MMAE Alumna Sherita Ceasar Receives 2014 Women in Technology Award

Sherita Ceasar (ME ‘81, M.S. ME ‘84) was named the recipient of the 2014 Women in Technology Award Winner by the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Cablefax. Ceasar is Vice President NETO National Video Deployment Engineering for Comcast Communications and is one of the most highly regarded professionals in her field.

The Women in Technology Award, sponsored by Bright House Networks, was created in 1995 to recognize and honor leading technology professionals. The award annually acknowledges the achievements of one woman who has demonstrated outstanding personal and professional growth and significantly contributed to the cable telecommunications industry.

Ceasar was recognized for being a leader in her field and for her passion for paying it forward. She works with several organizations that promote STEM fields to young people, especially young women and girls. Her outreach to young people was inspired at Illinois Institute of Technology by one of her professors, Lois Graham, who encouraged Ceasar to teach others and give to others in order to help her overcome her fear of presenting her masters thesis.