Sisters Kristi (Frank) Smaha and Kerri (Frank) Keslow

Engineering Me

MY NAME: Kristi (Frank) Smaha

DEGREE: M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1994

JOB TITLE: Entrepreneur and mother

LIFELONG DREAM: To make the Forbes Top 10 richest people in the world list

FAVORITE VITERBI PROF: Gerald Fleischer

BOOK I'M READING: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (with my son, Tyler, age 2)

ON MY iPOD: The Beatles

WORDS TO LIVE BY: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined," by Thoreau

ENGINEERING HERO: My sister

NEXT TRIP: Portland, Maine

BEST TIME OF DAY: When I put my son to sleep

FAVORITE GADGET: Tivo!

BEST USC MEMORY: Any Saturday football game

TOUGHEST ENGINEERING CLASS: Database Systems

NUMBER ONE URL: My AOL email

NUMBER OF TROJANS IN MY LIFE:  18

PROUDEST MOMENT: Becoming a mother

BIGGEST CHALLENGE: Balancing motherhood and work

INSPIRATION: Every time I see the sunrise

Me... Engineered