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Lockheed Martin Chairman, President, and CEO Marillyn Hewson has celebrated the accomplishments of Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) winners since she became CEO in January 2013.
During the 2018 BEYA STEM Conference Gala, Charles Johnson-Bey (photo inset), director of cyber solutions engineering and technology, was honored with the Career Achievement Award.
A veteran of Lockheed Martin for 14 years, he leads the engineering efforts for a multi-disciplinary organization of about 2,000 people. He partners with the cyber solutions chief engineer and program directors to advance cyber capabilities for domestic and international customers.
Prior to his current position, Johnson-Bey was open innovation manager. His responsibilities included coordinating research activities with Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Labs, GE Global Research Center, and Fortune 50 companies.
An electrical engineer, Johnson-Bey's technical experience spans more than 22 years. His area of expertise is primarily special purpose algorithms and architectures for image processing.
Earlier in the day, Derek McGowan received The Dean’s Award at the HBCU Engineering Deans Breakfast.
With Lockheed Martin since 2001, McGowan is now program manager of the Minority Serving Institution Strategy, where he drives diversity and inclusion efforts in STEM programs, student development and recruiting at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic- Serving Institutions.
At Tuskegee University, for example, his support for the college’s pre-engineering program has been exemplary.
Through McGowan’s actions, at least 40 pre-engineering high school student receive math and science prep during the summer before they join the Tuskegee University College of Engineering program as freshmen. McGowan has been a role model to students, giving seminars and delivering keynote speeches at pre-college summer programs.
Dozens of other Lockheed Martin employees received awards, including Modern-Day Technology Leaders.
There’s a special magic to the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Modern Day Technology Leadership (MDTL) program.
The BEYA MDTL category recognizes early-career, bright, young, and up-and-coming women and men, who not only demonstrate consistent performance but show all the potential of shaping the course of STEM for the 22nd century
Brittany Bailey Project Engineer Senior
Charisse Brooks Senior Systems Engineer
Townsend Brown Software Engineer Sr.
Richard Brown Chief Engineer, Military Sustainment/53E
Janice Burns QA Engineering Associate Manager
Aaron Butler Space Systems IT Project Engineer
Robert Canidate Electronics Engineer Staff
Omar Channer Computer System Architect
Ray Collins, Jr. Procurement Associate Manager
Livy Cox Littoral Combat Ship Systems Architect
Gregory Franklin Core Processor Software Manager
Shelton Goodwin Software Engineer Sr.
Roslyn Handy Project Engineer Senior Staff
James Harrell QA Engineering Manager
Brant Hovington Information Assurance Engineer Senior
Shaza Idris-Smith Multifunctional Engineering and Science Associate Manager
Eric Igwe Deputy Program Manager
Brittnee Jenkins Performance and Decision Analytics Senior Systems Engineer
Vivian Johnson Senior Aeronautical Engineer
Chanavia Johnson Systems Integration and Test Engineer Staff
George Jolliff Systems Engineer Sr. Staff
Alicia Jones Supplier Integration Control Account Manager
Cedric Mays Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Failure Reporting Analysis Corrective Action System Engineer Lead
Philip Morris Software Engineer
Christopher Richardson Systems Integration/Test Engineering Manager
Byron Rollins Software Configuration Analyst Manager
Taja Sellers Systems integration and test manager
Jamie Wilson QA Engineering Manager
Save the date BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference February 7-9, 2019 Washington Marriott Wardman Park Washington, DC