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JOB: Senior Program Director General Dynamics Information Technology
Yoghana Mercer-Bey’s leadership motivates others to succeed. His Deployment Services Contract 2 team has deployed to places such as Haiti following an earthquake, North Dakota following floods, and the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. The team worked with government analysts and military- supporting intelligence operations. They were able to integrate seamlessly with mission operations and deliver innovative tools and support processes to improve security, accelerate information flows, and support mission success. As a General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) senior program director, he leads the Missions Services Lines of business in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). With his guidance, this line of business has generated more than $200 million in revenue and continues to grow.
HOW HE GOT TO GENERAL DYNAMICS: Prior to joining GDIT in 2008, he held technical and management roles in the Air Force. Mercer-Bey supported the Intelligence Community and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for 30 years. As the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency, his responsibilities included advising the Director and Military Executive on matters concerning effective welfare and morale of the military.
Yoghana Mercer-Bey Linda Gooden Legacy Award
JOB: Senior Vice President – Distribution, Dominion Virginia Power
Edward H. Baine Anthony R. James Legacy Award
ACHIEVEMENTS: Ed Baine has gone above and beyond in service to his community. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Dominion Credit Union, Chamber RVA, and the Capital Region Collaborative Organizing Council. He also serves on the board of the Chesterfield Education Foundation and helped to lead this group through some very trying times. His vision, determination, and steady hand helped the foundation move forward. He is a member of the Management and Marketing Advisory Board of the School of Business at Virginia State University and the Executive Advisory Council for the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. He also serves on the board of the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund, MEGA Mentors, and the Virginia Chapter of American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE). Through his executive sponsorship of the organization, Baine has helped the Virginia Chapter of the AABE to stand as a viable independent chapter. In addition, he has still found time to help coach youth football over the last 10 years. He was awarded the 2015 Bernard L. Savage Community Service Award, which is bestowed on a leader who has gone above and beyond in service to the community.
JOB: Senior Engineer, PECO Energy, an Exelon Company
ACHIEVEMENTS: George Sey is a senior engineer leading the distributed energy resource (DER) engineering group within the Distribution Capacity Planning division. Since joining PECO (an Exelon Company) in 2006, he has contributed greatly toward the company’s success. His technical expertise, business acumen, and leadership have distinguished him throughout his tenure. Sey began with the company as a distri- bution dispatcher, gaining years of firsthand practical and operational experience. He partnered with one of the most experienced and revered engineers at PECO to develop his foundational technical skills as a capacity planning engineer designing distribution system facilities and to build his reputation as an overall technological leader. He has become a technical expert on emerging distribution system challenges and assessing opportunities of leveraging DER assets for the company. Sey is also the subject matter expert for DER interconnections and micro grid technology applica- tions and has implemented process efficiency improvements for analyzing renewable energy interconnections at PECO. He also develops new engineers in the same organi- zation through mentoring as well as authoring and delivering power engineering train- ing materials to engineers both internal and external to his immediate department. His technical reputation, strong work ethic, positive interpersonal skills, and initiative to engage in roles beyond his core responsibilities make him a supremely valuable resource and mentor to all minority, young, and technically aspiring individuals.
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2017 Black Engineer of the Year AWARD WINNERS
George Sey, Jr., PE Anthony R. James Legacy Award
CONFERENCE ISSUE 2017 I USBE&IT 59
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