BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP-INDUSTRY
Patricia L. Lewis Vice President, Human Resources Information Systems and Global Solutions Lockheed Martin Corporation
atricia L. Lewis is now the senior human resources leader for Lockheed Martin’s $15.5 billion Electronics Systems global business―her most recent position in a career of increasingly responsible positions, including an 11-year stint at IBM. At Lockheed Martin, she directs a staff of 300 HR professionals on a domestic and international basis, reaching 45,000 employees worldwide.
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Since joining Lockheed Martin in February 2011, Lewis has already implemented a number of strategic talent initiatives including the Program Management Talent Initiative, which was instituted across the business area to accelerate the development of high potential diverse leaders from various disciplines for senior program leadership roles. She is also spearheading two pilot programs for the company in the areas of Integrated Talent Management and Culture Change, which will be instrumental in optimizing the corporation’s talent decision-making processes and understanding how to evolve its workforce to be more agile and responsive to business imperatives.
During her tenure at IBM, she was vice president of human resources for IBM’s Global Technology Services Business for
DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP-INDUSTRY
J. Anthony Wingate Manager, Subsystems and Components Quality Engineering
Sandia National Laboratories
the Americas, with responsibility for all HR strategic initiatives and programs across the United States, Canada and Latin America. She also held the position of vice president, diversity and em- ployee experience, while at IBM. She is a member of the board of directors for Sandia Na- tional Laboratories and is a member of the Sandia Governance Com- mittee. She is also
a Board member of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Professional affiliations include the National Associa- tion of Female Executives and the Society for Human Resources Management.
In 2010, Lewis co-hosted the Multicultural Women’s Con-
ference by Working Mother Media, participated as an advisory council member, and contributed as a speaker and resource dur- ing the event. Earlier, in March 2007, Lewis was recognized by The Network Journal magazine as one of the Top 25 Influential Black Women in Business.
obtaining its registration in less than half the time and cost. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) emphasizes industry customer satisfaction through quality management prac- tices. Wingate has also had success in growing quality engineering staff for Surety Engineering.
Surety Assessment, Engi- neering and Analysis Center since 2008. As the manager of subsystem and component quality engineering, he is
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responsible for technical quality support to Sandia Product Re- alization teams. In Nov. 2011, he was recognized as the National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs “Employee of the Quarter.” This award is given to people for going above the call of duty in supporting the National Nuclear Security Adminis- tration (NNSA) mission. Sandia Corp. operates Sandia National Laboratories as a contractor for the Department of Energy’s NNSA and supports federal, state, and local government agencies, companies and organizations. Wingate won the award because he played a key role in creating a streamlined process organizations can follow to gain ISO 9001-2008 registration. Wingate’s center used the process in
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Over three years, he has been directly responsible for hiring 20 outstanding employees at Sandia’s Albuquerque, New Mexico, California and Missouri locations. The new hires represent a spectrum of diversity in gender, ethnicity, and technical discipline. Understanding the need for developing a pipeline of qualified candidates, he has attended career fairs at the University of Kansas and University of Texas at Austin; the American Society for Qual- ity World Conference, and Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference. Wingate has hired science and engineering candidates from these fairs and the career fair at North Carolina A&T State University. In 2011, he was able to participate in A&T’s university-indus- try classroom visitation program, which allows company sponsors to talk to students about opportunities in science and engineering. The S&E candidates Wingate hires are diverse, with more than 50 percent of them being women. One of them is now a successful peer manager in the center on the career development track. Many of these candidates were hired into the Sandia graduate program, which covers tuition and tuition-related costs, 60 percent of the student’s base salary and employee benefits. Outside of the work- place, Wingate has been a foster parent for four years, seeing more than 32 young people pass through his home.
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