Name:Jane Sidebottom
Title: President and Founder, Applied Marketing Knowledge
Age: 54
Educational Experience: Bachelor’s degree and graduate courses in international business, University of Maryland; leadership development program, Center for Creative Leadership
Organizational Affiliations/Achievements/Awards: Member and mentor, Women in HVAC; 11 patent awards for Carrier split system designs (2006-2007); co-creator of the Career Smart Platform, Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) magazine; and an independent director, Friedrich Air Conditioning
What caused you to/when did you fall in love with engineering?
My dad was a mechanical engineer, involved in the early days of the U.S. Space Program. He was responsible for facilities management of the tracking and communications stations around the world and took us with him whenever possible. He led facilities commissioning and startup of King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, where I lived for four years. I was exposed at a very early age to not just engineering but facilities design, commissioning, and operations. …