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JULIE MAURER
Vice president of human resources and corporate affairs
Echogen Power Systems
President
SilverLine Consulting
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Julie Maurer fondly remembers watching her father, the late Frank Argentine, brandish his briefcase on his way to work at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. In her eyes, he was the embodiment of success and the inspiration she needed to pursue a career in business.
She didn't want to be a number-cruncher and ultimately gravitated toward a career in human resources. Thoughts of being a doctor were quashed early on after a stint working at a nursing home. However, she viewed a career in human resources as a way to marry that desire to help others and to lay a stake in the business world.
The talent a company hires can make or...