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lege of Business Administration Advisory Board, the Georgia Southern University School of Information Technology Advisory Board, Savannah Technical College and the Governing Body of the Atlanta CIO Executive Summit, among others. He is also co-organizer of the NAACP’s One Child One Computer program, which distributes computers to children, and he serves as an executive producer to gospel and contemporary recording artists. Mason’s significant achievements in information technology, as well as the social and economic impact of his professional and voluntary activities, make him a superb role model and mentor for next-generation people in technology. Throughout his almost 30-year career, he has shown dedication and commitment to education, community, and workforce diversity.
Engineer — Government Most Promising
Adam D. Williams Senior Member, Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories
engineering as his under- grad major at Texas A&M University, but after hearing a speech on service with the CIA at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service he knew what he wanted his future to hold. When he graduated magna cum laude in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, he was also a member of the Class of the Academy of Future International Leaders the same year. Williams got accepted into some of the top graduate programs in international affairs and global security in Washington, D.C., but he chose a diversity fellowship at the Bush School focusing on courses such as foreign policy, military strategies, national security strategies, diplomacy and interna- tional law.
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After several summer internships in various departments within the federal government, Williams discovered that his combination of technical and policy abilities were uniquely suited toward the area of nonproliferation issues. In 2008, he was part of a team which helped secure venues for the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. He analyzed and designed physical protection systems and was given primary responsibility for completing re- porting requirements for a site in Mongolia. He was also made a site lead for facilities in the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Chengdu, and Xian. Williams’s outstanding contributions led to his role in the establishment of a U.S. Department of Energy/People’s Republic of China government-to-government agreement that will promote nuclear security, safeguards, protection control
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and hands-on training. Williams was consulted on physi- cal protection for a mock facility for more realistic training scenarios. His knowledge of security issues will help the center train not only Chinese nuclear security experts but also professionals from across Asia and the Pacific. Williams also has a key role in providing the United Arab Emirates with a strategic, educational initiative to promote responsible nuclear energy practices. Williams has led a multi-institutional, multinational team to craft a new Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII), develop a 13-week professional education curricu- lum and establish capability to prepare a new generation of Arab nuclear power program leaders and decision makers. GNEII has been named by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as a top initiative to make “progress in realizing the president’s vision of enhanced science and technology partnership with the Muslim world.” Despite his packed work and travel schedule, Williams’ dedication to his community and his desire to make a differ- ence still shines. He has mentored students at all levels of academia— high school, undergraduate and graduate students. He also acts as a student liaison for the Executive Council of the Southwest Chapter of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management and seeks to attract university students in the Southwest towards careers in nuclear technology areas. He also works with the Special Olympics and the Albuquerque Rocket Reader program to help at-risk first graders improve their reading skills. As a senior member of the technical staff and international security technical systems analyst at San- dia, he serves in various roles from project leader to subject matter expert on topics such as global security engagement, nuclear nonproliferation, conducting vulnerability assess- ments, designing physical protection systems, nuclear energy development, geopolitics and international security. When he is not serving the world or his community, he enjoys watching movies with his wife and playing sports with his young family.
Engineer — Government Most Promising
Cedric V. Bazemore Project Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
he is serving America’s alliance with Japan in main- taining peace and security
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across the Pacific, managing construction projects, collaborating with teammates or supporting community and the host nation of Japan, he does it with professionalism. During his three-year
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edric Bazemore is an inspira- tion. Whether
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