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spoken to universities about the importance of entrepreneurial roles within large corporations. He is an active mentor to profes- sionals with business and technical interests, and a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) advocate for pre- school and elementary school children. Currently, he is applying his skills to lead the healthcare segment in IBM’s Global Public Sector. He holds six patents, has authored more than 20 technical papers and published numerous articles on Smarter Planet and environmental issues. Dr. Brooks holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer- ing from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada (1991); master’s and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan (1993 and 1996, respectively) and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business (2003).
Professional Achievement — Industry
Roderick M. McLean Vice President and Deputy, F-16/F-2/T-50 Programs Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
model. He motivates and inspires students, parents, peers and leadership; builds
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lasting relationships; and delivers results. At the onset of his professional career in 1993, he joined the engineering leader- ship development program. McLean came in “game ready” with teamwork skills honed from his quarterback days in his home- town of Jacksonville, N.C. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) from North Carolina A&T State University, and a master’s degree, also in Electrical Engineering, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Through hands-on assignments and job-related experiences in Lockheed’s mission systems and sensors unit, McLean got a jump start in business and engineering career development. He also took on added responsibility in a workplace based community outreach program geared to introducing math, science and engineering as career choices to local 10th-grade students. As Volunteer Director of the Minorities in Engineering Program (MEP) at Lockheed Martin, a position McLean held till 2005, more than two hundred students went on to earn STEM degrees and pursue careers in these fields. Still proactive in developing the future workforce of Lockheed Martin, he engages in “lunch and learn” mentoring sessions, where he presents information and insight on his experiences supporting major ship and aircraft programs. McLean works with young people keen on pursuing science and engineering careers. His commitment to the
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community is total in the classroom, on the flag football field and as a basketball coach.
As the program director of one of the most successful jet fighter programs in history, McLean directs the integration of activities related to the F-16. He is responsible for oversight of the F-16 aircraft for Egypt as well as the fleet to Bahrain and Jordan, ensuring twenty new F-16s in the shortest time span from contract award to delivery. During the 18-day uprising against Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, McLean worked to ensure the safety of his team members and maintain customer relationships. A profes- sional leader and mentor, he displays the characteristics required to sustain Lockheed Martin’s competitive advantage. Previously, he managed a $1.5 billion program portfolio, including aircraft production, aircraft avionics, as well as modernization. McLean earned an M.B.A from the University of Maryland
in 2007.
Student Leadership — Graduate Level
Candace P. Cool- ey Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency
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McLean is an exemplary role
scientist and chemical engineer—consistent about taking advantage of oppor- tunities to learn. During her undergraduate years at Savannah State University, she built a track record of performance. The results of her on-campus projects were so good they were pre- sented at the 2006 and 2008 meetings of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. In 2008, she graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry magna cum laude from Savannah State and, a year later, with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University. Currently, Cooley is an engineer with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) that deploys armed forces and defends the United States and its allies against ballistic missile threats. Since she joined the Missile Defense Agency’s career develop- ment program, which hires and trains graduates to lead major engineering projects, Cooley has shown commitment to her professional development and continues to expand her knowl- edge and her credentials through system engineering graduate study.
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Cooley has completed three rotational assignments in en- gineering, quality and test and has taken on some of the most challenging opportunities an employee and graduate student can lead. They run from missile defense flight test missions to
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