Career and Workforce Development Committee
Steven Cerri is the AIAA-SF Director of Career and Workforce Development and the Deputy Director of Career and Workforce Development for Region VI.
In both capacities, Steven is a resource for the following:
- Information, training, and facilitation for the section and region in the areas of:
- Career advancement
- Job interviewing
- Management and leadership
- Interpersonal communication
- Steven can either:
- Present workshops, audio presentations, and/or articles regarding the above information… or …
- He can assist in the organization, development, management, and presentation of this information by a variety of other parties for Region VI sections and chapters.
- Steven’s main goal is to be a resource for the section and the region in all areas of career advancement and workforce development, either on the individual level or on the larger, employee/workforce level.
Keep tuned to this website for upcoming events and information that will help you advance your engineering and technical career.
Biography: Steven Cerri
Since 1999, Steven has helped thousands of technical professionals enhance their communication, management, and leadership skills through innovative training programs, mentoring, published articles, an IEEE-published book, and a popular blog on his websites, www.stevencerri.com and www.acementoring.com. As a sought-after speaker in the United States and internationally, he has presented at numerous industry associations including AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and IEEE. As an adjunct professor for the prestigious Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he taught critical communication and business/entrepreneurship skills to graduate students. Some of his clients have included ViewSonic Corp, GeoGraphix (a division of Halliburton), Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Transzap, Inc., ARDEC (Army Armament University), Sandia National Laboratories (New Mexico), Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Genentech, and NSWC (Naval Surface Warfare Center).
Steven’s real world experience as an engineer, technical manager, organizational leader, and successful entrepreneur, coupled with his ability to understand and communicate with technical professionals, set him apart from other trainers and mentors. He began his career as an aeronautical engineer employed at Rockwell International Corporation working on Skylab, Shuttle, Shuttle Tug, and meteorological satellite programs. Throughout his career, he has managed individuals and teams in government and commercial organizations. He was part of a team that launched Infotec Development, a successful computer systems integration firm focused on Department of Defense programs. It was eventually bought by Pacer Systems; now part of the Titan Group. He has been a program manager, director of corporate training, vice president of engineering, chief operations officer, and divisional general manager.
In every position he has held, it became apparent that Steven had a knack for training and mentoring his direct reports to achieve extraordinary results. With this passion and expertise for teaching others, he eventually launched his own consulting and training organization to assist technical organizations that want their engineers and technical managers to be as effective with people as they are with technology. Steven’s training programs are represented through Avante Leadership Group.
Master of Business Administration, Pepperdine University
Master of Science, Geophysics, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, California Polytechnic University
Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Contributing Speaker, PBS Television Series “Taking the Lead: The Management 2000 Revolution”
Outstanding Professor Award, Technology Management Program, Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Contributing author to the book: “The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development”
(Vol 1) published by IEEE
International Who’s Who of Professional Management