Dorota Dorn-Okoń

Dorota is a Senior Engineering Section Manager with a decade and a half experience at GE, 12 of which she has spent in managerial positions. She has a Master’s Degree from the Engineering Materials Department of the Warsaw University of Technology, she also took a postgraduate course in education at the same university. Before starting her career at GE, Dorota worked as a math teacher for 2 years.

For over a decade, Dorota managed a growing team of engineering materials experts specializing in materials for aviation and failure analyses of damaged jet engine parts. Throughout her career she has made efforts to mentor and support generations of engineers, especially women, as she personally feels that her biggest challenge has always been juggling between life roles – a good manager, an expert in her field and a mom of two children.