Antonio once heard the story of John F. Kennedy’s tour of NASA headquarters in 1962; during his visit, JFK encountered a janitor carrying a broom down the hallway. The President then casually asked the janitor what he did for NASA, and the janitor replied, “Mr. President, I'm helping put a man on the moon.” In his daily work as a Digital Product Manager for the Engine Business Unit at Cummins,
Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced that after 39 years with the company, Amy Boerger, Vice President and General Manager – North America On-Highway, will retire at the end of March 2023. With the announcement of her retirement, José Samperio, will assume the role of Executive Director and General Manager, North America On-Highway. “Amy has focused much of her career on the North America
Some of the most in-demand, highest paying and fastest growing careers are in the STEM fields, however, according to the National Science Board, fewer than 50% of minorities are in the STEM labor force. As a global power technology leader, Cummins Inc. is working to increase the exposure of STEM careers to minorities and women across the world through various programs and initiatives. In
Businesses around the world are experiencing a shortage of technical workers, and since 2012 Cummins has been committed to combatting the challenge by training low-income youth in employable technical skills through the company’s Technical Education in Communities (TEC) program. Ten years after the program’s launch, Cummins, through its Nigerian subsidiary Cummins West Africa Ltd.,
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is the nation’s largest association dedicated to fostering Hispanic leadership in the STEM field, and Cummins has been a strategic partner of this respected organization since 2007. SHPE National Convention 2022, with over 170 exhibitors and 10,000 attendees, took place early November in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the company’s participatio
Jonathan was taught option pricing theory - a complex, probabilistic approach to assigning a value to an options contract - by a complete stranger in a bookstore. “I was in a Barnes & Noble when a man saw me studying and said he had a background in finance,” says Jonathan. “The store wanted to kick him out because of the way he looked. I bought him a cup of coffee, and, simultaneously, I le
Shaura is building a better world. As the Senior Communications Specialist for Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Cummins Inc., she is aware that her work has the potential to impact not just her own children, but all children. Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into our organization and hopefully, throughout the world, doesn't feel like work,” Shaura says. “It’s more
Tracy never saw herself as a “career woman.” At 18, she joined corporate America working a filing job — the beginning of a 10 -year stint working in finance for the manufacturing industry. However, when her mother opened a restaurant, Tracy packed up her things and moved to Tennessee, where she used her experience in accounting to help her mother set up the restaurant’s bookkeeping. While work
Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced that Marvin Boakye will join Cummins as Chief Human Resources Officer, (CHRO) effective November 7, 2022. Boakye most recently served as the Chief People & Diversity Officer at Papa John's International. “Marvin is recognized as a strategic partner, skilled at aligning innovative talent approaches with furthering business goals, and I’m deligh
ZeNai Brooks is not your average accountant. Yes, the former Ernst & Young auditor works with numbers and puts together reports. She even calls herself “a little nerdy.” But that’s where the accountant stereotype ends. An author, blogger, mentor, pastor’s wife, volunteer, crossfitter and spartan racer, Brooks is more than a master of spreadsheets. And in June of 2021, she added one more tit
Chris Scott lives with a higher purpose than self. As a Business Information Systems student at Tennessee State University (TSU), Chris served as a University Ambassador mentor and volunteered at his local Boys and Girls Club. He has long felt a calling to give back, to minority groups in particular. So, when he graduated, Chris planned to interview prospective employers that placed as much value
Alonso Navarrete never intended to be an engineer. “I ended up in college kind of by accident,” he says. “My prime path was to go to the military. I prepared all through high school for that. I was in the JROTC and was doing training in El Paso, Texas.” When the military didn’t work out due to familial obligations, Alonso decided to stay close to home and attend New Mexico State University. There