Columbia Engineering emphasizes, beyond just technical depth, an education that is holistic and interdisciplinary. From class requirements to research focuses, we have always believed that Columbia engineers can and will impact the world in diverse ways, applying their knowledge and training in roles that expand on the definition of what it means to be an engineer.
Especially in these circumstances, amid the pandemic and widespread changes to traditional work, we know that many Columbians are keeping an open mind about the industries they want to work in, where they would work, the types of roles they find interesting, and more broadly the career path they see down the line. There are no wrong answers for a Columbia engineer but it can certainly be intimidating to take the less-traveled path.
To alleviate some of these concerns, we are very excited to host a group of talented SEAS alumni for a discussion on how they approached their nontraditional career paths. If you are interested at all in the myriad possible careers after graduating SEAS, we welcome you to join us for the conversation where you’ll have the opportunity to hear from our alums, ask them questions directly, and learn about how you might expand your own career scope.
About the panelists:
Marina Fahim
Marina Fahim is a Vice President and senior product manager at J.P. Morgan Chase in New York City. She is in the J.P. Morgan digital channels team, managing products in US Wealth Management, trading, and investing, ensuring the business and clients have the best digital experience. She was previously in the Cybersecurity & Technology Risk organization as the lead product manager for the development of a firm-wide risk and control reporting platform enabling business and technology teams to be data-driven. Marina started her career at Goldman Sachs as a business intelligence engineer, as well as being an analyst in risk advisory, in Technology Risk. She has an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, where she was the Graduation Class Day Speaker for SEAS ’15 and Vice President of the EGSC. She has a B.S. Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Kirsten McNeill
Kirsten is currently based in Denmark completing a global rotational program with Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer and service provider, where she is responsible for a key data subtrack of a major, multi-year global operations standardization program. Prior to this, she developed new analytics and market strategies for sales and development at Vestas' North American headquarters. Kirsten also has experience in market intelligence and policy in the US residential solar industry, commercial solar project finance, and geothermal business development. A participant in the 3-2 Program, Kirsten completed her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Columbia in 2019 after studying physics at Middlebury College.
Shivrat Chhabra
Shivrat Chhabra is co-founder and CEO of Dosis, a personalized drug dosing platform designed to change the way chronic disease is managed. Dosis was founded 2017, and has since generated over 2 million dosing recommendations. Dosis is Shiv’s second startup. He loves the thrill of forming teams to tackle big problems. He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 2014.