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Education Has Opened Doors for NEIT Grad  

Jeff Forget enjoyed getting a degree at NEIT in 1986, and again in 1989 and again in 2001. His three degrees in Electronics Technology (AS), Electrical Technology (AS), and Computer Information Systems Technology (BS), respectively, have allowed him to travel a very fulfilling career path.

Jeff's work experience includes employment as a service technician at Yushin America, work as a manufacturing engineering technician and network technician at Texas Instruments, employment as a network engineer at Unum Provident, and his current employment as an I/T specialist network integrator with IBM Global Services. Jeff's responsibilities with IBM include managing the LAN/WAN for an insurance


Jeff Forget

company in Worcester, MA. Having the three degrees from NEIT has helped Jeff solve problems at work more easily, because he understands the whole system from the power to the electronics to the network.

Fully aware that being employed in the information technology (IT) field requires staying current with technology, Jeff has taken many certificate courses for networking as well as Microsoft products, and has also obtained CISCO certification as a CCNA. He is currently working toward additional CISCO certification as a CCNP.

Prior to NEIT, Jeff was a clerk in a grocery store. Today, he is a respected professional in the IT field. He believes that education and hard work are two requirements for career success. Outside of work, Jeff enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, ages 3 and 9. He coaches his oldest son's baseball team, and recently enjoyed restoring a 1976 MGB for his wife.

  Attention Future Engineers and Designers!

All Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Design Technology students, or any NEIT student interested in manufacturing, product design or tool design are invited to join Student Chapter No. S272 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) at New England Tech.

SME member benefits include:

  • A free Personal Productivity Library CD (an internet research tool created by the SME)
  • Ten free downloadable technical papers on manufacturing and design related topics from the SME International Library
  • Access to the SME international web site and their e-library ,as well as have an opportunity to be a part of our own student chapter web site
  • Career monitoring
  • Online news letters
  • Discounts on seminars, shows, and publications
  • Plant tours and field trips
  • National job database and resume posting
  • An opportunity to make important industrial contacts

In addition to the above benefits, membership in the SME looks great on your resume and gives you access to the very latest advancements in manufacturing and design.

Interested students can contact Stan Hopkins, associate professor in the MDT/MET department at shopkins@neit.edu

 

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