BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS Dr. Antonio Williams
Director, Marketing Elements and Integration Lab Xerox Corporation
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r. Antonio Williams is an innovator. His dedication to sci- ence and engineering is a reason why Xerox is a leader in the field of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, copiers and digital production printing presses. Wil- liams’ work benefits Xerox, but also benefits the lives of people worldwide. Anyone working in a business setting or using a public print and copy center is benefiting from Williams’ innova- tive spirit. It’s because of his knack for innovation that Xerox has taken a giant leap forward in the solid ink business. The ColorQube 9200 is an example of how Williams has changed the document printing landscape worldwide.
During the late 1990s, Xerox was developing a multifunc- tion color printer called ColorQube 9200. The goal was to create a fast color printer that produced high-quality printouts. Williams and his team developed mounting and alignment print head modules for the project. These inventions played a pivotal role in the high-quality output of the printer, and contributed to its success. The ColorQube 9200 became the world’s first high- speed solid ink multifunction printer. The printer reduced the cost of color pages by more than 60 percent, and generated 90 percent less supply waste.
Thanks to Dr.
Williams’ input, the ColorQube 9200 had the best print qual- ity at the time. Williams is also passionate about social issues. While working at Xerox’s Oregon location, Williams became president of Xerox’s Oregon Black Employ- ees Association. He successfully recruited three African-American employees and hired a female me- chanical engineer. Williams has also tutored inner city youth in science
and math as part of his association with the National Society of Black Engineers Alumni Extension.
Sherisha Young General Engineer, Capacity Planner
ComEd, Exelon Corporation
herisha Young is a capacity planning engineer at ComEd, an Exelon subsidiary and the largest electric utility distributor in Illinois, which serves more than 3.8 million customers. She has worked at ComEd over the past six years. She began her career in 2006 after graduating with a bachelor’s in electrical engineer- ing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Two years on, she was promoted to design engineer in ComEd’s distribution automation department. She carried her passion for personal and systems performance into her next role and immersed herself in learning automated switching and their communications. While on a routine field visit, her knowledge and attention to detail led her to recognize and prevent an incorrect installa- tion. Had the error gone unnoticed, ComEd would have seen up to two times as many outages on a subsequent line failure. She also developed and maintained a database that calculated circuit automation based on probability of an outage, customer count, past reliability, and overhead exposure. Young received her second promotion in five years within the capacity planning department. She is part of the young and upwardly mobile ComEd engineering team benefiting from career ladders put in place byComEd’s engineering and human resources to help the utility’s 500 engineers’ progress. Currently Young is enrolled in DePaul’s Kellstadt School of Business where she will complete her master’s in business administration in the spring of 2013 with double focus on change management,
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as well as strategy, execution and valuation. Her long-term goal is to become a manager and eventually vice president of an engi- neering organization at ComEd. In addition, Young mentors minority engineers and engi- neering interns. She is an active member of the Exelon African American Members Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Her volunteer efforts include cleaning beaches along the perimeter of the inner city and talking to high school students at Rowe Clark Academy about career opportuni- ties in the engineering field.
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