ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE: CELEBRATING VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENTS Saturday, February 17, 2024 • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST Ballroom, Baltimore Convention Center, DTX: BEYA World I
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EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY
BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY
EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE: CELEBRATING VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENTS
Saturday, February 17, 2024 • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST Ballroom, Baltimore Convention Center, DTX: BEYA World I
BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY EVENT SPONSORS: BGE, GE, UL Research Institutes, University of Maryland, Baltimore County CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS: Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine The BEYA Awards Ceremony is a tribute to the people behind today’s technological marvels while recognizing their continued pursuit of excellence within their were overcome throughout the decades, landing us here today and preparing us to launch into the future. In showcasing these visionary achievements, we witness groundbreaking technologies – highlighting how the triad of People, Process, and and creating the path to Becoming Everything You Are. EMCEES: Angela Stribling (People) Marc Clark (Process) 3rd host TKTKTK (Technology)
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HOWARD MCKENZIE Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President of Engineering, Test & Technology The Boeing Company PRESENTER: Markeeva Morgan, Vice President and Program Manager, VC-25B, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, The Boeing Company
MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – GOVERNMENT
LOWELL JONES Aerospace Engineer Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – INDUSTRY NIRUPAMA BHATTACHARYA, PH.D. Principal Data Scientist The MITRE Corporation
MOST PROMISING ENGINEER – INDUSTRY
NICOLE JACKSON, PH.D. R&D S&E Systems Research and Analysis Sandia National Laboratories
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ANTHONY CRUTCHFIELD Vice President, Boeing Army Systems The Boeing Company PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent
PIONEER AWARD Senior Vice President, Aerospace Booz Allen Hamilton
LINDA GOODEN LEGACY
MICHAEL PATTON JR. Vice President, Program Management Lockheed Martin PRESENTER: Stephanie C. Hill, Executive Vice President, Rotary and Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin
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MONIQUE PICOU Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain & Operations Google
RODNEY ADKINS LEGACY
BERTRAND DAMIBA Director, Product Management Google
PRESENTER: Monique Picou, Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain & Operations, Google
CHAD KOELE President, Actalent
PROCESS
PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent
DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
COMMUNITY SERVICE – GOVERNMENT
ALLAN G. SONSTEBY, PH.D. Executive Director Applied Research Laboratory Penn State University
PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent
DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
COMMUNITY SERVICE – INDUSTRY
DURAN GUNTER Director, Quality & Process Engineering RTX Pratt and Whitney
TONY HARRIS Team Leader DEVCOM Analysis Center
ERIC BIRIBUZE Global Sales Director, AGS Corning Incorporated
PRESENTER: Executive Director, V2500 Program, RTX
PRESENTER: Chad Koele, President, Actalent
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EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY
PEOPLE
EVENT PROGRAM: BEYA AWARDS CEREMONY
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT
PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant, Chief, Army
(JASSM) and Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) AFLCMC/EB-E
MAJOR RODERICK D. ERVIN Branch Chief United States Air Force
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT
LTC MICHAEL POPE Deputy Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, Chief,
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY
CARL DONAHOO
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY
GEORGE COLES JR. Biomechanical and Microelectronics Engineer The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY
NELSON NDUKWE AKWARI, PH.D. Executive Director - Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina The Boeing Company
WILLIAM JOHNSON JR. Business Area Leader, Senior Vice President Leidos
PRESENTER: Albert “Benjie” Spencer, Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering Standard Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
PRESENTER: Leidos
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – INDUSTRY
GEM OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS / GEM STUDENT LEADERSHIP
BRANDON CASSIMERE, PH.D. Senior Technical Professional Leader KBR
PRESENTER: Albert “Benjie” Spencer, Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering Standard Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT – GOVERNMENT
ANDREA L. WILLIAMS Supervisory Civil Engineer, Chief, Operations Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Memphis District
NASHLIE SEPHUS, PH.D. Tech Evangelist/Senior Scientist at Amazon, AL Amazon/Bean Path
TEC H NOLOGY OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – GOVERNMENT NATHANIEL BRIDGES, PH.D. Program Lead Air Force Research Laboratory
PRESENTER: Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, Chief,
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CHAD NASH Chief, Quick Reaction Capability Branch United States Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR)
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – INDUSTRY
TRESHA LACAUX Vice President, 777X Chief Project Engineer The Boeing Company
VISIONARY AWARD
ANTHONY BROWN, ESQ. Attorney General Maryland State Government
TECHNICAL SALES AND MARKETING
VICTOR DEAL Senior Account Director and Program Manager HII PRESENTER: Edmond Hughes, Exec VP and Chief
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PRESENTER: Markeeva Morgan, Vice President and Program Manager, VC-25B, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, The Boeing Company
MELVYN HEARD General Manager of Business Aviation GE Aerospace
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PASSING THE TORCH REMARKS
DR. CHARLOTTE FARMER Senior Vice President and Chief Operating UL Research Institutes
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION – INDUSTRY
COLIN PARRIS, PH.D. Senior Vice President and Chief General Electric Company (GE)
BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
CHRISTA WRIGHT, PH.D. Director of Toxicology Chemical Insights Research Institute of UL Research Institutes
KEN WASHINGTON, PH.D. Senior Vice President, Chief
PRESENTER: Dr. Charlotte Farmer, Senior Vice President
Medtronic
SENIOR TECHNOLOGY FELLOW
PRESENTER: Medtronic
WILLIAM B. AGASSOUNON, PH.D. Director, Research & Advanced Systems Textron Inc. PRESENTER: Vice Admiral John V. Fuller, Naval Inspector General, America’s Navy
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