Ms. Sheronda Jeffries is a nominee for a 2020 Special Recognition Award at the Women of Color STEM Virtual Conference.

As a technical leader in Quality Engineering at Cisco, she provides innovative consulting solutions, develops effective training, and deploys educational programs.

Ms. Jefferies is the first leader of the TIA QuEST Forum Academy, which successfully launched in 2014 to attract new members and provide knowledge, education, and training on hot topics.

Along with industry experts, Ms. Jeffries helped the academy to deliver webinars and member education, which were highly rated, well attended, and are currently engaging learners from 27+ countries worldwide.

“Sheronda Jeffries is relentless in her pursuit of excellence—striving to leave her legacy in the global telecommunications world,” said Peter Schulz, manager for Cisco Business Assurance and Certifications.

TIA QuEST Forum is an industry collaboration of telecom companies dedicated to information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain quality.

At TIA QuEST Forum, Ms. Jeffries chairs the Integrated Global Quality Working Group, which has more than 220 members, and she is responsible for update of TL 9000, a two-part quality management system standard developed to meet the needs of the ICT/telecom industry.

Under her leadership, the TL 9000 Requirements Handbook was the first industry standard to incorporate revised quality requirements, which afforded ICT/telecom organizations time to transition to new requirements.

The 2020 Women of Color STEM Conference scheduled for October 8-10 will continue as planned now as a virtual event.

WOC 2020 will no longer include in-person programming at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center or the TCF Center in Detroit, MI. Click here to register.