Isabel Yang converts love of STEM to lead AE team

FORT COLLINS — Since she was a child, Isabel Yang of Greenwood Village was one of those girls who loved the STEM subjects before Science Technology Engineering and Math became a thing. But she also learned soft skills are just as important in her different roles from technologist to chief technology officer.

“That’s really important for technologists who eventually want to be leaders,” said Yang, senior vice president and chief technology officer for Advanced Energy Industries Inc. in Fort Collins, a role she took on in July 2018. “People don’t automatically follow you, even if you have…