Published Apr 28, 2023
Women of Color magazine's annual WOMEN TO WATCH awards honors achievement in technology, telecommunications, finance, energy, industry, healthcare, utilities, and more. The list recognizes Women of Color Technology Rising Stars and Technology Allstars from Women of Color STEM conferences.
This year's list includes leaders from AT&T, Ansys, Bell, Boeing Global Services, Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI Shared Services Center, Continental Automotive North America, Collins Aerospace, Cornerstone Consolidated Services Group, Corning, Cummins, and Ford Motor Company. Save the date for the Women to Watch Summit: May 5th. Click here to register and view the schedule of events.
Debra Boston, a senior data analyst at General Dynamics Information Technology, has been selected by Career Communications as one of the fifty Women to Watch 2023. She has spent more than 20 years in health analytics and data management. She also has direct experience with Medicare health plan management systems, Medicare.gov systems, and Medicare claims data analysis. She has been recognized for enhancing federal system applications and extracting Medicare datasets to automate business processes. In addition, she has supported the maintenance of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surveillance, epidemiology, and results database. Her contributions helped modify over 250 COBOL programs for more timely transactions and greater transparency.
Runjun Gandhi is now a supervisor in the industrial engineering group at General Motors. During her GM career, she has worked with teams to launch products in North American plants. She also developed a project management tool to track every launch’s progress. An average project file can have over 7,000 lines to follow a product’s design, build, installation, and production ramp-up. Gandhi was also recognized for her leadership in GM’s COVID-19 mask-making. Near the project’s end, 75 people in three separate shifts made over 106,000 masks per day.
Melinda Hines is a strategic engagement manager and role model at World Wide Technology (WWT). She currently manages a team of 30-40 consultants. She began her career as an administrative assistant, directing calls for a group of staffing specialists, one director, and a senior vice president. She quickly moved up the ladder and served as an on-site specialist and sourcing consultant for a primary corporate account. She spent more than eight years at a provider of contract workers and other personnel services before working as a contractor for Sony PlayStation, Cisco Systems, VISA, and LinkedIn. She joined WWT in 2015.
