Ursula Burns joins Xerox as a mechanical engineer summer intern; the company is the leader in the global photocopying market.
Burns accepts a position as executive assistant to Xerox senior executive Wayland Hicks.
Burns becomes executive assistant to chairman and chief executive Paul Allaire.
Burns leads the push into color copying.
Burns is named Vice President for Global Manufacturing.
Burns becomes Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Services, heading up manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Burns is named President of Xerox Group Operations.
Burns becomes president of Xerox, leading IT, corporate strategy, human resources, corporate marketing and global accounts; she joins the company’s board of directors.
Burns succeeds CEO Anne M. Mulcahy, becoming the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company; Xerox is the first Fortune 500 company to have successive female CEOs.
Burns spearheads the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of the Dallas-based IT and business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services.
Burns joins the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign to thwart stereotypes and empower female engineers.
Burns is once again named among Forbes’s 100 Most Powerful Women.