Katy Dickinson

SEED and PreSEED Selections Announced

Last night and today, we announced the worldwide all-Engineering PreSEED and Global Sales and Services (GSS) SEED Engineering mentoring program participants for the January-June 2009 terms. We picked 55 for each term.

Selection Metrics

About the 55 New PreSEED Participants:
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103 PreSEED applications
14 disqualified for incomplete applications 
34 had complete applications but they arrived too late for inclusion
53% selected

    Location of Participants
	1 Belgium, 2%
	10 China, 18%
	1 Czech Republic, 2%
	1 France, 2%
	2 Germany, 4%
	9 India, 16%
	2 Israel, 4%
	1 Italy, 2%
	2 Japan, 4%
	1 Mexico, 2%
	1 Norway, 2%
	1 Korea, 2%
	1 Russia, 2%
	2 Singapore, 4%
	1 Spain, 2%
	1 UK, 2%
	18 USA, 33%
		8 California USA, 15%
		4 Colorado, 7%
		3 Massachusetts USA, 5%
		2 Oregon, 4%
		1 Texas USA, 2%

    Division of Participants
	21 GSS, 38%
	2 Marketing, 4%
	4 Microelectronics, 7%
	22 Software Group, 40%
	2 Storage Group, 4%
	4 Systems, 7%
	1 Worldwide Operations, 4%

    Gender of Participants
	10 Female, 18%
	45 Male, 82%

About the 55 New GSS SEED Participants:
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98 SEED applications
19 disqualified for incomplete applications
56% selected

    Location of Participants
	Australia   4,   8%
	Austria   1,   2%
	Belgium   1,   2%
	China   5,   10%
	Finland   1,   2%
	France   1,  2%
	Germany   5,
	Greece   1,   2%
	India   1,   2%
	Japan   4,   8%
	Singapore   1,   2%
	Spain   3,   6%
	Switzerland   1,   2%
	Taiwan   1,   2%
	United Kingdom   4,    8%
	USA    20,    38%
		California   4,   8%
		Connecticut   2,   4%
		Florida  3,    6%
		Georgia  1,   2%
		Michigan   1,   2%
		New Jersey   3,    6%
		Texas   5,   10%
		Washington   1,   2%

    Gender of Participants
	2 Female, 4%
	52 Male, 96%

The 110 new participants are now thinking about their Mentor Wish Lists - due on 3 December. The first of two phone-in meetings with participants and their managers to discuss mentor choices is tomorrow morning at 8 am.

More?
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program is available at http://research.sun.com/SEED/

Posted at 08:56PM Nov 20, 2008 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  |