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: ====================================== 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: ====================================== 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/
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