A Challenging Career
When Dorsey first started at 3M, she would have never predicted her three-decade tenure with the company. And looking back now, she would not change a thing. “Not many people can say they have been with the same company for 30 years,” she said. “Even less can say that they have spent those 30 years growing as an individual and a leader.”
She attributes her success to always being open to the next opportunity, the next challenge and the next problem to be solved—a lesson that her time at Texas A&M taught her. “I have held a wide variety of engineering roles at 3M, and each job has taught me a different lesson and helped me grow,” she said.
One of the main reasons Dorsey has found herself at 3M for so long is the company’s culture of support and service to others. “3M has a culture that mirrors that of Texas A&M’s,” she explained. “At 3M, we believe anything is possible, and we are dedicated to creating a better, more sustainable life with science.”
3M’s culture and commitment to sustainability is best demonstrated through the company’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 crisis. Focused on innovation and improving lives, the company has a long history of producing respirators. It tripled its 2019 production levels to produce two billion N95 respirators globally last year to support increased demand caused by the pandemic.
“I have never been prouder to work for this company,” Dorsey said. “3M is continuing to help the world respond to COVID-19 at a time when the global pandemic has created unprecedented demand for critical products.”
Currently, the engineer serves as 3M’s Enterprise Execution Model Lead, in which she coaches her peers to professional success. She stepped into her new role in March 2020, and the unexpected onset of the COVID-19 crisis forced her to rely on her experience at Texas A&M and past roles at 3M to adapt to the new challenges. “Texas A&M’s emphasis on collaboration and problem-solving has helped me do my job well and excel as a woman in what is still a predominately male-dominated industry,” she shared.