1. By Nate Tagliaferro

2. Name: Michael Bergeron Degree: Bachelor Degree in Geology Place of Employment: Verizon Email: micheal.i.bergeron@verizon.com Professional Background

3. Engineering Field: Civil engineering, designing and building infrastructure, sets up telephone lines. Job Title: Lead network engineer Job/Duties: Manages engineer program, engineer program designs products for construction. Handles demands from businesses using verizon. Professional Interview

4. Work Schedule: 40 hours a week Educational Background: Went to Brockton High School, took science classes. Went to Umass Amherst, got Bachelor degree in geology If you had to do it over: Would not change anything. Advice: Be open to different jobs and different companies, don’t be afraid to start at the bottom, started at bottom and is very happy where he is now. Professional Interview cont.

5. What Surprised Me: What most surprised me was that he didn’t study to be an engineer in college. This goes along with his advice about being open to different jobs than you would have been expecting. Most Important Information: The most important information that I learned in the interview was that engineering covers a wide variety of fields. How Interview Influenced Me: When Mr. Bergeron said that he studied geology in college but was now an engineer, that influenced me. That showed me that you don’t need to know exactly what you’re going to do as a career, he had different plans for his career when he entered college, but when he finished he found a new career that he felt was a better fit for him. Personal Reflection