Joyce Hunter
Joyce Hunter is the CEO of Vulcan Enterprises, an IT consulting firm[1] based in Maryland.[2] She grew up in Philadelphia, USA[2] and in 2017, she can look back on over 30 years of work experience in the IT sector.[3]
Education[edit]
- Undergraduate degree in sociology from Villanova University[3][2]
- MBA in Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business[1][3][2]
- Certificate in Emotional Intelligence[3]
- Wharton Fellow[3]
Career[edit]
She did a data analytics internship at Hallmark Cards.[1] After that, she got into the IT sales training program at Digital Equipment Corporation.[1]
In 2009[2] she became the CEO of Vulcan Enterprises, after working as a Major Account Executive and Global Account Manager for ten years at Lotus Development Corporation in the 1990s.[3][2] In her time there, she managed, installed, implemented and executed the worldwide installation of Lotus Notes for Ernst and Young International.[2] Then she was appointed to become the Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Policy and Planning Departement of Agriculture (USDA)[1] by the Obama administration.[2]
In 2011 Hunter became the interim CEO of HavServe — a nonprofit focused on education, health and economic initiatives in Haiti.[2]
After that she returned to her position as the CEO of Vulcan Enterprises,[1] where she provided policy evaluation and analysis, executive advisory services, business development support, strategic business consulting, industry intelligence and business IT alignment.[3]
In 2017 she serves on the Global Women in STEM steering committee and STEMConnector's Million Women Mentors.[2] Furthermore, she is a director at the Piggy Bank Foundation and commits work to My Golf My Game, which is promoting diversity in the realm of golf.[2]
Accomplishments[edit]
On 21 November she gave a TedX talk in Harrisburg with the title "Agriculture is more than Beverly Hillbillies & Green Acres".[4] In the course of her career she created the STEAM summer camps. This is a program for middle and high school students which could include urban forestry or urban agriculture.[2]
Hunter was in 2016 and 2017 on the “D.C.’s Top 50 Women in Technology” lists of the federal technology news site FedScoop.[2] Furthermore, in 2017, she made a contribution to a chapter of Routledge's book “The Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration: Transforming, Performing and Innovating in a Complex World.”[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "FedScoop's Top Women in Tech 2017: Joyce Hunter". www.fedscoop.com. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Where Are They Now: Joyce Hunter". WashingtonExec. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Joyce Hunter | Office of the Chief Information Officer". www.ocio.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ TEDx Talks, Agriculture is More Than Beverly Hillbillies & Green Acres | Joyce Hunter | TEDxHarrisburg, retrieved 2019-01-29