SCIENCE SPECTRUM TRAILBLAZERS
process management. As the chair of the Information Technology Senior Man- agement Forum (2008-2009), he helped advance the only national organization dedicated to fostering African American IT executive talent. Over his long career, he held a number of senior-level execu- tive positions before retiring in 2009 as vice president, Information Technology Corporate Systems, Johnson & Johnson. He launched the Johnson & Johnson African American Leadership Council to promote diversity and inclusion.
VANESSA MILES B83 Stockpile Evaluation Test Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Vanessa Miles helps validate safety, ensure reliability, and detect, or if pos- sible, prevent, problems from developing for each warhead in the current stockpile of nuclear weapons. The B83 is one of the most modern nuclear weapons in the stockpile. In 1983, the U.S. nuclear arsenal acquired the B83 strategic nuclear gravity bomb. Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, manages San- dia for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
SHERINE O. OBARE, PH.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Western Michigan University
Dr. Sherine Obare served as the 2009–2010 chairperson for the annual NOBCChE Science Fair. The National Organization for the Professional Ad- vancement of Black Chemists and Chemi- cal Engineers (NOBCChE) promotes careers in science and technology as an achievable goal for elementary, middle, and high school students. The NOBCChE Science Fair provides a venue for students to present original research through a poster competition in which students compete individually.
MAHESH PILLAI Customer Service Applications Project Manager, Pitney Bowes Inc.
Mahesh Pillai is a project manage- ment professional (PMP) certified cus- tomer relationship management (CRM) project manager. He has extensive experi- ence on eBusiness application projects.
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His specialties are CRM, project manage- ment, knowledge management, and off- shoring. As an IT strategy professional at Pitney Bowes, he plays an integral role in bringing customers more productive ways to store, protect, process, transmit, and ac- cess information. He earned management and computing degrees at Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain, and Osmania University in India.
of Diversity M.B.A. magazine’s “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executives.”
SCOTT SHIPPY, PH.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
These women and men are some of the most dynamic minds working in STEM to- day Their innovations will further not only their own work, but the work of countless STEM professionals to come. We will all benefit from their in- credible discoveries.
BERNADETTE PINAMONT, J.D. Head of U.S. Tax, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Bernadette Pinamont is a 1990 graduate of top-ranked Seton Hall Univer- sity of Law. As head of U.S. Tax at the multinational research-based biophar- maceutical company, she is responsible for optimizing tax treatment of business transactions and other matters, Astra- Zeneca discovers, develops and markets medicines for some of the world’s most serious illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, respiratory disease and infection. Ms. Pinamont was named one
Dr. Scott Shippy is part of a group of researchers studying a chemical approach to treating retinal diseases–neurotrans- mitters would be delivered to the retina through micro-and nanoscale-implanted devices. The multidisciplinary team was awarded a four-year, $2 million grant to conduct its work in 2009. Dr. Shippy will study release characteristics of natural neurotransmitter chemicals on retinal tis- sue to determine optimal amounts needed that will help restore sight. Experiments will be done outside living organisms to develop an understanding of the chemis- try and physiology of this therapy route.
NORBERT STONE National Senior Director of Sales, Managed Care & Marketing Training, Astellas Pharmaceuticals
Norbert Stone is an executive with over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. He has held numerous roles in focused areas such as senior field sales leadership, marketing, strategic planning, leadership development, field sales training, market- ing personnel development and software consulting. He has worked for Bristol- Myers Squibb, NovoNordisk, Novartis and Astellas. In his current role, he and his staff are responsible for the training and development of field sales, senior sales leadership, marketing and managed market personnel.
RACHEL TUILESU Software Project Lead, The Boeing Company
A rising star, Rachel Tuilesu works to develop next generation mission software for Boeing aircraft. In collaboration with Boeing’s systems and software, she helps to assemble an array of software prod- ucts that provide capabilities necessary for completing different stages of the engineering life cycle. Her job is focused on assessing and controlling risk, estimat- ing and planning her team’s work, and controlling quality.
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