Tracy Travis

Scientist and career development contributor

Tracy Travis is a professional scientist whose biography in Pardon Me, I'm Prospering describes qualifications in applied chemistry, medical imaging and business management. Her work has included laboratory analysis, product development, project coordination and departmental management in manufacturing.

Boost Your Confidence to Boost Your Career recalls the excitement of beginning a scientific career and the later frustration of encountering setbacks. Tracy describes reconsidering her own abilities and learning that a role outside her original plan could reveal strengths she had undervalued.

One part of the account follows a short-term quality role that developed into a management position. That experience contributed to her interest in the difficulties other scientists, engineers and technology professionals can face when trying to develop a career.

Tracy's chapter also describes life-coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming training. She connects those studies with her practical professional history and a wish to help people approach change with greater self-awareness, confidence and a clearer sense of what they want from work.