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INTERVIEW<br />
Tamara<br />
Schmitz<br />
How did you get into<br />
engin<strong>ee</strong>ring and when did<br />
you start?<br />
It sounds silly, but the spark came<br />
from my Grandpa. His nickname<br />
was “Sparky” and he was an<br />
electrician for Pullman Railroad<br />
Tamara Schmitz - Applications Manager for Optical Sensors<br />
Intersil<br />
company. Also, a freight train line<br />
had tracks just beyond our back<br />
fence and I used to run outside<br />
when I heard the train coming so I<br />
could wave at the engin<strong>ee</strong>rs, count<br />
the cars and s<strong>ee</strong> if anyone was in<br />
the caboose. (Trains don’t s<strong>ee</strong>m<br />
to have cabooses anymore.) When<br />
I graduated from wanting to be a<br />
firefighter, I told people I wanted to<br />
be an engin<strong>ee</strong>r. I meant the train<br />
kind, but most others assumed the<br />
science/math/problem solver. Over<br />
the years I guess it just stuck. I do<br />
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