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Professional Profile: Jessica Mewkalo 2015

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.
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