On 26 February, the SEED
Selection Committee selected the 47 new mentoring participants in the worldwide
Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development (SEED) program for the 2009
Established Staff term. This term will run from April-October 2009. On behalf of CTO
Greg Papadopoulos, warm congratulations to the new participants and thanks
to the managers who supported their applications! Thanks also to the SEED
team who supported the selection process: Tanya Jankot, Matt Artz,
Sy Dimitroff, and Helen Gracon.
New SEED program participants have been sent
more information about next steps (Mentor Wish Lists, SEED Web Pages, how to find
out about and join program activities). All Mentor Wish Lists are due 10 March 2009.
We very much appreciate the time and trouble that all 95 applicants,
their managers, and the recommenders put into their SEED materials. It
takes a great deal of work to apply and we thank you. We received more
applications than the program can accommodate. We picked 49% of the applicants,
for a total of 47 new participants. This is a very
accomplished group: 22 of the applicants had either two or three Superior
annual performance ratings in the last three years. The selection process
was very difficult. Participants were chosen based on professional performance
and manager’s recommendation, with consideration given to the other factors
included in their applications, how well they fit in with SEED’s Preferred Accomplishment Areas, and the geographic, demographic, and professional
breadth of the term members.
SEED Preferred Accomplishment Areas
Program applicants are expected to excel in many but not all of these 11 areas:
| Earning more than one Superior Sun annual performance rating in the last 3 years |
Papers, patents, presentations, publications | Experience in open source, industry standards development, architectural review, mentoring |
Demonstrated leadership | Demonstrated technical excellence | Demonstrated creative ability |
| Enthusiasm shown in SEED application (by both applicant and their manager), persistance in applying to SEED |
Completing a PreSEED term and having the recommendation of that PreSEED mentor. | Work history | Ability to communicate | Earning the excellent opinion of senior staff or executives (who submit recommendation letters in support) |
Metrics
About the 47 New SEED Participants:
- Location of Participants
- 4 China, 9%
- 4 Czech Republic, 9%
- 1 France, 2%
- 1 Germany, 2%
- 2 India, 4%
- 1 Ireland, 2%
- 1 Israel, 2%
- 1 Italy, 2%
- 1 Norway, 2%
- 2 Russia, 4%
- 1 Singapore, 24%
- 28 USA, 60% (5 Eastern USA, 23 Western USA)
- Division of Participants
- 1 CTO / Sun Labs, 2%
- 10 Global Sales and Service (GSS), 21%
- 8 Microelectronics, 17%
- 18 Software (all groups), 38%
- 1 Storage Group, 2%
- 9 Systems, 19%
- Gender of Participants
- 9 Female, 19%
- 38 Male, 81%
- 27 Principal-level (very senior) job grades or above, 57%
- 5 People/Program Managers, 11%
- 12 Previously Applied to SEED, 26%
- 3 on SEED’s Potential Mentor List
Next Terms
SEED runs seven terms a year. After this Established Staff, the next terms
will be for PreSEED and GSS SEED. Applications for PreSEED and GSS SEED
will be accepted starting in early April; the PreSEED and GSS SEED terms
will run June-December 2009.
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