Awards & Honors

Elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2023.

Commencement Speaker & Honorary Doctorate, DePaul University, 2016

IBM Master Inventor, 2012

Red Herring 100 Global Award Finalist, 2011

Most Important Blacks in Technology 2007, 2009

IBM Fellow, 2nd African American to be appointed in 100 years, 2006

Naval Studies Board member 2005-2010

50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science 2004

Black Engineer of the Year, US Black Engineer magazine 2003

IBM Distinguished Engineer, 1st African American to be appointed in 100 year history, 2002