Darrell Styles, Epsilon Award Winner from Eli Lilly and Company

BDPA awarded the Epsilon Award for Outstanding Technical Contribution at the annual conference earlier this year to Darrell Styles, a young brother from Indianapolis. Darrell's winning nomination read as follows:

Darrell is currently a Lead Architect on our SAP implementation with a concentration in pay, time tracking and compensation. Darrell has had an outstanding IT career that has spanned sixteen years. Darrell has performed as a programmer/analyst, independent consultant and most recently the lead technical architect in companies ranging from small firms to large (Fortune 100) companies. Darrell has focused his entire career on SAP and has been instrumental in providing solutions for HR, Financial, and Production Planning. Most recently at Eli Lilly and Company, he has been the lead architect for the Time Management and Payroll Modules which administers compensation for over 23,000 employees in the United States and 41,000 employees globally. He has set direction for all modifications for Time Management and continues to look for innovative ways to enhance business processes through technology such as workflow and .net. Darrell is currently the highest ranking African American technologist at Eli Lilly and Company.

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