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2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS CHRYSLER GROUP LLC


Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish an alli- ance with Fiat S.p.A., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, SRT, FIAT and Mopar vehicles and products. The alliance builds on Chrysler Group’s culture of innovation, established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat’s technology that dates back to its founding in 1899. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Chrysler Group’s product lineup features some of the world’s most recognizable vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Town & Country, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Dart, Ram 1500, SRT Viper and Fiat 500. Fiat contributes world-class technol- ogy, platforms and powertrains for small- and medium-size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.


optimally efficient and economically sound, it has enabled mission-critical communications and networking and the rapid deployment of new initiatives.


EMC CORPORATION A $23.5 billion business, EMC is a global leader in cloud, Big Data, and trusted information technology (IT) enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. With more than 60,000 employees and growing, the company conducts business in more than 85 countries. Attracting, de- veloping and retaining the best and the brightest talent avail- able is a paramount requirement for sustaining the company’s market leadership and prowess. Our membership in AMIE is a critical link in giving us access to the technical talent required to continue delivering cutting edge innovation for our customers. EMC believes that “diversity and inclusion” is a business imperative and that its ability to bring together diverse perspectives is key to its ability to continue to deliver excellence in technical in- novation. Our partnership with AMIE and the pool of diverse minority engineers it represents is a big step in our journey to develop and maintain a highly inclusive EMC engineering community making EMC a great place to work.


EXELON CORPORATION


Mark D. Vaughn, Ph.D. Manager, Technical Talent Pipelining and Lead for Technology Com- munity Office of STEM


CORNING Incorporated


Since its inception nearly a quarter century ago, AMIE has become uniquely positioned as the primary catalyst for forging Industry-Government/Academia partnerships that support programs to advance minorities interest in engineer- ing, especially at the undergraduate level. As such, AMIE is recognized by Corning Incorporated’s Office of STEM as the key resource of its kind in aiding our pipeline strategy for diverse technical talent. Our participation with AMIE affords us the opportunity for important “all-at-one-time” interactions with the Deans of all of the ABET accredited HBCU engi- neering programs in the nation while networking and sharing best practices with other industry leaders. Not only is this


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Exelon has been able to strengthen their strategic partner- ships with HBCUs through their involvement and support of AMIE. Furthermore, our participation has allowed several Ex- elon Companies to enhance their engineering recruitment and development strategic objectives by increasing our presence at these exceptional academic institutions, influencing curriculum and staff on critical skill sets and capabilities required for the energy industry, and attracting diverse and exceptional STEM talent for our internship and professional positions. AMIE participation allows us to partner with other corporations and governmental agencies that have a common vision to enhance the STEM pipeline. Through our collective efforts we are able to address these academic institutions’ critical issues, such as R&D funding, effective internship recruitment, and staff developmental issues. AMIE partners clearly recognize we need to invest in the long-term success of these HBCUs since they produce nearly 30 percent of the minorities in the engineering STEM pipeline! Exelon Corporation is the nation’s leading competitive


energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity, comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constel- lation business unit provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million residential customers.


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