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EDS' Al Edmonds Named One of Top 50 African Americans In Technology
For release: 11 Nov 2003
U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology Cites Head of EDS'
U.S. Government Business For Efforts to Make Technology Part of Global
Society
HERNDON, Virginia - Al Edmonds, retired Air Force general, community activist on behalf of children, longtime school mentor and vice president of global sales and client solutions for EDS' US Government Solutions unit here - has been chosen as one of the 50 most important African-Americans in Technology for 2004.
The editors of Blackmoney.com and U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine named Edmonds to the prestigious list for his work in making technology part of global society.
Edmonds retired as a lieutenant general from the Air Force, where he held a variety of leadership positions in communications and information technology. In 1998, he joined EDS where he is responsible for all of EDS' business with U.S. federal, state and local government clients.
The "50 Most Important" winners will be promoted as role models, and their accomplishments will be used as examples of the important contributions of the half-million African-Americans in high-tech jobs. The winners will be featured in the January-February issue of the magazine, which is distributed to the top engineering schools and to IT professionals throughout the United States.
"I'm truly honored to receive this prestigious recognition," said Edmonds. "I hope that perhaps it can help inspire more young people and others from all backgrounds to pursue successful careers in information technology. The IT business is a great place to be."
The magazine said it would focus this year on making grade school students aware of the winners. Students will be asked to help select the top honoree - the winner of the Pinnacle Award - and will demonstrate their mastery of the scientific principles used by the winners in their daily work.
Fortune magazine last year named Edmonds as one of the 50 most powerful black executives.
In 2002, President Bush appointed him to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
Edmonds, a native of Columbus, Ga., earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Morris Brown College and a master's degree in counseling psychology from Hampton University. He is a distinguished graduate of the Air War College, and he completed the National Security Program at Harvard University. In 1990, he received an honorary doctorate from Morris Brown College.