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Marcy, Just wanted to give you a quick update – On the D.C. / Monmouth opportunities: I’ve not passed your resume to Dave Shumaker b/c he
assured me that he would get back to me to discuss this opportunity
further. He’s not done so, despite my attempting to reach out to
him a few times already. I’ve done some homework on Dave, turns out
he may not be the best person to have to answer to. Probably best left
alone from that feedback alone. I ran the idea of passing your resume to Dave through Bill
Melvin and he said not to pursue the issue any further b/c Dave’s
opportunity would not be placing you within a lab, like SEAL, which would be
the best place for you to be. Rather, Dave’s opportunity would
likely be to pull you aboard as a “performer”, which I think
translates to a temp hire for a specific task. Bill has advised against
this in your best interest. Then he said he’d like to discuss this as
well as some other opportunities that (I am assuming would require an in lab
hire) would be a better fit for you. So, I’m learning that even engineers say “yes”
when the mean “no” which is a bit new to me : ) I’ll
continue to feel Bill out, but as gently as I know how. I’m just really
happy here and think you would be as well. Getting folks to slow down
long enough to tell you what they really want so you can try to meet their
needs has been a challenge. On that same note, Wade Barker was hired here
recently. He’s landed in our ITTL lab downtown and drives down
three days a week, and stays with us in N. ATL. He’s helping JIEDDO
red teaming some of their prospective CIED technologies and has already started
to make quite the name for himself. My point being, I tried to get him
hired here, but no one would slow down long enough to see who he was and well,
another lab scooped him up. Marcy, they may not realize it yet, but I’ve
got an eye for good people : ) As for my clearance: I’ve got one other contact that used to process security
clearances for her office, PEO of Shipbuilding. She’s a close family
friend and will do all she can to help, I’ve just got to find out what
her capabilities are in this area. I’ll let you know if we need to
push further with your firm. On another note: I believe the CNN piece we’ve been working on down
here will air Wed. night, maybe. We’ve been given dates
before. I’ll let you know for certain when I know more.
Should be on AC360. Talk to you soon. Thanks. Sincerely, Roger T. Hill Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory Georgia Tech Research Institute roger.hill@gtri.gatech.edu (office) 404.407.7012 |