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Ladi is a benchmark practitioner and trainer in cybersecure growth and advancing diversity/inclusion. Ladi began his career in supply chain operations at PepsiCo before leading project management at Bain Capital and then going on to serve as a consultant in healthcare IT solutions. He is a longtime leader with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and has served as both President and President Emeritus of the NSBE Boston Professionals Chapter. Ladi draws upon his consulting and project management background to help companies achieve results through an effective information technology lifecycle for systems implementation and change management. Ladi earned a BS in Industrial Engineering Technology from Tennessee State University. His experience across industries reinforces his impact on students in their service learning.

Rob has over 20 years of experience with Cisco spanning across Data Center, Network Security, Cloud, and Generative AI technologies. In his current role, he serves global enterprises and service providers as a Data Center & Cloud Technical Solutions Architect. Rob is a longtime active member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). He is also a board member of the youth focused Ski/Snowboarding club – Boston Ski Party. He earned his BS in computer engineering from Boston University and holds technical certifications from Amazon Web Services and Cisco – Certified Internetwork Expert Enterprise Infrastructure. Rob’s commitment to mentoring of individuals and organizations on their technical and business strategy next steps supports the career success and cybersecure growth of each Anchor Community Partner.

Shamika’s breadth and depth of managerial and technical mentoring comes from her longtime roles in global and local businesses. At the international defense leader Raytheon, she rose from a Multi-disciplinary Engineer to Senior Technical Subject Matter Expert and Mission Assurance Leader traveling the world to increase accountability to contractual requirements. At Draper Laboratory, Shamika was a Program Director and Principal Member of Technical Staff, leading outreach to nurture partnerships and to mentor startup innovators across industries and geographies. Shamika is also the Founder and CEO of a fitness, health and wellness organization, The Wellness Company, that helps individuals and companies achieve their goals. Shamika graduated from Tuskegee University with a BS degrees in Chemical Engineering and Physics. She also earned an MBA from Northeastern University. Shamika currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Science and Physics at Augusta Technical College. Shamika’s successful and wide-ranging career gives her the skills and perspective to help local businesses grow and to strengthen each community served.

Pamela’s project management expertise comes from more than 25 years of experience addressing business and technology challenges across a range of anchor communities. Her specific expertise in mobilizing students of color began with her own experience growing up as the child of faculty members on the campus of Jackson State University. As an engineer who studied at the University of Florida, Pamela developed particular expertise in community engagement, comprehensive policy solutions, and defining detailed steps to meet the goals of each initiative. For example, Pamela worked on the massive challenges post-Hurricane Katrina, organizing African American engineers, students, and other professionals to aid the Gulf recovery. She moved to New Orleans for two years as a subcontractor for the Unified New Orleans Plan. Pamela provided technical assistance to local leaders; helped develop energy/environmental policy; and organized minority efforts in emergency preparedness and management for the Mid-Atlantic/Southern United States. In another role, she served six years as HBCU Geographic Information System (GIS) consortium lead for the National Medical Association’s Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant Project Manager. Pamela is a Life Member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). She has a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Florida and a graduate certificate in business leadership development from Johns Hopkins University with additional study in environmental science and policy. By integrating engineering, technology, education, and effective collaboration, Pamela’s interdisciplinary approach empowers students from any major to strengthen the cybersecure growth of the anchor communities they serve.

Lawrence has an extensive 20-year track record in cybersecurity and Information Security, most recently developing security assessment plans (SAPs), security assessment reports (SARs), and plan of action & milestones (POA&M) reports for professional services firms contracted to the federal government. After serving as a Senior Consultant and Lead Security Controls Assessor at Deloitte & Touche, Accenture Federal Services recruited Lawrence to return to Accenture where Lawrence had worked early in his career. As an Accenture Information Systems Security Officer, Lawrence manages security measures, risk assessment, and security breach response. Lawrence also guides federal agencies to ensure that their security processes and procedures are in line with information security policies and standards. Prior to his civilian career, Lawrence served in the U.S. Navy as part of warfare communications and then 3 years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Lawrence holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Towson University and an MS in Cyber Security from the University of Maryland Global Campus. He is certified in Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM), and CompTIA Security+ Continuing Education. Lawrence brings to the cybersecure growth process his skills in the evaluation of security solutions and implementations strategies for federal and commercial systems and services.

Tyrone leverages his military and private sector experience to support community collaboration. He has delivered measurable results across multiple operational disciplines including product management, finance, engineering, marketing, and sales. In his current role at Cisco, he helps develop business cases for long-term strategic growth initiatives including IoT (Internet of Things), 5G, and customer experience. Prior to Cisco, Tyrone worked at Akamai Technologies, where he led teams responsible for commercializing cloud security products.

Tyrone served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he led command and control teams responsible for coordinating US and international air operations in Afghanistan. He holds a BS in Human Factors Psychology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in Industrial Systems Engineering from San Jose State University, and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a licensed Project Management Professional (PMP) and a longtime active member and leader of the National Society of Black Engineers – NSBE. Tyrone’s deep expertise in starting and maintaining high-impact collaborations with internal and external teams reinforces the career success and cybersecure growth of each Anchor Community partner.

Marilyn’s breadth and depth of auditing, process improvement, and technical mentoring comes from her longtime roles in global ecommerce and inbound marketing to enable the cybersecure growth of small businesses. As a Business Intelligence Manager at international ecommerce leader Wayfair, she developed a reporting roadmap to support new business initiatives and worked with the financial department to ensure GAAP compliance for all contractual requirements. She also managed a team responsible for cost and revenue financial reporting. Most recently, Marilyn played a strategic and tactical role in the position of Senior Manager, Data & Automation at HubSpot, a leading Customer Relationship Management platform for small and medium-sized businesses. At HubSpot, Marilyn executed global customer success strategies impacting HubSpot’s backend operations, which depended on strong project management and cross-departmental collaboration. Marilyn also served as Vice President of the Boston chapter of National Society of Black Engineers – NSBE. Marilyn graduated from Georgia State University with a BA degree in Business and Accounting. She also earned an MBA from McCallum Graduate School of Business. Marilyn’s career path gives her the skills and perspective to help students and their applied learning partners measurably improve their careers and increase each business’s cybersecure growth.

Chelsie is a certified Project Management Professional with extensive experience in quality management, communications, resource management, and stakeholder collaboration. Chelsie currently serves as a Senior Engineering Program Manager for Advisor360°, a leading digital wealth management software firm. Before joining Advisor360°, she held roles at the website building and ecommerce platform, Squarespace, and the global defense leader, Raytheon. At Squarespace, Chelsie served as a Senior Technical Program Manager supporting product and internal engineering. At Raytheon, Chelsie managed a multi-million dollar budget covering 13 partner countries first as a Lead Analyst and then as a Senior Systems Engineer.

Chelsie began her career with internships at Pratt & Whitney and Boeing and went on to join Accenture. As an Accenture consultant, she managed projects designing and executing new system features and data analysis across multiple industries from financial services to health care.

Chelsie is a past Vice President of the Boston chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. She has professional proficiency in Haitian Creole that fits her passion for learning new skills and cultures. Chelsie has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MS in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology. Chelsie’s ability to understand a problem and a team makes her a particularly strong coach for applied learning partnerships between students and businesses.

Michael has a proven 19-year track record with Cisco Systems driving cross-functional teams in the scoping, planning, and execution of strategic customer opportunities. Most recently, Michael managed the Cisco Voice and Contact Center where he was a technical expert in the design and deployment of on-premise and cloud contact center solutions, specializing in critical customer situations. Michael also had responsibility for the vetting of high risk future customer deployments in North America. Michael is a longtime leader with the National Society of Black Engineers, and served most notably as the Chair for the Northeast region and, more recently, Director of the Information Technology Think Tank (ITTT) Special Interest Group. This group convenes subject matter experts to address critical technology scaling challenges. Michael holds a BA in psychology/computer science from Merrimack College and is a graduate of the Atlanta-based Information Technology Senior Management Forum. Michael’s years of technical leadership and coaching give him the skills to help local businesses grow and to strengthen each community served.