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We believe that the measure of true success isn’t about a single achievement. Success means making a lasting impact. Success means that each acco- lade and every award only sets higher standards and poses new challenges. Our alums are real movers and shakers, the game- changers whose victories in the boardroom and on the battle- field, in the lab and in the class- room only renew our faith in their considerable promise.
Rodney Adkins
Senior Vice President iBM Corporation
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he 2007 Black Engineer of the Year, Rod Adkins, is the senior vice president for IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, which encompasses all aspects of IBM’s semiconduc- tor, server, storage, system software and retail store solutions businesses, with 2008 revenues of more than $19 billion. The company’s integrated supply chain, which includes global manufacturing, procurement and customer fulfillment, also report to him.
Adkins was named to this position in October 2009, after serving as senior vice president, Develop- ment and Manufacturing for Systems and Technology Group, where he was also responsible for the micro- electronics business that develops semiconductor solutions for IBM systems and OEM clients.
He sits on the IBM Operating Team, responsible for day-to-day marketplace execution, and the IBM Technology Team, which drives the company’s techni- cal and business strategy, and serves on the board of governors for the IBM Academy of Technology.
Over his 28-year career with IBM, Adkins held a number of development and management roles, including running the Desktop and UNIX Systems busi- nesses. He was general manager of Pervasive Com- puting Software Group, which, under his leadership, developed some of the assets that are part of IBM’s Smarter Planet portfolio today.
Inducted into the National Academy of Engineer- ing in 2005, Adkins is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council, and the National Society of Black Engineers, which in 2001 awarded him the Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Industry. He serves on the national board of the Smithsonian Institution and is on the board of directors for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering and Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Adkins holds a B.A. with an emphasis in phys- ics from Rollins College, as well as a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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