Kathy Nelson recently joined West Monroe Partners as a Principal in the Energy and Utility Practice. Ms. Nelson spent 25 years as a Principal Telecommunications Engineer at Great River Energy, nearly two years at Ondas Networks as the Director of Technical Product Marketing and Industry Relations. She served on UTC’s board of directors for nearly 10 years and as UTC’s Chairwoman from 2017 – 2018. She is a strong advocate for utilities access to RF spectrum and is passionate about ensuring utilities have access to technology to grow and sustain their business. Ms. Nelson has a BSEE from North Dakota State University and is a licensed, professional engineer in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In addition to her day job, Kathy hosts a podcast for women in STEM, titled "Ordinarily Extraordinary - conversations with women in STEM". She is passionate about educating women and girls on what STEM careers are out there and sharing other women's stories with the world. She is a mentor, a coach, keynote speaker, working to build positive community for women in STEM. She also founded a non-profit to raise funds to support mission work in South Africa.
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-nelson-1593433/
Ordinarily Extraordinary podcast - https://ordinarily-extraordinary.com/
Kathy Nelson recently joined West Monroe Partners as a Principal in the Energy and Utility Practice. Ms. Nelson spent 25 years as a Principal Telecommunications Engineer at Great River Energy, nearly two years at Ondas Networks as the Director of Technical Product Marketing and Industry Relations. She served on UTC’s board of directors for nearly 10 years and as UTC’s Chairwoman from 2017 – 2018. She is a strong advocate for utilities access to RF spectrum and is passionate about ensuring utilities have access to technology to grow and sustain their business. Ms. Nelson has a BSEE from North Dakota State University and is a licensed, professional engineer in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In addition to her day job, Kathy hosts a podcast for women in STEM, titled "Ordinarily Extraordinary - conversations with women in STEM". She is passionate about educating women and girls on what STEM careers are out there and sharing other women's stories with the world. She is a mentor, a coach, keynote speaker, working to build positive community for women in STEM. She also founded a non-profit to raise funds to support mission work in South Africa.
Contact details -
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-nelson-1593433/
Ordinarily Extraordinary podcast - https://ordinarily-extraordinary.com/