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“Now I understand why my mother warned me that the birth of one’s first child leads many women to throw in the professional towel,” smiles Céline, mother of Théodore, who is just a few months old, and head of the software development team at Cerbair, which supplies governments with anti-drone solutions. She admits that becoming a mother has changed her relationship to work, adding that she finds it exhausting to start a second day once the office day (or, for the moment, home-working day) is over, even if her spouse fully plays his part…
Marielle Roux happily admits that she “has always been interested in maths”, dunked in it by her parents, both maths and physics teachers. Attracted by information technology (IT), she did a Masters in that subject during which she had to do an internship. “I did it in the bank and that's where I quickly realised that Management IT was really not for me”, she laughs. So for the first decade of her professional life she worked in the space sector before moving into aeronautics. Today, at Collins Aerospace – Avionics she is Director Europe, Certification, Safety, Cybersecurity, and AI (Artificial Intelligence)…
"I would never have imagined it possible to enjoy a successful career in technology with a degree in foreign languages, business and management," Nathalie remarks, still astonished despite a career that spans almost three decades in the industry. "It's a pretty good sign, it proves that even if don't have a degree in engineering, but are passionate about technology, then it is absolutely possible to have interesting jobs in high-tech companies…”
Alaina Garibal is not an American in Paris, but rather an American in Figeac which is about two-thirds of the way down a straight line south of Paris to Toulouse. She's been there for 18 years during which time her French has improved from non-existent to affecting her English! Alaina was studying mechanical engineering at California State University in Sacramento, when she met a young Frenchman, who was also studying engineering…
Orange is not a colour that suits many people. But Justine wears her orange boiler-suit proudly because it shows that she is involved in flight testing. From pilot to engineer, all those involved in flight testing wear orange so that should things go horribly wrong and they have to eject from the aircraft, rescuers will find them more easily…
Lisa Åbom is amongst the top female executives in Swedish defence company Saab. She’s the chief technology officer for aeronautics, a position created a year ago that she is the first to hold. At the end of our 45-minute conversation I’ve understood that this charming woman has an iron fist inside a velvet glove…
