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The Trailblazing Alicia Boler Davis Alicia Boler Davis, Executive Vice President, General Motors Global Manufacturing, General Motors Company FEATURES

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TS Vo l u m e 4 2 N u m b e r 1 PROFILES IN INNOVATION

People and Events .......................... 6 Professionals on the Move, Upcoming STEM Eents

One on One ...................................10

Passing the BEYA Torch: Dr. Eugene Deloatch, 2017 Black Engineer of the Year

EDUCATION

Education ..................................... 12 Study Smart, Study Less: Improving Your Study Skills

First Steps ....................................14 Steven Brown and the DIG Program

BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS

Corporate Life ...............................16 BEYA Seminar Recap: The Path to Being the Best Leader

Career Voices ................................18 BEYA Winners on Career Achievement

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Jem Pagan ....................................79 Smart Cities: The Next Frontier

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PUBLISHER’S PAGE Building for those coming behind us: Promoting STEM at BEYA When Arthur J. Bond, Alabama A&M’s pioneering engineering dean, received an award in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to the recruitment of minority engineering students nationally, he stressed the importance of building for those coming along behind us. Keynoting the final event of the 21st annual BEYA Conference, Rod Adkins, the 2007 BEYA winner, remarked that collaboration had been a tangible outcome of the event. Adkins spoke on digital inclusion, Black professionals, global competition, and the importance of promoting STEM achievement as a national interest. Following on from the Army Corps of Engineers workshop at the 23rd BEYA STEM Conference, Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp told USBE Online that over 200 resumes were collected by Corps recruiters at the Career Fair. Twenty-eight job offers were made. He was proud to announce the Corps had 18 new employees. Although engineering and computer science grads continue to top hiring lists, internship experience has been ranked as one of the most important job candidate characteristics. More and more employers are looking past GPA to the jobs graduates have held in the past. It is easy to see only the superficial achievements of America’s Black colleges and universities—the number of graduates, various courses of study—and miss the significant contributions these institutions and their graduates make. HBCUs help underserved families cross the “digital divide.” HBCUs not only graduate 33 percent of all Black engineers but their graduates are at the forefront of news stories on infrastructure, national security, disaster relief, technical assistance, and research. As a new college graduate in 1959, when job offers weren’t coming in as quickly as she’d expected, Nathelyne Archie Kennedy, the first female engineering graduate from Prairie View A&M University and the first AfricanAmerican female professional engineer registered by the state of Texas, moved to Chicago, where she landed her first job. Kennedy risked majoring in engineering in 1950s Texas, when it was a safe bet to teach. She had six words to describe her 50-year career: “Don’t be afraid to venture out.” As a plant manager at the Lansing, MI, Consolidated Operations and Arlington Assembly in Texas in the early 2000s, Alicia Boler Davis, the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year, was the first African-American woman to be a plant manager at a GM vehicle manufacturing plant. Since she joined the company, Boler Davis has led connected customer activities, infotainment, OnStar, and GM’s Urban Active personal mobility initiatives. Under her leadership, GM improved vehicle quality and redefined customer care. Currently, Boler Davis is Executive Vice President, General Motors Global Manufacturing. She is also passionate about building programs for those coming behind us, digital inclusion, global competition, high-tech careers, and the role of the Black professional in promoting student achievement at BEYA as a national interest. “We are being fairly successful now,” Bond said in 2005, “but there is still work to be done.”

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PROFILES IN INNOVATION

PEOPLE AND EVENTS

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HBCU PROFESSOR A CONTRIBUTOR TO NOBEL PRIZE

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tephen C. McGuire, the Southern University principal investigator to the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, received commendation as one of “the smart and dedicated scientists and engineers who worked tirelessly over decades to make LIGO a reality” when the Nobel Committee recognized the LIGO discovery and its profound impact on the way we view the cosmos. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration is a group of 1,000 scientists who have joined together in the search for the elusive gravity waves predicted by Dr. Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. “Southern University has been a member of the LIGO team since we were elected to membership in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Our contributions to LIGO science have focused on the development of superior optical materials for use in the core optics of the interferometers,” McGuire said. A Louisiana native, McGuire is a magna cum laude physics graduate of Southern University and A&M College. He received his M.S. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in nuclear science. McGuire shared the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research given to Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne, Barry C. Barish, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration in June 2017. The Southern University physics professor has been working in the areas of optical materials research and science education outreach since 1999. He serves as the Southern University principal investigator for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the director of the Southern University Advanced Optical Materials Laboratory located in James Hall on the Baton Rouge campus. S

ESSYE B. MILLER APPOINTED ACTING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

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s. Essye B. Miller, a career member of the federal Senior Executive Service, was appointed by the Deputy Secretary of Defense as Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer effective December 8, 2017. In this role, Miller is the primary adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management, information technology, and information assurance as well as non-intelligence space systems, critical satellite communications, navigation and timing programs, spectrum, and telecommunications. Prior to joining the office of the CIO in the defense department, Ms. Miller was the director of cybersecurity for the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6. She was also the Army’s senior information assurance officer and was responsible for the development, implementation, execution, and oversight of the Army’s Cybersecurity Program. Miller earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tallageda College, a Master of Business Administration from Troy State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from Air University in Montgomery, Alabama. She is a 2016 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in national and international security studies. Additionally, she is an Acquisition Level III certified executive in information technology. She is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. S

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN NAMES SHAWN PURVIS CORPORATE VP AND PRESIDENT, ENTERPRISE SERVICES

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orthrop Grumman Corp. named Shawn Purvis Corporate Vice President and President, Enterprise Services, effective January 1, 2018. Purvis joined Northrop Grumman in 2012, where she served as the vice president of the integrated intelligence systems business unit in the company’s former intelligence systems division. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, she held positions of increasing scope and responsibility with SAIC. She served as the senior vice president of SAIC’s Processing Exploitation and Dissemination Operation in the intelligence systems business unit, where she was responsible for managing all aspects of the business, including software and systems programs as well as network operations. She maintains strong involvement in the community as a board member of the Northern Virginia Family Services Council and a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Prince William County, VA. Additionally, she is Northrop Grumman’s executive sponsor of Howard University in Washington, DC. She was appointed to the George Mason University Board of Visitors in 2015 and is an active member of the Executive Leadership Council and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, Cyber Council. She earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Hampton University and a master’s in information systems from George Mason University. She also earned a program management certification and graduated from the Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. S

LIONEL RICHIE GETS KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

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ionel Richie, who graduated from Tuskegee University with an economics degree in 1974, was honored at the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in December, 2017. “The Kennedy Center Honors spotlights the extraordinary careers of artists whose talent and ingenuity have enriched and shaped cultural life in America,” Kennedy Center chairman David M. Rubenstein said. “Lionel Richie’s irresistibly recognizable melodies capture the heart and transcend generations.” The Tuskegee graduate has more than 100 million albums sold, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, five Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards, and the distinction of MusiCares Person of the Year in 2016. MusiCares provides support and community services to musicians in need of medical, personal, and financial assistance. Richie became influential within the Commodores due to his ability to write songs that included “Three Times a Lady,” “Stuck on You,” “Lady” featuring Kenny Rogers, “Still,” and “Easy.” The Commodores’ singles that topped the charts include “Brick House,” “Just to Be Close to You,” and “Too Hot ta Trot,” to list a few. When Richie decided to pursue a solo career, he earned a string of top ten hits between 1981 and 1987, including nine #1 singles. The first was “Endless Love,” a ballad that he wrote and sang as a duet with Diana Ross. Then came “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Hello,” and “Say You (Say Me),” for which he won his Oscar and a Golden Globe. His 1986 “Dancing on the Ceiling” became a pop and R&B classic. He also co-wrote with Michael Jackson the Live-Aid tune “We Are the World.” Born in Tuskegee, AL, Richie lived in the original home of Booker T. Washington, situated on the campus of what is now Tuskegee University, previously the Tuskegee Institute and home of the Tuskegee Airmen. S

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ONE ON ONE

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REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR AS THE BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR A

year ago, when Dr. Eugene DeLoatch was recognized as the 2017 Black Engineer of the Year, he didn’t realize what was ahead of him.

In addition to being shepherded through a whirlwind of lunches, breakfasts, and meetings at the conference, he shook a slew of hands, gave numerous impromptu speeches, and accepted congratulations from more people than he can remember.

“It’s a distinct honor,” said DeLoatch of finding himself as the “centerpiece” of attention at the event.

However, there was more to come.

All three of his alma maters asked DeLoatch to return to share his knowledge and experiences so they could bestow him with honors. Tougaloo College in Mississippi awarded him an honorary degree. New York University Polytechnic Institute recognized him during a diversity weekend. Lafayette College in Pennsylvania asked him to return to lecture. He also was inducted into the National Black College Hall of Fame and honored with the Distinguished Service Award by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering.

DeLoatch, who was the inaugural dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University, retired as dean emeritus in 2016.

He has had a long and storied career.

DeLoatch was affiliated with Howard University in Washington, DC, for 24 years and departed as the chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. During that time, he led a department that granted baccalaureate degrees to more African-American engineers than any other school in the United States of America.

DeLoatch received a math degree from Tougaloo and an electrical engineering degree from Lafayette College. He also earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in bioengineering from the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn.

At the BEYA conference in 2017, when DeLoatch was named Black Engineer of the Year, previous BEYA honoree Shirley Jackson read a letter from President Barack Obama to DeLoatch.

“By breaking through barriers and expanding possibilities, you have set a powerful example through your endeavors to shape a future that reflects our diversity as a nation, one in which all young people have the chance to pursue their passions in any field of study, including engineering. You have helped bring about progress now and for generations to come,” the letter stated in part.

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ago, when he and Tyrone Taborn first discussed creating an event that would bring together young people with accomplished engineers and others in science and technology, that he would one day be in its spotlight. Taborn would go on to become the CEO and chairman of Career Communications

“By breaking through barriers and expanding possibilities, you have set a powerful example through your endeavors to shape a future that reflects our diversity as a nation, one in which all young people have the chance to pursue their passions in any field of study, including engineering. You have helped bring about progress now and for generations to come.”

– excerpt from a letter to DeLoatch from President Barack Obama

(publisher of U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine, and Women of Color magazine) and launch BEYA. DeLoatch advises the next and future BEYA recipients to be prepared for a multitude of new and unexpected experiences.

He noted that the distinction of being named Black Engineer of the Year “legitimizes you” and puts the awardee “on the radar of a number of people and organizations.”

However, DeLoatch hasn’t lost sight of why BEYA in all its many forms was created—attracting more African Americans into STEM careers. These careers, he said, can have a profound effect on the quality of life for all Americans.

BEYA is making a difference.

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“BEYA is making a diference.”

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EDUCATION

EDUCATION

by Christopher Zacher editors@ccgmag.com

STUDY SMART, STUDY LESS: IMPROVING YOUR STUDY SKILLS

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hile studying is the key to success for any college student, it isn’t always easy. Between managing multiple classes, working a job, volunteering on campus, and balancing relationships, many students find themselves with too little time to study.

Even worse, a lot of people don’t know how to study properly or efficiently.

In their recent seminar, “Study Smart, Study Less,” Priya Khanchandani and Dr. Malika Greyson addressed some of these problems.

They talked about some of the barriers to good study habits and discussed how they were able to develop more efficient modes of learning.

“I used to cram a lot,” says Dr. Greyson, who holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. “If I had something due on Friday, I’d be cramming on Wednesday. It worked for a while, but then I started to get really frustrated.”

Cramming is an exhausting process and not one that works well for most people. “After an hour, your mind starts to shut off,” says Dr. Greyson. “If you try to go three hours straight when studying, you’ve reached your capacity and aren’t going to retain any information.”

Upon finding that cramming was not the best method, she decided to make some changes to her study habits. “I decided to take a step back,” she says. “If I had ten pages to read…I needed to get the general idea out of those ten pages.”

She realized that summarizing the course material was the best way for her to understand it. “If I had to explain to any of you what I’d learned in class,” she told the group of students, “you were supposed to understand what I was saying.”

Similarly, Khanchandani talked about the importance of customizing your study method. “Each one of us has a different style,” said Khanchandani, who worked as a systems engineer at Northrop Grumman. “Not everyone follows the same approach.”

There are essentially three styles of learning. Visual learners prefer to read or look at pictures. These learners benefit from using flashcards with visual cues or drawing diagrams that map out the connections between ideas. Auditory learners, on the other hand, learn best by recording lectures and discussing the material outlaid. Kinesthetic learners learn 12 USBE&IT | CONFERENCE ISSUE 2018

by doing, so physical pacing and tapping their feet helps them to retain information. “If you want to study effectively,” Khanchandani explains, “you’ll probably learn better by studying in your preferred method.”

No matter what your preferred method of studying is, it’s important to stay on top of course material by taking careful notes. You don’t have to write down every detail either. “The course objective is given up front,” explains Khanchandani. “I would write down the course objective and go over it at the beginning of each lecture.”

Taking careful notes can help you understand the way that the course material progresses from one session to the next. “You don’t need to memorize everything,” Khanchandani says. “Just make sure you have a continuity and you understand where [the last lecture] left off.”

Ultimately, strong study habits require self-confidence and motivation. In order to succeed, you need to feel comfortable asking for help when you need it. “It’s important that you have the confidence to say, ‘I am committed to this problem, but I just need a little more information,’” Dr. Grayson says. “Those people teaching you are there to help.”

If you are having trouble with the course material, it is likely that other people in your class are having difficulties.

For this reason, it helps to form a study group. As Dr. Greyson points out, one of the most important steps to success is “stepping a bit out of your comfort zone and saying, ‘I’m having a problem; let’s all work on it together.’”

Ultimately, building good study habits is a process that takes discipline and perseverance. It may also take some experimentation to figure out which methods work best for you. Start by making a plan, keeping up with the course material, and reviewing your notes. Studying is a challenge, but as Dr. Grayson says, “Challenges are meant to be overcome.

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EDUCATION

FIRST STEPS

by Lango Dean editors@ccgmag.com

BIG DREAMS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN SMALL PLACES

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orn and raised in rural South Carolina, Steven Brown has always seen potential in countryside places. Part of the reason he is dedicated to raising awareness about opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is because he considers rural communities to be outliers and a place of untapped talent.

“Youth in these areas possess a natural gift of problem solving, which is used in everyday STEM careers,” he explained. “Such abilities are needed regularly to excel in communities with high poverty and limited resources,” he added.

“When you put the principles of STEM in front of these youth, a light bulb comes on.

DIG takes a ‘holistic approach’ to increase STEM awareness by including the community in development and planning of its programs and events. It’s like Friday Night Lights,” he said.

DIG is short for Dreams, Imagination, and Gift Development, and Brown founded it in 2013 to build a STEM pipeline from the ground up. The DIG program plans to bridge the gap between resources and communities and to

“The mission is to instill a belief in youth, children, and communities that big dreams can be achieved in small places.”

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provide rural children the same benefits as their counterparts in metropolitan areas.

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schools, where there is little or no funding for after-school and summer programs.

“Rural community youth face the same challenges as any other adolescent, but studies show that the challenges of rural communities are sometimes greater than those of large cities and metro areas,” DIG states.

“The U.S. rural graduation rate continued to decrease over the past four years. We feel the reason for this negative trend is the lack of assets available to youth in these areas.

Trends will continue unless something is done,” Brown said.

Brown refers to himself as an “ambassador for change” because he is committed to developing rural communities.

Through high-level conversations with like-minded people, he has expanded DIG’s services to rural areas across South Carolina.

“The mission is to instill a belief in youth, children, and communities that big dreams can be achieved in small places,” he said about DIG’s vision.

DIG is one of the first organizations to roll out STEM enrichment, after-school, summer, and virtual mentoring programs in underserved communities in South Carolina. DIG also founded the DIG STEM Festival to serve rural areas in the state.

In 2016 the STEM fiesta attracted over 2,000 people from neighboring counties, and more than twenty exhibitors had their technology wares on display. The DIG STEM Festival provides an opportunity for outdoor exchange between children, teenagers, adults, and STEM professionals.

As a controls engineer with General Electric, Brown serves on the industrial Internet front lines. Nearly half of GE’s 300,000 employees are engineers. His GE job requires an understanding of industrial automation systems, experience with industrial control systems and industrial automation programming, and an ability to learn new software, hardware, and automation equipment and effectively implement it.

An early-career professional, Brown graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. “I was part of my school’s Gifted and Talented program, and through that, I got to visit a BMW plant,” he said.

That one trip forever changed Brown’s life.

“Now imagine if every child in rural communities got that same exposure,” he said.

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BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS

CORPORATE LIFE

by Christopher Zacher editors@ccgmag.com

THE PATH TO BEING THE BEST LEADER Clear communication of your priorities will help to establish expectations and give your team something to hold you accountable for. “Make them hold you to it,” Bearden adds.

In order to be an effective leader, you should be able to listen to and implement feedback. Therefore, you should work toward building an environment where your team feels that their voice is going to be heard. “People feel comfortable with

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he success of an organization hinges on good leadership.

At their best, leaders can inspire their team, facilitate productivity, and build a cohesive sense of community among the people who work for them. But what is the secret to good leadership? How can you become a good leader yourself?

Cheri Larkins, Gator Harvey, and Kevin Bearden recently sat down with a group of emerging leaders to discuss these very questions. The trio talked about their experiences as team leaders at the corporate level and offered some advice on developing strong leadership skills.

“For me, leadership is dirty,” said Larkins, the Director of Talent Acquisition for RMS at Lockheed Martin. “When I think about the success that I’ve had, it wasn’t the glamorous parts of being a leader that made them successful. It was plugging the holes, dragging the goal over the finish line for my team when they were tired, when we had been at it for months.”

Both of her colleagues agreed, dispensing the myth that leadership roles are somehow glamorous. Larkins laughed.

“There’s no glitter, no confetti…I don’t even eat lunch sometimes.”

Instead, the group spoke of leadership as a job that requires intense deliberation and vulnerability. “The further up you go, the more influence you wield,” says Harvey, the director at Northrop Grumman Technical Services. “People are watching you.”

Ultimately, being a good leader is acting with integrity and setting the best possible example. “If I’m acting in an ethical, moral way, people are going to say, ‘That’s someone I can trust,’” Harvey explained. “As leaders, everything that we do is always on stage.”

The group stressed the importance of being clear about your goals and core values. This will ensure that everyone is on the same page in terms of what you’re trying to accomplish.

“The most transparent thing you can do as a leader is to communicate your leadership philosophy out to your team on both an organizational and an individual level,” said Bearden, the VP of General Dynamics’ Foreign Affairs and Transportation department.

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“To fail at something shows you have the character to be a leader. You have to be public about it. Then, empower your people to do the corrective rootcause analysis and say, ‘This is how we’re going to correct it.’”

– Gator Harvey

their leaders when they know they can challenge and have tough discussions with those people,” said Harvey.

While many people are uneasy taking constructive criticism, particularly from those who work for them, it is a necessary step in the process to becoming a great leader. Talk to your employees as well as bosses and other mentors. “The more feedback you get, the more effective you’ll be,” says Bearden. “There are general officers and senior leaders in the government who still get feedback and get coached.”

If you make a mistake, it is vital that you take responsibility. “Own it,” says Larkins. “Own that you did it, own why, and put the plan in place very publicly about what you’re going to do to recalibrate.”

“To fail at something shows you have the character to be a leader,” Harvey says. “You have to be public about it. Then, empower your people to do the corrective root-cause analysis and say, ‘This is how we’re going to correct it.’”

Additionally, it is vital that you give your team credit when they perform well. After all, a good leader is nothing without a strong team. “Ten percent of it is me,” says Larkins, referring to the success of her organization. “The other ninety percent is the hard work and dedication of the people who support me.”

Essentially, the greatest leaders are those who inspire their team to perform at an optimum rate. “If I’m doing it well, I’m trying to capture their heart,” Larkins says. “I’m trying to motivate them, trying to make them their best. That’s what makes our team the best.” S

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BEYA WINNERS’ ADVICE FOR LAUNCHING AND ADVANCING ONE’S CAREER

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harles Johnson-Bey has spent his career solving complex engineering and technology problems. He’s been a professor and a researcher, and he currently serves as Director, Engineering & Technology, Cyber Solutions for Lockheed Martin Corp. He’s also BEYA’s 2018 career achievement industry winner.

The advice he gives students and young professionals who are seeking success in their own career paths is simple and straightforward: Be yourself. Let your personality and interests show through at job fairs and during interviews. Explain what you want to do, and never say, “I’ll do anything.”

You should express what you’re passionate about and provide some idea of the direction in which you want to head.

Share your ideas and aspirations. Let people know what you aspire to do. “Don’t keep it a secret,” said Johnson-Bey. “Then people can help you.”

Learn to listen well.

Do your job.

Johnson-Bey also emphasizes the importance of pursuing work and a career that one loves.

Johnson-Bey said workplaces are becoming more accepting of the diverse characteristics of its workforce. He said that personal choices, such as wearing dreadlocks, are no longer taboo in many places of employment, and individuals should feel comfortable showing who they are on the job.

“If you want the talent, you have to attract the talent and keep the talent,” said Johnson-Bey. He also advises those seeking their first jobs to have some idea of what they want to do and to never say, “I’ll do anything,” to a recruiter. It’s crucial that individuals talking to human resource personnel express what they are passionate about.

At 51, Johnson-Bey has already had a wealth of experiences. He earned his doctorate in electrical engineering, worked at Motorola research labs and Corning’s Research and Development Center, and is in a 14-year tenure at Lockheed Martin.

He also cautions against getting “caught up in other’s mess” on the job.

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imothy K. Bridges is Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection for the U.S. Air Force. Bridges is responsible to the chief of staff for leadership, management, and integration of Air Force civil engineering, force protection, logistics readiness, supply, transportation, and aircraft and missile maintenance. He is also responsible for setting policy and preparing budget estimates.

Bridges, who was activeduty military for 17 years before retiring at the rank of colonel, is now a member of the Senior Executive Service.

Bridges said mastering communication is key to having a successful career.

“Learn to communicate, not just text,” said Bridges, adding that being able to express oneself and convey ideas is vitally important. This applies to written and spoken communication. Those who need to enhance their speaking skills should consider organizations such as Toastmasters, he said.

It’s also important to learn to interact with other people and to build relationships.

“People are often reluctant to interact,” said Bridges. “You have to invest in relationships.”

“Some of the most important decisions made are based on personal relationships—who you know, do they trust you…”

Bridges said.

One’s personal credibility also shouldn’t be underestimated.

“You have to have a set of values you follow, your own personal code, sense of morality, and ethics. People need to see that in you,” said Bridges.

He advises young professionals to also focus on those things they can control as well as take care of oneself and stay in shape.

Bridges suggests that traits he looks for in employees and supervisors can provide insight to those in the early stages of their careers: • Innovative thinking • Expert knowledge • Loyal to mission • Determined to make a difference • Self-motivated • Confident and committed • Embraces challenges • Problem solver • Accepts responsibility when things go wrong S

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Alicia Boler Davis

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BREAKING BOUNDARIES AND SETTING STANDARDS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY

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Alicia Boler Davis Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing, General Motors Company

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“TRAILBLAZER” IS A TERM THAT HAS BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE ALICIA BOLER DAVIS MANY TIMES DURING HER 23-YEAR CAREER AT GENERAL MOTORS. OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS EAGERLY TAKEN ON CHALLENGING ASSIGNMENTS, BOLDLY HANDLED PROJECTS LADEN WITH RISKS, AND GENERALLY DEMONSTRATED A TENACITY AND WORK ETHIC THAT HAVE ENABLED HER TO ACHIEVE HER GOALS AND “MAKE THINGS BETTER.” Her professional strengths have served her well, and today she oversees a team of 165,000 employees working across 150 manufacturing sites in 20 countries. She also happens to be the highest-ranking African American in the automotive industry today, an honor she takes seriously.

Her journey to become an engineer and eventual senior leader of a global automaker began in middle school.

Why She Became an Engineer

“I knew I wanted to be an engineer in middle school,” Davis told USBE on the phone from Michigan. “One of my teachers encouraged me because I was good in math and science.”

Davis took his advice to heart. Aside from loving math and science, she says she “enjoyed fixing things and tinkering”— critical traits for becoming an engineer. That recommendation from her teacher piqued her interest and opened doors to a whole new world. But Davis still wasn’t sure exactly what an engineer did….

What Does an Engineer Do?

“I got my first real exposure to engineering during the summer before my senior year of high school,” Davis said.

“General Motors sponsored me to attend Kettering University in a program called AIM (Academically Interested Minorities) for minority students interested in engineering.” During that six-week program, Davis lived on campus and studied calculus, computer programming, organic chemistry, public speaking, and more. She and her classmates also had the opportunity to visit several General Motors sites.

“We visited plants that were building cars. We visited plants that were building engines. We visited labs. We talked to engineers who were designing parts,” she said. “I remember leaving thinking, ‘Wow! GM is a big company, and engineers are doing so many different things.’ That had a big impact on me!”

The Kettering program was definitely a gamechanger, but young Alicia didn’t have specific career plans at that point. Not many teenagers do.

What Did She Want to Do after School?

“I just wanted to go to college,” Davis said. “I knew that I wanted to be an engineer, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.”

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“But once I arrived at Northwestern University and started learning about the different options, I decided to become a chemical engineer. I always loved chemistry. While some shied away from chemical engineering because of the chemistry and the lab work, those things drove me to pursue it. I wanted to be challenged,” she explained.

Driven but still uncertain whether she wanted to pursue a profession of research or sales or something entirely different, she chose chemical engineering because it seemed to offer a fulfilling career in many industries.

Internships to Explore Engineering Options

During the summer of her sophomore year, Davis had her first internship, at Dow Chemical in the R&D department.

“It was exciting working on solvent formulations for epoxy coatings,” she explained, “but I also finished the summer realizing I didn’t want to be a researcher,” Davis added with a laugh. “I realized that I wanted a job where I would interact more with people and receive more immediate feedback on my work.”

During the summer of Davis’s junior year, she had her second internship, this time at Ford Motor Company. “After growing up in the Detroit area, I found the idea of working in the automotive industry to be very exciting,” Davis said.

Finding a Job after College

Upon graduation with a chemical engineering degree, she applied for jobs in various industries, from pharmaceutical

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to consumer products to oil. She ultimately went to work at Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company (now Pfizer) because she was attracted to the company culture and the fact that she could directly apply her chemical engineering skills.

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heat exchangers, and pumps. “I thoroughly enjoyed this role. I had an opportunity every day to apply my theoretical learnings to something tangible,” she said.

Davis was a project engineer at Upjohn for fewer than three years before moving on to Frito-Lay as a manufacturing engineer at a manufacturing facility outside of Detroit. There she was one of two engineers in the plant responsible for equipment upgrades and installations.

Driving toward Excellence at General Motors

It was 1994 when Alicia Boler Davis began working at GM

and overall profitability of the vehicle as the lead engineer and as the vehicle line director,” Davis said.

As the first person to lead both the engineering and manufacturing of a vehicle family, she took on the jobs of plant manager, vehicle line director, and vehicle chief engineer simultaneously. Davis was handling every aspect of the global small-vehicle program, which included a compact car and two sport utility vehicles. She spent her days making decisions on everything from customer features and content to engineering, validation, program profitability, and production.

“It was incredibly tough—but also probably the

Aside from loving math and science, she says she “enjoyed fixing things and tinkering”—critical traits for becoming an engineer.

as a manufacturing engineer at its Midsize/Luxury Car Division in metro Detroit.

During the early years of her GM career, she took on a series of assignments of increasing responsibility as a quality director, material manager, plant planner, and senior production supervisor.

From 2002 to 2006 she held body shop and paint shop manager roles at vehicle assembly plants in Fort Wayne, IN, and Detroit, which included managing the daily operations with large staffs and significant annual budgets.

She took another step up to become assistant plant manager at the truck plant in Pontiac, MI, in 2006. She was responsible for a two-shift, high-volume plant building light and heavy-duty pickup trucks. Although still early in her career, she was in charge of about 3,000 hourly and salaried employees building 220,000 trucks a year.

She blazed another trail when in 2007 she was named plant manager at the company’s truck plant in Arlington, TX—and the first African-American woman in the company to oversee a manufacturing plant.

A Challenging Opportunity

One of the most challenging times of Davis’s career was also a major milestone for her—and for the company.

“My greatest challenge was when I was given an incredible opportunity in 2010 to lead the North America Small Vehicle program. I had, for many years, worked in manufacturing, where I had deep knowledge and was confident in my abilities.

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In June, 2016, Davis was named to her current role leading GM’s Global Manufacturing. She oversees the global manufacturing, labor relations, and manufacturing engineering teams.

most rewarding time of my career because it pushed me out of my comfort zone. I had to learn very quickly while providing daily leadership to the team,” she said. It also forced her to become a different type of leader, one that didn’t rely on her personal expertise in every area but on her ability to draw the best from people across many different functions.

A Deep Focus on Serving Customers’ Needs

Her success in that role was one of many reasons Davis was “an outstanding choice to be named GM’s first U.S. Vice President of Customer Experience” in 2012, wrote Mary Barra, chairman and chief executive of General Motors Company, in a nomination letter to the award selection committee.

Davis’s customer experience title was soon expanded to also include product quality. That was another GM first: putting the two functions—both of which heavily impact the people who buy and drive GM cars and trucks—under a single leader. She and her teams went to work with a mission to infuse the “voice of the customer” into every aspect of the giant automaker’s operations.

The team’s work paid off. In 2013 GM was ranked by J.D. Power & Associates as “the best automaker for initial quality” for the first time ever. Under Davis’s leadership, the company also took its interaction with customers through social media and its Customer Engagement Centers to a new level.

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Customer Experience, she led all of the “connected customer” activities, including infotainment, OnStar telematics, and launching GM’s Urban Active personal mobility service, MAVEN. She and her team evaluated and worked to improve the company’s customer touchpoints across the board.

In June 2016 Davis was named to her current role leading GM’s global manufacturing. She oversees the global manufacturing, labor relations, and manufacturing engineering teams. She has the honor of reporting directly to Mary Barra and is driven to make sure the vehicles GM builds across the world are high quality—so they make her customers happy and are built profitably so the company’s leadership and investors are happy too.

Not one to boast about her success, Davis keeps it real by working hard, a core value that was instilled in her by her parents at a very young age.

She also attributes much of her success to the people around her. She works to foster collaboration and create an environment where everyone can contribute, debate, and drive for results. Her lessons learned in “drawing the best” from others continue to pay off. She also admits to having a competitive streak and enjoys winning.

Davis has another vital job at GM that doesn’t involve building cars and trucks. She is also the executive champion for www.blackengineer.com

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1. Find your passion and pursue it.

2. Believe in yourself and your abilities; persist through any setbacks.

3. Put the work in; continue to learn and stretch outside your comfort zone.

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4. Have the courage to challenge the status quo to find new ways to achieve things you didn’t think possible.

5. Try to make a difference every day.

With GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, at an event GM hosted onSTEM careers for women.

GM Women, an employee resource group with 3,600 members.

That group’s mission is to help GM remain a great place for women to work, one where women can develop in their careers and succeed.

“It’s a role I take very seriously,” she said. “I’m very engaged in and supportive of the GM Women organization and the women at GM overall.”

Mentoring is another passion for Davis. As a mentor, she meets on a regular basis with about 15 mentees.

“I’m really a sounding board,” she said. “We talk about things they’re dealing with in their positions, things they’re aspiring to do, different career paths, and how to handle difficult situations. I also share my thoughts on how to continue to develop in their careers, including taking classes or seminars.”

The busy executive also is an active promoter of STEM education. Several times each year she makes time to talk to groups inside and outside the company about her journey and the life lessons that have served her well. Most recently she and Barra partnered with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on STEM outreach for young girls as well as working women.

Regarding the latest feather in her cap, being honored as the Black Engineer of the Year, Davis is truly humbled. “I’m incredibly honored and feel I’m representing GM and all the great people who work here, but I also feel I am a role model for African Americans,” she said. “I want to be an inspiration for others to help them believe that they, too, can achieve their goals.” S CONFERENCE ISSUE 2018 I USBE&IT 25

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2018 BEYA WINNERS The stories of the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) winners are as inspirational as ever.

These talented professionals from all walks of life are a huge presence in industry, government, academia, and nonprofits as they develop solutions to world challenges.

They are making a difference with significant achievements in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). But it’s not just their accomplishments that have brought them career recognition; it’s also their personal dreams and commitment, which are driving workforce programs that help others take the lead, build America’s skilled and diverse digital workforce, and extend the BEYA tradition into the future.

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AWARD WINNERS Black Engineer of the Year MRS. ALICIA BOLER DAVIS Executive Vice President Global Manufacturing General Motors

Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry MR. KENT ETIENNE Technical Lead Engineer Senior Mechanical Test and Evaluation Engineer Boeing Test and Evaluation

Career Achievement - Industry DR. CHARLES JOHNSON-BEY Director, Engineering and Technology Cyber Center of Excellence Lockheed Martin Corporation

Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry MRS. ARISSA HODGES Group Leader/Lead Communications Engineer The MITRE Corporation

Career Achievement - Government MR. TIMOTHY K. BRIDGES Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection U.S. Air Force Community Service - Industry MR. STEVEN BROWN President of Dreams, Imagination & Gift Development Program (DIG) Gas Turbine Controls Engineer General Electric Dave Barclay Affirmative Action MR. DARRYL FARROW Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion The Boeing Company Dave Barclay Affirmative Action MR. DREW VALENTINE, ESQ. Vice President, People & Culture IBM Systems The Dean's Award MR. DEREK MCGOWAN Diversity Outreach Program Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation Education Leadership/K-12 Promotion of Education MS. TOKIWA SMITH Founder and Executive Director Science, Education, and Mathematics Link, Inc. (SEM Link, Inc.) Educational Leadership/College-Level Promotion of Education DR. TERRI R. NORTON Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lifetime Achievement Award MR. JOSEPH B. ANDERSON, JR. Chairman and CEO TAG Holdings, LLC Most Promising Engineer - Industry MS. CHANDRIA POOLE Deputy Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation Most Promising Engineer - Industry MR. HAMZA H. SYED Lead Multi-Discipline Systems Engineer The MITRE Corporation Most Promising Engineer - Government CAPTAIN JASON FISCHBACH Lead Engineer Power, Space and Cooling U.S. Air Force Most Promising Engineer - Government MS. LAANDREA MCDONALD SEAY Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Test Data Manager Missile Defense Agency

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Outstanding Technical Contribution Government MR. REGINALD L. WILLIAMS THAAD Post-Production and Sustainment Lead Missile Defense Agency Professional Achievement - Industry MR. ERIC BIRIBUZE Product Line Lead Corning Incorporated Professional Achievement - Industry MRS. KATHRYN HAMILTON Engineering Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation Professional Achievement - Government MR. BYRON WILLIAMS, PMP Chief, Project Management Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Research Leadership MR. ANDREW ADAMS Chief Engineer Wireless Capabilities Group The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Senior Technology Fellow DR. NATHAN RAEN BROOKS Associate Technical Fellow Technical Lead Engineer The Boeing Company Senior Technology Fellow DR. JON C. GOLDSBY Research Physicist NASA Glenn Research Center Student Leadership/Undergraduate Level MR. BRIGHT TSAGLI College Assistant Bronx Community College Student Leadership/Undergraduate Level MR. DAVID HILL Student, Howard University Worldwide Sales Engineer Intern Cisco Systems Technical Sales and Marketing MR. KAROOM BROWN Senior Vice President Business Development & Strategy Leidos Health Rodney Adkins Legacy Award MS. VERETT MIMS Assistant Treasurer Global Treasury Operations The Boeing Company

Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Legacy Award MR. TAIWO ALO Manager Performance Assessment Group Baltimore Gas & Electronic - an Exelon Company Dr. Eugene M. Deloatch Legacy Award MR. JONATHAN JONES Fermentation Improvement Engineer Dow AgroSciences Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III Legacy Award MS. YVETTE MOUTON, ESQ. Supplier Diversity Manager AT&T Linda Gooden Legacy Award DR. GREGORY BRAXTON Computer System Security Analyst 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Legacy Award MS. STACY MATTHEWS Software Engineer/Systems Analyst Verizon IT Digital Platforms Verizon Wireless Anthony R. James Legacy Award MRS. CASSANDRA WHEELER Plant Manager Georgia Power Company General Lester L. Lyles Legacy Award DR. ROY S. JONES Senior Scientist Leidos Dr. John Slaughter Legacy Award MS. LATISHA DURHAM E-2D Integrated Navigation, Controls, and Displays Systems Lead Naval Air Systems Command David Steward Legacy Award MR. RAMON RICHARDS Senior Vice President-Securitization and Servicing Technology Fannie Mae Dr. Lydia W. Thomas Legacy Award MR. JOSEPH MOORE Principal The MITRE Corporation Edward Welburn Legacy Award MR. ERIC BURNETT Chief Engineer – Rear Wheel Drive 8 Speed Automatic Transmissions FCA US LLC Dr. William R. Wiley Legacy Award MR. DAVID SAMUEL R&D Computer Aided Design Principal Level Sandia National Laboratories General Johnnie Wilson Legacy Award MS. JACQUELINE MARTIN Hardware-in-the-Loop Lab Operations Lead & STEM Ambassador Missile Defense Agency

Arlington W. Carter Legacy Award MRS. APRIL SANDERS Senior Manager Space and Airborne Systems Raytheon Company

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MR. TIMOTHY K. BRIDGES Career Achievement - Government

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection U.S. Air Force Timothy Bridges served in the Air Force for over 38 years while on active duty and subsequently as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He has been recognized throughout the organization for his ability to build partnerships and achieve successful results. Timothy has fostered leadership alignment across all levels of the Air Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and its sister services by ensuring unity of effort for the Force’s airmen. He currently serves as the

DR. CHARLES JOHNSON-BEY Career Achievement - Industry

Director, Engineering and Technology Cyber Center of Excellence Lockheed Martin Corporation An electrical engineer, Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey focuses on hardware and signal processing; his technical expertise spans more than 22 years. Johnson-Bey’s area of expertise is primarily in developing special purpose algorithms and architectures for image processing. A veteran of Lockheed Martin for 14 years, he is currently the engineering and technology director of the Cyber Center of Excellence, where he leads the engineering efforts for a multidisciplinary functional organization of about 2,000 persons. He partners with the Cyber Solutions chief engineer and program directors to develop innovative and affordable strategies to advance the cyber capabilities for domestic and international customers. Prior to his current position, Dr. Johnson-Bey was the open innovation manager for Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering, Technology, and Operations, where he was responsible for identifying and funding innovative ideas and expertise at organizations external to the corporation to achieve the company’s strategic objectives. His responsibilities included coordinating research activities with Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Labs, GE Global Research Center, and Fortune 50 companies. This project was highlighted in the article, “A Sandia-Lockheed Partnership’s Goal to Improve Aeronautics,” in Innovation Magazine: America’s Journal of Technology Commercialization, August/September 2012

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Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection. Under his leadership, they have gained stakeholder support and the Undersecretary of the Air Force support to reduce 359 logistics information technology systems spread across 73 program elements and to move them toward modern integrated systems with greater capability, better connectivity, and fewer redundancies. He has also served as the senior spokesperson for the Defense Business System reform, where he provided top cover and mentored the Logistics IT team—a team that won the 2017 General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award—in their improvement efforts. Some of his recent accomplishments include establishing a way ahead for the Air Force’s Community Partnership Program with over 600 partnership initiatives and providing input to congressional language, thereby enhancing small business opportunities. Additionally, he has led outreach efforts to the private sector, industry, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Congress on energy programs as well as bringing housing privatization to a close with 53,323 homes now privatized by leveraging over eight billion private sector dollars.

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MR. STEVEN BROWN

Community Service - Industry President - Dreams, Imagination & Gift (DIG) Development Program – Gas Turbine Controls Engineer - General Electric Steven Brown grew up in the small rural town of Williston, South Carolina, before finding a way to attend the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. Following his college graduation, he gained eleven years of experience in the engineering field as a Controls and Project engineer for two Fortune 500 companies: Fluor Corporation and currently General Electric (GE). Steven took his valuable experience as an engineer and decided to share his experiences to help students in rural communities learn about the many opportunities in STEM careers. While he was working for Fluor Corporation, he took an assignment in Afghanistan and worked with military personnel to not only manage and build new construction on military bases but also to train thirdworld country nationals and Afghanis. This planted the idea for Steven to provide similar opportunities for training, growth, and development to rural areas that lacked large industries and the educational resources they bring. This idea led to his non-profit, Dreams, Imagination and Gift Development Program (DIG). DIG’s educational programs, After-School STEM Enrichment, and Summer STEM Enrichment serve more than 200 youth annually and over 100 volunteers. Steven is personally responsible for DIGs curriculum which is designed to bring real-life application to the common core standards of mathematics and science while focusing on methods that work for the culture and demographics of rural area youth. He also founded the DIG STEM Festival, which is a celebration of STEM in rural communities that gathers over 2,500 spectators and provides STEM exposure to under-served communities. Steven hopes that this holistic approach to education and workforce exposure bridges the gaps between rural areas and industry to provide pipelines to college and the STEM workforce. Practitioners have either reported to him or have been trained by him.

MR. DARRYL FARROW

Dave Barclay Affirmative Action Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion The Boeing Company Darryl Farrow is Director of Global Diversity and Inclusion for the Boeing Company, where he is working to build a diverse and inclusive culture and to develop an enterprise-wide diversity recruiting strategy. Farrow’s impressive impact on diversity and inclusion was formally noted when he was selected recently to support the Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO, representing the first time a Boeing C-suite executive has expressly included a diversity and inclusion leader in a senior executive leadership team. This sets a standard for the rest of the company. Farrow has developed an HR Diversity Scorecard that focuses on culture, talent, and marketplace measurements for diversity training, affirmative action progress, diversity representation in succession plans and interview panels, and internal and external diversity advocacy. He also co-developed a twohour module, “Developing a Diverse Workforce.” Farrow was named an executive champion for Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s program, Build Diverse, Inclusive, and Agile Talent, which strategizes for diversity and focuses on improving diversity of the leadership pipeline, strengthening affirmative action plans and accountability, integrating military and veteran engagement, training HR and leaders on unconscious bias, and leveraging the Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s Inclusion Toolkit.

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MR. DREW VALENTINE, ESQ. Dave Barclay Affirmative Action Vice President, People & Culture IBM Systems Drew Valentine, Vice President, People and Culture for IBM Systems, has been a strong pillar in the diversity space since his tenure at Michigan State University. Throughout his career, Drew has been committed to the development and advancement of underrepresented minorities. In addition to his “day job,” he serves as the Senior HR Advisor to IBM’s Black Executive Council to ensure that IBM attracts, retains, and develops the best talent from their constituency and creates an inclusive environment that enables people to be authentically themselves and one in which candid crossconstituency dialogue and relationships are the norm. In his current position, he leads the team responsible for talent management, leadership development, and organizational capability of IBM’s 30,000+ technology innovators with

MR. DEREK MCGOWAN The Dean’s Award

Diversity Outreach Program Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

global responsibility for all aspects of IBM’s middleware, servers, and storage as well as IBM’s Global Business Partners. He is a member of the IBM Chairman’s Growth & Transformation Team, which is accountable for transforming IBM’s culture by engaging all IBM managers in new ways of leading, working, and growing the business. Drew has held several HR and legal positions since joining IBM in 1988, including serving as the first Director of Global Equal Opportunity and Marketplace Initiatives working for J. Ted Childs.

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With Lockheed Martin since 2001, Derek McGowan is now the program manager of the Minority Serving Institution Strategy, where he drives the implementation of diversity and inclusion efforts in STEM programs, relationship building, student development, and recruiting at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving Institutions. He is responsible for strengthening partnerships and enhancing the diversity pipeline of technical talent, and he ensures knowledge sharing, coordination, communication, assessment, and enhancement of the company’s activities associated with MSIs. He develops strategic plans for programs while working as a business partner with executives and other leaders to develop a robust diversity and inclusion strategy and program. At Tuskegee University, for example, his support for the college’s pre-engineering FASTREC program has been exemplary. Through McGowan’s actions, at least 40 pre-engineering high school students are impacted each summer as they receive math and science prep before they join the Tuskegee University College of Engineering program as freshmen. McGowan has been a role model to students, giving seminars and delivering keynote speeches at the university’s pre-college summer programs. He received an undergraduate degree from St. Leo University and has two classes to complete to receive a dual master’s degree in HR management and training and development from Webster University.

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MS. TOKIWA SMITH

Education Leadership/K-12 Promotion of Education Founder and Executive Director Science, Education, and Mathematics Link, Inc. (SEM Link, Inc.) Tokiwa Smith is a chemical engineer, social entrepreneur, and STEM educator with over 12 years’ experience working in education and philanthropy. She has devoted her entire career to creating STEM educational experiences and professional development opportunities for pre-college and undergraduate students. Over the years, she has worked for organizations that include Atlanta Public Schools, California State University at East Bay, Georgia State University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Spelman College. In 2005 she began her journey as a social entrepreneur by founding Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc. (SEM Link), a national non-profit organization that promotes student achievement and career exploration in STEM for K–12 students. SEM Link focuses on giving the STEM community opportunities to share their passion and expertise for STEM through various outreach activities in classrooms, in out-of-school programs, and in the community. SEM Link hosts two core programs, Experimental Design Program and Math and Science Career Academy, which provide opportunities to engage in hands-on STEM activities and explore opportunities in STEM careers. Five years after founding SEM Link, she started her STEM educational consulting firm, Kemet Educational Services, LLC, a math and science educational consulting firm that supports community organizations, educational programs, parent groups, and schools. Tokiwa Smith is an engineer, STEM advocate, and educator who provides STEM opportunities to K–12 students.

DR. TERRI NORTON

Educational Leadership/College-Level Promotion of Education Education Leadership College Promo Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dr. Terri Norton has spent more than ten years serving in leadership roles at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL), as a mentor, Construction Engineering (CONE) Program Coordinator, CONE ABET Chair, Faculty Advisor, College Recruiter, and STEM Camp Director and Founder. Her contributions to the field of disaster recovery and hazard mitigation education and the community are a direct reflection of her dedication to ensuring that all people, especially underrepresented minorities, are represented and respected. She has engaged students in her research by developing study abroad and service projects related to disasters in the U.S. and Japan. Dr. Norton’s impact on educational services at the UNL is demonstrated through her work as the faculty advisory and counselor for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) UNL student chapters. Through all of her efforts, she helps students map out their academic plan and provides insight to various courses. Most notably, she was instrumental in the founding of the UNL EERI student chapter offering a unique opportunity for students in the engineering field to apply and expand upon what they learn in class through the international Seismic Design Competition. Dr. Norton is passionate in promoting research opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds and has a personal passion for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students as well as younger faculty members.

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Most Promising Engineer - Industry Deputy Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation As the deputy program manager of the Cyber Program at Northrup Grumman, Chandria Poole impressed one recent customer as being “one of the few contractors” he has worked with “who can navigate the customer politics/business environment” and “is extremely technical, motivated, and responsive to the customer’s need.” Poole

MR. HAMZA H. SYED

Most Promising Engineer - Industry Lead Multi-Discipline Systems Engineer The MITRE Corporation

is both the deputy program manager and the technical lead for a critical company cyber contract. She leads the transformation of legacy large data systems to AWS cloud solutions on multiple contracts. She solicits tasking and ensures all program requirements are met according to cost and schedule. She is taking on the role as the lead for the technical volumes on various re-compete efforts. In addition, with respect to cost management, she provides direct support for monthly contract status reports with the customer and program management reviews with senior management. She steps up in her program manager’s absence and provides daily leadership. A recipient of the coveted Top Performer Rating, Poole is routinely sought after to support major proposal efforts.

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Hamza Syed is having a significant impact on several projects at MITRE that are helping to shape the future of aviation safety analysis. Since joining the company in 2010, Syed has been a key contributor to one of MITRE’s premier projects, Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS). ASIAS is a joint Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation community safety analysis and data sharing collaboration that proactively analyzes broad and extensive data to advance aviation safety. The initiative leverages internal FAA data sets, airline proprietary safety data, publicly available data, and manufacturers’ data.

MITRE is the data steward and chief analyst for this effort, and Syed has defined and executed big data and cloud architectures solutions as part of the effort. By enabling the efficient utilization of resources, Syed has helped usher in new approaches to solving complex big data problems. His work helped shape data architecture strategies, not only for this project but for other MITRE public–private partnership projects as well. Syed is an ideal model for the highest performers among all technology professionals, and MITRE eagerly anticipates where his potential will take him.

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CAPTAIN JASON FISCHBACH

Most Promising Engineer - Government Lead Engineer Power, Space and Cooling U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Fischbach is the flight commander of the Mission Support Flight and the lead power, space, and cooling engineer, 485th Intelligence Squadron, Mainz-Kastel Station, Germany. He is responsible for directing all support functions for a highly diversified Intelligence Squadron comprised of 80-plus personnel from 18 distinct Air Force Specialty Codes. He is also responsible for validating power, space, and cooling requirements for IT Data Centers that support more than 3,500 users spanning three Combatant Commands’ areas of responsibility. His area of responsibility spans one-third of the globe in support of the U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Central Command. Because the squadron often operates in constrained environments and locations where resource contention is a reality, he is relied upon to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. His commander called him “an expert communicator, which is extremely vital to validating requirements, oftentimes remotely, over such a large geographic area.” Capt. Fischbach is a Distinguished Graduate from Officer Training School, an honor earned by only the top 10 percent of the class. A Distinguished Graduate candidate must exemplify the “whole person” concept. This concept is the overall assessment of a cadet’s performance and character, which is observed by their flight commander, peers, and staff, and embodies, but is not limited to integrity, pride, loyalty, self-discipline, initiative, selflessness, patriotism, and courage; leadership; professionalism; determination; enthusiasm; teamwork; winning attitude; and warrior spirit. In his five years as an engineer, he has won several awards as well.

MS. LAANDREA SEAY

Most Promising Engineer - Government

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Test Data Manager Missile Defense Agency LaAndrea Seay holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Tuskegee University and a Master of Science in materialscience and engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She began her work experience and government civilian service in 2012. Now, in her current role as Test Data Manager, she is responsible for planning and executing the flight test data collection architectures and verifying readiness of test instrumentation, test communication architectures, test analysis infrastructure, and other test support assets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System flight testing. The main purpose of testing of a Ballistic Missile Defense System is to defend the homeland, deployed forces, and allies and friends from ballistic missile attack. In her leading role with the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Controlled Test Vehicle-02+ (2016) and Flight Test Ground-based Interceptor-15 (2017), she delivered effective oversight, technical guidance, and outstanding leadership. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense System is one of the most technically complex of the U.S. weapons systems, designed to intercept ballistic missile threats against the homeland in the exo-atmosphere. She led a flight test data team geographically dispersed across five time zones. LaAndrea’s rise as a highly successful Agency Test Data Manager is directly linked to her ability to take on new challenges and perform them to the very utmost of her ability.

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MRS. ARISSA HODGES

Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry Group Leader/Lead Communications Engineer The MITRE Corporation An acknowledged leader of large and innovative STEM programs, Arissa Hodges serves as a group leader and software task leader with MITRE’s Air Force Programs Division. As a direct supervisor and member of the Enterprise Integration Division’s extended leadership team, Hodges is responsible for the professional and career development of her staff and the technical quality of sponsor deliverable in their primary areas: the application of virtualization and cloud technologies in the military operations domain, prototyping

MR. KENT ETIENNE

Outstanding Technical Contribution Industry Technical Lead Engineer, Senior Mechanical Test and Evaluation Engineer – Boeing Test and Evaluation Whether working as a designer, test conductor, or project lead, Kent Etienne is known for bringing extensive knowledge, communication and leadership skills, and a strong work ethic to every project in which he is involved.

Kent currently works as the co-leader of the performance and environmental testing program for the 777X Folding Wing Tip prototype and production lab test. This project has allowed Boeing to reduce technical design risks that were nearly impossible to simulate using computer models or to analyze mathematically. Most notably, this is the first time all of the hardware (hydro-mechanical, electronic, and wing structure) and software components have been integrated to and from the Folding Wing Tip system. In 2014 he served as the lead designer and test conductor for the 787-10 Semi-levered Gear Test, which featured a body telescopic actuator and regulating/relieving multi-modo servo valve. Later on, Kent served as the technical lead engineer on the 737-10X Main Landing Gear (MLG) Shrink Link Mechanism Test, where he helped develop a test rig that simulated the gear-shrinking mechanism that controls the MLG position under various loads and environmental conditions. Kent’s passion for solving problems and designing unique, innovative, and cost-effective solutions, alongside his reputation for excellence in engineering, design, leadership, and effective communication, makes him a leader in technical contribution.

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and evaluating mission-critical deployable software-intensive solutions, and mission-system interoperability through data standardization. For the last five months, Hodges has also served as the software task leader on the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center project, where she manages a team developing missioncritical cloud and mobile software devices for dismounted soldiers. She is responsible for directing the software design, development, and test activities to ensure that critical schedule, performance, and quality milestones are achieved.

She has earned several government technical awards and a MITRE Director’s Award for her technical contributions and commitment to excellence on the Small Diameter Bomb program. Her work has led to vital advancements in the areas of embedded system development, aircraft integration, and cybersecurity testing of net-enabled weapons.

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MR. REGINALD L. WILLIAMS

Outstanding Technical Contribution - Government THAAD Post-Production and Sustainment Lead Missile Defense Agency Reginald Williams serves as the Interceptor Post-Production and Sustainment Lead for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Missile Product Office. In this position, he has led several critical efforts that sustained the interceptor production line and avoided the expenditure of millions in program costs. Most importantly, his leadership enabled a continued confidence in the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Missile as a defense asset. Reginald helped provide critical obsolescence inputs to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Project Office leadership to help meet the project manager’s need for a block strategy. These efforts led to the development of a framework that addressed key drivers such as threat evolution, obsolescence state, training needs, and reliability issues. They were key to building a block-by-block look at the capability improvements needed for the THAAD Project Office, which addresses obsolescence before it impacts the program. He has spearheaded a number of efforts impacting the program, including technical discussions between the THAAD Project Office and Prime Contractor subject matter experts to understand the scope and scale of the work needed to mitigate 13 obsolescence issues affecting missile productions. Additionally, he has led efforts to assess the need for a Thrust Vector Actuator redesign by conducting an assessment of Tin Whisker growth. Reginald has over 20 years of experience as both a military officer and government civilian and has been recognized for his outstanding performance and contributions.

MR. ERIC BIRIBUZE

Professional Achievement - Industry Product Line Lead Corning Incorporated Eric Biribuze, who earned a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from Northeastern University in Shenyang, China, and an M.B.A. from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, joined Corning in 1997.

Biribuze has held a variety of roles with increasing responsibilities in the areas of finance, manufacturing, product line management, strategy, and business development. He was an innovator on a key data center product line, working with a team that developed an innovative product portfolio (EDGE) from concept through development, launch, and successful commercialization. That product line has earned more than $1 billion in sales for Corning to date. Biribuze joined the manufacturing organization in Mexico, where he created innovative delivery systems that drove customer satisfaction and manufacturing efficiencies through product standardization and established a LEAN foundation for Corning’s largest product line. The team was able to accomplish the impressive feat of one year without any late orders. After Mexico and one more role in strategy, Biribuze joined the auto program and is leading a team of technology and manufacturing engineers to transfer innovative glass product and process into some of the top global leaders of automotive windows (glazing) to enable manufacturing and commercialization of the most innovative automotive windows for leading global automakers.

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MRS. KATHRYN HAMILTON Professional Achievement - Industry Engineering Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation Kathryn Hamilton has served in various engineering and technical leadership roles for over 12 years with Northrop Grumman and has positioned herself as a leader in professional achievement. Kathryn has served in a number of roles during her time at Northrop Grumman, including engineering program manager, systems engineering processes manager, and systems engineering manager. In 2003 Kathryn was recognized for her technical achievements as an engineer at the National Women of Color in Technology Awards Conference. She went on to establish and promote a partnership with Cleveland Elementary School in Pasadena, which led to its FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics team and a prize-winning performance in regional robotics competition in its first

MR. BYRON WILLIAMS, PMP

Professional Achievement - Government Chief, Project Management Branch

Byron D.Corps Williams, PMP U.S. Army of Engineers, Galveston District At the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston Deputy Chief Project Managem District, Byron Williamsof serves as the Chief, Project Management Branch, Programs and Project Management Division, and is widely considered a leader in supporting Galveston District, U.S. Army Corp advancement of the district’s programs in Texas on

year. She has also served as the Strategic Planning Chair and Community Outreach Chair for the Women’s Initiatives for Networking and Success (WINS) Employee Resource Group at Northrop Grumman, which helped establish a relationship with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity that culminated in a successful home dedication ceremony, bringing recognition to the Northrop Grumman company and team. Today, Kathryn serves as the engineering manager for the F-22 Raptor Program and regularly interfaces with her Air Force customers on issues directly impacting operations.

She also serves as the F/A-18 Engineering Manager and works directly with the Navy and her Northrop technical team to offer solutions and innovations to the customer. She continues to have a direct impact on our defense services and warfighters in the field who are protecting American values and the American way.

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America’s Energy Coast. Williams is proficient in cultivating and advancing the district’s Civil Works Program, including managing investigations, engineering and design, and construction improvements to shallow/deep draft navigation projects, coastal storm risk management projects, and ecosystem restoration projects. He is a leader in the International and Interagency Support Program, providing support to engineering and construction of border critical infrastructure. In his current role, Williams supervises two deputy chiefs and a staff of 15 senior project managers. He is a central figure and role model in leading change at the Galveston District, through direction of and support to his staff, collaboration with his peers and in strategic communications/coordination with the USACE Higher Authority. He places much emphasis on continuous business process improvement for delivering programs that align with stakeholder and sponsor expectations. He is a valued member of the district’s senior leadership, setting the pace in advancing the Southwestern Division’s Regional Priority of Active Project Management.

Byron Williams has served as the Deput Engineers Galveston District since June Corps of Engineers ranging from QA/QC Manager, Senior Project Manager to hi for construction completion of several p restoration. His feasibility managemen United States, the Port of Houston, and Billion Dollar effort on the Sabine Nech effective coordination and accomplishm and direction of all major projects withi ISSUE 2018 I USBE&IT 41 International andCONFERENCE Interagency Support.

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MR. ANDREW ADAMS Research Leadership

Chief Engineer Wireless Capabilities Group The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory In his 18 years of professional experience, Andrew Adams has established himself as a thought leader and has research skills in the fields of cognitive radio engineering

DR. NATHAN RAEN BROOKS Senior Technology Fellow

Associate Technical Fellow, Technical Lead Engineer – Argon ST The Boeing Company

and intelligent radio frequency spectrum monitoring. His contributions have directly impacted the nation’s critical communications capabilities and the ability to defend these systems against adversarial jamming, remotely detonated explosives, and cyber attack. Adams earned an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Now at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physical Laboratory (JHU/APL), he assists in leading a section of seven staff members focused on military radio waveforms. He leads and inspires engineers to close radio frequency (RF) communications gaps and develops solutions to address difficult problems. He serves as the principal investigator for the Autonomous Electronic Warfare Link Characterization project that employs novel machine learning research techniques for the autonomous characterization of communications links, which eliminates the need to develop detailed channel models beforehand and serves to enhance system effectiveness. He also leads the Smart Spectrum Monitoring effort, applying machine learning technology to the field of spectrum monitoring.

This effort automates signal detection and classification and created the groundbreaking techniques of automatic identification and mitigation of RF interference.

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Dr. Nathan Brooks serves as a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow, a technical lead engineer, and a member of the Electronic and Information Solutions’ technical directorate for the Boeing Company and its subsidiary, Argon ST. He has aided the company’s numerical electromagnetic computation capabilities with expertise in various electromagnetics. Dr. Brooks performs 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation of antenna systems on air, land, sea, and underwater platforms; antenna selection, characterization, and performance predictions for communication, jamming, and direction-finding antenna systems; co-site analysis of antenna systems on various platforms; and development and utilization of radiofrequency (RF) propagation analysis tools, including terrain-based models. One of his most important technical innovations to date is his effort on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) RadioMap powerbased geolocation work that networks common devices like tactical radios as power sensors. Additionally, he has been noted for his work on the DARPA Comprehensive Interior Reconnaissance system that uses methods to gain awareness of things inside a building from the outside. Dr. Brooks’ work has been key to the proposing, winning, and executing of several advanced-capability program contracts from military, government, and commercial customers. He was the recipient of fellowships from Boeing, the National Science Foundation, and the NASA Jenkins Program and the first doctoral graduate in electrical engineering from the esteemed HBCU Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL.

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DR. JON C. GOLDSBY Senior Technology Fellow

Senior Technology Fellow Research Physicist NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Dr. Jon Goldsby is a physicist in the Materials and Structures Division at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from John Carroll University and has also received a Master of Business Administration degree from Cleveland State University and a doctorate degree in materials science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Goldsby joined NASA in 1990, where he is noted by his colleagues for demonstrating a remarkable ability to propose and execute complex scientific and technical investigations, fuel innovations in physical sciences, and develop a number of unique products and processes. He has authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal publications in addition to providing his knowledge and insight to a number of organizations, including the National Technical Association, American Ceramic Society, and Project Management Professionals Institute. He is a Materials Research Society member as well a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. fraternity. Dr. Goldsby has a passion for working with the next generation of STEM students and is heavily involved in educational outreach opportunities, including the United Negro College Fund special programs, which promote greater awareness for STEM as a career option. He has received awards and recognition, including receiving the National Black Engineer of the Year Award for Outstanding Technical Contribution – Government (2012), a Distinguished Physics Alumni Award from John Carroll University (2013), and selection to the National Academies/NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program.

MR. BRIGHT TSAGLI

Student Leadership/Undergraduate Level College Assistant Bronx Community College Bright Tsagli was involved in a plethora of activities while at Bronx Community College before graduating in May 2017 with a GPA of 3.8. Tsagli served in the CUNY Research Scholar Program at BCC’s Center for Sustainable Energy. Here, he designed and developed a greenhouse system that has multiple sensors integrated with an irrigation system to control factors such as carbon dioxide, water, heat, and oxygen. He developed a relay system, which controls an irrigation plant that provides water for plants. Also at the Center, he worked on the James Cook Summer Project, where he designed solutions using sensors: temperature, humidity, wind speed, lighting, carbon dioxide, sound, and light. He collaborated with other students on a team to carry out the installation of the devices, the primary objective being to collect data and analyze to draw conclusions. His teaching and mentoring experience at college includes being a math tutor, and he served as Student Government Association (SGA) Treasurer. In this capacity, he had to make a full financial report for the SGA of the financial affairs of Bronx Community College, Inc., and the Auxiliary Enterprise Board, upon request. He prepared the SGA budget, which amounted to $90,000 for the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

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MR. DAVID HILL

Student Leadership/Undergraduate Level Student, Howard University Worldwide Sales Engineer Intern Cisco Systems David Hill, Jr. has demonstrated excellence in his academic, professional, and philanthropic endeavors. As a dual-enrolled college student in high school, Hill was able to transfer 42 college credits and enter Howard University at sixteen. Now 19, he continues to maintain an exceptional academic performance, earning a GPA of 4.0 last semester and planning to graduate in 2018. He has also contributed to graduate-level research as an undergraduate, including research on Security of Satellite Middleware, funded by Leidos Corporation, and the Internet of Things Data Provenance, funded by the National Science Foundation.

Hill has excelled professionally as well. He has worked for three Fortune 500 companies, including Corning Inc. and United Technologies as a software engineering intern and most recently at Cisco as an engineering intern in worldwide sales. At Cisco, he worked with cross-functional teams to provide valuable strategic insights that helped drive revenue growth. This young man supports youth in the DC community. He volunteers his talents and leadership to teach programming to underrepresented middle school students and was a key supporter in the launch of a local technology innovation hub, In3 DC, which aims to close the technology inequality gap for area students and citizens.

MR. KAROOM BROWN

Technical Sales and Marketing Senior Vice President Business Development & Strategy Leidos Health Karoom Brown began his career as an engineer before quickly rising through the ranks at Leidos to become the Senior Vice President for Business Development and Strategy for the health group at Leidos. During his time as the Director of Business Development of the Health and Science Division of Lockheed Martin, he was noted for doubling the IS&GS division of health and life sciences business to $1 billion. Brown previously served as the Senior Executive Director of Health Solutions Business Development at L-3 Communications, where he optimized a $20 billion sales pipeline and co-chaired the Healthcare Center of Excellence. By expanding the organization into global military health contracts, he produced millions of dollars in new business and then doubled sales after devising a high-impact business plan and go-to-market strategy. Most recently, he led his team in landing a $6.8 billion contract with the Veterans Benefits Administration to continue to provide medical disability exams for veterans and created a new business relationship with Biosortia Pharmaceuticals that will focus on identifying and advancing immuno-oncology and other immunotherapeutic opportunities.

His impact has reached as far as improving the health of veterans and citizens worldwide.

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2018 BEYA LegacyWINNERS Since 1987, the aim of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) has been to instill young people with the belief that they, too, can make a difference in the science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) careers that continue to make Black engineers great.

When Dr. John Brooks Slaughter stepped onto the stage at the first BEYA Gala, the audience gave him an ovation that has become one of the longest in BEYA STEM Conference’s 32-year history. The applause lasted several minutes as Dr. Slaughter took in the outpouring of honor and respect with a smile and graceful composure.

By 1987 the remarkable career of the electrical engineer and academic administrator, then chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, included his outstanding role as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), assistant director for Astronomic, Atmospherics, Earth and Ocean Sciences at the NSF, and director of the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. In 1982 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, which marshals the expertise and insights of eminent engineers to provide advice to the federal government on engineering and technology.

The Black Engineer of the Year Legacy Awards (formerly known as Special Recognition) are named after past Black Engineers of the Year like Dr. Slaughter, who have achieved excellence, prestige, visibility, and distinction. Over the past three decades, the BEYA STEM Conference has awarded 32 Black Engineer of the Year awards to 32 men and women from 22 organizations in aviation, business, construction, education, the federal government, public engineering services, research, utilities, transportation, and more. www.blackengineer.com

The 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Legacy winners mirror the achievements of these BEYA figures: Rodney Adkins (BEYA 2007) was the first Black Senior Vice President and corporate officer at IBM. He led transformation for a new era of computing, new markets, and new clients.

Lt. Gen. (retired) Joe Ballard (BEYA 1998) served as Chief of Engineers and Commander, United States Army Corps of Engineers from October 1996 until his retirement on August 2, 2000.

Arlington W. Carter (BEYA 1990) was responsible for all of the missiles produced at Boeing. An electrical engineer, Carter spent his entire career advancing at the world’s largest aircraft company.

Captain (retired) Donnie L. Cochran (BEYA 1989) was the first Black aviator assigned to the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) in 1986. He later assumed command of the Blue Angels.

Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds (BEYA 1996) has more than 30 years of experience leading and supporting the Department of Defense IT community.

Linda Gooden (BEYA 2006) retired as Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) business area and an officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Under her leadership, IS&GS included 40,000 professionals who provide information technology systems and services to support missions for civil, defense, intelligence, and government customers.

Prior to his retirement in 2008, Anthony R. James (BEYA 2004) served as Executive Vice President of Southern Company and President of the Shared Services Organization, which provided services to Southern Company, one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States. He also served as President and CEO of Savannah Electric Company in Savannah, GA, from 2001 to 2005.

Dr. William J. Wiley (BEYA 1994) was a lifelong believer in the ability of research to drive development and, through it, to change people’s lives. He joined the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a research scientist in 1969 and rose to become director of research and director of the laboratory.

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Ms. Verett Mims

Rodney Adkins Legacy Award Assistant Treasurer, Global Treasury Operations The Boeing Company

Verett Mims received a Master of Science in physics from MIT before her first post-graduate job as a technical staff member at Hughes Aircraft Company. She then went on to enroll in the Stanford Graduate School of Business to earn her MBA, which would lead her to her second and current career in finance.

She began her career in 1993 at Citibank in New York, working in foreign exchange sales. She worked as the only African-American female in foreign exchange sales at all three banks in her career. In 2002 she joined Boeing as the director of international finance, where she supported business-unit foreign sales and designed various treasury workflow tools. Today, Verett serves as Assistant Treasurer, Global Treasury Operations for the Boeing Company, where she oversees a $10 billion cash investment portfolio, a $4B commodity/foreign exchange portfolio, global banking, cash forecasting, share repurchase and has developed an internal model to manage counter-party risk. Throughout her finance career, Verett has received a number of awards and recognition, including the Treasury and Risk Alexander Hamilton Award-Tool of the Year for excellence in system automation, Chicago United Business Leaders of Color, Women of Color STEM Award, Delta Sigma Theta Echoes of Excellence Award for Business, Treasury and Risk Alexander Hamilton Award – Tool of the Year, and Treasury Today Adam Smith Award – Best Card Solution in Conjunction with with Enterprise Finance Services.

Mrs. April Sanders

Arlington W. Carter Legacy Award Senior Manager Space and Airborne Systems Raytheon Company

Now Senior Manager, Systems Engineering for Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, April Sanders joined the company in 1987. She has taken on positions of increased responsibility in technical and leadership roles, including capture manager, proposal manager, and program manager for several Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration programs and research projects. She has more than 30 years of experience in systems-level integration and software development, verification, validation, and program management. Her accomplishments include crafting win strategies, securing R&D funding, and bringing in new business. She has a patent (pending) for a point-to-point communications link. This is a communications system that has two terminals, each including two antennas, and the communications system uses spatial multiplexing. One antenna of a first terminal transmits a tracking tone, along with a data signal. Two antennas in a second terminal receive the tracking tone. The signals from the two antennas are processed by a feed circuit, which includes a variable delay circuit and a combiner that forms, at a first difference output, a linear combination of a signal from the first antenna and a signal from the second antenna, in which the tracking tone is canceled. The variable delay circuit is actively adjusted to maintain this cancellation.

Mr. Taiwo Alo

Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Legacy Award Manager Baltimore Gas & Electronic - An Exelon Company

Taiwo Alo has over 10 years of professional experience, and joined Baltimore Gas and Electric in 2009 as an electrical engineer. He has made valuable contributions to the company’s success during his eight years at BGE. Taiwo started as an engineer in transmission planning before progressing on to senior electrical engineer before becoming Manager of the Performance Assessment Group. He currently leads a team of professionals in identifying, analyzing, and communicating performance trends to identify best practices and correct or mitigate adverse trends before an incident occurs. One of his most important recognitions is as a champion of diversity and inclusion. He has served as the Chairperson of the Professional Development Committee of an Exelon Employee Resource Group, the Exelon African American Resource Alliance for the past five years. He focuses on facilitating critical conversation and coordinates and hosts leading diversity professionals to bring the topic of race to the forefront through a respectful, engaging dialogue.

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Mr. Jonathan Jones

Dr. Eugene M. Deloatch Legacy Award Fermentation Improvement Engineer Dow AgroSciences

Jonathan Jones has dedicated a majority of his career to STEM outreach across multiple communities for several years. He began his career at Dow AgroSciences, LLC in 2013 in Harbor Beach, MI, as a run plant engineer. Planted in a small community with very few STEM activities, Jonathan worked to establish a Science Ambassadors branch in Harbor Beach—a Dow-sponsored STEM outreach program designed to target students, teachers, and parents—while dedicating several hours per week at local schools and hosting after-school events. His dedication to the program resulted in the Science Ambassadors’ rapid growth to more than 30 employee volunteers in less than two years. Jonathan began his current role with Dow at the Dow AgroSciences headquarters in Indianapolis, IN in 2015. He was nominated to the Global Steering Team for Dow’s Science Ambassadors program, which has 21 locations across three continents and has reached over 750,000 people since the program’s inception. In 2016 he volunteered at more than 20 events and accumulated over 100 community service hours. Some of his additional recent contributions include onboarding a number of U.S. field site locations and two international sites (UK and Brazil) for Science Ambassadors, serving as the current project leader for two Dow Chemical Company Promise Grant, volunteering at School on Wheels events targeting children experiencing homelessness, and more. Jonathan also serves as a professional mentor for students at the middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate school level. Not only has his work had a direct impact on STEM outreach but it has had an indirect impact by inspiring others to become involved in STEM outreach.

Dr. Gregory Braxton

Linda Gooden Legacy Award Computer System Security Analyst 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries

Widely credited for his diligent work to expand educational opportunities in cybersecurity, Dr. Gregory Braxton is a computer systems security analyst 3 for Newport News Shipbuilding. His passion for education developed during a distinguished 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force. In the Air Force, he earned his associate’s degree, a bachelor’s degree, and a master’s degree. During this time, he also graduated from several Air Force leadership schools, always with distinction. As his responsibilities for managing largescale Air Force voice and data systems expanded, he recognized the growing need for a new field, which is now known as cybersecurity, and upon retirement from the Air Force, he earned his Ph.D. in this field.

Dr. Braxton recognizes that the shortage of a skilled cybersecurity workforce is acute and has represented Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipping (HHI-NNS) in local efforts to grow Virginia’s Hampton Roads area cybersecurity workforce at all levels of the education system. He represented HII-NNS as part of a local public–private partnership to compete for a National Institute for Standards and Technology grant. As the largest industrial employer in the region, HII-NNS’s support proved essential in the Hampton Roads Cybersecurity Education, Workforce and Economic Development Alliance, winning the grant.

Ms. Yvette Mouton, Esq.

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III Legacy Award Supplier Diversity Manager AT&T

Yvette Mouton currently serves as an AT&T Supplier Diversity Manager, where she advocates and facilitates opportunities for minority-, women- and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises (M/ WBE-DVBEs). A Georgetown University Law Center Graduate, she has worked as the Assistant United States Attorney, among other legal positions, with the U.S. Department of Justice. As the Supplier Diversity Manager, Yvette mentors over 200 current and prospective diverse M/WBE-DVBEs to enable their maximum growth and professional skill sets. Additionally, she manages all AT&T Supplier Diversity communications and publishes a bi-annual Prime Newsletter that spotlights diverse suppliers and current diversity news and events, all the while providing strategic method and procedures sourcing initiatives.

Yvette is also the President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Supplier Diversity Development Council (SDDC). This past year, she led the development of a new state-of-the-art SDDC website in collaboration with a woman-owned IT services company. She continues to serve in a number of community-related activities in advocacy for STEM and legal careers and education. www.blackengineer.com

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Ms. Stacy Matthews

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Legacy Award Software Engineer/Systems Analyst, Verizon IT Digital Platforms Verizon Wireless Stacy Matthews currently serves as the Senior Systems Analyst, Systems Engineering with Verizon IT Digital Platforms. In this role, she has successfully led the development team for the One Digital project, a strategic initiative that Verizon Wireless has embarked on to provide a simple, interactive, and unified experience to customers on all digital channels. Stacy has played a critical role in the development and support of the backend-services layer for the One Digital project. She has distinguished herself as an exemplary team lead on other projects as well, including serving as the project manager on VZW promotions, bring your own device, and Add-a-Line port-in projects. Stacy has been recognized by her colleagues for her unique blend of technical capabilities, passion for learning and innovation, and ability to motivate and inspire others in any area or situation.

Mrs. Cassandra Wheeler

Anthony R. James Legacy Award Plant Manager Georgia Power Company The president and CEO of Georgia Power Company calls Cassandra Wheeler “a true trailblazer.” Wheeler was named the first African-American female plant manager for the Alabama Power Company in 2012 when she was named as the plant manager of Plant Gadsden. Two years after this achievement, Wheeler accomplished another milestone when she was promoted to the plant manager position at Plant Hammond, making her the first African-American female plant manager for the Georgia Power Company. As the plant manager at Hammond, Wheeler assumed leadership responsibility for the operations and maintenance of a half-billiondollar facility with more than 150 employees and four coal-fired units capable of producing 860 megawatts of electricity. Within this role, she has effectively managed and executed an annual operations and maintenance budget of $25 million, earning her team a Southern Company Generation “Exceptional Plant” award in 2016. Her performance is a demonstration of her capability and readiness to serve at increasing levels of responsibility in the organization. Wheeler began her career at Alabama Power in 2001 as an engineer at Miller Steam Plant. She also served as the plant’s maintenance team leader and operations team leader.

Dr. Roy S. Jones

General Lester L. Lyles Legacy Award Senior Scientist Leidos

Dr. Roy S. Jones is a physicist at Leidos working on the All World Environment Simulation (AWESIM), which is a high-fidelity, physics-based simulation of the ocean environment. With over 20 years of experience in the area of advanced sensors and signal analysis for defense and environmental remediation, he has worked on a variety of scientific projects, such as modeling and field experiments, hydrodynamics, littoral bathymetry, and magnetic and electromagnetic induction sensors. Dr. Jones has served as a role model for an entire generation of Anacostia children. He is known for using his mathematics and physics knowledge along with his love of teaching to both inspire children to pursue STEM careers and to assist them in developing the skills needed to get there. In his efforts, he has personally tutored hundreds of students over the last 16 years by dedicating time each week to his community, including time spent at the E.L. Haynes Charter School, where he helped establish and support the FIRST Robotics team along with serving on the board of trustees. Dr. Jones has been volunteering for the past 16 years as a STEM tutor for middle and high school students as part of a tutoring and mentoring non-profit organization called Horton’s Kids that works with children in Anacostia.

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Ms. LaTisha Durham

Dr. John Slaughter Legacy Award E-2D Integrated Navigation, Controls, and Displays Systems Lead Naval Air Sysytems Comand

LaTisha Durham is the engineer responsible for Navigation Controls and Displays Systems (INCDS) in Naval Air Systems. She manages budgets, schedules, and software and identifies obsolescence in the Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the most capable airborne early-warning, command, and control aircraft.

LaTisha is an expert on the cockpit display and navigation system processing. She played a big role in fielding corrections to serious deficiencies affecting Fleet E-2D squadrons. She also led E-2D Primary Flight Display Electromagnetic Interference testing. The results included a design correction that solved a critical safety item. LaTisha leads certification efforts for Flight Management System Operational Flight Program Software redesigns. Additionally, she is an Avionics Technical Area Expert for Systems Engineering Technical Review. She has received recognition from federal and industry bodies, including the Black Engineer of the Year Modern-Day Technology Leader Award and the Joey Miller Engineering Excellence Award, which recognizes those who best embody the technical excellence, superior leadership, and dedication to warfighters as part of the NAVAIR team. Outside of the office, she promotes science, technology, engineering, and math through Discover E, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and helped establish the first NSBE Junior Southern Maryland Chapter.

Mr. Ramon Richards

David Steward Legacy Award Senior Vice President - Securitization and Servicing Technology Fannie Mae

Ramon Richards joined Fannie Mae in 1999 and has held various business critical leadership roles throughout his time with the company. In his current role as Senior Vice President of Securitization and Servicing Technology, he is responsible for providing leadership, strategy direction, technology guidance, solution deliver, and support for the securitization, structured transactions, and loan servicing systems.

Ramon’s rise up the ranks at Fannie Mae is a direct result of his strong combination of unique technology and business leadership strengths. He has had a strong commitment to mentorship, serving as a mentor to many people within the company at all levels as well as working externally with organizations such as Communities in Schools, a non-profit organization where he serves as a board member and treasurer.

Additionally, Ramon is a committed pioneer of diversity and inclusion, which is evident in his role on the Fannie Mae Diversity Advisory Council, a group comprised of fifteen Fannie Mae executives representing various divisions that act as an advisory committee to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Ramon also serves as an executive sponsor for the operations and technology division’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in support of the Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, which is focused on marketing and branding strategy; diversity and inclusion training; career development; and developing strategic partnerships with industry-leading organizations focused on women and Asian, African-American, and Hispanic talent.

Mr. Joseph Moore

Dr. Lydia W. Thomas Legacy Award Principal Business Architect/ Group Leader – The MITRE Corporation The MITRE Corporation

Over his trailblazing career, Joseph Moore’s contributions have had a significant impact on federal government sponsors of the MITRE Corporation. They include the Department of Homeland Security, the Air Force, Navy, Army, Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management. Currently, as a principal/group leader at MITRE, which operates several federally funded research and development centers, he leads a cross-functional project for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Prior, he drove the development of a strategy to address FDA mandates and improve processes, data collection, and IT systems to meet the increasing demands and complexities of the nation’s food ecosystem. A respected leader in MITRE’s Enterprise Strategy and Transformation Technical Center, his professional background spans technology strategy, engineering, acquisition strategy, supply chain management, and profit and loss. He is noted for his development of a ground-breaking manufacturing methodology in partnership with Harvard. He also developed a systems strategy and implementation roadmap for one of the largest acquisition contracts outsourced in defense department history. He also was instrumental in building the technology strategy consulting unit at Forrester Research, an idea company that brings a diversity of opinions to collaborate on ideas that change the course of business.

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Mr. Eric Burnett

Edward Welburn Legacy Award Chief Engineer – Rear Wheel Drive 8 Speed Automatic Transmissions FCA US LLC Eric Burnett, the RWD Automatic Transmission chief engineer for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has made significant contributions to the research and development of front- and rear-wheel drive transmission engineering during his 23+ years at FCA. Burnett has established strong fundamental automatic transmission engineering skills and knowledge as a design release engineer (DRE), development engineer (DE), and supervisor for several automatic transmission components and sub-systems. As a DRE, DE, and supervisor, he has made outstanding contributions to innovative automatic transmission concepts and designs to increase customer satisfaction, improve fuel economy, and reduce costs. As a supervisor for Torque Transfer and structural components, he managed a team of engineers who designed and developed a medium-duty sixspeed automatic transmission derivative from the current heavy-duty six speed. Burnett has held engineering leadership positions as chief engineer of RWD Automatic Transmissions, chief engineer of Light Duty Purchased Transmissions and technical manager of Torque Transfer Systems. In those positions, Burnett’s technical expertise and strong leadership skills were instrumental in the successful launches of the eight-speed, nine-speed and two six-speed automatic transmissions.

Mr. David Samuel

Dr. William R. Wiley Legacy Award R&D Computer Aided Design, Principle Level Sandia National Laboratories

For 41 years, David Samuel has worked at Sandia National Laboratories, the last 20 as the only mechanical designer at the Sandia Tech Area V nuclear facility. He is responsible for the CAD design, product definition, and fabrication of many test fixtures and handling equipment in support of R&D experiments. He consistently exceeds expectations and, as a trusted expert, displays innovation and creativity in his unique designs. Samuel’s assignments include providing mechanical design definition services, engineering, and drafting products for many activities and experiments conducted throughout the facility. His role at TA-V primarily focuses on delivering innovative products (CAD definition) in the form of conceptual layouts, illustrations, detailed engineering drawings, and final production drawings. He enjoys the utilization of three-dimensional CAD visualization and creating rapid prototyping examples to quickly present hands-on visual concepts used for evaluations, presentations, and form-fit-function checks. He thrives on delivering products that meet customer requirements while working in an environment heavily driven by rigorous regulatory requirements imposed upon the facilities by the Department of Energy. Samuel is the single point of contact at TA-V for the design definition CAD platform (SolidWorks), and he is responsible for representing organizational requirements, process, and procedures governing technical design definition.

Ms. Jacqueline Martin

General Johnnie Wilson Legacy Award Hardware-in-the-Loop Lab Operations Lead & STEM Ambassador Missile Defense Agency The highest ranking African-American female in her organization, Jacqueline Martin’s contributions are missioncentric and reach domains inside and outside of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). All of her work aligns with MDA goals and objectives—from fulfillment of complex Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) event architectures to introducing STEM to fourth grade students, Martin is a dynamic conduit to the advancement of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). She is the MDA Modeling and Simulation Directorate (DE/S) Hardware in the Loop Laboratory Operations Lead at the Advanced Research Center, where she directs daily activities to evolve software for participation in formal tests. Martin has been resilient in meeting mission requirements and sustaining IMTP milestones. One significant accomplishment was GTI-06 Part 2, which executed on schedule with the first-time use of the new BMDS Model & Simulation (M&S) framework—Objective Simulation Framework (OSF)—in a formal ground test. Martin was a contributor in producing more than 300 opportunistic tests (outside the IMPT) to mature the new BMDS M&S framework. She is also a STEM Ambassador for the Agency. She travels locally and nationally while partnered with core MDA leadership in order to expose young minds to the MDA mission and attract new hires to the agency.

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Joseph B. Anderson Jr. 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

by Lango Dean editors@ccgmag.com

USBE magazine spoke to the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award winner Mr. Joseph B. Anderson last December. In the wide-ranging interview, Anderson covered leadership, race, risk and opportunity spanning almost 70 years.

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y life of the last 50-plus years follows the Civil Rights Movement,” said Joe Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of TAG Holdings, LLC, which owns manufacturing, service, and technology entities that serve automotive, heavy equipment, aerospace, and defense industries.

Born in 1943, Anderson’s rise in the U.S. military and industry is set against the backdrop of segregation, desegregation of schools, and the ensuing social and political unrest and the formation of African Americans into majority campuses, business ownership, and board of directors representation.

“Brown versus the Board of Education is my class,” he noted.

“That set the foundation of how I was impacted by race, challenge, and opportunity.”

Reverend Oliver L. Brown, the eponymous hero of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, filed a lawsuit

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Lifetime Achievement Award when his eight-year-old daughter was denied admission into a white elementary school.

Anderson went to a school located two blocks the other way from his house even though he lived right across the street from a white-only grade school.

When the landmark Brown versus Board of Education Topeka case came before the Supreme Court in 1952, Thurgood Marshall argued that separate school systems for Blacks and whites were inherently unequal and thus violated the “equal protection clause” of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

But the doctrine of separate educational facilities didn’t just apply to public education.

As a teenager, Anderson recalled sitting in the Blacks-only section of movie theaters, scouting in Black-only troops, going to the Black YMCA, and riding across town on his bicycle with good buddies to use a swimming pool set aside for Blacks.

A Lifelong Lesson

Anderson also remembers stumbling upon a lesson that would last him a lifetime.

“I was a straight A student and my dad gave me a dime for every A that I got, so it was a big deal,” he explained.

“One time I got a B in class,” Anderson said. “So I asked the teacher why I had a B when I had the best work. She said, ‘Because you didn’t work up to your full potential to earn an A.’” “That response from my teacher in the third grade set the foundation as I’ve gone forward in life. It’s not about how much I can get away with but how much I can do,” Anderson said.

His teacher’s unforgettable words, joined with what his parents taught him, provided the foundation upon which the seven-year-old built lasting values.

Joseph Benjamin Anderson Sr., the son of a minister, worked for years as a laborer for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was Topeka’s only Black photographer and the film projector operator. A lot like her husband, Mrs. Pearl Anderson, the daughter of a Baptist minister, took her son to piano lessons, escorted him www.blackengineer.com

on library runs to borrow books, and shepherded him to the local Calvary Baptist Church religiously each Sunday.

The Road to West Point

Once introduced to his local American Legion, young Anderson had the opportunity to take part in Boys State, an educational program run by the Legion, which is still the nation’s largest veterans service organization aimed at advocating patriotism across the United States.

Boys State provides government

“I had a level of discipline.

A respect for authority balanced with self control and independence that emanated from family, church, and the values of the overall Black community. When there were requirements to do things, you just did them.

As opposed to trying to figure out, how can I get away with not doing something?” instruction for high school students.

The training centers on the structure of city, county, and state governments.

Operated by students elected to various offices, Boys State activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law-enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, choruses, and recreational programs.

When Anderson joined several hundred other Boys State participants in Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, for a statewide session, he was elected mayor.

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of the two representatives from Kansas to attend Boys Nation in Washington, DC. Two representatives from the 50 Boys State programs represented their state at Boys Nation in Washington, where the young men receive an education on the structure and function of the federal government. At the annual event, each delegate acts as a senator from his Boys State. The young lawmakers caucus at the beginning of the session then organize into committees and conduct hearings on bills submitted by program delegates.

“I had a good experience in Washington, DC,” he said. “In my senior high school, year I got a postcard from West Point congratulating me on being one of the two young men from Kansas, along with an invitation to apply to the United States Military Academy at West Point.”

Anderson went through the application process successfully and was one of the candidates recommended by the senator from Kansas.

Preparing for Leadership

On July 7, 1961, the exemplary eighteen-year-old from Topeka started his career at West Point as the first African-American cadet from his state.

One of 900 cadets that year, Anderson was also part of a tiny minority: Only six of the 900 new cadets were Black. Four years later, of the 596 cadets that graduated, only four of them were Black.

During the first Christmas break, when freshmen were required to stay on campus, giving proud parents and guardians time to visit the campus famous for its rich beauty, architecture, and history, Anderson was tapped to serve as a battalion commander once all the upperclassmen were gone.

Over the following Easter break, he was named Regimental Commander, one of the top three cadets of his class.

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opposed to trying to figure out, how can I get away with not doing something?

I didn’t drink, and I didn’t smoke, so there weren’t any of those incidents of sneaking off to have a beer,” he added.

Anderson was a soloist in the Cadet Glee Club at West Point and Protestant Chapel Choir. He was so good at what he did, he got to sing solos at some of the biggest venues for concert music, such as the Ed Sullivan television variety show, the Bell Telephone Hour on radio, and Carnegie Hall.

Initially, Anderson also played college football, but given the choice of having a knee operation or dropping football during his sophomore spring classes, he didn’t sweat the loss of being on the bench.

Not just a singer and all-round athlete, Anderson was also engaged in social activism. He traveled to Uganda in East Africa as part of Operation Crossroads Africa, a cross-cultural exchange program supported by West Point and established by Dr. James H. Robinson, who foresaw a “clear, honest, hard-hitting program” in which young North Americans would work at the grassroots level with young Africans.

My Greatest Challenge

The popular cadet was so busy exploring and enhancing extracurricular activities that one of his classmates observed wryly, “Joe Anderson never had a bad experience at West Point. Joe Anderson was never here.”

“At the Academy, you don’t get weekends off to run to New York or anything like that,” Anderson said in his own defense. “So I joined the clubs and campus associations and I managed that pretty doggone well.”

A little too well, perhaps.

In the summer of ’64, shortly after returning from a two-month Crossroads trip, Anderson found out from West Point academic officers that because he had missed a critical training program, he had lost his chance for appointment to rank and coveted leadership assignment during his senior year.

“Of all my experiences, that was the most disappointing,” Anderson said ruefully.

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“There was some discomfort with Blacks in leadership positions,” Anderson said. “For example, there were no Black officers on the staff or faculty.

Thanks to the secretaries and noncommissioned officers who played a big part in mentoring and supporting young cadets.”

Ironically, after graduating from West Point with a bachelor’s degree in math and engineering, Anderson would

Joseph B. Anderson Jr. ’65 received the 2016 Distinguished Graduate Award from the United States Military Academy.

The Distinguished Graduate Award is given to graduates whose character, distinguished service, and stature draw wholesome comparison to the qualities for which West Point strives, in keeping with its motto: “Duty, Honor, Country.” return as an assistant social sciences professor at West Point after earning master’s degrees in political science and in African studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.

As he progressed, he went on to become one of the era’s fast track, well-trained, and highly-motivated black officers in the U.S. Armed Forces and was consistently promoted ahead of his contemporaries.

But in the early ’60s, as Blacks across America organized marches,

boycotts, and leaflet campaigns against police brutality and systemic racism, the cadet was told he couldn’t afford to drop out of school or sit in at segregated lunch counters.

For sure he never had it half as bad as previous Black cadets in the 1940s, who faced isolation, racist graffiti, and dirty protests, but he had to dig deep to find a reason for being at an isolated military academy preparing for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army.

He found that reason from mentors like retired Maj. Gen Fred Davidson, one of the first African-American officers to achieve two-star rank in the modern-day Army.

“They convinced me that my contribution was in the military. There were plenty of people marching and doing sit-ins,” Anderson said.

Almost 50 years later, Joseph B. Anderson Jr. ’65 received the 2016 Distinguished Graduate Award from the United States Military Academy.

The Distinguished Graduate Award is given to graduates whose character, distinguished service, and stature draw wholesome comparison to the qualities for which West Point strives, in keeping with its motto: “Duty, Honor, Country.”

Factors to be considered in selecting individuals as distinguished graduates include accomplishments, contributions to the greater good, and other actions that favorably reflect the principles upon which West Point was founded as well as the excellence, spirit, integrity, and character that it seeks to ingrain in graduates.

Anderson’s citation read: As an Army officer, business leader, and WPAOG volunteer, Joseph B. “Joe” Anderson has inculcated, personified, and radiated West Point’s values. Anderson first came to “fame” as a platoon leader in Vietnam when he was featured in the 1967 documentary The Anderson Platoon, which won an Emmy and the Oscar for Best Documentary Film. Then, after stints in the Department of Social Sciences at USMA and as a White House Fellow, he started a 13-year business career at General Motors, rising to become www.blackengineer.com

Lifetime Achievement Award General Director of its Body Hardware Business Unit. In 1992, he became an entrepreneur, eventually becoming the Chairman and CEO of TAG Holdings, LLC, which for several years was among the top five largest blackowned business in the United States according to Black Enterprise magazine.

As a volunteer, Anderson has served WPAOG in various capacities since 1974, and is now a Diversity Strategic Advisory to the Superintendent at USMA, helping to establish the West Point Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity. According to USMA Admissions, his efforts have contributed to a 23 percent increase in applications from African-American students over the past five years.

“I was overwhelmed with the magnitude of the recognition and have always valued the training and development I received from attendance at the United States Military Academy,” Anderson said. “I attribute much of my success in life to my family upbringing and the leadership training and development that I received from West Point,” he said.

Anderson went on to highlight his achievement as a White House Fellow and described how he made the transition from the military to corporate America. He reflected that his leadership skills and talent for managing people played a part in his smooth transition from Army officer to corporate executive.

Risk and Opportunity

In 1979, two years after graduating from the Army’s leader development program at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Anderson began his business career with General Motors at Pontiac Motor Division.

After only 18 months in manufacturing, he was named as the plant manager of the division’s Pressed Metal and Plating Operations in 1981, overseeing 3,000 employees.

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he was appointed general director, Body Hardware Business Unit, Inland Fisher Guide Division, General Motors Corporation, a business unit with 7,000 employees and revenue of $1 billion.

In late 1992, after thirteen years with the corporation, Anderson resigned from General Motors Corporation to become president and CEO of a privately held company, Composite Energy Management Systems, Incorporated (CEMSI).

In October 1994, he acquired a controlling interest in another privately held entity, Chivas Products Limited, which manufactured interior lighting trim products and lighting assemblies principally for the automotive industry.

Mr. Anderson held the position of chairman of the board and CEO before divesting his interest in 2002. He went on to establish TAG Holdings, LLC., where he is currently majority owner, chairman, and CEO. As with access and career opportunities at West Point, General Motors, and Chivas, “Life doesn’t offer you the chance to get prepared,” Anderson said.

“When West Point offered me that opportunity, I couldn’t go back and take trigonometry or advanced engineering courses. I had taken those advanced programs in high school and passed them with good grades.

“When the Secretary of Commerce asked me to identify minority business owners in Chicago, I didn’t know minority owners in Chicago because I was in the Army. But I had enough of a network to make that happen,” he said.

Beyond the networking and relationships, Anderson cites his voracious appetite for risk.

“Am I going to give up this fasttrack military career?” he asked rhetorically.

“I did and it worked out,” he remarked. “You’ve always got to be prepared. Opportunity doesn’t allow you to take the time to get ready,” he emphasized again.

“I’m working on two business deals right now, which will be my fifteenth and sixteenth acquisitions. I have no reservation about rolling the dice. Some of my deals worked out and I ended

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up in the Top 5 Largest Companies list in Black Enterprise. Some of them didn’t and I’ve had to shut them down,” Anderson added.

“I like people, I like leading people and this has played out all my life,” he said.

Over his 13-year career in the Army, Anderson led an infantry platoon during his first tour in Vietnam. His service was documented in The Anderson Platoon, which won an Oscar and an Emmy for the “Best Documentary Film of 1967.”

On his second tour in Vietnam, Anderson led an infantry company and served as an aide de camp to the commanding general of the 1st Calvary Division. He earned accolades for his valorous service in both tours with military awards that include two silver stars, five bronze stars, three Army Commendation Medals, and eleven Air Medals. Anderson was selected as a White House Fellow before moving on to further success as a corporate executive and as an entrepreneur with ownership of several companies.

A past chairman of the U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council, Anderson is currently the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch. He also serves on the company board of directors of Rite Aid Corporation, the board of directors of Business Leaders for Michigan, and the board of trustees for Central Michigan University.

His community involvement includes the National Recreation Foundation, Horizons Upward Bound Advisory Board, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn Executive Leaders Advocacy Group. In June 2007 he received an honorary doctorate of management degree from Kettering University and in December 2013 he received an honorary doctorate of commercial science degree from Central Michigan University. S

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Krystal Johnson

Chemical Sciences Division Chief Army Research Laboratory

Brandon Lampton

Dawanne Poree, Ph.D. Latasha Soloman

Associate, Campaigns/Computational & Information Sciences Directorate Army Research Laboratory

John Clark

Director Internet and Entertainment Field Services AT&T

Associate Booz Allen Hamilton Lead Technologist Booz Allen Hamilton

Clinton Metu

Lead Technologist Booz Allen Hamilton

Tenesia Morton

Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton

Wesley Lewis, Jr.

Jason Powell

Djimes Milor

Raquel Robinson

Donald Valliere, Jr.

Roland Rountree

Robert Helem

Todd Skinner

Sales Compensation Manager AT&T Sr. Specialist-Network Design Engineer AT&T Senior Member of Technical Staff AT&T Chief of the Platform Integration Function Supervisory General Engineer Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center

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Brian Freeman

Project Manager for Ammunition Maintenance and Demilitarization Blue Grass Army Depot

Keith Blanks

Senior Associate Booz Allen Hamilton

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John Willingham

Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton

Jia Zhao

Associate Booz Allen Hamilton

Patrick Leugue

Engineer II, R&D Boston Scientific

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Kevin Kirkwood

Senior Product Realization Engineering & Quality Directorate Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Kahiree Gans

Assistant Chief Engineer - Jeep & Truck Platforms FCA US LLC

Ikpemi Sabageh

Release Engineer - Shift Systems FCA US LLC

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Kyran Butler

Senior Principal Systems Administrator General Dynamics Information Technology

Kenneth Funderburg

Senior Project Manager General Dynamics Information Technology

Collette Grabill

Information Security Architect General Dynamics Information Technology

Virgil Greene

Project Task Supervisor General Dynamics Information Technology

Declan Hampstead

Senior Principal Software Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology

Ellison Jackson

Principal Database Analyst General Dynamics Information Technology

Annie Joseph

Sr. Business Intelligence Developer General Dynamics Information Technology

Keith McCullough

Senior Principal Systems Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology

Steven Monroe

Senior Network Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology

John Parrish

Senior Systems Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology

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Ramiro Gaspar

Carlos Valdez

Rukiat Aliu

Brenda Gomez

Yvon Vega

Tim Bates

Sandra Gonzalez

Juan Velez

Elgin Cooper

Alan Hamed

Jorge Verdugo

Daniel Hernandez

Miguel Villegas

Juan Hernandez

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Subject Matter Expert General Dynamics Information Technology Solutions Architect General Motors IT Fellow & Chief IT Immersive Strategist General Motors Sr. Leader / Program Delivery Lead / CRM - Fleet - Sales Solutions General Motors

Tylend Dawson

Software developer General Motors

Justin Laws

Senior Systems Engineer General Motors

Eric Nelson

Global Telecom-Manufacturing Network Engineer General Motors

Ray Muskeyvalley

General Engineer Ground Combat Readiness and Sustainment Directorate

Ricardo Armenta

Sr. Electrical Design Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Rene Barajas

Operations Manager Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Fabian Calderon

Maintenance Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Aldo Carreon

Operation Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Emanuel Castelo

Operations Manager Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Karina Castro

Production Control Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Juan Carlos Celaya

Design Lead Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Andres Chao

Operations Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Elba Chee

Stress Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Alvaro Delgado

Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Agustin Esteves

Project Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Jesus Garcia

Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

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Ramiro Hurtado

ME Planning lll Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Alonso Kong

MT Director Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Amy Lim

Technical Specialist lll Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Maintenance Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Materials Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation ME Planner IV Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Industrial Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Electrical Design Lead Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Phyllis Evans

Engineer Nuclear 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries

Regina Miller

Radiation Safety Analyst Huntington Ingalls Industries

Shameia Rogers

Manager 2, E86 Propulsion Plant Engineering VCS Huntington Ingalls Industries

Hugo Lizarraga

David Wilkins

Fernando Marquez

Angelo Patillo

Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Electrical Design Lead Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Jose Martinez

Industrial Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Jhonatan Matas

Control Supervisor Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Fredy Mendoza

Construction Supervisor 2 Huntington Ingalls Industries Electrical Engineer 2 Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding

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Cindy Brock

System Safety Program Manager Joint Munitions Command

Darryl Clegg

Maintenance Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Vice President, Engineering Lead (Large Midrange Systems) JPMorgan Chase

Sean Pao

Kendra Floyd

Edgardo Ramirez

Noel Getachew

Rosina Ramos

Jasper Hamlin

Amaneet Randhawa

Tayo Ibikunle

Marlene Rodriguez

Madjiguene Lo

Alejandro Tapia

Edwin Lyayuka

Miguel Valdez

Jason Mills

Engineer ll Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation CPLM Developer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Safety Management System Project Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Lead Engineer ll Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation MT Lead Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Maintenance Leaders Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

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James Harrell

Executive Director JPMorgan Chase Vice President JPMorgan Chase

Kore Beverly

Annitta Haywood

Systems Engineer Staff Leidos

Adrian Montgomery Program Manager Leidos

Letrice Morgan

Deputy Program Manager Leidos

Theresa Nix

Core Processor Software Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation Software Engineer Sr. Lockheed Martin Corporation Project Engineer Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation QA Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Brant Hovington

Information Assurance Engineer Senior Lockheed Martin Corporation

Shaza Idris-Smith

Multifunctional Engineering and Science Associate Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Eric Igwe

Deputy Program Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Nikki Welch

Public Aff airs Specialist, Team Lead NASA Glenn Research Center

Tiffany Williams, Ph.D.

Materials Scientist NASA Glenn Research Center

Johnny Aquino

Electrics Engineer/Systems Engineer Naval Air Systems Command

Carla Bacchus

Project Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division

Antoine Brown

Combat Systems Operational Sequencing System Team Lead Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division

Jamie Gates

Brittnee Jenkins

Chemical Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD)

Senior Staff Systems Engineer Leidos

Performance and Decision Analytics Senior Systems Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation

Thomas Walker, III

Vivian Johnson

Electronics Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

Lorenzo Wiggins

Chanavia Johnson

Brittany Bailey

George Jolliff

Charisse Brooks

Alicia Jones

Townsend Brown

Cedric Mays

Software Engineering Manager Leidos

Quincy Stokes

Situational Awareness Training Service Owner Leidos Staff Software Engineer Leidos Project Engineer Senior Lockheed Martin Corporation Senior Systems Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation Software Engineer Sr. Lockheed Martin Corporation

Richard Brown

Chief Engineer, Military Sustainment/53E Lockheed Martin Corporation

Janice Burns

QA Engineering Associate Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Aaron Butler

Space Systems IT Project Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation

Robert Canidate

Electronics Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation

Omar Channer

Computer System Architect Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ray Collins, Jr.

Procurement Associate Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Livy Cox

Littoral Combat Ship Systems Architect Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Senior Aeronautical Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation Systems Integration and Test Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation Systems Engineer Sr. Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation Supplier Integration Control Account Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Failure Reporting Analysis Corrective Action System (FRACAS) Engineer Lead Lockheed Martin Corporation

Wilvin Crawford

Lonnie Parker, Ph.D.

Engineer Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport

Michael Hicks, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist NOAA National Weather Service

Jason Taylor

Physical Scientist/User Services Coordinator NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

Clarence Agbi

Data Scientist Northrop Grumman Corporation

Latarsha Bryant

Philip Morris

Senior Database Administrator Northrop Grumman Corporation

Christopher Richardson

Aerospace Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation

Byron Rollins

Solutions Architect Northrop Grumman Corporation

Taja Sellers

Manager, Progress Excellence Northrop Grumman Corporation

Jamie Wilson

Business Process Analyst Northrop Grumman Corporation

Software Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation Systems Integration/Test Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation Software Configuration Analyst Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation Systems integration and test manager Lockheed Martin Corporation QA Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Zayna Harbin

Test Engineer and Element Lead Missile Defense Agency

Khali Cannad

Rodney Elmore Titus Jeffries

Shonna Luten

Neville Maycock, Jr.

Program Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation

LaShoine Melton

Quality Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Cloud Computing Engineering Sr. Manager Science Applications International Company (SAIC)

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Operations Manager Science Applications International Company (SAIC)

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Network Engineer Systems Made Simple, a Leidos Company

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Program Manager Systems Made Simple, a Leidos Company

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Aaron Simpson

Engineer The Boeing Company

Michael Williams

Software Engineer The Boeing Company

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Flammability Cargo Lead Engineer The Boeing Company

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Business Transition Project Manager The Boeing Company

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Sr. Human Centered Engineer The MITRE Corporation

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Manager, New Business PECO, an Exelon Company

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Project Manager for Developmental Systems PEO Carriers

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Engineering Manager The Aerospace Corporation

Principal Electrical Engineer Raytheon Company

Member of Technical Sta The Aerospace Corporation

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Dominic Gooden

Principal Mechanical Engineer Raytheon Company

Tony McMillan

Senior Systems Engineer I Raytheon Company

Anecia Moore

Sr. Systems Engineer Raytheon Company

Meribah Roulhac

Manager III ConďŹ guration Analysis Raytheon Company

Akeem Thorpe

Systems Engineer II Raytheon Company

Idriys Harris

David Mayo, Ph.D.

Project Engineer The Aerospace Corporation

Karriema Calhoun

IT Process Analyst The Boeing Company

Maurice Calloway

Senior Strategic Program Manager The Boeing Company

Annjanette Chapman Procurement Agent The Boeing Company

Gabriel Collier

Systems Design and Integration Specialist The Boeing Company

Service Oriented Arch, Prin The MITRE Corporation Software Systems Engineer, Lead The MITRE Corporation

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Jack Walker

Chief, GPS User Equipment Manufacturing U.S. Air Force

Seneca Callaham

Information Technology Scientist U.S. Army CECOM Software Engineering Center

Alicia Case

Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ronnie Pride, Jr.

Chief of Engineering Forward U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Japan District

David Love

Physical Protection Engineering Branch Chief U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Napoleon Gaither

Operations Research Analyst U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Brandon Natteal

Facilities Engineer; USCG Sector/Airsta Corpus Christi U.S. Coast Guard

Clifton Wesley

JaVarrus Crawford

John Wright

Tony Dinkins

System Design and Integration Specialist The Boeing Company

Fixed Wing Aeronautical Engineer, Search and Rescue (SAR) Pilot, Instructor Pilot U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami, Florida

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Sharon Lucas

Sabrina Faulk

Research & Development Systems and Engineering Sandia National Laboratories

Andrea Martinez

Desalegn Bekele

Imani Adams

Jerry McMillan

Principal Systems Engineer Raytheon Company Principal Software Engineer Raytheon Company

Shauna Adams

Research & Development Systems and Engineering Sandia National Laboratories

Mark Martin

Manager Nuclear Technical Operations Sandia National Laboratories

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Systems and Data Analyst The Boeing Company

Program Manager The Boeing Company Project Manager The Boeing Company

Mark Whyte

Industrial Engineer U.S. Navy Flight Test Engineer U.S. Navy, NAVAIR, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division

Design Engineer The Boeing Company

Brandon Ray

Project Manager The Boeing Company

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Countless scientists have driven America forward with their innovations. To name a few, there’s Elijah McCoy, “the real McCoy,” who invented the mechanical oil cup, which helped to improve train safety, and the legendary Lewis Latimer, who worked with Alexander Bell and then Thomas Edison. Latimer created a much longer lasting bulb so everyone could afford to light their homes.

After witnessing needless deaths in road crashes, Garrett Morgan developed a prototype of the traffic signal. Similarly, Charles Richard Drew saved countless lives with his method of separating red blood cells from plasma, giving the United States Army and Navy model blood banks for the very first time. Eventually, members of the public were also able to receive blood transfusions.

Notably, although George Washington Carver spent more than 40 years at historically Black Tuskegee, he actually got his start and baccalaureate degree at Iowa State University. Iowa still celebrates the iconic scientist although he migrated years ago. Without Carver’s pioneering laboratory at Tuskegee, the tradition of Black colleges and universities “helping the world” while serving as thriving hubs and creating spaces to invent the future may not have developed as quickly. Over the last 200 years, HBCUs have made scores of contributions to American success with new discoveries and applications.

No doubt about it, Carver would be proud of this year’s crop of Innovation Award winners from ABET-accredited historically black colleges and universities.

They have earned millions of dollars in competitive Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health grants, published hundreds and hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, presented their work at countless meetings, and appeared in numerous documentaries and television interviews.

They 2017/18 winners have earned patents and been involved in the formation of profitable spin-off companies based on the technologies they invented. They are advancing diverse people in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); staying active in the struggle to protect and improve the teaching of science; and addressing the under-representation of minorities in science careers. Meet the latest cadre of scientists and engineers who continue to build on decades of innovation at historically Black colleges and universities.

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Dr. Eric Conway

Dr. Goldie S. Byrd

Dr. Kevin Kornegay

Dr. Frances Williams

Dr. Joseph Graves

Dr. Samuel Nahashon

Dr. Abdollah (Abbie) Homaifar

Dr. Bi-Dar (Peter) Wang

Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Computer Science Howard University Director of Innovation Howard University

Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Morgan State University Chairperson, Fine & Performing Arts Department / Conductor Morgan State University Professor Morgan State University

Associate Dean for Research North Carolina A&T State University Director of the Autonomous Control And Information Technology (ACIT) Institute North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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cience Spectrum Trailblazers make significant contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Some work in nuclear test inspection, others in nanoscale science. One professor directs a material science center that involves the synthesis of nano-oxides used for regenerative nanomedicine and nano energetics. His technology has commercialized through 33 patents and spin-off companies. Another material science researcher produced groundbreaking ways to test systems for mine resistant ambush protected vehicles that U.S. troops drive in war zones. Other Science Spectrum Trailblazers are computer scientists and mathematicians, who have provided underway support in a U.S. Navy submarine. They have enabled thousands of customers in the Pentagon and Washington DC to order critical IT services through an “Amazon-like� web portal delivered via a Cloud infrastructure. Other efforts in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems have yielded high impact in informatics. Some Science Spectrum Trailblazers hold patents for healthcare security and privacy technologies. They are also making their mark in the world of entertainment.

One founder creates digital interface programs for music projects, commercials, and films.

Shoring up these innovators and wonder-working machines is lifelong devotion to developing next-generation scientists and engineers mentoring, and teaching the fundamentals of STEM. Following are the 2018 Science Spectrum Trailblazers.

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Gisselle Cunningham Systems Engineer II Boston Scientific

Rob Morton

Production Supervisor Boston Scientific

Jakarea Badgett

General Engineer Defense Contract Management Agency

Serena Wilson-Archie Maintenance Manager, Maryland Peaking Fleet Exelon Generation Co., LLC

Cheronda Walls

Sr. Advanced Systems Engineer 3 General Dynamics Mission Systems

Derek Chambers Unix/Linux Engineer General Motors

Jordan Cheeks

Sr. Software Developer - Data Integration General Motors

Lonell Edwards IT Manager General Motors

Isong Ekpenyong

Dimensional Architect General Motors

Janiece Kelly

Software Developer General Motors

Christopher Barr

Systems Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation

Chad Harper

Systems Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Aeronautical Senior Staff Engineer-F35 Structures Test Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ashley Johnson

Christopher Collins

Electrical Engineer Sandia National Laboratories

Obert Merchant

Quality Assurance Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation

Modeling and Simulation Engineering Manager Science Applications International Company (SAIC)

Zonda Nelson

Wilford Smith

Staff Systems Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation

Whitley Poyser

Systems Engineer Chief Science Applications International Company (SAIC)

Project Engineering Manager, Space Systems Corporation Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ira Minor

Charles Richberg, II

Bright Tsagli

Chantay White-Taylor

Nelson Akwari

Danisha Williams

Jamie Haynes

Software Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mentor Protege Program Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation

Project Engineer Lockheed Martin Corporation

Kenneth Means

Distribution Control Center Supervisor Mississippi Power Company

Kimberly Washington

Compliance and Support Manager Mississippi Power Company

Mary Lobo

Chief, Facility Management & Planning Office NASA Glenn Research Center

Queito Thomas

Systems Engineer Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Tutor Student Government Association

Materials, Process, and Physics Engineer The Boeing Company

Mechanical Systems Design and Analysis Engineer The Boeing Company

Oscar Kipersztok

Advanced Information Technologist The Boeing Company

Rupert Seals

Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing Designated Expert, Technical Lead Engineer The Boeing Company

Ryan Williams

Lead, GPS III Follow-On Production Acquisition U.S. Air Force

Lead Engineer AST, Aerospace Experimental Facilities & Test Technologies NASA Glenn Research Center

Kurk Thomas

Signal Processor and Antenna Electronics Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

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USBE Magazine’s Leading Voices have a clear view of innovation and the future of work in the Digital Era. In this issue are, Morgan State University’s Dr. Michael Spencer, one of the most active engineering deans in the growth of compound semiconductors, microwave devices, power conversion devices, and solar cells; Howard University’s Gary Harris, associate provost for research and graduate studies, professor of electrical engineering, and director of the Howard Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Architecture & Computer Sciences; and Innovation Expert Jem Pagan.

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oore’s Law, named after Intel founder Gordon Moore, has been the guiding principle for the microelectronic industry for over 60 years. It simply states that every few years there will be a doubling in the number of transistors on an integrated circuit for a given area. This doubling is not only physical but also implies an increased performance enabled by a higher operation frequency and increased functionality. The increase in Moore’s Law has meant an increase in performance and a decrease in overall cost. While it costs more marginally to make these more densely packed chips, the number of chips per unit area increases dramatically, thereby driving the cost down due to increased performance and innovation in creating newer devices and forms of technology.

For over 60 years, Moore’s Law has driven the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, principally silicone and silicone material, have been the steel of the 20th century. The silicone microelectronic industry is a multi-trillion-dollar industry and has continually grown over the decades.

Each year, semiconductor research professionals try to anticipate upcoming trends as they proceed down the trail of Moore’s Law. Sadly, we now have made devices so small that we have practically reached the limit of what is possible. Those limits are set by the very dimensions of atoms themselves. Right now, the smallest dimension on a microelectronic device is no more than 10 to 20 atomic diameters. Although we have the technology to make things smaller, the underlying physics of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors no longer work at these small dimensions. The fact that it is virtually impossible to have things any more tightly fit together due to various considerations, most of those regarding heat, has meant that Moore’s Law has begun to come to an end. That has caused tremendous consternation in the semiconductor industry.

The industry has spent millions of

dollars trying to refine the technologies for CMOS transistors. To their chagrin, no replacements have been discovered.

The end of Moore’s Law means that semiconductor companies can no longer expect to continue to see tremendous increase in profitability year by year.

They now have to be satisfied with much more modest growth and consider how existing technologies can be better utilized outside of new, more densely integrated circuits. The overriding drive for companies now is determining how to investigate the increased functionality of integrated circuits with the realization that they are not going to be able to make anything much vaster or newer due to reaching the limits of what nature allows, at least with standard CMOS technology.

This problem, resulting from the pending inefficacy of Moore’s Law, has been realized for only the last few years.

The industry is still struggling to see if there are still work-arounds. To date, nothing has presented itself. What can be safely assumed is that new advances will not exist in hardware technology; rather, they will most likely continue to be created in software technology and in making transistors more flexible to accommodate wearable electronics for the Internet of Things.

In this arena, there’s a great rethinking of what the role of physical electronics will be in the future. It underscores the increasing importance of computational careers and engineering. We who are in physical electronics arenas are asking ourselves if there will be a robust industry to employ recent doctoral graduates and what will drive undergraduate training in areas of device manufacturing. As with other industries, the end of Moore’s Law is creating a new slant on what the future is going to look like and how it will function. S

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The Raspberry Pi Primer E

ben Upton, the founder of Raspberry Pi, has made a habit out of doing the impossible and making it affordable.

The first Pis were launched in the spring of 2012 after Upton and a group of teachers, academics, and computer enthusiasts devised a computer to educate and excite children. The original Pi offered two versions, at $25 and $35.

The first ten single-board computers were auctioned on eBay to raise funds.

The history involves several versions of the Raspberry Pi, with the newest Raspberry Pi Zero W. The Raspberry Pi is about discovering great things to do with computers and teaching the complete operation of the computer as well. I introduced the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B+ to my Boy Scout Troop 544 in the winter of 2014–15. It was a big hit, and the rest is history.

Raspberry Pi 1 Models A+ and B+, Pi 2 Model B, Pi 3 Model B, and Pi Zero (and Zero W) GPIO J8 have a 40-pin pinout. Raspberry Pi 1 Models A and B have only the first 26 pins. Today, the featured two board are the Pi 3 Model B and Pi Zero W. In April of 2016, a Raspberry Pi Camera v2.1 with 8 Megapixels became available thanks to the Sony IMX219 chip with a resolution of 3280 x 2464. The figure below shows these two models.

The Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Zero W both support a wide range of operating systems. These systems must be placed on a microSD card, and most of the operating systems can be found at raspberry.org. The highly recommended Raspbian OS and the Ubuntu Mate are the major desktop distributions. Both processors also support Windows 10 DT. While creating SD card images of the individual operating systems is possible, the addition of an integrated Wi-Fi chipset instantly makes things a little quicker and easier when using the standard Raspberry Pi NOOBS (New Out Of Box Software) OS installer.

There are several other operating systems that are available, including my favorite for streaming video, LibreELEC. There are a large number of free (open) application software packages that

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include Mathematica, AstroPrint (3D printing), RealVNC (remote access server and viewer), etc.

The HDMI and full resolution video work great but may require some config. txt file settings out of the box. Streaming using the Raspberry 3 is recommended.

The Raspberry camera port worked great once the enabling software was downloaded.

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is the most powerful Pi to date. It features a 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 processor, with its four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.3Ghz. This version comes with the

The Raspberry Pi is about discovering great things to do with computers and teaching the complete operation of the computer as well.

integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 and Bluetooth Low Energy support.

The power management on the Pi 3 is superior to all other models, with only a maximum power draw of 2.5A. It has four USB2 ports, a CSI Camera Port, a DSI Display port, a full-sized HDMI port, a 10/100 Ethernet port, a combined 3.5mm audio/composite video out port, and a MicroSD card slot. The Pi 3 employs the Broadcom VideoCore IV graphics chipset with 1GB of RAM. The Pi 3 features a 40-pin General Purpose Input/Output connector, while the Pi Zero W has two MicroUSB ports, one miniHDMI port, and Run pins for Rest Switch. The speed of the Zero W is 1Ghz with 512MB onboard RAM. The dimension of the Zero W is 65mm x 30 mm x 5mm.

In the years to come, Google has announced Android support for the Pi 3 with the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Android Marshmallow (codenamed Android M

during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system on the Raspberry Pi devices and is scheduled for release sometime in 2018.

The Raspberry Pi has been the catalyst of the imagination of the public.

Computing has not seen such good days in about ten years. The Internet is full of all types of fun and important applications. The following is just a list of my favorite 10 applications: • Arcade Pi • Pi Hacker • Raspberry Pi Weather Station • 10-inch Raspberry Pi Touchscreen • Home Automation • Raspberry Pi Super Computer Cluster • Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi-Alexa • Siri-enabled temperature sensor using Raspberry Pi • Build Your Own AI Assistant • Pi Multi-Room Music Player The Raspberry Pi is a fascinating tool for learning more about how computers function. This includes the operation system to control hardware devices and output input ports for automation. This platform easily allows for electronic projects, most embedded systems, and learning the basics of programming from the C to the Python language. The Raspberry Pi processors range from the ultra-compact Pi Zero to the Raspberry Pi 3. All the latest models include integrated Bluetooth adaptors.

The many ports allow for cameras, home automation, server applications, Internet radio platforms, and even the ability to build a supercomputer by networking several Raspberry Pis together.

The Raspberry Pi Family is an excellent solution for computer literacy.

This family allows for familiarity with the basic hardware and software concepts of personal computers for data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, robotics, and electronic communications. The Pi satisfies a range of skills, covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving. S

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Smart Cities: The Next Frontier T

here are various definitions and parameters around what many consider smart cities to be. In my opinion, the concept of a smart city is one in which the physical infrastructure of the city itself becomes accessible and represented in the digital infrastructure of that city. Case in point: If it’s smart, there’s intelligence. The intelligence gathered from the physical confines and boundaries of the cities means that there’s data being gathered about the infrastructure itself. Ultimately, that data is going through the same paradigm and continuum, from data to information to knowledge to wisdom to insight. That continuum is leveraged by attaching a physical device to a physical object that has a digital transmission that we call a sensor.

These sensors can measure heat, light intensity, geographic location, velocity, and all sorts of measurements that allow individuals to get insight into the physical infrastructure. This is not to say that cities aren’t smart; rather, it’s a suggestion that cities have opportunities to be more insightful or informed about what’s happening day to day within the confines of their geographic boundaries.

Let’s consider a service utilized by both smart and traditional cities: parking. Before formal spaces were provided, people parked anywhere there was an open spot. It caused a problem as the automotive industry began to grow.

If I parked in front of a fire hydrant and a fire occurred, I would actually be causing potential damage to society, especially if I was not in the vicinity of my car to move it in time for the emergency response professionals to do their job. So signage was created as a response, and new parking rules came into play. Of course, people ignored the rules, so cities had to enforce the rules. That provided a revenue incentive to enforce the rules: tickets.

Money collected from tickets was a substantial base of revenue for cities and municipalities across the world.

So how did they collect the revenue?

They put parking attendants and meter attendants on the streets that marked

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tires. If someone hadn’t moved their car and the tire mark was in the same location, there would be no question about fees that would need to be paid.

Attendants were trained to mark tires in the same location, in the same way.

Over time, cities had to look at the cost of parking attendants’ salaries and longterm pension plans; it was becoming very costly. That became an opportunity to figure out how to collect that revenue and minimize the cost. The result was

In my opinion, the concept of a smart city is one in which the physical infrastructure of the city itself becomes accessible and represented in the digital infrastructure of that city. Case in point: If it’s smart, there’s intelligence.

metering, a strategy that is still being used today.

Meters allow you to pay so that parking attendants do not have to mark your car; they simply look at the time on a meter. If you put in two hours’ worth of coins, you get two hours of parking. If you come back and the meter has expired, you get a ticket, no matter if you are a minute past the expiration or two hours. That became a revenue opportunity for major cities, but there was more revenue to be made. If I put in enough money for two hours to safeguard myself and the next person parked and took advantage of my remaining hour because I didn’t spend two hours, the city saw that as revenue lost. The solution to that ushered in the

next step in the parking evolution: using credit cards. Instead of focusing on a parking meter, people would now go to a central station, use their credit cards, and place a verified parking ticket on the dashboard of their cars; when they left, their revenue was collected, and the next person didn’t get to benefit off of that person’s remaining dollars. That’s where technology is going today with metering. The city is getting smarter because they’re leveraging intelligence and insights to drive revenue.

It’s smart when you have a goal and you figure out a system or plan to obtain that goal. Is it the smartest way to do parking? Of course not; it’s still evolving. So what is the next generation of smart city? I believe a smart city is one where the insight gathered from the data, gathered from how you monitor the infrastructure and the conditions of society, will always increase. The more insights you gain, the smarter the city is.

The ultimate parking solution for a smart city, in my opinion, is to implement a bidding process. Thinking as a city, this process will disrupt the parking garage business line. Garage owners have purchased a part of the city, and they pay taxes to the city.

However, the amount of taxes they pay does not compare to the amount of revenue they make. In a city like New York, for instance, a citizen may pay $40 to park. His insurance is that the car is in a safe place, and he will not get a ticket for utilizing the space. But a typical reason why he uses a garage is because there is no available parking on the average city street. If there is space on the street, there’s a limited amount of time before his car has to be moved. What if the city became “smart” enough to develop a mobile application that communicates with his calendar, recognizes his meeting schedule, and offers a bidding opportunity on two parking spaces: one directly in front of his meeting location and the other a quarter of a mile away? As a city, I’ve now sequestered the sweetest parts of my geographic infrastructure for bidding. I can then take and reserve the

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most convenient parts of the city for the highest amount of revenue opportunity.

I can open up the bid based on what I think is reasonable and offer various bidding opportunities, such as a 24-hour bid or a three-day bid. Regardless, the opportunity is there for citizens to determine if they are willing to pay $40, for example, to park directly in front or if they would pay the parking garage $20 to park a quarter of a mile away.

The beauty of this is that I have now moved from a $2 or $3 meter to a $20 or $40 revenue opportunity against the same parking spaces. This is an excellent example of a city being smarter in delivering digital services to its citizens.

A process as simple as bidding out parking spots and giving a valuation on a space based on its convenience could potentially generate 1,000 times what it would if it only utilized credit card meters.

This example can also be applied to water meters, gas meters, energy efficiency, and many other scenarios.

The key is determining how much intelligence can be driven toward insight as you monitor what you measure.

Such can be done through sensor technologies that physically attach onto or in the vicinity of a physical object or infrastructure that creates the ability to mimic or control data collected from the state of that particular object. Over time, it will drive down overall costs because cities will be able to move toward a predictive state. This will give the city the ability to leverage its R&D investment to address any problems versus going into a deep state of analysis to try to figure out what’s going on.

Patterns of recognition can be derived based on the data that particular sensors send back to home base, where data is being collected against every object and piece of infrastructure equipment available. In turn, the city’s next generation product will be that much smarter because it is harnessing insights from its products in real time to drive what happens next in terms of the next generation of product innovation.

That, to me, is a smart city. S

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OUTLOOK Careers of the Future

USBE magazine’s Career Outlook is designed to tell you where the jobs are, why you want them, and how you can get them.

In this issue, we look at the auto industry. According to the Department of Commerce, the United States has one of the largest automotive markets and is home to many global vehicle and auto parts manufacturers. The automotive industry, directly and indirectly, employs hundreds of thousands of Americans and annually spends nearly $18 billion on R&D.

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Auto Industry Prospects

Jobs in the Auto Industry:

What Auto Employers Want

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CAREER OUTLOOK » The Auto Industry Overview THE U.S. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ISN’T LOOKING TOO GREAT RIGHT

Auto Industry Prospects

NOW. THE SIX-YEAR SALES RECOVERY FROM THE 2008–09 FINANCIAL CRISIS APPEARS TO HAVE COME TO AN END. ON TOP OF THAT, EXECUTIVES ARE IN A SPIN ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE MAELSTROM OF CHANGES THAT ARE BATTERING THE BASIC PREMISE OF INDUSTRY PRODUCTION AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS.

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f course, consumers still want and need to buy cars. But the market sectors are growing, not shrinking. Indeed, as generation Z gets older and begins to form part of the army of auto consumers, their expectations are clashing with major car producers’ traditional and longstanding manufacturing concepts.

DIGITAL DISRUPTION ISN’T THE ONLY ISSUE

Digital disruption is a swiftly growing headache for some automakers, while for others, it’s a way to drive their ideas forward. However, neither group is really succeeding—yet. One major consumer-facing detail automakers need to nail is how to give buyers every option they can think of while keeping costs under control and also growing profits to keep ahold of shareholders and investors.

As you might imagine, it’s not an easy job. But that’s only one issue in a fast-changing industry.

There is also fierce competition in the developing electric mobility market as vehicle makers battle to win an increasingly conscientious market with more environmentally friendly expectations than ever before. Indeed, while Toyota was pressing forward in the battery electric vehicles sphere (BEV), research by PWC highlights that BMW remains the current market leader, while Tesla has now overtaken Toyota.

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The Auto Industry Overview » CAREER OUTLOOK TOTAL VEHICLE SALES IN THE U.S. FROM 2012-2017

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Driverless, or autonomous, car production is another area of development and investment. If automakers get it right and they safely and legally make it onto the road, driverless cars could be a feature of the U.S. roads by 2020—or even sooner, according to GM Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra.

“We’re also investing in transformative technologies around electrification, autonomous technology, connectivity, and shared mobility services,” said GM’s CEO, Mary Barra in the recent conference call discussing GM’s second quarter earnings. “We will continue to build on our significant progress by driving improvements across markets and in product segments.”

WHEN AUTOMAKERS DON’T PLAN AHEAD

Getting back to the initial statement that things aren’t all that great for the auto industry right now, car giant Ford is a case in point. While 2016 was a very good year for the company—it earned a pre-tax profit of $10.6 billion, it’s second ever highest profit—analysts anticipate the business needs to pare back on its profit forecasts for 2017 and possibly even into 2018.

Why? Failure to respond to the changing needs of car consumers and creating vehicles that compete with the broader market on self-driving cars.

Even though the well-known U.S. car maker is offering electric and hybrid models—and has been since 2011—that

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wasn’t considered to be enough to push profits higher.

“We believe that Ford’s earnings outlook may need to be reset as much as 50 percent lower over the next 18 to 24 months,” Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas said in a CNBC interview.

AND WHEN THEY DO

However, following a change in leadership at Ford—with Jim Hackett now at the helm—things could soon improve for Ford. And the new CEO’s strong stance on its electric vehicle plans and open mind on self-driving vehicles has brought about a change of heart.

While analyst Adam Jonas has so far fallen short of saying Ford’s profits will benefit immediately from the new plans, he was much more upbeat on the company in August than just a few months ago.

“We expect Ford to go ‘all-in’ on EVs, with an emphasis on pure EVs,” Jonas said in a client research note. “We are hopeful for a significantly upgraded level of transparency given the pace of change in EV adoption and expenditure worldwide.”

AUTO INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

As you can see from the few key details highlighted here, the outlook for the auto industry is mixed to say the least. However, with the right mix of investment, development, pushing boundaries, and giving consumers what they want, there is a definite, positive way forward for the auto industry. For

most businesses, though, it’s a case of navigating the current confusing situation in a way that suits their company setup and target consumer too.

It’s likely, though, that five years from now could be a little more settled and automakers will have a better idea of where their strongest income streams will come from. That suggests that while production might not exceed the magic 17 million number by much, what is being produced will better suit the needs of auto consumers.

“Digitization, increasing automation, and new business models have revolutionized other industries, and automotive will be no exception,” the McKinsey Institute stated in its latest auto industry report. “Given the widespread understanding that gamechanging disruption is already on the horizon, there is still no integrated perspective on how the industry will look in 10 to 15 years as a result of these trends.”

As underlined by the McKinsey Institute, looking further ahead is trickier still, largely due to future demand of traditional combustion engine vehicles. Despite the push toward alternatively fueled and operated cars, right now even diesel engines remain a mainstay of many automakers’ output.

That’s unlikely to remain the case forever, but until that changes, car makers must broaden their horizons, innovation, and output to satisfy as many potential customers as possible. S

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reaking into the auto industry right now is no simple task. A combination of engineering and digital skill teamed with an appetite for discovering and delivering on the potential in the future of auto-making technology would be a good start.

GM CEO Mary Barra often talks of her love of math and science while at school, and it’s likely these core qualifications will remain a standard requirement, along with the addition of programming and digital prowess.

Approaching and applying for an internship at one of the major automakers is also still a valid way to break into the auto industry. However, given the already confirmed disruptive nature of digital startups and how they can provide major players with what they need, there are other ways that can be considered too.

This detail is borne out in auto industry employment figures. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were some 5,500 fewer auto industry workers in July 2017 than a year earlier. However, digital roles that are relevant to the auto industry aren’t included here, as they fall under

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different criteria when those skills are brought in via a third party.

A Digital Route Considering the increased need for technological improvement and the possibility of a pick-and-choose offering for future car-buying consumers, entering the auto industry on a less well-trodden path might be the answer

for many future graduates. Just as innovation is needed in the car industry, it could prove useful for those hoping for a career in that industry too.

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to break into the auto industry.

Taking a brave leap of faith and creating your own technology startup, perhaps through a crowdfunding venture, to develop something you know could transform the autonomous or electric vehicle production and operation is another.

But it doesn’t have to stop there.

Digitization in the auto industry isn’t only about what goes into the cars; it’s also about how vehicles are manufactured—right through from concept to creation. It’s no secret that robotics is beginning to feature heavily in the manufacture of vehicles in the U.S. It’s also true that the increased use of robotics in the manufacture of cars isn’t what’s weighing on job creation.

That means if this is the path you’re keen to go down, then carry on—it’s likely any innovations you’re involved with will benefit consumers and auto industry workers alike.

What Auto Industry Employers Are Looking For While all this talk of digital innovation and electric and self-driven cars is exciting and opens up potential new paths for graduates to enter the www.blackengineer.com

auto industry, there’s still a real need for STEM qualifications, specializations, and passion.

This is valid across the sexes when planning a career in the auto industry.

Anything else with a digital or new tech spin is a bonus—for you and your future employers. But it seems that advanced STEM education is what employers in the car industry are looking for now and will continue to look for in the future.

Knowing more about science, technology, engineering, and math and how digital needs can be fulfilled within that framework is something forwardlooking car makers are always seeking.

Prove you have those qualities, and you’ll be on the right path toward the career you want.

Internships are still an excellent way to work your way into your preferred industry. However, it isn’t easy to secure an internship at the biggest and best businesses. Academic excellence is expected, which is why you have to give them something more too.

You need to be able to prove you have a great work ethic, are full of ideas, and have a real passion for cars, engines, creativity, green fuel, or whatever it is

that you—and they—think is the next big thing in the auto industry.

No Guarantees Of course, regardless of which option you take and how hard you work, there are no guarantees of a place in the auto industry at all, let alone in the specific area you’re interested in. That doesn’t make it an any less valid path, however, provided you have the right idea, at the right time, for the right market.

As you can see, just like the increasingly confusing landscape that’s developing in the auto industry itself, the way graduates enter the industry is rapidly changing and breaking new ground too.

Innovation across all aspects of the auto industry—from vehicle design to engine development and consumer sales processes—is happening right now and until numerous areas are better defined and the end consumer gets what they want. That’s unlikely to change any time soon, which means automakers want innovators that can deliver on both. S

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REACHING THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS. General Motors is proud to congratulate our own Alicia Boler Davis, 2018 Black Engineer of the Year, and GM’s Modern Day Technology and Science Spectrum Trailblazer Awardees. Thank you for being positive role models for the next generation and ensuring STEM and our industry continue to thrive.

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