Alumni Resources

Jim retired as Vice President of Engineering for Kraft Foods in October of 2015. He joined Kraft in May 2013. His responsibilities included the Engineering, Process and Packaging Equipment Development, Engineering and Maintenance functions, and the Initiative Management and Planned Maintenance pillars of Integrated Lean 6 Sigma. Prior to Kraft, Jim spent 36 years with Procter amp; Gamble in Engineering and Manufacturing, . . .

John Hallquist earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering, magna cum laude, from Western Michigan University in 1970. He received an M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Tech in 1972. He continued his advanced education from Michigan Tech and earned a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics in 1974. John joined the weapons laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) . . .

Josh Ivaniszek earned dual degrees in forestry and surveying in 2004. His wife Colleen ’04 earned a geological engineering degree. Following their years at Tech, Colleen took a job with the Alaska Department of Transportation and the couple moved north. Though he now owns Chilkat Surveying & Mapping LLC, named for the Chilkat mountain range, Josh previously worked a variety of other natural resources-related . . .