Hello everyone, I would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself. I am a forty-four year old single mother of one daughter and a grandmother to two wonderful grandchildren named Mirabel and MJ. I was born and raised in New Haven but have lived in East Haven for the last six years when I purchased my home. I am the seventh child out of nine siblings. My parents are Irish / Italian and yes, we were Catholic. Growing up was quit a challenge with nine kids but I would not change it for the world. My family is very close and we support each other in whatever comes our way. It is how we were raised.My career has been in the business field for 23 years and I was fortunate to have been given a chance in a position for which I had no experience. Since I do not like to fail without giving my full effort, I was able to succeed in my field – and I had great mentors. I work in a manufacturing, overhaul, repair, and sales industry. I was the Production Control Manager for twenty-one years. Two years ago our Vice President asked me to start up a new group called Delivery Assurance as they needed someone with my experience to run it. My new title is Delivery Assurance Manager and my main goal is to meet customers need whether their request is at lead-time or less than lead-time. My team faces unpredictable challenges daily and not only do we resolve those issues, we create solutions so we don’t face the same issues again.I started attending classes at Albertus Magnus many years ago. This is the year I finally complete my bachelor’s degree. My advisor tells me I only need 6 more credits and will be able to graduate in May. Work keeps me very busy and I do not have much free time available. On-line sounded like a great way for me to complete my last two classes and this one sounded interesting. I think I will be able to take away some knowledge from this class and apply it to my work life. I will finally have a degree to put with my work experience. If I decide to pursue my Masters, it will be a slow process as I work long hours and do not have a lot of time left for hobbies or anything else of that nature. What little time I do have is spent with my grandchildren.Thanks for taking the time to read my bio and I look forward to hearing from all of you soon.

Rhonda