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Entering the engineering construction industry in 1981, she joined what is today AECOM, rising to project manager.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1997, she joined Parsons Corporation, serving as deputy director for design and installation of the laser beam path systems and support infrastructure for the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2000, Moore was appointed vice president of engineering technology and also served as director of engineering and procurement for the Newport (Indiana) Chemical Weapons Disposal Facility. In 2006, Moore joined WorleyParsons as senior program director before rising to vice president.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoore was inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2001, and she has served on the External Advisory Board for ChBE since 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAcademy of Distinguished Alumni\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXavier P. Lefebvre\u003C\/strong\u003E, PhD ChE 1992, Global Vice President, Clinical Operations, Medtronic (Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Medtronic, a $30 billion global medical device company, Lefebvre is responsible for enabling the execution of the company\u2019s 400+ clinical studies across 14 business units.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe joined Medtronic in 2015 through the Covidien acquisition and co-led the integration activities for Clinical. At Covidien, he had driven the creation of a center-led Clinical organization model that significantly improved clinical studies\u2019 quality, performance, and cost-effectiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe remains connected to Georgia Tech through the Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESylvia B. Little\u003C\/strong\u003E, BS ChE 1988, MS ChE 2002, Global Director, Material Science, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Kimberly-Clark, Little currently leads science and technology innovations. During her tenure with Kimberly Clark, she has been noted for her contributions to the pipeline of products and processes spanning scientific concept through commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith more than 26 patents granted, she has invented and delivered market-changing solutions that have been implemented around the globe and across the Personal Care, Health care, and Kimberly-Clark Professional businesses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 15 years, she has worked with Georgia Tech\u2019s Women in Engineering program. 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