Mills Scofield

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How To Disrupt the Tech World

Mills Scofield

From how I was raised through my education and my career at Bell Labs and AT&T, I never felt any gender bias. The stories, including one by America’s new CTO and former VP at Google[X] Megan Smith , are the authentic voices of women who have persevered, overcome, created, and innovated their careers and accomplishments.

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Create Your Own Luck

Mills Scofield

At the start of the year, Whatsapp had more than 450 million users, all built and supported with a team of just 32 engineers. He began his career as a Macroeconomist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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Mentoring: Who really benefits more?

Mills Scofield

Last year, I volunteered to participate in Brown University's Women's Launchpad Program which pairs women alumni in industry (me) with senior women for mentoring in career and graduate school planning. My mentee, Sarah, was a Mechanical Engineering major from the Boston area and leader on the Women's Crew Team.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

My uncle pushes engineering. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business. Even though they don’t directly align with my career aspirations, they will not take me out of the game. Not exactly resounding support. My brother insists I take computer science.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

My uncle pushes engineering. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business. Even though they don’t directly align with my career aspirations, they will not take me out of the game. Not exactly resounding support. My brother insists I take computer science.

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Someone = Us!

Mills Scofield

What was a ‘job shop’ is now a high-tech and biomedical design and engineering company with rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing up to full-scale injection molding capabilities. 3 rd Generation Matt Hlavin decided to create a 61yr old startup. He reinvented the entire business model and the company is growing exponentially.

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Light the Fire and Clear the Path

Mills Scofield

Because that was how I was managed and led from the start of my career, because that was really all I personally and gratefully knew, that was how I managed and led others; how could I know otherwise? In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots. Leo Tolstoy.

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