Bio
LeShelle May joined the CNN Internet Technology Group in 1996 as a Senior System/Software Developer. She is currently leading a team on a new Cinema Archive concept that allows ease of downloading video of all mediums. Not long ago she led a team on the CNNgo launch, which was CNN’s integration of CNN TV and Web. This had a significant for on demand content of CNN. She is also leading her team on the NewsApps Portal, which is CNN's next-generation digital toolkit; a series of projects aimed at improving the way editorial tools support and advance CNN's journalism executions through enhanced information discovery and smart streamlining of workflow processes.
As a result of her outstanding service at CNN she was invited to accept the “2000 Technical Emmy” awarded to CNN for its unique Video Content System. In 1999 and 2000 LeShelle accepted the “Computerworld Smithsonian” awarded to her on behalf of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
LeShelle May currently serves on the Sacramento KVIE PBS board and the Girl Scout Greater Sacramento Board. In the past she served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Board of Trustees and Women Alumnae for Georgia Tech.
LeShelle received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988 and 1989 respectively.
LeShelle May, a native of New York City, enjoys spending leisure time with her husband, Gary, and their daughters, Simone and Jordan (ages 22 and 21, respectively). She enjoys traveling, cycling and running.
