Dr. Dennie M. Beach is currently serving as Board Chair at African Services Committee. Dr. Beach has over 15 years of experience in data warehousing, BI and analytics. Previously, Dr. Beach spent 2 ½ years with the Teradata Corporation as an Account executive handling large Insurance and Healthcare organizations in the New York Metro area. From 2000 – 2006, Dr. Beach was the Global Services Manager at Microsoft responsible for Citigroup globally. From 1997 – 2000, Dr. Beach was a Partner Program Manager at Microsoft responsible for the mutual success of Accenture, KPMG, HP and Dell for software development and product integration initiatives.

Dr. Beach recently completed his Ph.D. in Public Policy with a specialization in International non-governmental organizations (NGOS) from Walden University. Dr. Beach also holds a Masters in Technology from New York University, Polytechnic Institute and a B.A. in Economics from Northeastern Illinois University.

Dennie has brought the same spirit of service and dedication to his work as an African Services’ board member. Through a major donation from Microsoft that he facilitated, African Services has been able to set up a new computer lab for use by clients in the Independent Living Skills program.

In his free time, Dr. Beach serves a board chairperson and board member for various International non-profit organizations. Dr. Beach also enjoys yachting, chess, reading, and exercising.