Victoria Cowthran

Victoria Cowthran, MBA has a diverse work experience spanning across various industries. Victoria currently serves as a Sales and Service HR Business Partner at Molecular Devices, where they provide coaching and guidance to leadership and associates on employment issues, performance management, corrective action, internal investigations, and separations.

Prior to their current role, Victoria worked at Cisco as a People Consultant (FLEX-RL Program), where they created a Risk Registry for attrition rates and accurately predicted an 85% retention rate in FY 2020.

Victoria also worked at Alarm.com as a Partner Tools Program Manager, achieving 80% of program deadlines by managing milestones, forecasting through Gantt Charts, and facilitating meetings for a team of 5 Project Managers and 22 Software and Quality Engineers.

Victoria's previous experience includes working at Ford Motor Company as a Climate Systems Quality Engineer, delivering $4M in financial recompense on Explorer and Mustang programs through Six Sigma Principles.

Victoria also worked at Chrysler Group LLC as an Active Chassis/Functional Integration Engineering Associate, gaining valuable experience in vehicle updates and vehicle software and module communication.

Victoria started their career at Pratt & Whitney as a Hollow Fan Blade Design Engineering Associate, conducting thesis research for the optimization of commercial aircraft engines.

Victoria also worked at Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group (BSH) as a Design Engineering Co-op, conducting research on creep and fracture for the polypropylene bearing shield impact.

Lastly, Victoria gained manufacturing engineering experience at General Motors, where they successfully eliminated scrap in the Torque Converter Department by using data analysis and the Concentration Diagram.

Overall, Victoria Cowthran, MBA has demonstrated a strong track record of success in various roles, utilizing their expertise in HR, program management, quality engineering, and engineering design.

Victoria Cowthran has a strong educational background with a focus on business and engineering. Victoria obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Strategy from Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of Business between the years 2020 and 2022. Prior to this, they pursued a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University from 2012 to 2015. Victoria also holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, where they studied from 2007 to 2011.

In addition to their degrees, Victoria Cowthran has earned the Scrum Master Certified (SMC) certification from the Scrum Alliance. Details regarding the month and year they obtained this certification are not provided.