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BALTIMORE, February 19 -- The Black Engineer of the Year Awards ended with the second Annual Stars and Stripes Breakfast in honor of Black military leaders. Keynoting the final event of the 21st National Awards Conference, Black Engineer of the Year, IBM's Vice President of Development, Rod Adkins, stressed that collaboration was a key out- come of the 2007 Conference, and promotion of student achievement in mathematics and science at BEYA was in the national interest.
"The most successful leaders around the world are choosing the path of innovation to integrate insights into various public and organizational models, and to leverage the breakthroughs of technology," Adkins said in his address, following a film featuring high-performance computing systems from IBM, some of which provide the U.S. military the means to automate processes and keep track of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of tons of supplies and equipment.
Adkins said he was "humbled" to be selected as the 21st Black Engineer of the Year. The award is special, he said, as he strives to represent the constituency at the highest level.
“The annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference allows us to network and foster collaboration to achieve greatness," Adkins told the audience of military, government, academic, and industry leaders, who gathered for the breakfast of prayer and remembrance put together by Co-Chairs of the Black Engineer Alumni Association, and the Publisher and CEO of Career Communications Group, Dr. Tyrone Taborn (h.c.)
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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.
