Northeastern University graduate Richard Bedard was seeking to hire an electrical engineer to help develop robotics for surgical procedures when he came across an application of unusual promise.
The applicant was Amine Belarbi, who was studying at Northeastern for a master’s degree in electrical engineering while also participating in the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership at Northeastern, a year-long certificate program that trains up to 45 students annually in team-building and leadership skills.
Bedard was very familiar with the Gordon Institute, he had also completed the program.
“He escalated right to the top of the list of people I wanted to hire,” Bedard says.
In addition, Belarbi was leaving a company for which Bedard had worked for 15 years.
“So I knew exactly the type of work he did, the type of products he supported,”…
