-: My name is Maria Khouzam.
I work
for Merck.
I'm a chemical engineer.
I work in the Global Engineering Solutions Department.
I think one of the soft skills
that you really need is communication.
A lot of times we focus a lot on the technical aspect,
and we get very good at a specific technical expertise,
and we forget that, hey, there's soft skills
that without it I actually will never drive
this technology forward, or this expertise forward.
So it's very important to balance it,
and have the technical knowledge,
but also the ability to communicate
that effectively to leadership or to peers, as well,
and help them understand.