Victoria Blair

Victoria "Vicka" Blair has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Victoria "Vicka" is currently working as a Principal Global Application Engineer at Henkel since June 2023. Prior to that, they worked at Medtronic as a Senior Global Support Engineer from November 2022 to May 2023. Victoria "Vicka" also held positions as a Global Support Engineer II, Global Support Engineer, and Test Engineer at Medtronic from December 2021 to November 2022, March 2020 to December 2021, and June 2019 to March 2020, respectively.

Vicka has also been involved in professional and research activities. Victoria "Vicka" served as a Professional Director at UConn Society of Women Engineers from June 2018 to June 2019. Additionally, they worked as a Research Assistant at The University of Connecticut Health Center from September 2018 to May 2019, and as a Lab Monitor at UConn School of Engineering from August 2018 to May 2019.

Furthermore, Vicka gained experience as a Research and Development Intern at Z-Medica, LLC from May 2018 to January 2019. Victoria "Vicka" also worked as a Research Assistant at Interdisciplinary Mechanics Laboratory from January 2017 to August 2018, where they performed impact testing and cyclic loading on bovine knee cartilage to study osteoarthritis.

In terms of leadership roles, Vicka served as the Vice President of Marketing on the Learning Community Executive Council from May 2017 to May 2018. Victoria "Vicka" also completed an internship at Hanger, Inc. from May 2017 to August 2017.

Finally, Vicka started their career as an Office Assistant at Diversity and Outreach Center from September 2015 to July 2016. Throughout their career, Vicka has gained a diverse set of skills and experience in engineering, research, support, leadership, and office administration.

Victoria "Vicka" Blair obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from the University of Connecticut between 2015 and 2019.