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Distinguished
HBCU Alumni
Alongside leading government, industry and nonprofit employers of STEM
talent, Historically Black College and University (HBCU) engineering deans
annually recognize HBCU graduates who brought credit to their university.
In this issue, meet some of this year’s most distinguished graduates as USBE&IT
magazine marks the 13th annual Top Supporters of Historically Black College
Engineering list.
Darryl K. Washington
Chief Executive Officer andPresident
DKW Communications, Inc.
Darryl K. Washington proudly represents Howard University’s tradition, legacy,
and achievement.
Like thousands of bison before him, he serves within Howard’s communities, as
well as towns and cities across the nation.
Washington graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
As a new college grad he opted to work for the U.S. Department of Defense. There,
he spent more than a decade as a General Schedule (GS) or white-collar professional
worker.
In 1998, Washington joined one of the largest professional services firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers
is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. It
was during this period that Washington’s professional career crystallized into a startup.
“I had an itch, I had to scratch,” he says simply. “But don’t forget I walked away
from a fixed income to create DKW,” he adds.
DKW Communications, Inc. began as an entertainment company with one employee
in 1999. Three years later, it had transformed into an information technology services
company with a Small Business Administration (SBA) certification. The SBA helps new
entrepreneurs find business success.
Today, DKW has 220 employees with offices in Charleston, South Carolina; San
Diego, California; New London, Connecticut; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, and
Denver, Colorado. DKW has delivered on prime contracts, subcontracts and task orders,
providing a range of services in cyber security and intelligence, information assurance,
application development, data center support, healthcare IT, IT service management, and
defense messaging services for customers in the U.S. and abroad.
The U.S. government is the largest purchaser of goods and services and DKW has
more than 70 federal departments, including Energy, Homeland Security, Transportation,
Agriculture, Commerce, and the General Services Administration, which supplies
products and communications for U.S. government offices.
DKW has received wide customer and industry recognition. In 2010, the company
won the Small Business Administration (SBA) Prime Contract of the Year for Region
III. DKW also made Black Enterprise magazine’s BE100 in 2011, 2012, and 2013, as
well as Inc. magazine’s 500/500 list for “Fastest-Growing Private Companies” in 2008
through 2012. The company has been ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and
is a 2004 “Rising Star” award winner. This award ranks the 50 fastest growing technol-
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