- Category: Notable Minority Executives
- Number of years working in your current industry: 47
- Number of years with your current company/firm:
- Undergrad degree/university: Computer Science/Electrical Engineering – Missouri School of Science and Technology
- Graduate degree/university: Masters in BioMedical Engineering – Marquette University
Last updated on February 22nd, 2021 at 12:35 pm
Adonica Randall, president and CEO of Pewaukee-based Abaxent, LLC, is the leader of the only technology solutions company that is a certified minority/woman-owned business by an African American. In the mid-1970s, she graduated with a computer science/ele ctric al engineering degree from Missouri School of Science and Technology, a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Marquette University and received a patent in MRI suite lighting in the 1980s.
A former leader at GE Medical Systems and A. O. Smith, Randall led the Abaxent technical team that partnered with Johnson Controls on the network technology for Fiserv Forum and the COVID-19 Alternate Care Facility at State Fair Park.
She also advocates for women seeking STEM careers and mentors those interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Randall is a frequent speaker on STEAM, DEIB in technology and joint venture partnerships and has been an associate professor in Alverno College’s Department of Computer Sciences.
“Adonica Randall is an ‘American Hidden Figure’ as well as a role model and industry pioneer in the field of technology,” said Sabrina Robins, director of operations for TAPFIN-ManpowerGroup Solutions.