PuBLIC POLICY SPECIAL INTEREST GROuP Director: Njema J. Frasier, Ph.D. E-mail: njema.frazier@gmail.com The purpose of the NSBE Public Policy Continued on page 56 SIG is to serve as a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THINK TANK SPECIAL INTEREST GROuP Director: LeAnne Dolce Website: http://www.ittt-nsbe.org E-mail: director@ittt-nsbe.org Goals of the ITTT SIG include the recruitment of talented IT professionals; development of a consulting arm; development of strategic alliances with corporations and other IT-specific organizations; participation in NSBE conference training efforts; submitting technical content (papers, abstracts, etc.) to NSBE, BDPA and other technologyrelated organizations; and identification of and research on IT-related issues within the black community. PROCESS IMPROvEMENT SPECIAL INTEREST GROuP Director: Temitayo Akinrefon E-mail: temitaco@gmail.com The NSBE Process Improvement SIG is the organization of choice for process improvement talent. The goals of the SIG are to create process improvement certification and training partnerships, provide members with opportunities to apply their knowledge and skill sets to real world organizational problems, and serve as a process improvement consulting arm for NSBE. Some of the functional areas and services for the process improvement SIG are Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Lean/Six Sigma (LSS). www.nsbe.org • CAREER ENGINEER • winter 2010/11 • 55