Kyle Ginter

 Executive Board Position: L3Harris Membership Chairperson

Background SMES - Systems Engineering Engineer at CS-East since 2016 Co-Op in 2015 Graduated from Rutgers University – New Brunswick in 2016 o Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Software Engineering CISSP held since 2019 ASPEP o L3Harris Membership Chairperson Jan ’20 – Present Member of L3H 2021 Contract Negotiating Committee

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The first day on the job can be an overwhelming experience for new hires. You spend all day in orientations and trainings, only to access your email for the first time to find Outlook invites to conference rooms that you haven’t learned the location of yet. I went through this process when I was first hired, and I know how overwhelming it can be if you don’t feel like you have someone to reach out to. As Membership Chairperson, I have taken on the role of being that resource that new hires are comfortable reaching out to about anything.
I have served as L3Harris Membership Chairperson for the past five years now. During my tenure, I have experienced a lot. My first two years were spent navigating through the new pandemic workplace norms. Following that, I was involved in contract negotiations as a part of the Negotiating Committee. This experience was eye opening to say the least… But ultimately the experience gave me an extra appreciation for how hard ASPEP truly fights to ensure we have the benefits that we do.
The past two years, L3H was hit with several waves of RIFs. As Membership Chairperson, I was called upon to represent those engineers who were affected in their exit interviews, primarily by reminding them of their rights protected by the contract. There are a lot of things going through an employee’s mind during an exit interview, and it was an important responsibility of mine to make sure to answer the questions that may go unasked.
In summary, I feel that I am the right person for the job because of the experience I now possess having been Membership Chairperson the past several years. I believe that I have a nice, welcoming, easy-to-talk-to personality, which is important in making new hires feel comfortable when first introduced to ASPEP. I am confident that I will be able to present new hires with all of the important benefits that ASPEP provides, in an effort to make them appreciate the importance of joining the membership.
Thank you for your support, and I look forward to the opportunity of continuing to serve the L3H engineering community as the Membership Chairperson