Name: Jessica Mewkalo
Title: Account Executive
Company: Siemens Industry, Inc - Building Technologies Division
Location: Canton, MA
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, PA
College: Penn State
First job unrelated to your current field: Ride Operator at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh.
First job in current field: Reliability Engineering Intern - Dow Chemical Co.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Siemens Building Technologies is a technology partner, service provider, system integrator, and product vendor for building systems such as automation, HVAC, fire and life safety, and security.
Involvement with IFMA? PR/Marketing & community projects committee
Hobbies: Playing tennis and being outdoors
Favorite novel: Harry Potter Series
Favorite film: "Meet the Parents"
Keys to success: Honesty, understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and being able to see a situation from multiple points of view.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Talk show host.