Dixie Garr

Last updated
Dixie Tyran Garr
Born
Alma mater Grambling State University
University of California, Los Angeles
Employer(s) Cisco Systems
Texas Instruments

Dixie Tyran Garr (born 1956) is an American computer engineer who served as Vice President at Cisco Systems and Head of Software Engineering at Texas Instruments.

Contents

Early life and education

Garr was born in Dubach, Louisiana. [1] She was the youngest of her eight brothers and sisters, and graduated top of her class. [1] She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in computer science from Grambling State University in 1975. [2] [3] [4] During her college degree she interned at General Motors. [5] She was a graduate student at University of California, Los Angeles, where she worked as a Hughes Aircraft Company Fellow. [5] She earned a PhD in computer science and engineering, before joining Hughes Aircraft Company as an engineer. [5]

Career

Garr moved to Texas Instruments in 1981. [2]

Garr worked at TI for almost twenty years. She held several leadership positions at TI, including advanced development manager, manager of the Information Technology group and manager of digital imaging. [2] She was the first African-American Level 3 Director of software engineering at TI. At TI Garr launched a minority leadership program that included guest speakers, a sponsorship scheme and professional development for people from minoritised backgrounds. [6] In 1997 Garr was named the "Black Engineer of the Year in Industry" by the council of engineering deans at historically black colleges and universities. [6] She attended the Stanford University Executive Program. [6] Garr returned to TI to lead the engineering teams working on programmes in defence and communications. [1]

In 1998 Garr was headhunted by Cisco Systems. [1] [7] [8] At Cisco Garr led teams that looked after customer satisfaction and corporate quality. [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Computer engineering</span> Engineering discipline specializing in the design of computer hardware

Computer engineering is a branch of electronic engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers require training in electronic engineering, computer science, hardware-software integration, software design, and software engineering. It uses the techniques and principles of electrical engineering and computer science, and can encompass areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computer networks, computer architecture and operating systems. Computer engineers are involved in many hardware and software aspects of computing, from the design of individual microcontrollers, microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design. This field of engineering not only focuses on how computer systems themselves work, but also on how to integrate them into the larger picture. Robotics are one of the applications of computer engineering.

Leonard X. Bosack is a co-founder of Cisco Systems, an American-based multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking and communications technology, and services. His net worth is approximately $200 million. He was awarded the Computer Entrepreneur Award in 2009 for co-founding Cisco Systems and pioneering and advancing the commercialization of routing technology and the profound changes this technology enabled in the computer industry.

Judith "Judy" L. Estrin is an American entrepreneur, business executive, and philanthropist. Estrin worked with Vinton Cerf on the Transmission Control Protocol project at Stanford University in the 1970s. Estrin is an entrepreneur who co-founded eight technology companies. She was the chief technology officer of Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000. She is currently CEO of JLABS, LLC, a privately held company focused on furthering innovation in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.

A Bachelor of Software Engineering HonoursBSEHons is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completing a program of study in the field of software development for computers in information technology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Padmasree Warrior</span> Indian-American chemical engineer and business executive

Padmasree Warrior is an Indian-American businesswoman and technology executive. She is known for her leadership roles in technology firms like Cisco where she served as the CTO for seven years, and at Motorola where she was the CTO for five years. She also served as the CEO of Nio USA, an electric car maker. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of Fable, a curated reading platform focused on mental wellness. She also serves on the board of directors of Microsoft and Spotify.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Window Snyder</span> Computer security expert

Mwende Window Snyder, better known as Window Snyder, is an American computer security expert. She has been a top security officer at Square, Inc., Apple, Fastly, Intel and Mozilla Corporation. She was also a senior security strategist at Microsoft. She is co-author of Threat Modeling, a standard manual on application security.

Duy-Loan T. Le is an engineer and the first woman and Asian elected as a Texas Instruments Senior Fellow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diane Greene</span> American businesswoman

Diane B. Greene is an American technology entrepreneur and executive. Greene started her career as a naval architect before transitioning to the tech industry, where she was a founder and CEO of VMware from 1998 until 2008. She was a board director of Google and CEO of Google Cloud from 2015 until 2019. She was also the co-founder and CEO of two startups, Bebop and VXtreme, which were acquired by Google and Microsoft, for $380 million and $75 million.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roger R. Bate</span> American academic and United States Air Force general

Roger Redmond Bate was a brigadier general, Rhodes Scholar, professor, and scientist who had held a variety of positions with the Air Force, Texas Instruments, and the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jayshree Ullal</span> British-American chief executive

Jayshree V. Ullal is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aprille Ericsson-Jackson</span> African American mechanical engineer

Aprille J. Ericsson is an American aerospace engineer. Ericsson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in engineering at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Su</span> American electrical engineer and CEO of AMD (born 1969)

Lisa Su is a Taiwanese-born American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of AMD. Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions. She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Li Fan is a computer scientist and the Chief Technology Officer at Circle. She has previously held positions at Lime, Pinterest, Google and Baidu. She is an expert on visual computation.

Anne Aaron is a Filipina engineer and the director of video algorithms at Netflix. Her responsibilities include "hiring and managing software engineers and research scientists, strategic decision-making on software architecture and research, project management, and cross-team coordination"

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monique Morrow</span> Tech executive

Monique Morrow is a Swiss-American business woman, technology engineer and entrepreneur. She is president and co-founder of the Humanized Internet, a nonprofit focused on providing individuals, especially those most underserved, with a digital identity and the power to control their identity. She was previously Senior Distinguished Architect of Emerging Technologies at Syniverse, and CTO and Evangelist of New Frontiers Development and Engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc. She sits on a number of advisory boards, is recognized as an influential tech leader and has 17 patents related to digitalization, networks, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, and the safe handling of data.

Jenny Griffiths is the founder and CEO of Snap Vision. She is a software engineer turned entrepreneur.

Shaundra Bryant Daily is an American professor and author known for her work in the field of human-centered computing and broadening participation in STEM. She is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University.

Michele Guel is an American cybersecurity engineer. She is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. In early days of cybersecurity, she was an intern at NASA Ames, and was involved in Incident Response to the Morris Worm. She spent eleven years at NASA Ames Research Center in multiple roles, and joined Cisco as a founding member of its internal security team. While at Cisco, she co-authored Security Principles for the Enterprise Architecture Practice. She is a frequent speaker on gender diversity, and is a co-founder of Cisco's Women in Cybersecurity. She is listed as a co-inventor on the patent for "Techniques for voice-based user authentication for mobile access to network services".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ASAP, Stanley Crouch, Forbes. "Phenomenal Women: Dixie Garr". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2001-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 US Black Engineer & IT. Career Communications Group. 1997.
  3. US Black Engineer & IT. Career Communications Group. 2000.
  4. Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. 2002.
  5. 1 2 3 "Blazing the Trail for African-American Women in IT". DiversityCrossing.com. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  6. 1 2 3 Women of Color. Career Communications Group. 2007.
  7. Swartz, Tracy. "High voltage engineer". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  8. "Celebrating Black History Month". Hibu Blog. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  9. US Black Engineer & IT. Career Communications Group. 2002.