In the fall of 1999, a few months before the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) scheduled for February 2000, plans for the upcoming BEYA gala were swept up by global preparations for the biggest New Year party of our times.To mark the beginning of a new millennium, the BEYA Conference, which launched in the spring of 1986, decided on a new category award that looked back on the accomplishments of the men and women who had been recognized for their success in scientific and technical fields since 1987, even as it looked forward.“Marching into the Millennium” was chosen as the theme of BEYA 2000 not just to honor the winners in a new decade, but to serve as a call to action from BEYA winners who wanted people to keep up in what was described as a century of technological advances.In February 2000, Dr. Mark Dean, one of the personal computer’s architects, was crowned Black Engineer of the Year. Dean led a lineup of 100-plus BEYA winners into the new millennium. A new group of achievers called the Modern-Day Technology Leaders was also celebrated at the BEYA Conference. No doubt, in showcasing the careers of Blacks in technology over a weeklong series of events during Black History Month, the awards ceremonies, job fairs, and other recognition events at BEYA had inspired others and shown young people that they, too, could have a career in engineering.In 2002, US Black Engineer (USBE) magazine hailed the Modern-Day Technology category award winners as the next generation of leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

They are “engineering the future,” wrote USBE magazine. “The Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference honors African Americans who have established themselves as leaders in technology and science. It also is fitting, as we celebrate the accomplishments of these frontrunners, to recognize the next generation of leaders in these fields.”

The list also included bold and talented entrepreneurs fulfilling the ever-changing needs of large companies or the public, workers who were proving their long-term value to their employers or clients in the most challenging business environments.USBE magazine urged that when bad news always seems ready, those looking for hope and inspiration need look no further than the men and women in the Modern-Day Technology Leaders list.Six years ago, one of the speakers presenting awards at the Modern-Day Technology Leaders Lunch held during the BEYA STEM Conference was no other than Gerald Johnson, nominee for the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Award. During the ceremony, Johnson said the accomplished technology leaders represent our present-day state of achievement and the promise that future decades hold for America’s most prestigious companies and organizations. Click here to register for the 2021 BEYA STEM Conference.Meet the 2021 Modern-Day Technology LeadersZenabu Bawa-Mamudu Divisional Staff Microbiologist AbbottJacqueline Glanville-Powers Manager, Engineering Standards AbbottArwa Kassamali Sr. Project Manager AbbottCedric Marionneaux Director – Product and Technical Service Engineer AbbottArmond Moore Environmental Health & Safety Engineer AbbottAlain-Serge Nagni Software Manager and Manager Project Engineering AbbottCW3 Weaver Prosper Chief Warrant Officer 3 Arlington National CemeteryDanielle Barnett Sr. Market Development Manager AT&TErnest Brown Senior Product Manager AT&TAllen Dunbar Sr. Quality Methods & Procedures Process Manager AT&TErin Edwards Consultant Professional Services 2 AT&TCarl Gomez Senior Associate Transformation AT&TJames Mark Hale Jr. Associate Director AT&TJames Johnson Technical Sales Consultant AT&TRochelle Jones Director – Business Operations AT&TCynthia Karuri-Kropac Director AT&TMalang Maane Professional Network Support AT&TAkshay Nemlekar Sr. Associate – Corporate Strategy AT&TPavnesh Rathi Director – Network Ops Centers AT&TTiffany Reeves Technical Sales Consultant AT&TCheree Rumley Senior Tech Solutions Manager AT&TDiwakar Sharma Area Manager AT&TStephanie Smith Director AT&TRachel Smith Assistant Vice President – Mobility Sales and Service Centers AT&TJohn Spalding III Sales Executive II- Global Business AT&TSam Stargill Jr Principal IT Program Manager AT&TJennifer Thompson Executive Associate Director AT&TDena Towells Principal Tech Business Analyst AT&TJwyanza Watt Assistant Vice President Global Billing and Data Privacy AT&TVater Williams Associate Director – Talent Acquisition AT&TNebiyu Yoseph Lead Solution Architect AT&TMonique John Sr. Tech Strategy & 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