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MC Works for Montgomery County

Growing the Homegrown Talent for our Economy
Meet MC Alumna Dr. Usa Bunnag. First Generation College Student. Immigrant family. MCPS Graduate. Local Dentist.

Employers depend on MC to create a pipeline of skilled employees. Montgomery College offers programs—from biotechnology to clinical trials project management, computer programming to engineering—that ready students to earn a bachelor’s degree or enter the workforce.

Read the brochure (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window) for more about how Montgomery College works for Montgomery County.

On this page, you can also find information about IgnITe Hub, Next Gen Talent: Let's Get to Work videos, and other resources.

MC Alumni Fuel Montgomery’s Economy

Montgomery College is one of the biggest contributors to Montgomery County's storied success, its talent pipeline, its economy, and its enormous potential for growth. Across Montgomery County, the MC alumni and top executives below, and others, generate jobs, employ workers, and help drive the local economy forward.

Rebound Montgomery Report

To support county leaders’ deliberations on economic recovery plans in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, education and industry leaders, along with key employers, created recommendations for the work ahead. Read "Rebound Montgomery Report (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window) ."

Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Job Creators

Sarah Dwyer
Sarah Dwyer, CEO, Choquette 
Amanda Wong
Amanda Wong, Founder and President, AWFCS, LLC and ATJ Agency, Inc.
Corrine Sawyer
Corrine Sawyer, Founder and Owner, The Family Room
Jim Muir
Jim Muir, Vice President, Hughes Network Systems
Sol Graham
Sol Graham, Founder, Quality Biological, Inc.
Julie Verattie
Julie Verratti, Founder and Chief Brand Officer, Denizens Brewing Co.
Greg Ramirez

Greg Ramirez, Vice President of Henley Construction

Harrison Carvalho

Harrison Carvalho, Founder of HMB TECH, Managed IT Services

Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer, President and Founder, Scheer Partners, Commercial Real Estate

Skilled Workforce

Sadiksha Thapa
Sadiksha Thapa, Nurse, Clinical Decision Unit, Suburban Hospital
Nicanor Aquino
Nicanor Aquino, Operations Manager, MilliporeSigma
Jackie Flores
Jackie Flores, Operations Manager, Cell Therapy, AstraZeneca
Jason Oakes

Jason Oakes, Field Services Rep, Digital Receiver Technology, Inc. (A Boeing Company) 

Viviana Bentley

Viviana Bentley, Process Engineer, CRB 

Jason Stewart

Jason Stewart, Shop Foreman and Training Coordinator, Ourisman Volvo Bethesda

Matt Trumble

Matt Trumble, Henley Construction, Senior Superintendent

Savannah Allen

Savannah Allen, Associate Scientist at MilliporeSigma

Williams Ochoa

Williams Ochoa, Biopharmaceutical Associate Apprentice, GlaxoSmithKline

Paul Tse

Paul Tse, Senior Project Manager, Shapiro and Duncan

 

Tavon Chase

Tavon Chase, MCPS Pre-K Pareducator at Joanne LeLeck Elementary School

MC Alumni Work in Industries Like:

  • Biotech
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Health Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Networking Technology
  • Small Business Entrepreneurship

MC's IT Alumni Work at Companies Like:

  • Accenture Federal Services
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • BAE Systems
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Capital One
  • CareFirst
  • CITI
  • GEICO
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Microsoft
  • Montgomery County Government
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • U.S. Army Recruiting Command
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

IgnITe Hub

Next Gen Talent: Let's Get to Work Videos

Next Gen Talent Events

Find out about upcoming events on the MCTV Featured Series page for "Next Gen Talent: Building the Workforce."

Other Resources

MC Skilled Talent Development By the Numbers
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79%
MC alumni stay in Montgomery County
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300
MC Alumni work in the top 10 largest biotech firms
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270
Affiliation agreements give MC students learning experience at clinical facilities
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350+
Bioscience companies in Maryland