Thursday, September 5, 2024
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I owe so much of my career and personal growth to Neal. He hired me into Fluor Offshore Solutions in 2008 after months of me relentlessly pursuing a position. He saw potential in me that I wasn't able to see myself and always encouraged me. In 2011 I attended an industry presentation with Neal where a problem was being discussed. While in that meeting, I had an idea but was too nervous to speak up. When we got back to our office, I shared my idea with Neal. He told me to sketch it out, sign, and date it, so I did. Then he took this picture of me and proceeded to spend months helping me turn this silly white board sketch into a refined idea and helping me get the idea patented. Many others would have just shrugged it off, but Neal was always so supportive of young engineers and went above and beyond to help them grow and learn and feel valuable. I have missed working with Neal, but find so much joy in knowing what an impact he has had on me and many others.
