{"id":21032,"date":"2020-10-03T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T18:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/?p=21032"},"modified":"2020-10-03T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T18:57:10","slug":"alumnus-spotlight-gilead-biggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/2020\/10\/alumnus-spotlight-gilead-biggie\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Spotlight: Gilead Biggie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gilead Biggie (Class of 2018) served as the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">team\u2019s Drivetrain Lead and Chief Engineer during his <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">four years on the team. After graduating from U of R, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">he worked for two years as an Associate Engineer at Volvo in Hagerstown, Maryland. Recently, he has moved <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">back to Rochester to work for SimuTech Group as a Test <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Engineer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21042 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> In his free time, he has been learning how to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">fly planes and, with the help of fellow alumnus Mike <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Macfarlane, has helped to create the Alumni Advisory <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Board for the Baja team. We are happy to have alumni <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">like Gilead stay active with the team after graduation <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and we look forward to see what he accomplishes next!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21052 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gilead2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilead Biggie (Class of 2018) served as the team\u2019s Drivetrain Lead and Chief Engineer during his four years on the team. 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