Alumni

Careers that have made a difference.

'80 Daniel S. Cote, B.S. Industrial Education
After graduation, Dan went on to earn his MS degree in Occupational Safety from Illinois State University, and his MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. He also completed Wharton's Executive Development Program, the Six Sigma & Operational Excellence program of the Insurance Performance Association, and studied at University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business on Corporate Strategy. Dan is currently the Senior Vice President of Loss Prevention and Safety Consulting at Maine Employer's Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) in Portland, Maine. He was responsible for the development of an internal safety consulting operation for the "start-up" company specializing in workers' compensation insurance. In 1996, he developed a subsidiary operation for the sale of safety consulting services across the United States. Dan serves on numerous boards and councils related to workplace safety and leadership, and is a regular speaker, locally, regionally and nationally.

'94 Stephen Majercik, M.S Computer Science
Steve was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His first brush with computers occurred in high school, where he wrote a program on punch cards to multiply two numbers. Although he thought it was one of the coolest things he had ever done, his interest in computers lay dormant for almost twenty years. He earned an AB in political theory from Harvard, and an MBA in finance and an MFA in theatre administration, both from Yale. He spent seven years working in the entertainment industry and the nonprofit arts and three years writing fiction. He finally returned to computer science in 1990 when he began taking courses at the University of Southern Maine. He received an MS in computer science from USM in 1994 and a PhD in computer science from Duke University in 2000. After receiving his PhD, he joined the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Bowdoin College, where he currently teaches and pursues research in artificial intelligence.

'96 Jeff Farwell Johnson, B.S Technology Education
Jeff is now a manufacturing engineer at a small aerospace company manufacturing carbon composite materials. He says that one of the major differences he sees in an ASET education is that it is application oriented, leading him to a career where he can really make a difference.

'99 Richard E. Jordan, B.A. Environmental Science & Policy
After graduation, Richard and his wife Stephenie Swiezynski (ESP '98) began working in the Environmental and Wetland Consulting field as Field Biologists. Today, Richard is a Project Manager/Wetland Scientist and Environmental Inspector for a small consulting company located in Falmouth. Richard is experienced and trained in wetland delineation, wetland mitigation, wetland functional analysis, environmental permit preparation and acquisition, environmental restoration, GPS, GIS, and CAD technology. He is certified by the Society of Wetland Scientists as a Professional Wetland Scientist and is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. Richard is also the current Membership Chairperson of the Maine Association of Wetland Scientists.

'06 Ted Britt, B.S. Industrial Technology
Ted is working for an electrical motor repair shop that is part of a five-shop group that provides service for hydro facilities and other industrial plants throughout the North East. Some of the current projects that have been successfully accomplished are the implementation of a voice over Internet protocol system, an integrated wide area network, and various project reports. Ted says, "Maine is an outstanding place to learn and work."

ASET Alumni, where are you? Send something about yourself to larsenault@usm.maine.edu.