2022

• Top 100 Under 50 Executive & Emerging Leader, DiversityMBA.
  
• Kavli Fellow, US National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. 
• Entrepreneur In Residence, UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization.

2021

• Marshall Memorial Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
• DIET (Data & Diversity, Inclusion, Ethics & Equity, Technology) Champion, DataEthics4All.

2020

• Cambia Grove Innovator Fellowship.
• Political Partner, Truman National Security Project.

2019

• Top 100 under 50 Executive Leader, Diversity MBA.
• AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador, 2018-2019.
• New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2018-2020.
• Global Young Academy, 2019-2024.

2018

• Zhi-Xing China Eisenhower Fellow, Eisenhower Fellowships Program.
• Gold Award - Best Educational App, Best Mobile App Awards. For Health Atlas.
• Featured Contributor, GovLoop.

2016

• ​Innovation Of The Year, FedScoop 50. For Commerce Data Usability Project.
• Tech Program Of The Year, FedScoop 50. For Commerce Data Academy.
• Digital Strategy and Impact Award: Promoted and Transformed Services, GovDelivery. For CitySDK.
• Rising Star, Federal Computer Weekly (FCW).
• Discovery & Innovation In Government IT (digIT) Award Finalist - Open Data, Government Computer News (GCN). For Commerce Data Usability Project.
• Discovery & Innovation In Government IT (digIT) Award Finalist - Open Data, Government Computer News (GCN). For CitySDK.
• Digital Government Achievement Award: Government-to-Citizen State and Federal, ​Center for Digital Government (CDG). For Commerce Data Usability Project.
• High Impact Presidential Innovation Fellow, Institute For Education (IFE).
• Best Data API Award, API:World. For CitySDK.
• Gold Medal, Department of Commerce. For CitySDK.
• Outstanding Achievement Award - Citizen, AFCEA Bethesda.
• Innovation Award, Department of Labor Secretary's Honor Awards. For Sweat and Toil App.
• WeDC Ambassador, Washington DC Economic Partnership.

2015

• Most Inspiring Up & Comer, FedScoop 50.
• Innovation Of The Year, FedScoop 50. For CitySDK.

2014

• Fellow, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

2013

• Science Spectrum Trailblazer (Healthcare), BEYA STEM Board

2012

• Science Spectrum Trailblazer, BEYA STEM Board.
• Alumni Leadership Award, BEYA STEM Board.
• Senior Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

2011

• IBM Master Inventor
• High Value Application (HVA) Patent Award for "Systems and Methods For Managing Security and/or Privacy Settings"

2010

• Fellow, British Computer Society
• IEEE Technical Achievement Award for "pioneering contributions to Secure and Private Data Management"
• Minority in Science Trailblazer, BEYA (Black Engineer of The Year) Board.

2009

• Elevation to ACM Distinguished Engineer.
• Pioneer Of The Year, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).
• Modern Day Technology Leader, Black Engineer of The Year (BEYA) Science Technology Engineering & Math (STEM) Board.
• Professional of the Year - Information Technology/Research, Strathmore Organization
• Marquis' Who's Who in Computer Science

2008

• Elevation to ACM Senior Member.
• Elevation to IEEE Senior Member.
• Outstanding Innovation Achievement Award (OIAA) for Privacy Technology Impact on Science.
• IBM Bravo Award for "AlphaWorks Release of IBM May Aspects Document Summarization Tool".
• Outstanding Research Accomplishment for Fundamental Science Contribution to the Field of Science.
• Marquis' Who's Who in Computer Science

2007

• IBM Bravo Award for "Research Contributions to Shipment Information Sharing Services".
• Research Division Award for "1st Plateau Asset Award for Active Enforcement Privacy Technology".
• Research Division Award for "1st Plateau Asset Award for Compliance Auditing Technology".
• IBM Bravo Award for "Theseos Query Engine for Traceability Networks".
• IBM Bravo Award for "Research Contributions to Websphere RFID Information Center v1.0 product".
• IBM Invention Award for "Extending Relational Database Systems to Automatically Enforce Privacy Policies".
• One of 83 researchers, chosen from all the scientists under 40 in the USA, to participate in the National Academy of Engineering Young Engineers Symposium.
• Marquis' Who's Who in Computer Science
• Cambridge's Who's Who in Computer Science Worldwide
• Strathmore's Who's Who in Computer Science.

2006

• IBM Bravo Award for "Increasing the Visibility of HDB Technology".
• IBM Invention Achievement Award for "Security and Privacy Enforcement for Discovery Services in a Network of Electronic Product Code Information Repositories".
• 1 of only 2 Participants from IBM Research Worldwide in 12th Annual Mid-Level Managers Symposium, Executive Leadership Council, Washington DC, October, 2006.

2005

• Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA) for "Privacy in Data Systems - Hippocratic Databases".
• IBM Bravo Award for "Hippocratic Database FOAK".
• IBM Bravo Award for "Skillful, Successful Negotiation of contract with AMC-Netherlands".

2002 & 2003

• Imperial College Computing Department Award.

1999-2002

• Outstanding Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award.
• ScotiaBank Caribbean Graduate Scholarship.
• Microsoft Scholarship (Imperial College).

1996

• University of the West Indies Bursary Award.

1994

• D.C. Tavares Memorial Shield for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
• Ruel Taylor Trophy for Academic Excellence.