{"689448":{"#nid":"689448","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Conversations with Cabrera: Rodney Adkins ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EJoin President Cabrera with Rodney Adkins, \u003Cstrong\u003Eformer Senior Vice President at IBM\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;to discuss leadership in technology\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3IZUY1YWYeeXPTM\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERSVP to attend.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Mr. Adkins:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ERodney Adkins (Rod) is Chairman of Avnet, Inc., a position he has held since 2018. He is also the author of \u0022Curiosity Redefines the Limits,\u0022 a leadership book that explores how curiosity can serve as a powerful competitive advantage in driving innovation, leadership effectiveness, and career growth. Previously, Mr. Adkins was Senior Vice President of IBM, serving in that position from 2007 until 2014. Over his 33-year career with IBM, Mr. Adkins has held several operational and executive management roles spanning strategy, technology, systems, and supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Adkins was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2005, and the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in physics from Rollins College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin President Cabrera with Rodney Adkins, \u003Cstrong\u003Eformer Senior Vice President at IBM\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;to discuss leadership in technology\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join President Cabrera with Rodney Adkins, former Senior Vice President at IBM, to discuss leadership in technology."}],"uid":"27615","created_gmt":"2026-04-03 18:50:56","changed_gmt":"2026-04-03 20:20:42","author":"Serena Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-22T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-22T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-22T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-22 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-22 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-22 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Buckhead, Exhibition Hall","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3IZUY1YWYeeXPTM","title":"RSVP to Attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}