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Tandy Dilworth Highlight
I’ve used education as a step stool to make changes.
About Tandy
- I graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in mechanical engineering.
- After graduating, I moved to Chicago, Illinois, to work as a mechanical engineer for Motorola Mobility.
- I spent two years with Motorola Mobility before deciding to move back to Colorado, where I continued to work in mechanical engineering for Ball Aerospace.
- While working as an engineer, I knew that I wanted to ultimately get into more of the business side, so I went back to school for my MBA.
- I was able to transition into business development for Ball Aerospace and work on a business case for a fuel cell product.
- I eventually left Ball Aerospace to spend some time raising a family and then decided to go back to school again for my Ph.D.
- After realizing that I did not want to continue the path to becoming a business school professor, I looked for a place to relaunch my career and found a utility innovations position with Excel Energy.
- I’ve been with Excel Energy ever since and have worked my way up to my current position as director of development and governance for the clean transportation team.