Amanda Letchworth Harkins holds the position of Product Development Manager in Research and Development at
Buckman Laboratories in Memphis, Tennessee. She has the responsibility
of interfacing between R&D and other associates at Buckman, primarily, the Marketing department, to determine new
product needs. Amanda manages projects that her fellow associates in R&D work on in teams. She uses the technical
skills she learned from her chemistry studies as well as communication, organization, leadership, negotiation, writing,
and presentation skills. During a typical day, she may attend project team meetings, follow up on requests she has made,
answer questions from customers or salespersons, read articles and magazines pertaining to her work, and participate
in discussions from our internal electronic bulletin board.