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Join the gathering of innovation influencers and leaders from government and business as they honor early to mid-career professionals at the 2017 Modern-Day Technology Leaders Luncheon during BEYA's 31st annual STEM Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, Feb. 9-11.
The BEYA Modern-Day Technology Leaders Award recognizes an individual's commitment to shaping the future of engineering, science, and technology. The award also recognizes efforts in strengthening the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pipeline.
BEYA's Modern-Day Technology Leaders are engineering the future. They are developing cutting-edge technology or doing research for leading industries, including:
- Aerospace/Defense Products & Services - Aerospace, Defense, Information Security and Advanced Technologies - Automotive - Shipbuilding - Energy - Glass & Ceramic Materials - Information Technology - Management Consulting - Medical Equipment - National Security, Health, and Engineering - Semiconductors - Technology-Telecom Services
The 2017 Modern-Day Technology Leaders are high-achieving women and men who are making a difference in a world that is increasingly dependent upon the products and processes they create. They are innovative managers or staff members of high-tech programs, bold entrepreneurs, fulfilling the ever-changing needs of large companies or the general public. They are the wealth in the pipeline that will help keep the U.S. strong, competitive, and safe in the decades ahead. See the 2017 list below by sector and industry.
Aerospace/Defense Products & Services
Glenn Bean Materials Engineer The Aerospace Corporation
Basil Etefia Project Engineer The Aerospace Corporation
Sherrica Holloman Systems Engineer and Program Assessment Specialist The Aerospace Corporation
Robert Bardwell Weight and Mass Properties Engineer The Boeing Company
Shawn Ervin Systems and Data Analyst The Boeing Company
Jesse D. Hayes IV Lead Airplane Safety Engineer The Boeing Company
Lanissa Holden Recruiter Specialist, Enterprise Services The Boeing Company
Angela Huff Electrical Systems Design Engineer, Heliostat Program The Boeing Company
Erica Hunt Industrial Engineer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes The Boeing Company
Eugene Johnson Electrical Systems Design Engineer The Boeing Company
Jairo Mateo Structural Analysis Engineer III The Boeing Company
Jairo Mateo Structural Analysis Engineer III The Boeing Company
Christopher Miller Electrical Systems Design Engineer The Boeing Company
Shaterria Perry-Herring Program Manager Lead, Enterprise IT Planning Service The Boeing Company
Marlene Price Senior Leader, Strategic Technology Business Development The Boeing Company
Courtney Russell IT Project Management Specialist The Boeing Company
Cornelius Singleton Program Analyst The Boeing Company
Jasmine Strait Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure The Boeing Company
Lisa Valle Senior Manager, Service Portfolio, Information, Information Technology Infrastructure The Boeing Company
Candince Wilder Executive Integrator and Business Operations Specialist The Boeing Company
Emily Worinkeng Materials, Process, and Physics Engineer The Boeing Company
Tiffany Reed Senior Principal Information Security Analyst General Dynamics
Wilmer Lambert Senior Engineer General Dynamics Electric Boat
Mehari Beyene Principal Software Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology
Jameal Brown Senior Project Manager General Dynamics Information Technology
Tunisha Holloway Senior Engineer Systems General Dynamics Information Technology
Will Hurd Senior Principal Engineer Systems General Dynamics Information Technology
Frank Jones Senior Principal Systems Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology
Sony Lee Network Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology
George (Lee) Starks Project Network Engineer General Dynamics Information Technology
Djuna Withers Senior Program Manager General Dynamics Information Technology
Priscilla Summers Senior Engineer Specialists General Dynamics Land Systems
Tamika Sims Test & Verification Engineer General Dynamics Mission Systems
Josh Zhou Senior Systems Engineer General Dynamics Mission Systems
Jethro Alfred Technical Specialists II Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Roland Basco Technical Specialist II Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Cindy Bermudez Materials Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Juan Castro Manufacturing Engineer IV Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Ulises Farias EHS Specialist Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Ruben Afonso Flores Acosta Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
German Garcia Operations Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Marlo Gulierrez Operations Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Adam Hart Technical Specialist Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Tarkeaton Jones Operations Manager Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Mario Maciel ME Planning III Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Juan Martinez IT Manager Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Karla Montero Operation Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Jose Carlos Mora Project Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Nancy Muncie Engineering Process Writer Sr. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Carlos Ortega Manufacturing Engineer II Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Raymundo Ortega Manufacturing Engineer IV Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Rosalia Osuna Norzagaray Continuous Improvement Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Ruben Pereda Quality Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Francisco Jaime Perez CNC Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Marco Antonio Picherdo Toledo Quality Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Vrichel Pimentel Sustainability- Project Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Gabriel Pina Manufacturing Engineer III Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Martha Teresa Posada Quality Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Francisco Rodriguez Production Control Leader Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Jose Luis Solorio Operations Manager Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Hector Diaz Tooling Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Mexicali
Gonzala Franco Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Mexicali
Laura Lozano ME Planner III Gulfstream Aerospace Mexicali
Joel Richarte Project Engineer Gulfstream Aerospace Mexicali
Aerospace and Defense
Micheria Bell Senior Software Engineer Raytheon Company
Christopher Crooks Principal Systems Engineer Raytheon Company
Beryl Davis Senior Systems Engineer I Raytheon Company
Corey Hendricks Senior Engineering Manager Raytheon Company
Christopher Meullion Senior Engineering Raytheon Company
Vern Moukangha Senior Systems Engineering I Raytheon Company
Olu Bolden Senior Principal Multi-Discipline Engineer Raytheon Intelligence Information and Service
Jamel Price Senior Systems Engineer II Raytheon Missile Systems
Aerospace, Defense, Information Security and Advanced Technologies
Claude Brown Systems Engineer Principal Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Claudie Busby Mechanical Engineer Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Vatanna Gaines Aeronautical Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Zelda Gills Electronics Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Andrew Ambris Senior Member Engineering Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Eric Broadhurst Engineering LDP Lockheed Martin Corporation
Roland Brooks Program Management Senior Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Aaron Butler Project Engineer Staff for Space Systems Company Chief Information Officer Lockheed Martin Corporation
Alvarez Clay Sr. Manager IT Infrastructure Lockheed Martin Corporation
Alan Conley Embedded S/W Engineer Sr. Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jamal Davis Computer Operations Supports Analyst Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Eric Dees Electronics Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
King Dukes QA Engineering Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Nigel Francois Items Analyst Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Angelo Guevara System Architect Lockheed Martin Corporation
Rena Hill Software Configuration Analyst Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Troy Lambert Engineering Leadership Development Program Lockheed Martin Corporation
LaCresha Martin Missiles and Fire Control Information Technology Technical Assistant Lockheed Martin Corporation
Brandon Montgomery Systems Engineer Senior Lockheed Martin Corporation
Paulette Nassiff System Engineer Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Larry Ramie Systems Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Melvin Redmond Multi-Func. Engineer & Sci. Sr. Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Travis Rose Electronics Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Xavier Thomas Lockheed Martin Corporation
Richard Thompson Lockheed Martin Mult. Func. Engrg & Sci. Asc. Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Eric Tillman Cyber Intelligence Analyst Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation
Geoffrey Vibert F-35 Sustainment Data Product Integration & Development Lead Lockheed Martin Corporation
Steven Walker System Engineer-Field Tech Support Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Ezra Ward Technical Service Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Corporation
Adrian Knight Senior Member of the Engineering Staff Lockheed Martin RMS
Aerospace Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services
Kenneth Brown Senior Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Robert Chandler Senior Engineer Sub-Project Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
Tobias Daniels Senior Quality Engineer/System & Software Quality Assurance Lead Northrop Grumman Corporation
Cecelia Edwards-Carter Lead Test Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Terron Ellerbe Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Michele Garriques Software Engineering Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
Sherry Hudgins Mission Assurance Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
Scott Pickens Packaging Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nathaniel Porter EW/Cyber Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Rita Robinson ClearCase Administrator/Configuration Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nicole Toler Manager of Electrical Engineering Northrop Grumman Corporation
Constance Ukonne Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Theodore Williams Data Center Line Services Manager Northrop Grumman Corporation
AUTOMOTIVE
Jeremy Adams Software Developer General Motors
Gopalakrishnan Anand Manager, Data Center Transformation General Motors
Darryl Brown Design Release Engineer General Motors
Stephen Obeng-Agyapong Jr. Share Point Developer General Motors
Orly Vincent Sr. Systems Developer General Motors
Defense - Shipbuilding
April Hauser Structural Engineer 1 Huntington Ingalls Industries- Newport News Shipbuilding
Tamie Agnew Nuclear Engineer 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Johnny Brown Field Engineer 2 Huntington Ingalls Industries
David L. Colley Designer IV Huntington Ingalls Industries
Rodell Evans Program Manager 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Bob Gibson Production Planning & Scheduling Manager 2 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Elzater Moffett Engineer 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Issac Peterson Mechanical Engineer 4 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Stanley Reese Nuclear Engineer 2 Huntington Ingalls Industries
Alton Williams Manager 1, Production Planning & Scheduling Huntington Ingalls Industries
Patrick Hines Engineer Software 3 Huntington Ingalls Industries- Newport News Shipbuilding
ENERGY
Eric Grant Sr. mid Marketer Constellation, an Exelon Company
Cheryle Pringle Manager, Business Planning & Support Delmarva Power and Exelon Company
Janeca Holloway Engineer Exelon Company
Steven Irby IT Director Exelon Corporation
Gregory Howard Senior Manager Plant Engineer Exelon Generation
Kirk Newman Engineer III Exelon Generation
Christina Small Engineering Manager Exelon Generation
Cassandra Wheeler Plant Manager Georgia Power Company
Christina Barker Senior Engineer PECO, an Exelon Company
Eric Borden Senior Engineer PEPCO
William Ellis Manager, Demand Side Management PEPCO Holdings, an Exelon Company
Amber Young Supervisor of Engineering, Transmission Planning PEPCO Holdings, an Exelon Company
GLASS & CERAMIC MATERIALS
David Dasher Research Associate - Chemistry Corning Incorporated
Ashley Johnson-Long Senior Process Controls Engineer Corning Incorporated
Robert Smith Development Scientist/Engineer Corning Incorporated
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Amanda Bames Cyber security Portalia Manager SAIC
Ronald Berry FAA Program Manager SAIC
Aida Gourdine Cybersecurity Analyst Principal SAIC
Marquita Harris Senior Cybersecurity Analyst SAIC
Jammal Mattews Senior Cybersecurity Analyst SAIC
Karen Mitchell Deputy Program Manager SAIC
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Yolanda Blume Lead Engineer Booz Allen Hamilton
Vonna Dryton Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
Malica Fleming Lead Technologist Booz Allen Hamilton
Verna Harry Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
Shivonne Osho Lead Engineer Booz Allen Hamilton
Carlton Saunders Lead Technologist Booz Allen Hamilton
Andre Tyler Senior Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
Wendy Watson Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
Tenisha Williams Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
Christopher Wooten Lead Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Waleska Torres Principal Quality Engineer Boston Scientific Corporation
NATIONAL SECURITY, HEALTH, and ENGINEERING
Justin Cox Network Systems Engineer Leidos, Inc.
Kevin Mutisya Associate Distribution Engineer Leidos, Inc.
Raymond Okeke Engineering Manager Leidos, Inc.
Derrick Pledger Technology Manager/ IT Infrastructure Lead Leidos, Inc.
Eryca Roberts Lead Systems Engineer/Technical Lead Leidos, Inc.
Beverly Thompson Senior Scientist Leidos, Inc.
SEMICONDUCTORS
Corey Frazier Engineering Manager Intel Corporation
Obi Oji Engineering Program Manager Texas Instruments, Inc.
TECHNOLOGY - Telecom services
Lakendra Davis Executive Director-Sales Execution AT&T
Marcus Perry Sr. Specialist-Network Support AT&T
Nebiyu Yoseph Lead Advanced Technical Support AT&T
Kenneth Lovelady Area Manager Process & Quality AT&T Service Inc.
Sylvester Freeman Lead-System Architect AT&T Technology Development
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Davy Andrew Lead Triton Unmanned Air Vehicle Command and Control Engineer Department of Defense-Navy
Edward Lee AFOSR Program Coordinator, STEM & HBCU/MI Department of the Air Force/ Air Force Office of Scientific Research
George Baker Chief, Radar Development Testing Missile Defense Agency
Bettie McCaulley Chief, Environmental Management Division Missile Defense Agency
Rachel Roberts Test Engineer, Test Resource Manager Missile Defense Agency
Keith Tibbs Test Engineer, Ground Test Asset Manager Missile Defense Agency
Joy Allen Industrial Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division
Jason Taylor Physical Scientist User Services Coordinator NOAA's Satellite and Information Service
Chris Chandra Mechanical Engineer NSWC Port Hueneme Division
Ivan Pinder-Bey Lead, GPS III, Integration and Test U.S. Air Force
Kenith Ward Project Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bryan Harrell Lieutenant Commander U.S. Coast Guard
Frederick Smith Information Technology Specialist U.S. Navy
Zalenda Cyrille Program Manager Vencore, Inc.
Angie Richardson Configuration Management Manager Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex
NOT FOR PROFIT
Koffi Amefia Group Leader The MITRE Corporation
Christopher Brown Lead Infosec Engineer/Scientist The MITRE Corporation
Geno Johnson Information Systems Engineer, Principal The MITRE Corporation
Vanitha Khetan Principal Information Systems Engineer The MITRE Corporation
Soumya Kini Information Systems Engineering Lead The MITRE Corporation
Mary Kinnard-Brown Organizational Change Management, Lead The MITRE Corporation
The BEYA STEM Conference, which is hosted by Career Communications Group's US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and the Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and sponsored by Aerotek, is a talent-rich environment for recruitment, networking, and professional development.
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