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Burdell&Friends tects Atlanta’s awards banquet in November. The award was given for improving the efficiency of the city’s planning, permitting and zoning processes and for partnering with AIA Atlanta to promote livable communities. Bob Erickson, IE 79, moved from California to Asheville, N.C., in August. Erickson is vice president of services for Pall Corp. Jim Gaynor, ME 73, has been appointed president and CEO of LightPath Technologies Inc. and named a director of the board. Gaynor, who joined LightPath in July 2006, previously served as executive vice president of global operations for the company. Warren A. Hood Jr., IE 74, MS IM 76, chairman and CEO of Hood Companies, has been elected to the board of directors of Southern Company. He served on the Mississippi Power board of directors from 2004 through 2007. Founded in 1978, Hood Companies is made up of three corporations that manufacture and distribute packaging and construction products, including lumber, plywood and roofing materials. Doug Kindred, ME 77, has been promoted to chief technology officer of EAU Technologies Inc., a provider of electrolyzed oxidative water that promotes green technology to numerous industries. Kindred will oversee manufacturing, installation and research and development. He joined the company in 2001 as vice president of manufacturing and engineering services. Gary Latham, MS Psy 70, has been elected to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2008 board of directors. He is the secretary of state professor of organizational effectiveness at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He also has served as president of his own HR consulting company, G.P. Latham Inc., since 1976. Latham’s research includes more than 140 published studies, five books and several videos. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior Division in 2007. Michael Metzig, IM 77, was appointed corporate sales 32 Ingredients Sharon Larkin shares recipe for fulfilling career By Melissa Gerrior ccess for Su MELISSA BUGG S and switched to a management major. 2. Develop a plan. “This isn’t a plan that should develop in isolation,” Larkin said. It should be shared with a manager for Jet Edge Inc., a manufacturer of ultrahighpressure water jet and abrasive jet systems for precision cutting, coating removal and sur- face preparation, in November. He is responsible for Jet Edge’s worldwide sales activities. John H. Miller II, CE 75, MS CE 76, was awarded the Bronze Star for his recent mobilization as the international zone installation director with Multi National ForceIraq. Miller is a captain in the TECHTOPICS | SPRING 2008 “ haron Larkin has 10 — make that 12 — tips to help female professionals lead vibrant lives. “Leading a Vibrant Life” was the theme of the two-day, on-campus Women’s Leadership Conference in November. The annual event was organized in 1998 as a way to “celebrate, recognize and learn more about the strong leadership exhibited by the women of the Georgia Tech community.” Keynote speaker Larkin, IM 86, divisional vice president of human resources of Abbot Vascular for Abbot Laboratories, offered her top tips to leading a successful and vibrant life through her speech, “Women Leading the Way: How to Have it All or Have All You Want.” Larkin joined Abbot in 1992. Soon after, she gave birth to her two sons but her career with Abbot continued to advance. Opportunities were presented to her, she said, because Abbot, and many other companies, know that women in leadership are critical to a company’s long-term success. “Corporate America is waiting and anxious for (women) to grab hold of these opportunities and come in and make a difference,” Larkin said. Larkin said Georgia Tech taught her discipline and provided her opportunities. As a result, she formed her “Top 10 Tips for Leading a Rewarding and Satisfying Life.” (There are actually 12 tips, because she couldn’t whittle the list down to 10.) 1. Know what you want. When she first came to Tech, Larkin was a chemical engineering major. She decided she wanted to be more in a position in which she “could impact and have a positive influence on people’s lives” Sharon Larkin, IM 86, divisional vice president of human resources of Abbot Vascular for Abbot Laboratories, delivers the keynote address during the Women’s Leadership Conference at Tech. “ Corporate America is waiting and anxious for (women) to grab hold of these opportunities and come in and make a difference. significant other because you’re in it together for the long haul and you need to have an agreement from that person regarding your plan. Larkin said early on she and her husband decided they were going to allow her career to lead them. The choices they have made were influenced by that decision. 3. Execute your plan. “It’s one thing to have your plan on paper and never tell people about it but you have to be comfortable telling people what your goals are, asking their opinions on what they think it will take for you to be successful and then working that plan over time,” Larkin said. Navy Reserve and a senior engineer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. His wife of 34 years, Jane,

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