Laura Ordaz, the FLEX Membership Committee Chair and a 2019 Young Professional of the Year nominee, recently got a job promotion! She works for Komatsu Mining Corp. out of their Franklin office—a global company that provides industrial mining equipment.

For four summers, Laura was an intern at Komatsu and has been employed as an “associate engineer” since January 2018 Recently, she was promoted to “engineer,” and her job responsibilities include assisting with the design and development of mining machinery, preparing part and assembly models, completing detailed drawings and documentation for records, taking responsibility for professional growth by attending trainings on software and products, and taking trips to mine to see machines in operation and further understand their capabilities, limitations, and applications.

Congratulations, Laura, and keep up the great work!

This article was published in the Future Leaders & Entrepreneurs Exchange’s (FLEX) May 2019 edition of the FLEX Your Ideas (FYI) Newsletter.