Vickie started her career at Mitsubishi Semiconductor as a hardware design engineer after earning her electrical engineering degree at Duke University. The experiences there made her realize that there is a large communication gap between the technology and business sides of the house. Seeking to be a bridge between those two sides and with the long-term goal of launching her own business, she attended UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (KFBS) to earn her MBA in 1998.