Learn More About Industry Careers, It’s Not the Dark Side!

Organizer(s)

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  Michelle Hartzer, BCE (she/her/hers)

  Entomologist
  360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
  360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
  Lawrenceville, Georgia
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  Neil Spomer, BCE

  Global Field Trial Mondernization Leader / Technology Characterization Leader - Discovery Insecticide
  Corteva Agriscience
  Carmel, Indiana

Learn about careers in industry! If you are a student looking for options, a mid-career professional looking to expand, or a seasoned entomologist looking for the next adventure, this is for you. We will have speakers from across the "industry" to tell you about their paths and their current jobs.

Presentations:

• 8:05 AM – 8:20 AM ET

  My journey from banking to urban and agricultural entomology: Life in the digital fast lane
  

  Presenting Author: Neil Spomer, BCE – Corteva Agriscience
• 8:20 AM – 8:35 AM ET

  How i joined the pest control family
  

  Presenting Author: Allison Allen, BCE (she/her/hers) – National Pest Management Association
• 8:35 AM – 8:50 AM ET

  From lemurs to dead people to fire ants- A squiggly career path to urban pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer Sweeney-Ingram, BCE – All-American Pest Control
• 8:50 AM – 9:05 AM ET

  Accessible science: What an entomologist brings to the service and manufacturing sectors
  

  Presenting Author: Anna Berry, BCE (she/her/hers) – Pelsis
• 9:20 AM – 9:35 AM ET

  Global urban pest management needs and professional opportunities
  

  Presenting Author: Ron Harrison – Orkin, LLC
• 9:50 AM – 10:05 AM ET

  Everyone told me, “You should be in sales”
  

  Presenting Author: Britta Turney – Syngenta
• 10:05 AM – 10:20 AM ET

  This isn't what I thought: Navigating career changes till you find your people
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Lindenmayer – Trécé Inc.
• 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM ET

  We're not the Ferengi either
  

  Presenting Author: Barbara Hull – Y-TEX Corporation