!" STEM Degree & an MBA #" PhD in a STEM Field $" Career in IT
Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Carib- native set his sights on the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
bean. From 1999 to 2003, he was Lilly’s chief information ogy. After graduating from there with two degrees in four-and-
offi cer and has been heralded for pushing through IT upgrades a-half years, he joined Exxon, later earning patents as a research
and changes that super-charged the market placement of new engineer specializing in offshore oil platforms. He left big oil
pharmaceuticals. Dunbar was also a member of Eli Lilly’s senior to earn a Harvard MBA, which, to paraphrase him, would help
management forum, a group of the top 25 leaders that imple- him make an impact on the scale and scope he desired. Since
mented the company’s strategy. He is a director of EDS Corpo- 1984, he has spent his career working with technology and en-
ration, Humana Inc., and the Executive Leadership Council. gineering-related projects. These include defi ning market strate-
gies for what became Lucent, after the AT&T restructuring.
MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY
He also developed and rolled-out the MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm, put-
ting 80 percent of MIT’s 1,800 courses online for free. Then
FEDEX
he became SVP for global media and technology, a key division
of the $4 billion Booz Allen. He is a member of the Executive
BELINDA G. WATKINS !
Leadership Council, MIT’s National Selection Committee, and
Vice President - EIS Net work Computing
treasurer of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
FedEx, Enterprise Infrastructure Services
B A - mathematics, Millsaps College
M A - mathematics education, Mississippi
DELOITTE
College
M S - telecom munications & information
LARRY QUINLAN $
systems managem ent, MB A-Christian
Brothers University Chief Information O f ficer
Belinda G. Watkins has been with
BS - industrial managem ent, University of the
FedEx for fi ve years and is the offi cer re-
West Indies
MB A , Baruch College (City College of Ne w York)
sponsible for its worldwide network services. Her group devel-
ops, designs, and engineers communications for the overnight
Larry Quinlan is a principal at one
parcel company. Watkins, who manages a team of about 350,
of the world’s largest professional services
says she measures effectiveness by her group’s positive results.
fi rms with more than 40,000 US employ-
These are determined by partner and customer satisfaction
ees and 165,000 worldwide. He sits on
with the delivery of a quality technology product/service on
the operating committee and has three major, enterprise-wide
time and on budget, along with the provision of available and
roles: chief information offi cer, national managing principal for
reliable technology services. The next big things in her fi eld,
process excellence, and diversity leader for the shared services.
she says, are the integration of voice mail, email, video, data,
As CIO of a 1,200 plus person IT service group, he is respon-
mobility and presence into a single experience, as well as the
sible for technology leadership, strategy, implementation and
emerging tools and platforms to enhance Web-based communi-
operations. Quinlan has been with Deloitte since 1988 and
ties, including social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis,
has served in an array technology and knowledge management
blogs, and folksonomies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk-
positions for both Deloitte & Touche and Deloitte Consulting.
sonomy]. One of her top initiatives is the design, engineering,
He is the former global CIO for Deloitte Consulting. The De-
and implementation of the networks for the new FedEx hubs
loitte CIO is often quoted by leading business, and technology,
in Guangzhou, China, and Greensboro, NC. Watkins’ favorite
publications including the Wall Street Journal and Information
book, movie, Website, gadget, and vacations spots, respectively,
Week, and is a frequent guest speaker. Institutions and pub-
are Gifted Hands, The Great Debaters,
www.smartmoney.com,
lications that have honored his work include Computerworld
her Nintendo Wii, and Bermuda. Dream job: becoming a suc-
(2007 Premier 100 IT Leaders), the Harlem YMCA (2000
cessful venture capitalist and philanthropist.
Black Achiever in Industry), and the National Black MBA
Association Magazine (2005 Top 50 Under 50). He serves on
the boards of the Information Technology Senior Management
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Forum, the Nashville Technology Council, BDPA Education
& Technology Foundation, and the National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship.
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
REGINALD VAN LEE !
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT
Senior Vice President
Organization and Strategy
BS, M S - civil engineering, MIT COX ENTERPRISES
MB A , Harvard University
GREGORY B. MORRISON $
Reggie Van Lee, the 2008 Black Engineer
of the Year, is a formidable individual.
Vice President and CIO
He leads Booz Allen’s non-profi t efforts
BS, South Carolina State University
and organization and strategy capabili-
M S, Northwestern University
ties in the health public sector, which provides strategy and
Greg Morrison was named vice president
IT services to the American Cancer Society, Department of
and CIO of Cox Enterprises in Febru-
Defense, and Habitat for Humanity. As a child, the Houston
ary 2002. He is responsible for corporate
operations technology planning. He previ-
http://www.blackengineer.com
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