2023 BEYA (2707) How to Mobilize Your PhDs to Drive Diversity and Grow the Business Presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

There are a lot of personal and professional reasons why folks strive for a Ph.D. but a fair generalization is the aim to change the world for the better. Other fair generalizations are that many PhDs leave academia because they don’t find the institution conducive to tangibly change the world and that there is very little guidance on how one can utilize their Ph.D. skill sets in jobs outside of academia. At Booz Allen Hamilton, we have made it a mission to bring together our over 1000 doctorate employees (and our many other engineers willing to roll up their sleeves) to collectively help with the firm’s bigger VoLT Strategy by (1) generating R&D that will advance client products and services, (2) building strategic partnerships with high-level government officials looking to solve their “Ph.D.-level hard” problems, and (3) ensuring that diversity remains paramount as business imperative. We look forward to talking about our experience with you and really look forward to talking with the audience about ways we all can work together in changing the world for the better.

After this panel, the participants will be able to:

1. Better utilize their PhDs/hands-on engineers towards research opportunities that can help your organization’s bottom line
2. Build a pipeline to help both attract more PhDs to join your organization and help members of your current organization in attaining a Ph.D.
3. Build strategic partnerships with outside entities that can lead to further business

Speakers:

Charles Johnson-Bey, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Christina Leggett, Nuclear Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Kalena Stovall, Chemical Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Sean Guillory, Booz Allen Hamilton