• David Hammett, chair of mathematics at Oakwood School, a private secondary school
• Patrick Mccray, (until recently) a Systems Project Leader for Pfizer
• Bob Wilson, professor at University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Andrew Sterrett, editor of 101 Careers in Mathematics

For each person there is an intro followed by a summary of what they talked about.

David Hammett

David is the department chair of mathematics at Oakwood School a private secondary school in North Hollywood, California. He was formerly a public school in Goergia. He has been the mathemataical consultant for several game shows including Greed, Weakest Link, and Whammy: The all new Press Your Luck.

Some Advantages of Private School Teaching

• Certification/Credentials not necessarily required
• Freedom to design curriculum
• Smaller class size
• Motivated students

Important Qualities for (Private) School Teaching

• Experience - any type of experience teaching/working with junior high/high school kids (e.g. tutoring).
• Willingness - to teach what classes need to be taught.
• Improvisation - the ability to change a lesson plan mid stream when you are faced with a room of blank looks.
• People Skills - to deal with students and their parents.

Patrick McCray

Patrick has a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics all from Illinois Institute of Technology. He was an instructor at North Park College for 3 years. He was until recently a Systems Project Leader for Pfizer and is listed in 101 Careers in Mathematics. When he started as a senior systems Applications Programmers at Searle, he moved up in ranks as the company changed names from Searle to Monsanto to Pharmacia and lastly to Pfizer. He is a memeber of the AWM, SIAM, AMS, and the MAA. He particpates in many activites with them; for the AMS he has been a short course Committee chair, for the MAA he has been a governor, CMOA chair, chair of the Illinois section, and newletter editor for the Illinois section. Currently he serves on the CUPM committee and has helped with their short course.

What jobs are out there?

• Statistics, Market Research
• Computing
  • hardware / software
  • development -> support
• Finance, Insurance
• CPA
• Actuary

How do I get them??

Develop skills in:

• Intended application area
  • course, minor, major
  • internship
• Mathematical reasoning
  • hard courses
  • projects, capstone
• Communication/Teamwork
  • Read, write, listen, speak
• Job Finding
• CONNECT YOUR PASSIONS WITH THEIR BURNING NEED!

Bob Wilson

In his own words, Bob can't hold a job (or modesty aside, he as held several different types of jobs). He taught at a small liberal college, has done research, worked in silicon valley, been a consultant, been a disc jockey, driven a race car and currently is a professor at University of Wisconsin Madison.

Some not so evident job possibilities:

• Combine some features: e.g. teach at college/university, but do research as a consultant
• Teach, but in industry
• Manage mathematical programs in a government or industrial organization
• Communicate mathematics, at a publisher or a professional organization
• Communicate and advise about mathematics, to a government official or agency

Andrew Sterrett

Andrew is a professor emeritus from Dennison. He worked at the MAA headquarters after retiring from Dennison, He is the editor of 101 Careers in Mathematics, a book detailing careers of many mathematics majors across many fields, which is currently in its second edition.

Andrew described many jobs in mathematics detailed in his book and echoed the comments about the need for communcation and other skills the other panelists recommended. Below is a list of people in different types of math related jobs that Andrew included in his handout. (B =Bachelor's Degree, M=Master's Degree, D=Doctoral Degree)

Mathematics Jobs!

Environment

• Sandra Winklers, Research Scientist, Ford Motor Company, B
• Donna Lawson, Economist, NOAA, M
• Kay King, Environmental Math, Theta Tech, M
• Jerry Highfill, Math Statistician, Environmental Protection Lab, M
• Charles Hadlock, Environmental Consultant, Ad Little, D
• Sue Waldman, Mathematician Dept Agriculture, M
• Allison Delong, Research Associate, University of Rhode Island, D
• Christopher Legault, Fishery Biologist, NOAA Fishery, D

Airlines/transportation

• Douglas Gray, Senior Consultant, American Airlines, M
• Mark Reynolds, Operations Research Analyst, US Airways, M
• Sara Yeary, Systems Analyst, Lockheed Martian, B
• Yawa Duse-Anthony, Senior Associate, KKO & Assoc, M
• Scott Elliott, Operations Research Analyst, FedEx, M

Space

• Brian Repp, Data Math Analyst, Bendix Eng, B
• James Cooley, Aerospace Math, NASA Goddard, M
• Jennifer McLean, Tech I Staff, Jet Propulsion Lab, B
• Samson Cheung, Research Scientist, NASA Ames, D
• Cora Carmody, Systems Engineer, PRC Inc, M

Statistics

• Susan Devlin, Measurements Research, Bellcore, M
• Christine Rutch, Assoc Statistician, Air Products, B
• Elizabeth Sweet, Math Statistician, Census, B
• Jill Tolle, Statistician, IMS America, M
• Lisa Tonder, Statistician, Medtronic, M
• Denise Johnston, Statistician, Boeing, D
• Mike Lieber, Biostatistician, C Clinic, M
• Martha Prenger, Associate Scientist, P&G, M

Inventory/Marketing

• Rol Fessenden, Inventory Strategist, L.L. Bean, B
• Karen Kneisel, Project Mgr, Otis Elevator, B
• Debra Taufen, Marketing Mgr, IBM, B
• Anitra Duckett, Educ Markets Mgr, Texas Instruments, B
• Martha Weeks, Marketing Consultant, Self (HP), B
• Carol Mandell, Market Researcher, Corp Software, B
• Mary Cooney, Mathematics Editor, Simon/Schuster
• Jilie Scarpa, Math Protuct Mgr, Prentice Hall, M

Large Laboratories

• Ruth Gonzalez, Exxon Production Research, D
• Mary Hesselgrave, Lucent Technology, D
• Juan Meza, Sandia National Laboratories, D
• Patrick McCray, G.D. Searle, D
• Bonita Saunders, National Institute of Standards & Technology, D
• Michael Weiss, Department of Agriculture, D

Academic, with consulting

• Charles Hadlock, Bethley College
• Carl Harris, George Mason University
• Margaret Brandeau, Stanford University
• Richard Jarvinen, Winona State University
• Michael Monticino, University of North Texas

Computer Science

• Darcey Barnett, Computer Scientist, NIST, B
• Cherryl Beeman, Electronic Commerce, Kodiak Group, B
• Ron Bousquet, R&D Project Mgr, HP, M
• Jack Cassidy, Engineer Scientist, HP, B
• Judith Chapman, Software Engineer, Harris Sci Cal, M
• Jeff Cooper, Tech Development, PH Glatfelter, M
• Marcia Kastner, Research Scientist, Akamai Tech, D
• Kimberly Kuntz, Systems Engineer, EDS, M
• Laura Readdy, Systems Engineer, EDS, B
• Michael Murray, JAVA Developer, IBM, M
• Fred Taverner, Systems Engineer, Sun Microcomputers, M
• Rodney Wallace, Systems Analyst, IBM, M
• Benjamin Weiss, Imaging Scientist, Meta Creation, B

References

• 101 Careers in Mathematics, Second Edition
  Andrew Sterrett, Editor
• She Does Math: Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job
  Marla Parker, Editor