products and technologies into their business solutions. She leads a global team of over 100 IT architects and specialists with a budget of $15 million. Her team provides a wide range of technical capabilities to business partners in all of IBM's strategic partner initiatives. She is also responsible for IBM's... Read More!
	Ms. Rosy Rodriguez Subcontracts Manager Satellite Development Center The Boeing Company Rosy Rodriguez is a Subcontracts Manager for the Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, in El Segundo, Calif. Her responsibilities include supplier development and execution of critical and strategic supplier management activities, including solicitation, negotiation, and administration of major subcontract activities under Government and Commercial prime contracts and proposals. Additionally, she plays an extended role in program proposal efforts, and material management on a large communica... Read More!
	Mr. Arturo (Art) A. Rosales Director, Program Services & Execution Commercial and Civil Programs Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems Art Rosales is the director of Program Services & Execution for Boeing Commercial and Civil Programs in Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems (S&IS). S&IS is the world's largest manufacturer of geosynchronous communications satellites and is also a major provider of space systems, satellites and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications. Rosales was appointed to this position in April 2005. He is responsible for the customer support organization which provides techn... Read More!
	Ms. Monica A. Saenz Director, Texas Chemical Pipelines, Business Development Group ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Monica Saenz is currently director for Texas Chemical Pipelines in the Business Development group of ExxonMobil Pipeline Company. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She joined Exxon Company, USA in 1997 as a plant engineer managing the design, construction and start-up phases of capital projects for Marketing Distribution Terminals. She then joined ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) in 2000, as a design engineer in... Read More!
	Mr. Glenn Ralph Stock Jr. Escape Systems Engineer The Boeing Company Glenn Ralph Stock Jr. was born in 1981 from a family of Mexican immigrants. He was born and raised in a suburb of McAllen, Texas. Upon his completion of Nikki Rowe High School, he attended South Texas Community College and received his Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in engineering. Following completion of his A.A.S., Stock continued his education at The University of Texas-Pan American, and received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. Currently, Stock works at The Boeing Co... Read More!