Ladies in Tech Panel

8am – Saturday, October 8th (Before opening ceremony).

Featured Guest Panel Members

• Danielle Schneider – Pridgeon and Clay
• Kalee Stutzman – TGW
• Lina Spross – Joby
• Kristen Armstrong – GE Aviation

Danielle Schneider

Pridgeon and Clay

Danielle Schneider is an Applications Engineer at Pridgeon & Clay, Inc. P&C. In this position she has worked to drive sales by creating working relationships with customer engineering teams to productionize concepts into products that can be successfully launched in a production atmosphere. Danielle received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2008, with a minor in product design. She continued her passion for learning and in 2010 she received an additional bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Throughout Danielle’s years of experience in the Automotive industry she has gained a passion for being an ally to women in manufacturing and promoting young women joining the industry. This passion fueled her to organize a group of women whom launched an up-and-coming Chapter of Women in Manufacturing (WiM). WiM promotes, inspires, and supports women and their male allies, who have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry. As a result of her dedication to WiM’s mission Danielle was named as a Director on the National Board of Women in Manufacturing.

When Danielle is not working on engineering or for WiM she spends her free time with family and friends. She has an infinite desire for learning about new technologies and pre-covid would volunteer at local schools to promote STEM knowledge. She is a daughter, sister and aunt to many and is typically found helping someone with something (gardening, church, party planning, cooking, sewing, you name it). She is always in the kitchen baking up the next treat for whatever gathering she is attending. Danielle loves to travel to various areas around the world, immersing herself into their culture, and always looking for her next adventure.

Kalee Stutzman

TGW

 I am currently working at TGW System Inc. as a Software Test Engineer. I test software for automated warehouses. I grew up around computers since my dad was an IT guy. I was on FRC Team #3875 in high school. I attended Grand Valley State University and earned a degree in Computer Engineering.