Kimberly Moore is the founder and CEO of KDM Engineering, a consulting firm specializing in utilities and telecommunications. She is the founder and president of Calculated Genius, an organization dedicated to helping underrepresented youth explore and connect to STEM in an effort to inspire and support a brighter future. Kimberly serves on several boards of directors and has won several awards including 2021 Society of Women Engineers Entrepreneur Award, 2018 Engineering News Record (ENR) 20 Under 40 National Award, 2019 Chicagoland ATHENA Emerging Leader Award, and many more.
Kimberly has a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master's Degree in Engineering and recently started working on a PhD in Electrical Engineering.
Episode Notes
Kimberly shares her experiences as an engineer and how she founded KDM Engineering, which she founded 14 years ago. She shares how she became interested in engineering as it wasn't a career she knew anything about when she was growing up. She shares how running KDM led her to start Calculated Genius. And she talks about her latest endeavor starting a restaurant - which is also related to KDM. She shares her goals and aspirations of where she wants to go personally and with KDM.
Kimberly also talks about the challenge of being the "only" in her engineering classes and jobs and the importance of finding community. She also talks about the business of her life and how she manages the many aspects of her life (she has added hours to her day ;-)).
Music used in the podcast: Higher Up, Silverman Sound Studio
KDM Engineering is a WBE/MBE professional engineering firm focusing on power distribution design, gas distribution and telecommunications design. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm also has branch offices on the east coast. (https://kdmengineering.com)
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