Welcome to the St. Clair College Women in STEM speaker series Podcast, brought to you by the Genesis Entrepreneurship Centre, located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

This episode features Julie Sparkes, who works in the defense sector as an Engineering Senior Project Manager at General Dynamics Land Systems and also happens to be a St. Clair alumni who graduated from the Mechatronics program. She leads multi-million dollar defense projects and has been recognized as a subject matter expert in her field.

Julie shares her journey of how she got into the defense sector, how engineering runs in her family, her experiences with traveling for work & how she manages being away from home, and much more. We also finish off with some fun rapid-fire questions!

Tune in to hear more about Julie’s story including:

• What attracted her to Mechatronics in the first place
• Interesting projects she’s worked on in her career
• What a typical day looks like as a Senior Project Manager
• Who has served as an influencer for her throughout her career
• Some of the advantages and disadvantages of working as a project manager in the defense industry

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