2024 BEYA STEM DTX Conference Awards Ceremony Program

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE: CELEBRATING VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENTS Saturday, February 17, 2024 • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST Ballroom, Baltimore Convention Center, DTX: BEYA World I

EVENT PREMIER SPONSORS

Information contained within is accurate at press time.

P EO P L E, P R O C E S S, T EC H N O LO G Y

EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE: CELEBRATING VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENTS

Saturday, February 17, 2024 • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST Ballroom, Baltimore Convention Center, DTX: BEYA World I

BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY EVENT SPONSORS: BGE, GE, UL Research Institutes, University of Maryland, Baltimore County CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS: Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine The BEYA Awards Ceremony is a tribute to the people behind today’s technological marvels while recognizing their continued pursuit of excellence within their were overcome throughout the decades, landing us here today and preparing us to launch into the future. In showcasing these visionary achievements, we witness groundbreaking technologies – highlighting how the triad of People, Process, and and creating the path to Becoming Everything You Are. EMCEES: Angela Stribling (People) Marc Clark (Process) 3rd host TKTKTK (Technology)

THE 38TH BEYA STEM DTX TM CONFERENCE

Information contained within is accurate at press time.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

HOWARD MCKENZIE Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President of Engineering, Test & Technology The Boeing Company PRESENTER: Markeeva Morgan, Vice President and Program Manager, VC-25B, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, The Boeing Company

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – GOVERNMENT

LOWELL JONES Aerospace Engineer Warner Robins Air Logistics Center

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – INDUSTRY NIRUPAMA BHATTACHARYA, PH.D. Principal Data Scientist The MITRE Corporation

MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – INDUSTRY

NICOLE JACKSON, PH.D. R&D S&E Systems Research and Analysis Sandia National Laboratories

EVENT SPONSOR

COMMUNITY SERVICE – INDUSTRY

ANTHONY CRUTCHFIELD Vice President, Boeing Army Systems The Boeing Company PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent

PIONEER AWARD Senior Vice President, Aerospace Booz Allen Hamilton

LINDA GOODEN LEGACY

MICHAEL PATTON JR. Vice President, Program Management Lockheed Martin PRESENTER: Stephanie C. Hill, Executive Vice President, Rotary and Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin

EVENT SPONSOR SPEAKER

MONIQUE PICOU Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain & Operations Google

RODNEY ADKINS LEGACY

BERTRAND DAMIBA Director, Product Management Google

PRESENTER: Monique Picou, Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain & Operations, Google

CHAD KOELE President, Actalent

PROCESS

PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent

DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

COMMUNITY SERVICE – GOVERNMENT

ALLAN G. SONSTEBY, PH.D. Executive Director Applied Research Laboratory Penn State University

PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent

DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

COMMUNITY SERVICE – INDUSTRY

DURAN GUNTER Director, Quality & Process Engineering RTX Pratt and Whitney

TONY HARRIS Team Leader DEVCOM Analysis Center

ERIC BIRIBUZE Global Sales Director, AGS Corning Incorporated

PRESENTER: Executive Director, V2500 Program, RTX

PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent

Information contained within is accurate at press time.

P EO P L E, P R O C E S S, T EC H N O LO G Y

EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

PEOPLE

EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT

PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant, Chief, Army

(JASSM) and Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) AFLCMC/EB-E

MAJOR RODERICK D. ERVIN Branch Chief United States Air Force

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT

LTC MICHAEL POPE Deputy Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, Chief,

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY

CARL DONAHOO

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY

GEORGE COLES JR. Biomechanical and Microelectronics Engineer The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY

NELSON NDUKWE AKWARI, PH.D. Executive Director - Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina The Boeing Company

WILLIAM JOHNSON JR. Business Area Leader, Senior Vice President Leidos

PRESENTER: Albert “Benjie” Spencer, Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering Standard Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

PRESENTER: Leidos

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY

GEM OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS / GEM STUDENT LEADERSHIP

BRANDON CASSIMERE, PH.D. Senior Technical Professional Leader KBR

PRESENTER: Albert “Benjie” Spencer, Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering Standard Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT

ANDREA L. WILLIAMS Supervisory Civil Engineer, Chief, Operations Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Memphis District

NASHLIE SEPHUS, PH.D. Tech Evangelist/Senior Scientist at Amazon, AL Amazon/Bean Path

TEC H NOLOGY OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – GOVERNMENT NATHANIEL BRIDGES, PH.D. Program Lead Air Force Research Laboratory

PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, Chief,

THE 38TH BEYA STEM DTX TM CONFERENCE

Information contained within is accurate at press time.

CHAD NASH Chief, Quick Reaction Capability Branch United States Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR)

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – INDUSTRY

TRESHA LACAUX Vice President, 777X Chief Project Engineer The Boeing Company

VISIONARY AWARD

ANTHONY BROWN, ESQ. Attorney General Maryland State Government

TECHNICAL SALES AND MARKETING

VICTOR DEAL Senior Account Director and Program Manager HII PRESENTER: Edmond Hughes, Exec VP and Chief

EVENT SPONSOR

PRESENTER: Markeeva Morgan, Vice President and Program Manager, VC-25B, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, The Boeing Company

MELVYN HEARD General Manager of Business Aviation GE Aerospace

EVENT SPONSOR

PASSING THE TORCH REMARKS

DR. CHARLOTTE FARMER Senior Vice President and Chief Operating UL Research Institutes

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – INDUSTRY

COLIN PARRIS, PH.D. Senior Vice President and Chief General Electric Company (GE)

BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

CHRISTA WRIGHT, PH.D. Director of Toxicology Chemical Insights Research Institute of UL Research Institutes

KEN WASHINGTON, PH.D. Senior Vice President, Chief

PRESENTER: Dr. Charlotte Farmer, Senior Vice President

Medtronic

SENIOR TECHNOLOGY FELLOW

PRESENTER: Medtronic

WILLIAM B. AGASSOUNON, PH.D. Director, Research & Advanced Systems Textron Inc. PRESENTER: Vice Admiral John V. Fuller, Naval Inspector General, America’s Navy

Information contained within is accurate at press time.

P EO P L E, P R O C E S S, T EC H N O LO G Y

EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – GOVERNMENT

KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING!

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

LINKEDIN

INSTAGRAM

YOUTUBE

SAVE THE DATES WOMEN OF COLOR STEM CONFERENCE OCTOBER 3-4, 2024

BEYA STEM CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 13-15, 2025

Career Communications Group, Inc. | 729 E. Pratt Street | Suite 504 | Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone 410.244.7101 | Fax 410.752.1834 | www.ccgmag.com Career Communications Group, Inc. works closely with our partners to meet individual needs. The availability and published information are correct at time of going to press but are subject to alteration without prior notice.

CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS

TECHNOLOGY HOST

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

OFFICIAL AIRLINE