With specialized knowledge in the field of Engineering, John Hoschette is an experienced Career Development Coach, Trainer, and Professional Key Note Speaker. Mr. Hoschette's past position at Lockheed Martin and current position as Technical Director at Rockwell Collins have allowed him an acute understanding of all aspects of an engineering career. Overseeing the operations of nearly 5,000 engineers in Sunnyvale California, along with his experience working with companies such as Alliant Tech, Honeywell, Loral and Northrop Corporations, have given him exposure to the engineering methods of many organizations nationwide.

John Hoschette is an IEEE senior member, author, career coach and adjunct professor. His career articles have appeared in Today’s Engineer and Spectrum Magazine. His company, Career Development Coaches, offers Career Resources for Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Human Resources Personnel. Whether a recent graduate, mid-career, or looking-ahead to retirement, Career Development Coaches offers proven, common-sense advice for navigating all stages of an Engineering career.

Services Offered:

Develop Successful Career Plans

University to Industry Transitions

Improve Job Performance

Navigate Difficult Workplace Environments

Compensation Negotiations

Career Setback or Job Loss Recovery

Finance Management

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Mary Ciddio is a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Disability Management Specialist. She has over 30 years of experience as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and over 15 years of experience providing her Expert Opinion in this field. Ms. Ciddio is a Diplomat of the American Board of Vocational Experts, as well as a part-time instructor and counselor with the Disabled Students Program Services at Merritt College in Oakland, CA.

Ms. Ciddio is a recognized expert in providing testimony related to Employability & Earning Potential required in various legal settings. She has provided testimony and consultation services throughout the state of California and in other states. She has testified on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in cases related to ADA, Marriage Dissolution, Personal Injury, Long Term Disability and Longshore.

Services Include:

• Return to Work Services
• Essential Function Job Analysis
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Outplacement & Related Services
• Expert Witness Testimony

Mentoring Solutions® Inc., professional services cover: • expert design to ensure success • participant training • materials • evaluation • Colaboro® Mentoring Management System® software.

Principals Dr. Bill Gray and Marilynne Gray are available to give public / inhouse presentations: • When 2 Mentor, When 2 Coach, When to Go Online • The NEW Mentoring Paradigm • What Can You Possibly Tell Me That I Don't Already Know? • The Real Mentoring Process • How to Jump-start Relationships and Reach More Goals • Confidentially Yours, Mentor.

Since 1978, Mentoring Solutions has followed this dictum: “No matter how great the tools, the first key element is good design.”

Awards include:

Mentors of Mentors” Delegates Award at the First International Conference on Mentoring

Hewlett Packard’s “Best Corporate Program”

Varian Associates (Radiation Division) “Best Program Award”.

Networks and Systems Professional Association, NaSPA, Inc., is an association for professionals involved in IT, Networking, Telecommunications, Disaster Recovery and other related disciplines. In the past 24 years, hundreds of thousands of technology professionals have taken advantage of NaSPA's training programs, subscribed to its publications, supported its educational foundation, and attended its technology conferences and trade shows.

NaSPA's E-Publication, Technical Support, is a comprehensive how-to publication that focuses on mainframe systems and topics that affect network and distributed systems professionals. More recently, Technical Support has evolved to include fresh, timely content including Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, and even some content not found anywhere else, like what technologists should do when they face job loss or financial stress.

NaSPA provides its members with the foremost in services and benefits, including Peer Networking, Member Discounts, Job Placement, and Technical Information. Moreover, NaSPA’s advocacy on behalf of technology professionals has arguably never been as important as it is right now.

NaSPA is dedicated to adapting careers to reflect new technology, and looking for new, cost effective technical solutions that work for their companies.

NaSPA Objectives

Fund the education, training, and advancement of tomorrow’s technical workforce and assist in the retraining and professional development of mid-career professionals.

Encourage educational institutions and industry to partner with NaSPA in creating tomorrow’s technical workforce.

Empower leadership in the IT industry.

Provide ongoing research of current and ever-changing educational challenges in the IT industry and customize our scholarships to meet these challenges.