!" STEM Degree & an MBA #" PhD in a STEM Field $" Career in IT
NETWORK AND OTHER COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
to the world.” His favorite vacation, book, gadget, and activity
are: Hawaii, Maui, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Slingbox, and
cooking.
CORNING
CARLTON M. TRUESDALE #
IBM
Research Fello w
Science & Technology
RODNEY C. ADKINS $
Inorganic & Integration Technologies
Senior Vice President
BS - chemistry, M orehouse College Developm ent and Manufacturing
PhD - physical chemistry, University of California Systems and Technology Group
– Berkeley
B A - emphasis in physics, Rollins College
The 25-year Corning veteran, who says
BS, M S-electrical engineering, G eorgia Institute
his greatest professional accomplishment
of Technology
is becoming a research fellow in 2005, has
Rod Adkins is an ace multi-tasker,
advice for would-be PhDs. The degree, he says, gave him the
with a respected role in determining IBM’s
foundation for a career at a Fortune 500 company and license
corporate and technical future. Currently,
to have fun and be innovative. He adds that prospective doctor-
he leads Big Blue’s global server and storage systems hardware
al students should choose a fi eld that stimulates their passions,
and software development, and microelectronics business. The
intellect, and zeal, and lets their emotional and cerebral halves
latter includes semiconductor process technology development
connect. Truesdale, who has done extensive research in the areas
and manufacturing operations for microprocessors and applica-
of optical couplers, multimode fi bers, and optical waveguide
tion specifi c integrated circuits, which are used by IBM and its
processing, heads a six-person team composed of scientists and
original equipment maker clients. Since joining IBM in 1981,
engineers that work on the science and engineering of nano-
Adkins has had increasing levels of responsibility in areas such
materials and processes. And the next big thing in that fi eld
as product development, business operations, and general man-
is using nanotechnology in medical research, electronics, and
agement, He has also gained experience working with personal
energy. His off-the-clock favorite vacation spot, book, gadget,
computers, printers, servers, software, and storage. His signifi -
and leisure activity are respectively, St. Martin in the Caribbean,
cant career achievements include helping to transform IBM into
Dune, the PS3 and Guitar Hero, and “cruising” for at least one
the e-business market leader for new devices, and leading its
week with his family. His dream job would be consulting with
UNIX systems in server group to its greatest percentage growth
other R&D organizations on ways to optimize the use of their
ever. He is a member of IBM's Performance and Technology
diversity personnel to business and personal advantage.
Teams and the Board of Governors for the IBM Academy of
Technology. Throughout his career, Adkins has identifi ed, nur-
tured, and trained minority students interested in science and
COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT
technology, and mentored hundreds of colleagues. In 2007, he
was the recipient of the Black Engineer of the Year award
ACER
KENNETH E. WALKER $ IBM
Senior Director of Technical A lliances and Standards MARK E. DEAN #
ITG O – Global Strategic A lliances
BS-information & computer science, G eorgia
IBM Fellow and Vice President
Institute of Technology
Technical Strategy and Global O perations
M S-managem ent, G eorgia Institute of Technology BSEE - University of Tennessee
M SEE - Florida Atlantic University
Kenneth Walker doesn’t have an out-
PhDEE - Stanford University
standing career accomplishment he is proud-
est of. “I’m not there yet,” says the ex-chief
Mark Dean’s new post sets the direc-
technology offi cer of Gateway, which is owned by Acer, the
tion of IBM’s overall research strategy
world’s third largest PC fi rm. He does know, however, his great-
across eight worldwide labs and leads the
est infl uence: his dad, a man who volunteered for the Korean
global operations and information systems teams. Before that,
War and helped to desegregate lunch counters. Confi dence un-
he was vice president of the IBM Almaden Research Center. His
derpins Walker’s advice for would-be IT specialists. They must
25-year career at IBM has many high points. He was chief engi-
consider what questions to ask themselves, their peers — people
neer for development of the IBM PC/AT, ISA systems bus, PS/2
in general, as the answers will prepare them for tasks ahead.
Model 70 & 80, the color graphics adapter in the original IBM
Then, Walker says, “ask the most important question: What’s
PC and numerous other subsystems. One invention — the In-
plan B?” Foresight feeds into how he measures effectiveness. He
dustry Standard Architecture (ISA) “bus” — permits add-on de-
says a grand strategy must still move from point A to point B
vices like the keyboard, disk drives and printers to be connected
and, actions taken to move quickly and effi ciently are hallmarks
to the motherboard, and earned election to the National Inven-
of one’s’ execution. “Operational management is not a dirty
tors Hall of Fame for Dean and his colleague, Dennis Moeller.
word. Get your hands dirty and get the job done.” Walker says
Dean has more than 40 patents or patents pending, and has
the iPhone is a taste of the next big thing in IT, serving as a
served as vice president for hardware and systems architecture
bridge between notebooks and phones to connect “from me
in the systems and technology group. While there, he enhanced
strategy to support industry leadership in IBM’s server and
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