{ "updated": "2026-08-16", "people": [ { "id": "jim-byrne", "name": "Jim Byrne", "role": "Vice President — Ethics, Compliance & AI", "company": "Lockheed Martin", "relationship": "Executive contact (most important connection)", "metThrough": "LM Ethics in Engineering Competition (I initiated — coin handoff on stage)", "channel": "Email · james.m.byrne@lmco.com · LinkedIn DM", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-byrne-8644191a7/", "lastContact": "2026-03-25", "lastForm": "Email — sent resume after his executive endorsement", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Strong but cooling", "maintained": "No — 5 months dark", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "Highest LM connection · executive referral path · Aeronautics", "receipts": [ "3/2 — Tony's intro DM: Team Grey quarterfinalist, lunch day two, RCEL challenge coin.", "3/3 — Jim: \"thank you so very much for the challenge coin. I have added it prominently to my collection… It would be great to have you join our team… Please keep me in the loop regarding your applications and progress.\"", "3/25 — Tony emailed re: Mech Engineer (Structures) Intern, Aeronautics, TX (699772BR). Jim, same morning: \"I remember you well and want to help. I just put an executive endorsement on your application… I am glad to have a talent acquisition professional assigned to work directly with you.\"", "3/25 — Resume sent. BrassRing confirmed the referral. No word since; the TA-professional offer was never closed out." ], "nextMove": "Reach out ASAP — a genuine season-restart update (sophomore year done, internship experience banked, applying again for Summer 2027), thank him for the endorsement, and re-open the TA-professional thread. Update first, ask second.", "notes": "He answers within hours when engaged. The coin worked. The 5-month gap is recoverable because his last words were an open door: \"keep me in the loop.\"", "moveShort": "Email a season-restart update", "moveWhen": "today", "queueRank": 0, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "james.m.byrne@lmco.com", "subject": "Tony Nguyen - Rice ME '28 | Fall Update", "body": "Dear Mr. Byrne,\n\nI hope you have been well since we last spoke in March. As the new recruiting season begins, I wanted to keep you in the loop per your request.\n\nSince March:\n1. Completed my summer internship at [company], where I [one line on what you built]\n2. Serving as Student Director of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership\n3. Founding President of Rice's new SASE chapter\n\nI am now applying for Summer 2027 roles at Lockheed Martin, focused on systems engineering and structures in Aeronautics and Missiles and Fire Control. Thank you again for the executive endorsement in March. If your offer to connect me with a talent acquisition professional still stands, I would be glad to take you up on it this cycle.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen\nRice University, Class of 2028\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Certificate in Engineering Leadership" } }, { "id": "christian-taylor", "name": "Christian Taylor", "role": "Business Development Analyst", "company": "Lockheed Martin — Missiles and Fire Control (Huntsville, AL)", "relationship": "Mentor — quarterly 30-min calls (his offer)", "metThrough": "LM Ethics in Engineering Competition, booth day two (I initiated)", "channel": "Email · christian.p.taylor@lmco.com (scheduling) · LinkedIn DM", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiantaylor207/", "lastContact": "2026-04-21", "lastForm": "Teams meeting #2 — weighing internship offers", "cadenceDays": 75, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes — but meeting #3 is overdue", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "MFC (\"the firing missiles team\" = Missiles and Fire Control) · THAAD / Next Generation Interceptor programs", "receipts": [ "2/28 — \"Feel free to reach out if you ever want advice, mentoring, or anything in general… you have adequate time to end up wherever you want, and I'd be happy to do whatever I can to help you reach your career goals.\"", "2/28 — \"I've met with some of my mentees up to a quarterly basis… usually a 30 min call to keep in touch. Happy to extend that offer!\"", "3/2 — \"Email me your availability and time zone and I'll set a call up via email.\" Call #1 followed in March.", "4/21 — Meeting #2, Teams, 4:00–4:30 pm. Agenda was the internship-offer decision (7-email prep thread)." ], "nextMove": "Email availability for update meeting #3 — WITH QUESTIONS PREPARED (his explicit rule for making the meetings valuable). Summer recap, fall plan, and 3–4 real questions.", "notes": "Cadence is every 2–3 months; it has been ~4. His division answer: Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Huntsville — his feed is THAAD / NGI missile-defense content.", "moveShort": "Email availability for meeting #3 + 3 questions", "moveWhen": "this week", "queueRank": 3, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "christian.p.taylor@lmco.com", "subject": "Mentorship Session #3", "body": "Good Afternoon Christian,\n\nI hope your summer went well. It has been about four months since our April call and I would love to schedule the next one.\n\nI am free [2-3 windows] Central Time. So the call is worth your time, here is what I want to bring:\n1. How should I position my summer experience when applying to MFC roles this cycle?\n2. From the BD side, what do strong early-career candidates show that engineering resumes usually miss?\n3. [third question]\n\nUpdate since April: [one line on the internship you chose and how it went].\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen\nRice University, Class of 2028\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Certificate in Engineering Leadership" } }, { "id": "sid-gore", "name": "Sid Gore", "role": "Staff Engineer & Project Manager (ex-Systems Engineer, LDP)", "company": "Lockheed Martin", "relationship": "Senior advocate — referral engine", "metThrough": "LM Ethics in Engineering Competition (I initiated)", "channel": "LinkedIn DM (primary)", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sid-gore/", "lastContact": "2026-04-02", "lastForm": "LinkedIn DM — systems engineering career advice", "cadenceDays": 45, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes — re-engagement teed up for September", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "Robotics + AI · test engineering background · NVIDIA Cosmos SafetyNet side project", "receipts": [ "3/6 — \"Just submitted ~15 referrals for internships. You should see them come through by end of day.\"", "3/25 — Referral for 699772BR (same role Jim Byrne endorsed). \"Sent ✅\"", "4/2 — \"Did you hear back on any LM offers? If not I'll send you more reqs as I come across them.\" Plus the SE advice: test-level experience, B+ coding, \"get your foot in the door… network.\"", "4/2 — Tony: \"I would love to accept your help for the next cycle starting in September.\" Sid: \"Lmk if you have any more questions happy to help.\"" ], "nextMove": "TODAY'S HOOK: he posted 3 hours ago about \"Engineering Taste\" — judgment between options, codifying taste in AI-readable markdown. Comment or DM substantively (this is literally how Tony runs his vault). Then: September is here — take him up on the reqs offer.", "notes": "RCEL technique in action: engaging his posts IS the maintenance. Prior post engagement (Cosmos cook-off questions 3/7) got long thoughtful replies. Play the referral ask smooth — the post comment first, reqs follow-up after.", "moveShort": "Comment on today's post, then the Sept reqs ask", "moveWhen": "today", "queueRank": 1, "draft": { "channel": "LinkedIn", "to": "Comment on his post first, DM second", "subject": "", "body": "COMMENT (on the Engineering Taste post):\nThe point about codifying taste in AI-readable formats hits home. I run my planning and decisions through a markdown knowledge base that AI reads first, and writing the rules down sharpened my judgment more than the automation did. Collecting examples of \"good\" is going on my list. Great post, Sid.\n\nDM (a day or two later):\nHi Sid, hope your summer went well. September is here, so I wanted to take you up on your offer from April. I am applying for Summer 2027 LM internships this cycle. If any reqs cross your desk that fit a MechE junior aiming at systems engineering, I would be grateful if you sent them my way.\n\nQuick update on my end: [summer internship one-liner], RCEL Student Director this year, and founding president of Rice's SASE chapter." } }, { "id": "victor-leyva", "name": "Victor Leyva", "role": "Project Manager", "company": "Shell", "relationship": "Mentor — RCEL Industry Mentorship Program 2025–26 (monthly)", "metThrough": "RCEL Mentorship Program (George Webb intro, 10/20/25)", "channel": "Email · victor.leyva@shell.com · Teams", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-leyva-9608a6154/", "lastContact": "2026-04-17", "lastForm": "Teams meeting (monthly cadence under the program)", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes — but the program that scheduled the meetings has ended", "tier": "warm", "keyAssociations": "Program management · honest-concerns sounding board · helped choose between internship offers", "receipts": [ "Met monthly all year: Tony catching him up honestly, Victor advising — down to \"the simplest and smallest things, like choosing between internship offers.\"", "Program formally closed at end of the 2025–26 year. No structure = no meetings unless someone asks." ], "nextMove": "Email him: the program's over, but the insight was extremely valuable — is he open to continuing to meet every couple of months? Include a real update in the same email so the ask rides on a deposit.", "notes": "The one mentor whose cadence was externally imposed. Converting it to a personally-owned relationship is the whole move.", "moveShort": "Ask to keep meeting now the program ended", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 6, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "victor.leyva@shell.com", "subject": "Continuing Our Conversations", "body": "Good Afternoon Victor,\n\nI hope you have been well since our last meeting in April. With the RCEL mentorship program wrapped up, I wanted to tell you directly that I found our monthly conversations extremely valuable, especially your advice during my internship decision.\n\nIf you are open to it, I would love to keep meeting every couple of months in the same casual format.\n\nUpdate on my end: [summer internship one-liner], and I am serving as RCEL Student Director this year.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen\nRice University, Class of 2028\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Certificate in Engineering Leadership" } }, { "id": "kaz", "name": "Kaz Karwowski", "role": "Executive Director, RCEL (Tony's boss — Student Director)", "company": "Rice / RCEL", "relationship": "Professor / boss / super-connector", "metThrough": "RCEL program", "channel": "In person · klk5@rice.edu", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-04-22", "lastForm": "In person (ongoing SD work through summer)", "cadenceDays": 30, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes", "tier": "warm", "keyAssociations": "RCEL network pipeline — aerospace companies recruit through him · Eclipse funding · SASE funding gatekeeper", "receipts": [ "9/29/25 — Kaz personally intro'd Jonathan Lloyd (Raytheon): \"I'd like to introduce you to Tony Nguyen, an RCEL student…\" — proof the pipeline works.", "The strategy in Tony's words: \"if I do good work as a RCEL student director, Kaz is more incline to recommend me to any aerospace companies reaching out through the rcel network.\"", "Second stake: RCEL funds Eclipse substantially — \"I need to be a good student director before asking Kaz for funding for SASE.\"" ], "nextMove": "No outreach needed — the move IS the work. Ship the Student Director duties visibly (Ethics Panel ownership, directors' address, events planning). The SASE funding ask waits until the SD record speaks for itself.", "notes": "The relationship is maintained by performance, not messages.", "moveShort": "No message — just do the SD work well", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 7, "draft": { "channel": "In person", "to": "RCEL", "subject": "", "body": "NO DRAFT. The message is the work: Ethics Panel pinned down, events planned, directors address ready. The SASE funding conversation waits until the SD record speaks first." } }, { "id": "van-kleeck", "name": "Dr. David Van Kleeck", "role": "Professor in the Practice, RCEL — LMEE faculty coach", "company": "Rice / RCEL", "relationship": "Professor / advisor — advice & connections anytime", "metThrough": "RCEL program (faculty advisor into the LM competition)", "channel": "Email · david.vankleeck@rice.edu", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-03-26", "lastForm": "Dinner (per sheet); 3/6 networking-strategy email before that", "cadenceDays": 90, "strength": "Intermediate", "maintained": "Somewhat", "tier": "warm", "keyAssociations": "Industry background (HSE risk) · coached the whole LMEE ladder Tony is now climbing", "receipts": [ "3/6 — Tony's networking inquiry to VK mapped the four LM levels: HR, L3 Engineer, Staff Engineer (Sid), VP (Jim Byrne) — and asked how to use Byrne's \"keep me in the loop\" without overstepping.", "Feb — daily-level involvement in LMEE prep (case pivots, glossaries, risk matrices)." ], "nextMove": "Owes him a results update: how the Byrne/Sid/HR plays he advised on actually landed. A thank-you-with-outcomes email costs 15 minutes and re-arms the advice channel for the fall cycle.", "notes": "\"Van Kleeck probably can ask for advice and connections anytime.\"", "moveShort": "Send a thank-you-with-results email", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 8, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "david.vankleeck@rice.edu", "subject": "Results from Your Advice", "body": "Good Afternoon VK,\n\nI wanted to thank you for the networking guidance you gave me in March and share how it played out:\n1. Mr. Byrne placed an executive endorsement on my application and offered to connect me with talent acquisition\n2. Sid Gore submitted referrals for roughly 15 positions\n3. I reached the RTX interview stage in April\n\nI am restarting the cycle for Summer 2027 with the same playbook. Happy to catch you up in person at RCEL this fall.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony" } }, { "id": "jonathan-lloyd", "name": "Jonathan Lloyd", "role": "Systems Engineer II — Radar Systems Engineering", "company": "Raytheon (RTX), Tewksbury MA · Rice MechE '23 + RCEL cert", "relationship": "Referral contact — RCEL superfan", "metThrough": "Kaz introduction (9/29/25)", "channel": "Email · jonylloyd123@gmail.com / jonathan.s.lloyd@rtx.com", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-04-22", "lastForm": "Email — his RTX interview advice", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes — one open loop", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "Rice Eclipse alum · ran RTX info session for Eclipse 10/23/25 · referral mechanics veteran", "receipts": [ "Jan — three referral requests; system chaos (60-day rule) ate them.", "2/2 — THE accusation: thought Tony shared his referral links (Alberto Lintao mess); cut off referrals. 2/5 — full walk-back: \"My bad for jumping to conclusions so I'm really sorry about that\" + explained the 60-day rule + \"if we want to try referrals again later…\"", "4/22 — Tony reached RTX interview phase; Jonathan sent detailed interview advice and closed with \"Good luck, let me know how it goes!\"" ], "nextMove": "Close the open loop he himself left: email him how the RTX interview went + summer update + RCEL SD news (he's a big RCEL fan). The apology goodwill is real — a warm update now sets up fall referrals cleanly under the 60-day rule.", "notes": "Respect the 60-day referral rule this cycle: referral link FIRST, then apply.", "moveShort": "Tell him how the RTX interview went", "moveWhen": "this week", "queueRank": 4, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "jonylloyd123@gmail.com", "subject": "RTX Interview Update", "body": "Good Afternoon Jonathan,\n\nYou asked me to let you know how the RTX interview went, and I owe you that update: [outcome, one line]. Your advice about speaking to my technical projects was spot on.\n\nSince spring: [summer internship one-liner], and I am RCEL's Student Director this year, so RCEL events may put us in the same room again.\n\nThis cycle I am following the 60-day rule properly: referral link first, application second. Once my window is clean, I may send one or two roles your way if that is still alright with you.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen\nRice University, Class of 2028\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Certificate in Engineering Leadership" } }, { "id": "john-breyer", "name": "John Breyer", "role": "EVP of Engineering Operations", "company": "PulseForge · Rice Engineering '94", "relationship": "Senior supporter — and a person to check on, not a contact to work", "metThrough": "PulseForge internship process / RCEL orbit (dad of Eric Breyer, RCEL '25)", "channel": "Email · john.breyer@pulseforge.com · +1.512.796.0391", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-03-26", "lastForm": "Personal phone/Teams call — he broke the internship news himself", "cadenceDays": 45, "strength": "Strong goodwill", "maintained": "No — nothing since the call, and his world changed", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "Big RCEL supporter · son Eric (RCEL '25) · wife Stefanie '95", "receipts": [ "2/24–3/3 — 1st-round PulseForge interview (Will Hilzinger). Position then lost: budget for one MechE intern and last summer's intern returned.", "3/26 — John personally called: if Tony ever needed anything, let him know; any recruiter he knew, he'd put in a good word.", "4/14 — George Webb's email: John diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). \"He will quite literally be fighting for his life.\" Family blog on CaringBridge (Stefanie). Eric's cell: (512) 587-9055." ], "nextMove": "Check on him — short, warm, zero ask. \"I've been thinking about you\" + one line of genuine news. Optionally a text to Eric too. This is the connection Tony keeps \"because he's a good guy more than anything\" — write it that way.", "notes": "Do NOT mix this with internship season. Health first; the network value is a side effect of being a decent human here.", "moveShort": "Check on his health — zero ask", "moveWhen": "this week", "queueRank": 5, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "john.breyer@pulseforge.com", "subject": "Thinking of You", "body": "Hi John,\n\nI have been thinking about you and your family and wanted to check in on how you are doing.\n\nNo agenda here. You have been on my mind since the spring, and I wanted you to know it. One piece of news you might enjoy given how much you have supported the program: I am serving as RCEL's Student Director this year.\n\nWishing you strength. If there is ever anything I can do, I would be glad to.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen" } }, { "id": "ben-sidell", "name": "Ben Sidell", "role": "Supply Chain Program Manager", "company": "Boeing", "relationship": "Boeing contact — resume forwarder", "metThrough": "Boeing chat via Rice finance alum (Jeffrey), Nov 2025", "channel": "Email (thread: \"Tony Nguyen: Pasta-Based UAV Project\") · LinkedIn", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2025-12-20", "lastForm": "Email — referral request (went unanswered)", "cadenceDays": 90, "strength": "Extremely weak", "maintained": "No", "tier": "dormant", "keyAssociations": "Boeing supply chain (works closely with engineers) · fast intro-call energy", "receipts": [ "11/26/25 — 30-min intro call he organized within days of connecting.", "Dec — 16-message thread; he was actively forwarding the resume and checking referral notifications.", "12/20/25 — Tony's Boeing referral request: no reply. Sheet's honest note: \"Relationship devolved to just asking for recommendations due to non-relevance to my career path.\"" ], "nextMove": "Reconnect with a no-ask update email — pasta drone/publication news he'd remember, plus what's changed since. Tony's own read: \"I imagine him being really easy in the call and almost immediately going like 'how can I help you.'\" Let HIM offer.", "notes": "The cautionary tale row: all withdrawals, no deposits. Fix the pattern here first — it's the cheapest redemption arc on the board.", "moveShort": "No-ask update email to warm it back up", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 9, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "reply on the \"Pasta-Based UAV Project\" thread", "subject": "Update from Tony (the Pasta Drone)", "body": "Good Morning Ben,\n\nIt has been a while since our calls last winter, and I wanted to reconnect with an actual update instead of a request.\n\nSince we last spoke:\n1. The edible drone project [status one-liner]\n2. [summer internship one-liner]\n3. Founding president of Rice's new SASE chapter and RCEL Student Director this year\n\nYou were generous with your time in November and it stuck with me. I would enjoy hearing how things are going on your end at Boeing.\n\nBest Regards,\nTony Nguyen\nRice University, Class of 2028\nB.S. in Mechanical Engineering | Certificate in Engineering Leadership" } }, { "id": "neethu-pottackal", "name": "Neethu Pottackal", "role": "PhD — Materials Science & Nanoengineering (Preston / Ajayan labs)", "company": "Rice University", "relationship": "Grad mentor — pasta drone project", "metThrough": "PI Lab / SURF (edible drones project)", "channel": "Email · ntp3@rice.edu · Slack (PI Lab)", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/neethu-pottackal/", "lastContact": "2025-11-26", "lastForm": "Email/Teams — Felix food-printer troubleshooting call", "cadenceDays": 90, "strength": "Warm but idle", "maintained": "No — project wound down", "tier": "dormant", "keyAssociations": "Co-author (GCURS abstract) · her boyfriend is at Boeing and she said he can give referrals (weak link beyond that)", "receipts": [ "Summer–fall 2025 — constant collaboration: rheology data, mixer, nozzles, GCURS abstract (Tony, Nick Kraemer, Neethu, Dr. Preston).", "11/26/25 — last thread: Felix printer call Tony led.", "The Boeing-bf referral offer stands but the connection to him is thin — his email should be in a chain with her (not yet found; ask her directly instead)." ], "nextMove": "Catch-up message: project/paper status + her defense timeline + genuine thanks. The Boeing-boyfriend referral is a LATER, light ask that only works if the friendship is current.", "notes": "Strengthen the primary link before using the secondary one.", "moveShort": "Catch-up message + paper status", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 10, "draft": { "channel": "Email", "to": "ntp3@rice.edu", "subject": "Checking In + Pasta Drone News?", "body": "Hi Neethu,\n\nIt has been a while! I hope your research year is going well. Any news on the paper or where the pasta drone work is headed this year? Happy to help from my side if anything is moving.\n\nOn my end: [summer one-liner]. I still credit that project for a lot of my momentum, so thank you again for mentoring me through it.\n\nWould love to catch up when you are around the lab.\n\nBest,\nTony" } }, { "id": "john-huynh", "name": "John Huynh", "role": "Well-connected professional (aerospace-adjacent)", "company": "Church community", "relationship": "Long-game benefactor — Cal Poly Pomona hookup in HS", "metThrough": "Church", "channel": "In person at church", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "", "lastForm": "In person (no dated record)", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Warm, underused", "maintained": "Somewhat — sees him at church", "tier": "untapped", "keyAssociations": "\"If i'm struggling with internships to let him know\" · decently well connected", "receipts": [ "High school — arranged the Cal Poly Pomona experience.", "Standing offer: come to him if internships get rough." ], "nextMove": "Next time at church: 5-minute life update — Rice MechE, aerospace target, internship season starting. Not an ask yet; just make sure his mental file on Tony is current.", "notes": "His offer expires in practice if he still pictures a high-schooler.", "moveShort": "5-min life update at church", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 11, "draft": { "channel": "In person", "to": "at church", "subject": "", "body": "TALKING POINTS (5 minutes):\n1. Reintroduce where you are now: Rice, mechanical engineering, junior year\n2. Aiming at aerospace: Lockheed, Boeing, and Raytheon threads already going\n3. Internship season for Summer 2027 just opened\n4. No ask yet. Goal: he leaves knowing you are an aerospace engineer now, not a high schooler" } }, { "id": "phil", "name": "Phil", "role": "Works at Lockheed Martin", "company": "Church community", "relationship": "Not yet established — he doesn't know Tony is an engineer", "metThrough": "Church", "channel": "In person at church", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "", "lastForm": "Small talk only", "cadenceDays": 30, "strength": "Cold", "maintained": "N/A — not yet a connection", "tier": "untapped", "keyAssociations": "Lockheed Martin — company #1 on Tony's board, four other active LM threads to reference", "receipts": [ "\"i don't think he knows im an engineer or much about me, i don't talk to him much, but maybe it's worth establishing a connection with him.\"" ], "nextMove": "One conversation at church: introduce himself properly as a Rice MechE aiming at LM, ask what Phil works on. Zero stakes — worst case is a nice chat, best case is a fifth LM thread.", "notes": "Cheapest possible new-connection experiment.", "moveShort": "Introduce yourself as an engineer", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 12, "draft": { "channel": "In person", "to": "at church", "subject": "", "body": "TALKING POINTS (one conversation):\n1. Introduce yourself properly: Rice MechE, aiming at Lockheed Martin\n2. Ask what he works on at LM and how he got there\n3. Goal is one real conversation. The ask, if ever, comes much later" } }, { "id": "uncle-raymond", "name": "Uncle Raymond", "role": "Family friend — occasional life mentor", "company": "—", "relationship": "Dad's friend · everything-in-life mentor", "metThrough": "Family", "channel": "Phone / in person", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "", "lastForm": "(no dated record)", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Warm (family-grade)", "maintained": "Somewhat", "tier": "untapped", "keyAssociations": "\"i feel like he had connections if I need to lean into them\"", "receipts": [ "Tony's own sequencing rule: \"it's important to just have a catch up chat with him in general first and the next time i then ask for favors.\"" ], "nextMove": "Catch-up call — genuinely general, life-wide, no career agenda. The favor conversation is explicitly the NEXT touch, not this one.", "notes": "He wrote the deposits-before-withdrawals rule for this row himself.", "moveShort": "Catch-up call, no agenda", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 13, "draft": { "channel": "Phone", "to": "call", "subject": "", "body": "TALKING POINTS (catch-up call):\n1. Life first: family, how he is doing, what is new with him\n2. Your year ahead: RCEL Student Director, SASE president, junior year, internship hunt\n3. No favors this call. Per your own rule: catch up first, the ask is the NEXT conversation" } }, { "id": "ryan-ton", "name": "Ryan Ton", "role": "Board member", "company": "(the board)", "relationship": "Peer/board contact with specific intel", "metThrough": "Board", "channel": "Direct message / in person", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "", "lastForm": "(no dated record)", "cadenceDays": 14, "strength": "Situational", "maintained": "N/A", "tier": "now", "keyAssociations": "From OC — knows about OC aerospace companies' programs for Asian students", "receipts": [ "\"he said aerospace companies in OC have programs for asians, I need to ask him for deets on these programs.\"" ], "nextMove": "Just ask. One message: which companies, which programs, application windows, how he knows. This is a 5-minute intel retrieval with a clock on it (apps are opening now).", "notes": "Not a relationship to cultivate — a question to ask this week.", "moveShort": "Ask for the OC program details", "moveWhen": "this week", "queueRank": 2, "draft": { "channel": "Text", "to": "text or DM, casual", "subject": "", "body": "Yo Ryan, quick question. You mentioned aerospace companies in OC have programs for Asian students. Can you send me the details when you get a chance? Which companies, what the programs are called, and how you heard about them. Application season just opened and I want to hit those early." } }, { "id": "anthony-plummer", "name": "Anthony Plummer", "role": "Recruiter / Talent Acquisition", "company": "Lockheed Martin", "relationship": "Recruiter relationship — process oracle", "metThrough": "LM event booth (2/25/26)", "channel": "LinkedIn DM", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-04-02", "lastForm": "LinkedIn DM — offer-decision advice", "cadenceDays": 60, "strength": "Strong", "maintained": "Yes — invitation standing", "tier": "warm", "keyAssociations": "Explained LM referral mechanics (link FIRST, then apply) · clearance/skills screening insight", "receipts": [ "2/27 — \"Please reach out anytime. I'm happy to help you as much as I can.\"", "3/25 — Advised using the executive referral over the standard one.", "4/2 — Long, thoughtful offer-decision advice; closed \"I hope we can welcome you to Lockheed Martin someday.\"" ], "nextMove": "Season-opening DM: which offer he took and why (closes the 4/2 loop), then what LM postings to watch for Summer 2027. He explicitly likes being useful — let him be.", "notes": "Was active on LinkedIn 2h before this tracker was built. Fast replier.", "moveShort": "DM which offer you took + what to watch", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 14, "draft": { "channel": "LinkedIn", "to": "DM", "subject": "", "body": "Hi Anthony, I hope your summer went well. Closing the loop from our April conversation: I chose [offer] and spent the summer [one line on what you did]. Your advice about hands-on tool experience genuinely shaped that decision.\n\nAs the Summer 2027 cycle opens, are there particular LM postings or timelines you would suggest I watch? I want to apply early and correctly this time, referral link first." } }, { "id": "heather-hancock", "name": "Heather Hancock", "role": "University Relations Specialist", "company": "Amentum", "relationship": "Recruiter relationship — early", "metThrough": "Rice spring career fair", "channel": "LinkedIn DM", "linkedin": "", "lastContact": "2026-04-01", "lastForm": "LinkedIn DM — she flagged Tony to the recruiter", "cadenceDays": 90, "strength": "Light", "maintained": "Somewhat", "tier": "warm", "keyAssociations": "Tullahoma, TN roles (AEDC orbit) — reqs R0157190 / R0157602 last cycle", "receipts": [ "4/1 — Took his req numbers unprompted: \"i have sent the recruiter an email letting him know we have met he'll reach out directly if there are next steps.\"", "Edible-drone hook landed (\"the mechanical engineering student who works on edible drones — if that rings a bell\")." ], "nextMove": "When Amentum's Summer 2027 intern reqs post: DM her the numbers again with a one-line update. She's shown the play works; rerun it early in the cycle this time.", "notes": "University-relations people love a student who makes their job easy. Req numbers ready = easy.", "moveShort": "Hold until 2027 reqs post, then send numbers", "moveWhen": "", "queueRank": 15, "draft": { "channel": "LinkedIn", "to": "DM (HOLD until Amentum 2027 reqs post)", "subject": "", "body": "Hi Heather, I hope you have been well since the spring career fair. I am applying for Amentum's Summer 2027 internships and just submitted for [role], req [number]. If you are willing, I would appreciate you flagging my application to the recruiter like you kindly did last cycle. The edible drone guy is back with a year more of experience." } } ] }