Sandra K. Johhson, Ph.D.

Technology Innovator, Speaker

Sandra is a research division master inventor at IBM, where she holds 10 patents with another three pending. She really made her name as a part of the design team that developed the prototype for IBM's Deep Blue, which beat world chess champion, Garry Kasparov.
         Ms. Johnson  is now the manager of IBM's WebSphere Database Development in Silicon Valley.  She says that the Internet is changing the way we do just about everything, "and if you are skilled in that technology and how it operates, then you are of value to the society."
        She has been featured widely in magazines (Black Enterprise cover March 2001 and March 1998 feature; Science, March 29, 1996; The Black Collegian magazine, 1991) as well as IBM advertisements and publications.  She was also profiled in Minerva's Machine: Women in Computing, a documentary appearing on PBS in 1996.

Topics

1. "Be all you can be" - motivational and inspirational.
2. "The Power of Positive Thinking" - outlines steps and practical applications including overcoming obstacles.
3. "Black is Brilliant" - designed for young people and highlights the amazing accomplishments of many African-Americans.
4. "Black Scientists and Engineers" - designed to instill pride in all Americans and to encourage, motivate, and inspire us.
5. "The Digital Divide and the 21st Century" - methods of quantifying the gap and what can be done to narrow the divide.
6. "Kick That Man Out".

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