[1] Holliday received a scholarship to work on robotics and international security at Stanford University and began a graduate program in mechanical engineering design.

[4] Holliday's efforts in securing tons of weapons-grade nuclear material were recognized with the Meritorious Service Medal, the DOE's highest civilian award.

Holliday served as a project manager for the Pioneer robot, which helped map the inside of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

[2] The robot, which cost $3 million, was designed to withstand considerably more radiation than humans could tolerate and stay inside the nuclear reactor for up to two years.

Holliday contributed to designing and developing high-definition (HD) camera systems for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci telerobotic surgery robot.

[1] During Barack Obama's second term in office, Holliday was appointed as Senior Technical Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

[1] Holliday was involved with Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper Challenge, a partnership that promoted intervention by civic leaders in the lives of young men of color.

While discussing his career in an interview with Carnegie Mellon University, he stated, "...these organizations... are doing things that affect the entire population, and it's important that there are diverse voices at the table to be able to promote those viewpoints".