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New York from which he expects to earn a degree in science in May 2013. At college, he has been a senator in the Bronx Com- munity College Student Government Association; member of the Bronx Community College Future Leaders of STEM & Medi- cine Club; and vice president of the Bronx Community College Math and Computer Science Club. Canelo has also received the following awards: Dominican Parade Scholarship; Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ STEM Student Academics Award; Bronx City University of New York Elias Karmon Scholar; New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; and Bronx Community College Math and Computer Science Schol- arship. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Charles DeShazer Vice President, Quality and Clinical Outcomes
BayCare Health System
Dr. Charles DeShazer is a senior physician executive with broad clinical, managerial and consulting experience. He is board-certified in internal medicine, and has more than 20 years of clinical, quality improvement, disease management, informat- ics, accreditation, managerial and consulting experience in a wide variety of regional and national healthcare organizational settings (public hospital, multi-specialty group, IPA, large insurance payer and HMO). DeShazer has expertise in “Trans- formative Medical Informatics,” which is the implementation of new structures, systems, technology and workflows to improve clinical and operational performance. Transformative Medical Informatics is the intersection of organizational development, clinical informatics, change management, business process re-engineering and quality improvement. He has senior level experience in developing start-up operations and rapidly imple- menting solutions to meet the challenges facing today’s health- care organizations. He has implemented disease management programs, a medical group “medical home” model as well as developed innovative organizational transformation methodol- ogy for effectively integrating care management functions (such as utilization management and quality) with business functions (such as contracting and claims) to facilitate collaborative care delivery within health plans and group- and network-based physician models.
Njema J. Frazier Nuclear Physicist and Director
Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration
Dr. Njema Frazier has been with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) over 10 years and is currently a visiting professor at the National Defense Uni- versity in Washington, D.C. During her tenure with NNSA, Dr. Frazier has served as an acting director, acting deputy director, and a senior scientist in three of the largest Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship programs responsible for maintaining a credible national nuclear deterrent without nuclear testing. Prior to joining NNSA, she spent four years as a professional staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science. There, she advised committee members on policy, budget, and technical matters. Frazier received her PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from Michigan State University, conducting her doctoral research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, where her work focused on “Properties of Shell-Model Wavefunctions at High Excitation Energies.” Now, Dr. Frazier is focusing on the launch of her website,
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Larry Golden Inventor
ATPG Technology, LLC
Larry Golden is the inventor of several anti-terrorism devices for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents, compounds, or activity. He has also invented systems and methods for slowing, stopping or stalling a vehicle with the use of satellite or cellular technology. Golden holds three patents and is scheduled to receive three more patents shortly.
Tyrone Grandison CEO
Proficiency Labs
Now CEO of Proficiency Labs, Dr. Tyrone Grandison pioneered healthcare security and privacy technologies that en- abled fine-grained control of health data by patients, providers, and payers. Proficiency Labs specializes in helping healthcare companies deal with HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] security and privacy concerns. Previously, Dr. Grandison was a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He received a bachelor of science degree in computer studies (computer science and econom- ics), a master’s degree in software engineering, and a Ph.D. in computer science. Grandison is a distinguished engineer of the Association of Computing Machinery, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a fellow of the British Computer Society.
Sandie Grage Scientist
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport
The Navy considers Sandie Grage “an exceptional math- ematician.” In 2009, she was recognized with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acqui- sition Top Scientists and Engineers Award in the Emerging Investigators category. Grage is one of the few female scientists to provide underway support in a U.S. Navy submarine. She is currently leading a small team in executing the second phase of a strategic investment for the Analytic Attack Center, focusing on developing methodologies and tools for measuring the effects of emerging technologies on warfighter performance. “Her work addresses an emergent need at Division Newport to evaluate system performance that includes the human contribution to overall system effectiveness,” said T.W. Cramer, captain, U.S. Navy Commander.
Patricia Hendricks Senior Projects Implementation Manager
Lockheed Martin Corporation
By implementing the first Storefront application for the U.S. Army Information Technology Agency (ITA), Patricia Hendricks “has taken a nascent concept and turned it into a highly suc- cessful reality,” Lockheed Martin said. She is considered by the company “a true pioneer in the field of Storefront and Cloud capability in the defense arena.” The final implementation of the ITA Storefront will enable more than 40,000 customers in the Pentagon and National Capital Region to order critical IT services through an “Amazon-like” web portal delivered via a Cloud infrastructure. The ITA Storefront is one of only twelve Lockheed Martin Information Services and Global Solutions
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