Tom J. Engibous
Chief Executive Officer
Texas Instruments
Tom Engibous, chairman, president and CEO of Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated, has been an advocate for women and diversity at TI for many years. As vice president of the Semiconductor Group (SC) in the 1980s, Engibous championed the group's diversity steering team. Later, as president of SC, Engibous designed the TI diversity metrics in use today.
To measure progress towards diversity, TI uses a combination of metrics, which have
been recognized by the American Productivity and Quality Center as a best practice, to gauge workplace environmental and cultural change. Engibous reviews the metrics with
TI's Strategy Leadership Team (SLT) twice a year to assess the hiring, turnover and representation of TI's diverse employees.
Since 1989, when TI formally endorsed its first corporate-wide diversity initiative, the number of women in team leadership, management and supervisory positions has tripled. This is particularly significant considering two-thirds of TI jobs require technical or engineering degrees, and women traditionally have been underrepresented in these fields. Since Engibous was appointed president and CEO in mid-96, he has supported the promotion of six women to vice president, and after being elected chairman in April
of this year, he named the first woman senior vice president to sit on TI's SLT.
With a self-described vision for startling progress, and his continued involvement with
the Texas Instruments Diversity Network, Engibous communicates his enthusiasm to
create and embrace change. "We'll know we've achieved our diversity objective when
a woman or minority stands before you as CEO of TI," he says.
Engibous emphasizes that great strategies, great execution, and great results depend on diversity, and believes that diverse perspectives are what set winning companies apart.
With innovative programs and policies to help TI employees balance work and professional responsibilities, and other efforts including mentoring programs to facilitate the retention and advancement of women, TI is making dramatic headway toward its vision of fully utilizing the talents of a diverse workforce.
Due to Engibous' leadership and his work with other committed employees at TI, the company has received several accolades including a listing in Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" in both 1996 and 1997, and Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America." TI also won the Catalyst Award in 1996 for its initiatives to advance women, and Engibous has recently been selected as a member of the Catalyst Board of Directors.
In addition, Engibous actively encourages TI support of numerous community programs focused on women and girls, including the Dallas Women's Foundation where TI has committed a total of $240,000 from 1996-2001 to fund math and science programs for women and girls. Most recently, TI announced a $500,000 investment in the Women's Museum, an Institute for the Future.
