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Lisa Auffrey Power Systems Sales Engineer
Sager Electronics Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering/Management Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Masters of Arts Degree, Business Management, Harvard University
Lisa is an engineering professional with over 30 years of industry experience. After graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she started her career as a Quality Assurance Engineer with BAE Systems in Nashua, NH before moving to an applications role. She spent 20 years at Norris & Associates and later joined Warner Power, establishing a Manufacturers Rep network for the company. Lisa moved back into the electronics industry with a sales engineer position at Omron Electronic Components. In April of 2017, Lisa joined Sager Electronics as a Power Systems Engineer in the company’s specialized group, Sager Power Systems, where she focuses on solving power, thermal and battery issues at OEMs.
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Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive of women in engineering and automation? When I entered the industry there were few women in roles like mine. Thanks to efforts encouraging young women to enter STEM over the last decade or so, there are now many more of us. Sager and the TTI Family of Specialists (FOS) promote women advancement evident by the numbers of women in key management, director-level and senior executive roles. In my role as a Power Systems Sales Engineer (PSE), I work closely with customers in the design and selection of either a standard or custom solution, while also exercising my organizational, project management and negotiation skills. As a female in my chosen profession, I also have the opportunity to influence not only my colleagues at Sager, but those outside of the organization. I’d like to think I am doing my small part to advance women in engineering roles. Describe a recent company project (in which you were involved) that went particularly well. The Sager marketing, sales and Power Systems teams work in tandem to ensure we are supporting our customers. The recent extension of lead times for electronic components has added complexity to providing newly designed products to our customers. We were working with a customer on a design opportunity that involved a product newly introduced to the market. This was a customized solution requiring design creativity and resourcefulness in order to meet the customer’s prototype schedule. The team worked together, concentrating in their areas of expertise to secure raw materials for the build, and successfully deliver the prototype on schedule and to specification. It is quite satisfying to come together as a team, meet a customer’s requirement and develop a solution that helps bring a new application to the marketplace. What first drew you to engineering and this industry? My father was a structural engineer, exposing me to engineering from a young age. My strengths were in math and science, therefore, an engineering degree seemed logical. Originally, I started out as a Civil Engineering major, but realized I could not see in the third dimension; so designing bridges was probably not a good idea and I refocused my education on electrical and management engineering. For the rest of Lisa Auffrey’s insights, visit www.designworldonline.com/WiE.
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