Alumni

Smriti graduated with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering, with emphases in Electronics and Computer Engineering in 1992. She went on to earn her MBA at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan in 1998. She is currently a Dealer Systems Portfolio Manager in the Marketing Sales and Service at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. She has been with Ford her entire career spanning over 20 years. Smriti . . .

Since 2006 Eric D. Baker has served Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative as its president and CEO. Eric was previously Wolverine’s senior vice president of engineering and strategy, vice president of power marketing, and the general manager of planning and engineering. Wolverine is a generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Cadillac, Michigan, supplying power to five distribution electric cooperatives . . .

Michele Blau has what many people only dream of—the option of going to the office in her pajamas. Maybe not literally, but for the last several years Michele has held a management position with IBM, working out of her home in Hancock, Michigan. Michele holds three degrees from Michigan Tech. She earned an AAS in Electrical Engineering Technology in 1988, a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1992, and a MS in Operations . . .

Richard (Rich) Ford received the degree Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1977. While earning his degree, Rich says he was fortunate to have studied under Dr. Dennis Wiitanen who provided him with a solid technical background in electrical engineering along with some valuable life lessons. Upon graduation he joined Consumers Power, now Consumers Energy, in Jackson . . .