The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to introduce our alumni who were inducted as members of the GW Engineering Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established by the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) in 2006 to recognize and honor distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, and friends from across the school who have contributed to engineering, technology or management in a sustained and significant way during their careers. These men and women bring distinction to GW through their achievements and their contributions to their professions, the University, and society-at-large.
2019 Inductees
Aicha Evans is the chief executive officer of Zoox, an autonomous mobility developer. Prior to joining Zoox in February 2019, Ms. Evans worked for Intel Corporation for 13 years. She most recently served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Intel, responsible for driving its long-term strategy to transform from a PC-centric company to a data-centric company. Before this, she was general manager of Intel’s Communication and Devices Group, where she oversaw a 7,000-person global organization and was responsible for its wireless business and engineering for multi-communications products and platforms, including Radio Frequency transceivers (RF), cellular LTE and 5G modems, Wi-Fi, Wi-Gig, GPS, and Bluetooth. Prior to Intel, she spent 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant, and Skyworks. She was appointed to the Anita Borg Institute Board of Trustees in 2016 and to the Supervisory Board of SAP in 2017. Ms. Evans holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the George Washington University.
Richard Spires is the chief executive officer of Learning Tree International, a leading provider of IT workforce development and training solutions. Prior to leading Learning Tree, he was appointed as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s chief information officer (CIO) and served in the role from 2009 to 2013. He also served as the vice-chairman of the Federal Government CIO Council and the co-chairman of the Committee for National Security Systems. Mr. Spires held a number of positions at the Internal Revenue Service from 2004 through 2008, serving first as the CIO and then as the deputy commissioner for operations support. He also recently held the position of chairman of ACT-IAC, the leading non-profit organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness of government through the use of information technology. Mr. Spires received bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the George Washington University.