BEYA-WOC HALL OF FAME
Robin Forbis Senior Vice President – Finance Global Finance Transformation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Fumbi Chima Vice President and Chief Information Officer Wal-Mart Asia 2012 Women of Color New Media/ IT Leadership
We are all new immigrants to the
hyper-connected world, Thomas L. Friedman said recently, and Fumbi Chima is a leading global executive in today’s flat world. Previously, as vice president of global technology services and strategic partnerships she was responsible for the vendor management office, project management office and Walmart’s global technology services office in India, as well as Walmart’s information technology asset management team.
Chima has assisted in the
transformation of global companies to implement IT strategies and platforms, and drive revenue growth. She has led business units in banking, finance and investment management services, as well as retail in Asia, Latin America, Europe and in the United States. Chima earned her bachelor’s degree from University of Hull in Yorkshire, England. Currently, she is vice president and chief information officer of Wal-Mart Asia. She serves as one of the officer sponsors for the Wal-Mart women’s resource council, secretary of the African American officer caucus and a member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF). She also serves in numerous volunteer roles, including the World Affairs Council—DC, STEM connector, West Essex YMCA and the New Jersey School of Ballet.
Denise Russell Fleming VP, Business Technology & Transformation BAE Systems 2012 Women of Color Career Achievement in Industry
Denise Russell Fleming is a pioneer in mentoring to increase the interest and confidence of girls and young women to pursue and succeed in STEM. After Fleming discovered her fear of blood could hinder a medical career, Fleming’s high school teacher coaxed her to develop an interest in engineering, sowing an early seed for mentoring, which Fleming has done throughout her career. In 2009 she served on the Maryland STEM Task Force. Earlier in 2012, she presented scholarships on behalf of Lockheed Martin Corporation at the Mississippi Information Technology Day in Jackson. Fleming herself attended the University of Virginia and earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1993. Four years later, she earned her M.B.A. from Duke University. During her 13-year career at Sprint Nextel, one of her biggest achievements was delivering a $74 million savings in cost service. Currently as VP at BAE Systems, she develops strategies to ensure alignment of technology with business goals. She also works with counterparts in operations, engineering and human resources to ensure process, people and technology are aligned to support the needs of the customers.
Fleming is a member of advisory
boards for Women in Engineering in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland and the information systems department in the School of Business at Howard University.
2012 Special Recognition Honoree Robin Forbis is a key figure in the
management of Wal-Mart’s financials and a major decision maker in the financial management systems of the multinational retail corporation.
Forbis is responsible for transforming finance by designing new processes, systems and information in all countries in which Wal-Mart does business. Prior to her current role, she held major positions within the finance organization. She joined the company in 1990 and spent the early years of her career in internal audit, corporate accounting and tax. In 1994 she transitioned into leadership positions on the finance team supporting the Wal-Mart U.S. business.
She helped improve profit and loss forecasting, enabling the business to make decisions based on business trends. In 2003, she was promoted to senior vice president, finance and strategy after assuming additional responsibility for logistics, real estate,
Walmart.com, global procurement and strategy.
In 2004, she briefly left the U.S. team and led creation of corporate compliance, a group responsible for legal and regulatory matters. She returned to U.S. finance in 2005 and launched a reorganization to support the company’s largest business segment. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She became a certified public accountant in 1992, and served as member of the board of directors at United Way of northwest Arkansas in 2009-2010. Over a six-year period in 2001-2006, she was a member of the Helen R. Walton Children Center board of directors and served as the president in 2002-2003.
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