Background
Speed, Shirley Adams was born on June 9, 1937 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Claude M. and Berneice D. (Weiseger) Adams.
consultant data processing executive
Speed, Shirley Adams was born on June 9, 1937 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Claude M. and Berneice D. (Weiseger) Adams.
Bachelor in Mathematics, University Washington, 1958. Master of Business Administration, California Coast University, 1985. Postgraduate, The Hartford Graduate Center.
Teacher mathematics United States Government Department of Health Schools, Puerto Rico, 1961-1964, Upper Heyford, England, 1974-1975. Programmer, senior analyst Aetna Life & Casualty, Hartford, Connecticut, 1976-1979, data processing HE coordinator, 1979-1981, data processing HE consultant, 1981-1982, data processing HE administrator, 1982-1983, data processing Human Resources administrator, 1983-1985. Private practice software consultant Delaware and Connecticut, 1985-1986.
Senior software project specialist Digital Equipment Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, 1986-1987, senior software specialist with technical sales support Rocky Hill, 1987-1988, principal specialist, project manager, since 1988. Keynote speaker United Nations International Womens' Day in England, 1975. Speaker at various university and colleges, 1980-1985, Impact, Hartford, 1984.
Member, curriculum advisor Windsor (Connecticut) Board Education, 1984-1985.
Initiator, president Concerned Parents for Better Education, Plattsburgh, New York, 1972. Vice president Plattsburgh Officers Wives Club, 1973, president, 1974-1975. Organizer Windsor Education Perserve Arts, 1980-1982.
Village representative United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, Plattsburgh and San Antonio, 1975. Member American Management Association, Association Systems Managers, Data Processing Management Association, Black Data Processing Association, American Women in Computing (executive board 1985-1986, convention speaker 1985).
Married Marvin E. Speed, July 9, 1958. Children: Marva Jeanne Speed-Copeland, Marvin Ernest World War II.