Career Coaching, Training & STEM Education
Technology and innovation-related careers have accelerated at a staggering pace.
Keeping up with STEM advancements, hardening a foundation of deep understanding – and considering career navigation during such a frenetic era… can be best with a caring team of experienced experts helping to guide.
Headquartered in Monmouth County, NJ, once at the heart of AT&T Bell Laboratories (the world premier research and development entity at the time), the Principals of Evolved Support Innovations each remain deeply connected with that extended community. Having been blessed with incredible STEM Innovation careers, some went on to become business and education leaders; many now work with local Community Colleges, Universities, and School Districts.
Career coaching, educating, and training is thus at the core of our ‘Cultural DNA.’ It’s who we are.
Please ‘meet’ a few of us below… Reach out and connect with us today.
Above: Mark Russo (left) and Pamela Bogdan (right) coordinate and lead an event for College Faculty and Science/Engineering students at AT&T Research & Development Laboratories. The afternoon included an AT&T facility tour and a presentation by a Nobel Prize winning Physicist.
Below: Peggy Sparks (right) leads a school-wide effort to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital via her annual “Mathathon” event. She and her team/community have raised thousands – year after year.
Our Coaching/Education/Training Principals
Pamela Bogdan joined Evolved Support Innovations with over 40 years of Engineering and Academia experience. Starting at Bell Laboratories – she held numerous highly technical, innovative, and leadership positions. Pam holds 20 patents. Initially an undergraduate instructor at Cal Poly, she later became an Adjunct STEM Professor and is now the Program Chair for Engineering & Industrial/Technical Studies at Ocean County College. She holds an MS in Electrical Engineering and is a Six Sigma Black Belt – LEAN certified, with years of experience in operational efficiency achieving time, cost, quality and customer satisfaction improvements.
Peggy Sparks began her career as an Actuarial Consultant, creating statistically-based risk models for Metropolitan and for Milliman & Robertson in NYC. She then pivoted to education, where she’s been leading Point Pleasant School District math education endeavors for ~20 years. NJSLA data, comparing all schools in Ocean County NJ, just rated her team’s efforts focused on mathematics education as 1st for 2023. She holds a BS in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and an MEd, Masters in Education.
Mark Russo has been a career Engineer for three decades working significantly with Public Sector agencies; he’s also been teaching, educating, and coaching adult students as Adjunct Faculty at two community colleges for 16 years. Mark is a CISSP (ISC2 Cybersecurity Professional), and participates on engineering and computer science advisory boards. He holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Pamela Bogdan (2nd from left), coordinating & leading a collaboration and training event for college students with Air Force personnel at Joint Base MDL (Formerly McGuire Air Force Base)…
Mark Russo leading a STEM class in classical mechanics (Newtonian physics) at the tail-end of the pandemic…
