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Julie Wentland

GE HealthCare program manager and sibling guest on The Intentional Leaders Podcast, where she discussed what builds a lasting career.

Oct 6, 2026

12:37
Should I be a technical expert? Should I be a project manager? Should I be a manager manager? What should I do? So how did that all play out for you? You
12:46
know, I was thinking a lot about this with the question and when I went to school, you know, way back when, um, whenever that was, but I got out, whatever, 43 years ago.
12:57
You know, we were trained as engineers.
12:59
We were trained as problem solvers.
13:01
And it was very technical in nature, right? And then even, you know, going for master's, it was more of the same.
13:06
It was science, engineering.
13:08
And if you wanted to get out of school in like five years, you didn't really expose yourself to anything other than how to solve that problem, how to make that aircraft, you know, engine parked, the lowest cost, highest reliability, long life type thing.
17:05
So which was more challenging for you?

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