Women of Color in the Workforce

Women of color in the workforce

Women of Color - A View from the Top

Women of color in the top rank positions of big companies never fail to impress . Even if this now happens very often not only in the United States but around the world , it still remains to be an anecdote to tell - an event to be proud of . Xerox and PepsiCo are lucky to have such strong women in the top of their companies to lead , manage , and execute From their humble beginnings , they stepped up the ladder of success

br their companies in tow . Ursula Burns and Indra Nooyi are two of these women in color - two women that no one can push around even in the world of titans and moguls

Ursula Burns

President , Xerox Corporation

In April 2007 Xerox named Ursula Burns its president . At the same time she is also a member of the Board of Directors . Burns is the first African-American woman to hold the position . She holds an impressive track record in the industry that gives away why she deserves the presidency . This includes multi-million deals and sales for Xerox which can be largely accounted to her efforts (Wilson , 2007

Xerox Corporation is known for their copy machines . Thus , the generic term xerox for making copies of a document was coined . The word play resulted to even more customer loyalty to Xerox . With Burns in its armoire , Xerox innovated several forms of their business machines crossing the boundary of what were before single-function copy machines However , Xerox also had its downtimes . Through it all , it was Burns who aided the CEO in its functions to save the company

Burns joined Xerox in 1980 . She worked and managed several teams in the company including research and development , and marketing . Burns was not only skilled at conceptualizing and creating products together with the help of her commissioned fabricators , she was also good at working for and with teams and managing the people working for and with her . She was instrumental in the development of new products and preparing them for business , helping Xerox retain its image of leadership in its industry today . Being on the top rank of the business machines industry , Xerox had Burns to thank for in her many years of unprecedented service and loyalty to the company (Executive biographies , nd Wilson , 2007 Beginnings

Burns was born in New York , New York on September 20 , 1958 . She later married Lloyd Bean who also served Xerox as a scientist and with whom Burns had two children . Growing up without her father , Burns ' mother was able to provide for her and her two other sisters . She was even able to attend private schools , thanks to her mother 's successful entrepreneurship . Burns proved herself to be good at Mathematics , a trigger for her to take on an engineering course later on (Ursula Burns , nd

By title , Burns is a mechanical engineer , a course closely-related to her profession . It was from the Polytechnic Institute of...