>> I look at the resume and I see the GPA and I see that they've done a couple
of work assignments, perhaps, but then I always challenge them
to say, well, what else did you do?
You know, where you a leader in your university setting?
You know, were you involved in community service?
You know, tell me a time when you grabbed a group of people involved
in a particular project, and you helped drive towards success.
And so I think, you know, the students that I'm seeing at the university level already kind
of get it, but I want to make sure that they understand that there is always
that reinforcement piece, and there's always the opportunity to continue
to do those things as you progress through life.
And so, you know, I always try to stay busy.
My wife always tries to stay busy as a Villa Nova alum.
We try to give back.
We try to stay involved in the community.
I think those are the kinds of people that are always going to be successful industry.
Those that stay involved.
You know, I was never the best engineer.
I never will be the best engineer, but I understand enough about the technical aspects
to apply them to business, and then at the same time, I try to make sure
that I take what I've learned in the military and also by just being a person who gives back
in the community, try to take those skills into the customer setting, even, to talk about,
you know, the advantage of doing business with my company versus some else.