Alumni

Marissa Gecse (Graziano) graduated from Michigan Tech in 2016 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in manufacturing. She later completed the Ford and Wayne State University Engineering Management Master’s Program—a highly competitive master’s program uniquely structured for Ford engineers with high potential on the path to leadership. After attending the Women in Engineering Summer Youth Program . . .

Tom Walker earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1962. He spent eight years with General Motors, then joined Volkswagen of America in 1976 as general superintendent of the assembly plant in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. From 1979-1985, he was general manager of a Volkswagen subsidiary producing air conditioning evaporator and condenser coils in Ft. Worth, Texas. From 1985-1992, he was president and . . .

Britta graduated from Michigan Tech with a BS in Mathematics in 2002 and an MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2004. She is currently an Engineering Project Team Leader at Caterpillar, Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. As team leader in Caterpillar’s Medium Tractor Products division, Britta is responsible for all aspects of product value for tractors, including regular reporting and tracking of production costs, new product . . .

Karl LaPeer is currently a partner at Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, a Detroit-based $1.9 billion private equity firm.  From 1998-2009 he was Senior Vice President amp; Principal, and from 1996-1998 he was an Investment Manager. He and his partners at Peninsula Capital began with $20 million in capital back in 1995, and they have since invested over $1.5 billion, in more than 140 small and mid-sized companies with . . .