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RAYTHEON COMPANY
CHEMICALS
EMANUEL BRADY JR.
Vice President for Information Technology DUPONT
Space and A irborne Systems
WILLIAM J. HARVEY !
WYLLSTYNE D. HILL $
Vice President, Corporate O perations
BS, Virginia Com monwealth University
Information Technology MB A , Darden School at the University of
Vice President and CIO Virginia
Missile Systems
William Harvey initially joined
BS - mathematics, minor in computer science,
Tuskegee University
DuPont in 1977. After a series of
With a career spanning more than
product management and development
30-years in the defense industry, Wyllstyne
assignments, he left in 1992 to become
Hill has been a Jill of many trades and
general manager of FMC Corporation’s peroxygen chemical di-
an expert of many. Her breadth and depth of experience and
vision. He rejoined DuPont in 1996 and was appointed global
industry-wide knowledge provide missile systems’ CIO a strong
business director for packaging & industrial polymers. In 1999,
foundation. A Tuskegee University graduate, she has held man-
he was appointed vice president and general manager of the
agement responsibility in supply chain, engineering evaluation
DuPont Advanced Fiber businesses — Kevlar® and Nomex®
and support, manufacturing operations, systems engineering,
fi bers. He assumed additional responsibility for market-fac-
product effectiveness, and quality control. With a 480-plus-
ing business focused on growing DuPont’s position in worker
member team, she oversees a complex IT organization that sup-
protection. In 2007, he was named vice president - DuPont
ports more than 12,500 employees at Tucson and other off-site
corporate operations, and took up his current position in Janu-
locations. Since 1971, when she was hired as a general clerk at
ary 2008. Harvey is Trustee of the Darden Graduate Business
Hughes Aircraft, (later purchased by Raytheon), Hill’s intelli-
School at University of Virginia and a Governor of the St.
gence and drive have assisted her climb up the corporate ladder.
Catherine’s School in Richmond, VA.
A lifelong scholar, she recently earned an executive program
certifi cate from the University of Arizona’s Karl Eller Graduate
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School of Management, and an executive management certifi ca-
tion from the University of Southern California. In her com-
munity, she is an active volunteer for groups ranging from the
WACHOVIA CORP. (PURCHASED BY WELLS FARGO & CO)
Society of Women Engineers to the Tucson Urban League.
MARTIN B. DAVIS $
Corporate CIO
AIRLINES
Executive Vice President
B A - business administration,
W inston Salem State University
AMERICAN AIRLINES
Martin Davis is an
MONTE E. FORD $
achiever. During a 25-year
career at Wachovia, he rose
Senior Vice President, IT
Chief Information O f ficer
six rungs up the ladder
from a collection assistant
BS - business administration, Northeastern
University
before being promoted
Monte Ford’s leadership has been
chief information offi cer. As
critical in restoring American’s edge in
corporate CIO, he presides
technological innovation. Prior to join-
over 10,000 employees and
ing American, Ford held senior manage-
a budget of almost $2 bil-
ment positions with The Associates First Capital Corporation
lion. He tells would-be — IT leaders to leverage their creative
and Bank of Boston. Ford also has a long history of community
side, be logical and fact-based in their work, and to understand
involvement in both Dallas and Boston. He is active in church
the business they are in fi rst, then apply that knowledge to
groups, youth programs, and he is a member of the Research
their IT skills. Davis says the next big thing in IT may be the
Board and CIO Strategy Exchange. He is a trustee for Baylor-
“virtualization of the desktop” — and whatever his computer
Grapevine Board and Dallas Children’s Medical Center Board.
science student daughter decides to do with her career. Davis
Recently, he was named one of the “75 Most Powerful African
dotes on iPhone innovations, such as
UrbanSpoon.com, which
Americans in Corporate America” by Black Enterprise magazine.
are transforming business applications. He credits his mom with
In 2004 and 2005, he was recognized as one of the “50 Most
giving him the “smarts,” and his dad, for providing the “work
Important African Americans in Technology” by USBE&IT
ethic” needed to succeed. They also taught him to pay success
magazine. He is a guest columnist for CIO magazine’s “Total
forward, and he considers his greatest career accomplishment as
Leadership” column — covering a variety of workforce issues in-
seeing how well individuals he has mentored are doing. His best
cluding vendor management and the role of the CIO. Ford gave
vacations may include a mix of time on Virgin Gorda in the
the keynote address at the 26th annual conference of the Black
British Virgin Islands, and riding trail bikes and motorcycles.
Data Processing Associates.
Dream job: “At some point, I will do my own thing.”
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