!" STEM Degree & an MBA #" PhD in a STEM Field $" Career in IT
invest $3 billion in R&D in 2008. Phillips watchers, and there neering degree enhanced his CIO role by teaching him how to
are many beyond the Oracle shareholder community, praise see how commerce and technology mesh to produce profi table
the Hampton University MBA’s success. The Arkansas native business solutions. He measures IT effectiveness by how well
honed his leadership skills at the US Air Force Academy, and as basic services — Email, network, connectivity, business applica-
a Marine Corps captain. Between 1994 and 2002, Phillips, who tions run, delivery of new applications/functionality, and use of
then worked for Morgan Stanley, was ranked as the nation’s top technology and business process to transform the organization.
software company analyst. He serves on the boards of Oracle, He advises would-be MBAs to work after graduation to gain
Viacom, Morgan Stanley, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York perspective on B-school casework. To would-be IT specialists,
City and New York Law School. he says: gain technical competency, fi gure out how your busi-
ness works, and then determine how technology makes it more
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
effective. His proudest career accomplishment occurred in 1999
when he was hired as vice president of IT by Sega of America.
“I had fi nally broken through the glass ceiling,” he says. When
KRAFT FOODS
not working, McIntosh heads to the golf links preferably on
Hawaii, relaxes with Robert Ludlum thrillers, or clicks to www.
JAMES R. ANDRADE #
ESPN.com.
Vice President
Research and Developm ent-Asia Pacific
B A - psychology, Roger W illiams University AMERICAN EXPRESS
M S, PhD - neuroscience, Howard University
KIM GOODMAN !
James Andrade is a research and statistical maven, and a keen
observer of human nature. Both helpful attributes when part of
Executive Vice President
M erchant Services, North A m erica
your job portfolio consists of hiring top science and engineer-
ing talent for several Kraft R&D centers in Asia. These include
B A , M S, Stanford University
MS - industrial engineering, Stanford University
facilities for beverage technology in the Philippines, cheese and
MB A , Harvard University
dairy in Australia, biscuits and cracker in China, and joint ven-
Kim Goodman has a big job and the
tures in Korea and Japan. Andrade wants to ensure the develop-
STEM/MBA background to do it excep-
ment of new Kraft food products and continual refi nement of
tionally well. She oversees all aspects of the
its classics. Kraft uses blends of natural and artifi cial fl avors to
relationship AMEX has with businesses that accept its card in
satisfy consumers’ desires. But, Andrade once told a Filipino
the United States and Canada, and manages the team that fi nds
paper, “We don’t reengineer the taste or fl avor; we don’t ma-
and acquires merchant customers, while keeping the custom-
nipulate the product just to suit the market. It’s the market that
ers happy. Prior to AMEX, she spent seven years at Dell, where
dictates what our product should be.” Andrade’s background
responsibilities included marketing, vendor management and
in psychology and research experience girds his cross-cultural
pricing as head of its $5 billion software and peripherals business.
understanding of the importance of culinary and food science
Before that the Chicago native was a partner and vice president
in food processing. An advocate of workforce diversity, Andrade
specializing in telecommunications and media at the consulting
told Black Engineer magazine in 2003 that “If there are fi ve
fi rm, Bain & Company. In an interview with a Stanford School
people in a meeting, and they all share the same experiences
of Engineering publication, Goodman says an undergradu-
and point of view, four of them are irrelevant.”
ate interest in business led her to a master’s degree in industrial
engineering. “So I could still be an engineer but get a lot of good
HANES BRANDS
background and exposure in subjects that were more business-
oriented,” she explains. That notion has certainly paid off.
JAMES R. NANTON
Senior Vice President, CIO
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
B A - Sociology, Iona College
M S - Managem ent of Technology, Polytechnic University of Ne w York
NETWORK SOLUTIONS
JACKSON FAMILY ENTERPRISES
W. ROY DUNBAR !
STEVEN MCINTOSH $
CEO
BS - pharmacy, MB A , Manchester University in the United Kingdom
Senior Vice President and CIO
BS - engineering/applied science, Harvard
Roy Dunbar joined Network Solutions in January 2008
University as president and CEO of the provider of Web-related services,
MB A , Stanford University
bringing a spectrum of experience in IT, product develop-
The old Latin saying, In Vino Veritas, or ment, marketing, and international business to the northern
“In wine, there is truth,” works for Steven Virginia fi rm. Before joining Network Solutions, he had been
McIntosh. He has spent seven fruitful years president of global technology and operations of MasterCard
as CIO for Jackson Family Enterprises — International for four years. In that position, his responsibilities
home of the Kendall – Jackson wine estates. McIntosh has 33 included the global payments platform and operations. Prior to
full time employees augmented by 10-15 consultants/contrac- that, Dunbar spent fourteen years with Eli Lilly and Company.
tors. McIntosh says that the combination of an MBA and engi- He left as the pharmaceutical giant’s president of intercontinen-
tal operations. His portfolio included sales and operations in
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