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Kerrie L. Holley, 2003 Black Engineer of the Year Chairman's Award winner, was one of eight employees to be named IBM Fellow – the company's most prestigious technical honor, according to a press statement from IBM. The eight honorees – the most ever named in a single year – drive innovation in areas as diverse as micro processor design, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), supercomputing, middleware and industry standard servers.
"Individually, this year’s honorees are responsible for many of our amazing technical breakthroughs and successes; together, they represent the breadth of innovation at IBM," said Dr. John E. Kelly III, IBM senior vice president, technology and intellectual property. "Today’s challenges to the status quo – globalization, universal connectivity, advanced technologies, emerging economies —also contain the seeds of a promising future. This is where IBM thrives and where our commitment to innovation shines. " Kerrie Holley is described as "one of the best technical talents" at IBM Corporation and was the first Black employee to be named IBM Distinguished Engineer, and only the second to be elected a member of the prestigious IBM Academy of Technology. IBM employs 250,000 people worldwide; fewer than 300 are distinguished engineers.
Industry and senior technical professionals recognize Holley for his insight and technical expertise today, but this spectacular achievement did not come easily. Raised by a single parent on Chicago's tough South Side, he found a place as a teenager and young adult tutoring at the famed Sue Duncan Children's Center, a local program focused on mentoring inner-city children from disadvantaged homes. He went on to earn a B.A. degree in mathematics and a juris doctorate from DePaul University. As chief architect for the IBM e-Business Integration Unit, Holley translates business requirements into designs for cutting-edge network solutions for clients. Today, he resides with his wife and two small boys in a coastal community just south of San Francisco.
There have been only 193 IBM Fellows in the past 43 years, including 62 active employees with the newly named Fellows. IBM Fellows are given freedom and flexibility to pursue creative achievements and typically work on special projects or research initiatives that lead the company in exciting new directions.
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Black technology entrepreneurs are increasingly providing the horsepower that drives the global economy. Over the last two decades, black entrepreneurs have created more jobs, and contributed much more to the economic expansion of the Black community as a whole, than any black pastor or politician. Black entrepreneurs are taking risks and building businesses that generate economic growth and increase prosperity in underserved areas, as more minority-owned and minority-focused businesses emerge, willing to serve the financial needs of Black entrepreneurs. US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine's annual list of Top Black Technology Entrepreneurs reflects the expanding scope of leading Black entrepreneurs in information technology, homeland security, and defense.
