Millennials in Manufacturing

Column from: Davina McDonnell

Davina McDonnell was previously Director of Marketing for Saline Lectronics. Davina originally stumbled into electronics manufacturing by chance shortly after graduating from the University of San Diego as Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Communication Studies. Motivated by this fast paced and ever-changing industry, Davina has enjoyed a diverse career in sales and marketing for Saline Lectronics. She’s passionate about creating meaningful and engaging content, and thrives best in a collaborative space that values open communication and fearless experimentation of new ideas. As the voice behind the Saline Lectronics’ brand, Davina publishes magazine articles, web pages, blogs, case studies and sales brochures for the organization.
 
Deeply embedded in this industry with a wide network of strong business relationships, Davina has a true understanding and unique perspective of electronic contract manufacturing. Thanks to the transformative power of M2M communication and the Internet of Things, she is truly excited about the exponential positive change available in this latest manufacturing revolution. Personally, she’s best known for her exquisite taste in coffee, deep desire to be a mermaid, and fiery opinions.
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May 09, 2017

Millennials in Manufacturing: Hiring, Training and Retaining Millennials

Shelly Phelps is the human resource manager at Saline Lectronics, where she manages recruitment strategies, disciplinary actions, and employee relations. In this interview, she discusses the greatest challenges when dealing with millennials, and how she thinks management and training should evolve for a more effective onboarding of this new generation of manufacturing workforce.
March 20, 2017

Managing Millennials: Lean Champion Jeff Riedel Emphasizes the Importance of Mentoring

Our next manager to highlight is Jeff Riedel, the Lean Champion at Saline Lectronics. Jeff talks about the unique challenges of dealing with and training millennials, the advantages that they bring to the table, and strategies to help develop them into effective leaders as the older generation leaves the workforce.
February 27, 2017

Managing Millennials: Eric Hassen Discusses the Importance of Balance and Clear Communication

We now move on to the issue of managing millennials. It’s a common complaint from managers that millennials simply don’t want to be managed. Eric Hassen, vice president of test engineering at Saline Lectronics, gives his views on the millennial workforce in manufacturing, along with tips to successfully manage and grow them into becoming strong leaders.
February 13, 2017

Millennials in Manufacturing: Zach Tondreau—Motivating Millennials

Over the past two years, Zach has moved up starting as an associate, progressing to associate coordinator, and now as a production lead at Lectronics. “This is my first job in manufacturing and it has been very rewarding. I’ve always tried to do quality work at any job I’ve had, but never received any recognition for it. I feel fortunate to have my hard work appreciated.”
January 30, 2017

Millennials in Manufacturing: Tom Scales—Manufacturing from an IT Perspective

This week, our featured millennial is IT Manager Tom Scales. He talks about loyalty, work ethics, motivation, leadership, his greatest challenges from an IT perspective, and what he thinks the manufacturing industry should be doing when it comes to attracting more millennials to join this field.
January 16, 2017

Millennials in Manufacturing: Mya Walton – The Millennials' Advantage in Manufacturing

We continue our series on Millennials in Manufacturing with Mya Walton, associate coordinator in the test department at Saline Lectronics. She talks about how working in the manufacturing industry opened up a new world of possibilities for her, and how it feels to be creating products that help other people, such as heart monitors and black boxes.
January 03, 2017

Millennials in Manufacturing: Andrea Tarhanich - What’s Driving Millennials to Thrive—and Stay—in Manufacturing

For our ongoing series on Millennials in Manufacturing, we next feature Andrea Tarhanich, a millennial who has been with Saline Lectronics for more than four years. In this article, Andrea talks about loyalty and work ethics, leadership, and effective strategies to attract millennials to the manufacturing world.
December 19, 2016

Millennials in Manufacturing: Kyle Robertson – A Rewarding Career

For our ongoing "Millennials in Manufacturing" series, we next feature SMT Technician Kyle Robertson. He discusses how working for Saline Lectronics has provided him the opportunity to learn new things related to the electronics industry every day and to witness the latest, most exciting technologies being developed.
December 05, 2016

Millennials in Manufacturing: Cathy Cox – Multiple Approaches to Solving Problems

Next in our Millennials series is Cathy Cox, a process engineer at Lectronics, who is in charge of all the first-time build customers, where she manages the entire assembly process figuring out the perfect assembly plan for each product, and the best schedule to deliver each customer the best product. Find out what she has to say about the challenges of the job.
November 21, 2016

Millennials in Manufacturing: Mike Scaparrotti – A Different, yet Rewarding Career Path

Our next millennial to be featured is Mike Scaparrotti, a purchasing agent at Lectronics. As a millennial, Mike said that majority of the younger generation do not want to be micromanaged. For him, having a valued opinion and being able to influence change when needed are what motivates him in his job.
November 21, 2016

Millennials in Manufacturing: Alex Johnson – A Long-term Career Prospect

The next millennial in this series is Alex Johnson, an associate engineer at Saline Lectronics and who has been with the company for over two years. Even though Alex received a lot of negative information about manufacturing throughout his lifetime, his work experience in engineering has directly challenged those preconceived notions.
October 25, 2016

New Column: Millennials in Manufacturing

New columnist Davina McDonnell will be writing on the challenges millennials face in the workplace, and the unique dynamic between millennials and the industry veterans who manage them.
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