02/02/2013 - 19:43
MIAMI -- Hugh Stewart's first two forays into business did not bear fruit, so he created or acquired another 18 companies in the last 12 years.
01/14/2013 - 04:42
DECATUR -- Laron Walker never forgot meeting the late Dr. Frank Greene in an airport. Like Greene, Walker received a masters degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University.
From that point, Greene encouraged Walker to follow in his footsteps as an innovator and entrepreneur.
12/02/2012 - 17:09
SAN JOSE -- When the new editor of the San Jose Business Journal walked into a breakfast at the San Jose Athletic Club in 1987, he was surprised that four of the dozen technology business leaders welcoming him were African-American.
"They were pretty shocked that I was black too," recalls the author of Success Secrets of Black Executives (ASPIRE SAN FRANCISCO), first African-American to edit a business newspaper.
John William Templeton soon organized a group called the Black Executive Forum, where one could only gain admittance with budget authority in excess of $10 million. More than 200 eventually showed up for the monthly meetings.
11/29/2012 - 21:09
MILWAUKEE -- Dr. Andrew B. Williams, Professor and John P. Raynor Distinguished Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, is known internationally for his work in humanoid robotics and inspiring women and underutilized populations to achieve excellence in computing and robotics education and research.
At Marquette University, he is director of the Humanoid Engineering and Intelligent Robotics Lab, which is actively involved in researching innovative methods for utilizing humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence to address the childhood obesity epidemic.
He has worked extensively in educating, recruiting, retaining, and motivating underrepresented and women students to pursue undergraduate and graduate computing and engineering careers through community outreach events, computer and robotics summer camps, competitions, curriculum development and research experiences.
Again among the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology, he joins fellow selectees Dr. M. Brian Blake, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate School at the University of Miami; and Dr. Juan Gilbert, Chair of Human-Centered Computing at Clemson University in a panel on creating a sense of belonging for African-American students in cutting edge fields during Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology: Public Innovation & Supplier Diversity on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C..
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