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Edgar Magallanes STAR Award


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The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) Awards recognize those in STEM who change lives through community outreach, work, and research. STAR Awards celebrate outstanding professionals, companies, and government agencies for their dedication, commitment, and selfless efforts to advancing Hispanics in STEM careers. Past winners of STAR Awards have included Fortune 500 executives, NASA astronauts, and civil-rights leaders (SHPE). In 2024, the Software Directorate is proud to announce that one of our own has been recognized and will receive one of these prestigious awards. Please join us in congratulating Edgar Magallanes on receiving the Managerial Excellence Award for Government! Mr. Magallanes develops software for the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). The E-3 Sentry is a Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform for the United States Air Force. Mr. Magallanes was recommended for the STAR award due to his knowledge and skill, as well as his commitment to teaching and developing others. As the lead trainer on the Mission Computing Training team, Mr. Magallanes oversaw a training program while his group of approximately 80 scientists and engineers on-boarded 28 new employees. The first employees to matriculate through Mr. Magallanes’s teaching demonstrated mastery of software products and processes superior to other employees with multiple years of experience who had not had the benefit of his teaching. Mr. Magallanes embodies the Air Force Core Values of Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. Because of his tireless service to others in the E-3 Mission Computing Software Flight, dozens of scientists and engineers from all walks of life have been developed into the most capable versions of their professional selves. References SHPE. “STAR Awards - SHPE.” SHPE, 9 Sept. 2024, shpe.org/engage/awards/star-awards.


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