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Ms. Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a summer mechanical engineering intern. Throughout her tenure at Xerox, she oversaw manufacturing, product development, logistical functions, and engineering. She led Xerox in its largest acquisition to date with a $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services in 2009.
"We all need to be more impatient with the status quo. I believe we all need to shift the emphasis in our thinking...from why we can't create more jobs to how we can create more jobs, from why we can't compete to how we can compete, from why hunger and poverty and injustice exist in the world to how they can be eliminated. In other words, we all need to be a little more impatient."--Ursula M. Burns
She is #7 on Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" list and #17 on Forbes "The 100 Women Who Run the World" list.
In 2009, President Obama appointed Ms. Burns to help lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Ms. Burns was appointed vice chair for the President's Export Council in March 2010. In addition, Ms. Burns is on the short list to join the Obama administration as Secretary of Commerce.
Read more about Chairwoman Burns here.
