Career Transitions

At the January 14, 2021 Innovation Hour, three Hertz Fellows discuss career transitions between scientific fields, to business, or to entirely new endeavors.

Join a virtual conversation with three Hertz Fellows who have made career transitions from one science to another, transitioned from academia to business, or from semi-retirement to figuring out what's next.

Featured panelist and moderator Dale Stuart started in aerospace engineering and is now a clinical psychologist with expertise in helping gifted and talented individuals through career transitions. In between these two careers, Dale was a competitive freestyle skydiver and seven-time world champion. She'll be joined by Lily Kim and Greg Taylor (bios below).

At the event, the panelists will share their stories and have a discussion facilitated by Dale, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

This Hertz Foundation Innovation Hour will take place live on Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 12 to 1 p.m. Pacific, using the Zoom video conference platform. You can attend on a desktop, mobile device, or by phone. Please register using the form below, and we'll email you the Zoom meeting information.

Dale Stuart has achieved world-class recognition in numerous endeavors. As an aerospace engineer, she designed satellites and scientific spacecraft for NASA and was responsible for spacecraft mission planning and spacecraft flight software development. She then went on to become a seven-time world champion in freestyle skydiving. As a clinical psychologist, her private practice focuses on her interest in working with and supporting the growth of other gifted individuals. She has been a frequent invited presenter and keynote speaker at conferences focusing on the unique social and emotional needs of the gifted. Her diverse range of interests and careers tells the story of a person fulfilling dreams and living life with intensity and passion.

Lily Kim is a Partner and Chief Scientist at OS Fund and has contributed to the technology commercialization ecosystem for over 15 years. She has advised Fortune 500 biotech and pharmaceutical companies, helped research groups at the Wyss Institute at Harvard commercialize their work, established a community forum for microfluidics commercialization in New England, served on the board of directors of the Hertz Foundation, helped neurotechnology company Kernel get its start, and advised multiple funders and investors. Lily has an SB in electrical engineering and a PhD in biomedical engineering at MIT/Harvard.

Greg Taylor is a consultant on analog/mixed signal circuit design and systems on chip. A former Intel Fellow, he was responsible for the development of analog/mixed signal circuits in a variety of roles throughout his 24-year tenure at Intel Corporation. During that time he held several senior design engineering positions working on ten generations of microprocessors including members of Intel’s Pentium®, Pentium® II, Pentium® III, and Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture families; leading the Circuit Research Lab and then the SOC Design Lab within Intel Labs; and finishing as Chief Architect in IPG’s Mixed Signal IP Solutions Group. Prior to joining Intel, he worked as a principal engineer at Bipolar Integrated Technology.