{"id":4868,"date":"2019-09-05T13:52:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T13:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/?page_id=4868"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:39:08","slug":"interview-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/interview-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"title-block w-100\"><div class=\"container-fluid page-title-container\"><div class=\"title-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"font-heading\">Interview Series<\/h1><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Over the past few years, former Dean Abernathy has asked notable alumni of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to discuss leadership development and their ideas relating to challenges, globalization, and methods of leadership. Some of these alumni have even been recognized at the university level with Distinguished Alumni Awards, which are presented during Commencement exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">Watch the interview playlist below, or click on the list of names to watch their individual interviews and hear the advice they have for future leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Marty Abbott - M.S. CE '98\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XiuwfuE9en0&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=5\">Martin &#8220;Marty&#8221; L. Abbott<\/a> \u2013 M.S. CE &#8217;98 \u2013 Founding Partner, AKF Partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7GGtacDXMk&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=1\">Paul Brown<\/a> \u2013 B.S. ISE &#8217;84 \u2013 Senior executive, International Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - William Cirioli - B.S. CHE '80\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bfbHIC-EI2w&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=6\">William Cirioli<\/a> \u2013 B.S. CHE \u201980 \u2013 Vice President, Global Technology, ExxonMobil Chemical<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Andy Crawford - B.S. IE '61\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q9iGAe4_1Do&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=3\">Andy Crawford<\/a> \u2013 B.S. IE &#8217;61 \u2013 Founder and Former CEO, Advanced Disposal Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3MjjbmAvzE&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=11\">Carlos del Sol<\/a> \u2013 B.S. IE &#8217;72 \u2013 Vice President for Global Engineering, Campbell Soup Company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Linda Hudson - B.S. SE '72\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r4jlvuTis3M&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=2\">Linda Hudson<\/a> \u2013 B.S. SE \u201972 \u2013 President\/CEO, BAE Systems, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Chris Malachowsky - B.S. EE ' 80\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=woBzFWLEd-U&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=10\">Chris Malachowsky<\/a> \u2013 B.S. EE \u201980 \u2013 Co-Founder, NVIDIA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - David Nelms - B.S. ME '83\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aiZsUT-telo&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=9\">David Nelms<\/a> \u2013 B.S. ME \u201983 \u2013 CEO, Discover Financial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Lawrence Ramaekers - B.S. CHE '59\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6Nkz9J_KJI&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=7\">Lawrence Ramaekers<\/a> \u2013 B.S. CHE &#8217;59 \u2013 Principal, The Ramaekers Group, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Glenn Renwick - B.S. ISE '78\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nlcG6kjb6ks&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=8\">Glenn Renwick<\/a> \u2013 M.S. ISE \u201978 \u2013 President\/CEO, Progressive Insurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ztGOiyY70Ms&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=12\">Dave Thomas<\/a> \u2013 B.S. IE &#8217;71 &amp; M.S. &#8217;72 \u2013 Former IBM Executive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Leadership Interview - Erin Wallace - B.S. ISE '82\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TLuY38eN6Ng&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=4\">Erin Wallace<\/a> \u2013 B.S. ISE &#8217;82 \u2013 Executive Vice President, Operations Integration, Walt Disney Parks &amp; Resorts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GRvMzHhAYgs&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;feature=share&amp;index=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Michael Durham<\/a> &#8211; M.S. Env. Eng. &#8217;75 &amp; Ph.D. &#8217;78 &#8211; President, CEO and Director, Advanced Emissions Solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=enJEwo6Hpxc&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;feature=share&amp;index=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norm Augustine<\/a> &#8211; Honorary Doctorate Recipient 2013 &#8211; Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T2mVf3GMuTY&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walden Rhines<\/a> &#8211; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mentor Graphics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tv-6yAhX9eQ&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;index=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anil Rajvanshi<\/a> &#8211; Ph.D. ME &#8217;79 &#8211; Director, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EVAhvmf5h9w&amp;list=PLW9EH9DOYfdZf_McR1rDwbDpkgJyv7N0E&amp;feature=share&amp;index=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Kirkland<\/a> &#8211; B.S. CE &#8217;72 &amp; M.S. &#8217;74 &#8211; Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of Upstream, Chevron Corp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4868"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7529,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4868\/revisions\/7529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}