Name: Ramone Hemphill

Alma Mater: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Major: Computer Science

Company: Rockwell Collins, Commercial Systems

Title: Systems Engineer

Number of years at Rockwell: 1 year

Number of years in NSBE: 3 years

Current Position/s: Telecommunications & College Initiative Chair

Goals for this position: To establish and maintain a strong relationship between local professionals and college students.

Birthday: June 23rd

Favorite Quote: "There is in this world, no such force as the force of a man determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained." (W.E.B Dubois)

What is your favorite type of food: I'm ALL AMERICAN...Soul Food all day!

What do you like to do in your free time: I will road trip within a moment's notice, play basketball whenever I find time, take my mountain bike on trails, and I'm a strong patron of the performing arts from movies to plays to music.

Name one thing that most people do not know about you: I was once a Squadron Commander in the Arnold Air Society (  http://1soulside.tripod.com )