melissa pecullan
Sacred Heart Greenwich
Melissa Pecullan is a faculty member in both the Science (physics) and Mathematics departments in the Upper School at Sacred Heart Greenwich. Before joining Sacred Heart in 2020, she worked in both the pharmaceuticals and financial services industries. Melissa spent fourteen years at Pfizer in a variety of positions in the areas of data science and market research. Most recently, she led Pfizer’s Business Analytics and Insights function for North America. Prior to that, she established and led the analytics team for Pfizer’s off-patent portfolio globally. Before Pfizer, Melissa was a consultant at Oliver, Wyman & Company, an international management consulting firm focused on financial services clients. At Oliver, Wyman she executed projects in the retail banking, insurance, and institutional banking practices, working with clients in the United States, Canada, and Singapore. Currently, Melissa teaches Honors Physics and Honors Algebra II with Trigonometry. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University. She is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).