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Black Tech NOLA 2021 | Virtual Event

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Speakers

Ryan Butler

Recording Academy

Sabrina Short

Executive Producer

Tuma Basa

Youtube

Perry Sholes

of Progressive HR Strategies Inc.

Sierra Lorenzini

Microsoft

Caitlin Crews

Adobe

Laverne Saulney

New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce

Courtney Williams

Upriver Solutions

Skylar Williams

Equity Media NOLA

India King Robins

NOVAC

Hermione Malone

GoBe

Madden Osei

Microsoft

Martin Roth

LevelSet

Sandra Diggs

Entergy

Marques Colston

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Cheryl Watkins

Biogenerator

Alana Harris

City of New Orleans

DC Paul

Co-Host

Kyndra Joi

Co-Host

Ken Shames

Microsoft

Randall Boseman

Microsoft

Bobby Moore

Microsoft

Dr. Fallon Wilson

#BlackTechFutures

Hyma Moore

GNO Inc.

Adam McFarland

Youtube

Dawn Richard

Our Dawn Entertainment LLC

Jason Waggenspack

The Ranch

Terah Rubin

LevelSet

Felicia Thomas

MAWSS

Natika Soward

Adobe

Clint Odom

T-Mobile

Calvin Mackie

Stem NOLA

Kia Hatfield

Dr. Nashlie Sephus

Amazon | TheBeanPath.org

Davey Dupuy

Turn 10 Studios

Gina Swanson

WDSU

Hyma Moore

GNO, Inc.

Dr. Trivia Frazier

Obatala Sciences, Inc.

Aaron Walker

Camelback Ventures

Jacari Harris

George Floyd Memorial Foundation

Suai Kee

Gener8tor

Mag Rodriguez

Gener8tor

Caroll Morton

City of New Orleans

Gus Bennett

Maurice Jones

OneTen

Luis Angel Mex

XBOX

Mike Grodin

Microsoft

Samer Yousif

BLCK VC

Dr. Bryon Wilson

Merck

Wendell Pierce

WBOK

Tara Walker

Microsoft

Taiwan Brown

Entergy

Fernando Garibay

The Garibay Center

Michael Rhymes

Entergy

Valarie Sheppard

The Garibay Center

Brett Blake

SkillType

Rachel Shields

GNO, Inc.

Tony Zanders

Skilltype

Gregory Campbell

Rainmaker, Inc.

Kumar Doshi

Turn 10 Studios

Jordan Von Tress

Turn 10 Studios

Bernard Roberson

Hackett Robertson Tobe Group

Jonathan Urbina

Turn 10 Studios

Reid Wick

Recording Academy

Lou Hill

Water Seed Music

Andrew Albert

Venture For America

Tavia Osbey

Midcitizen

Shercole King

Via Link

Quincy Williams

The Vitamin Q

Blue Thomas

Resilia

Angela Shiloh Crye

NOLABA

Nicole Patel

Lucid

Tamika Harris

Torsh

Kim Lagrue

City of New Orleans

Nia Weeks

Citizen SHE United

Aimee Quirk

Ochsner

Christopher Douglas

Microsoft

Ali Rivera

YouTube

Jasmine Brown

GNO, Inc

Kailyn Turner

Levelset

Michael Cross

KeyString Labs

Marissa Minter

Levelset

Derrick Strozier

JPMorgan Chase

Leyonna Barba

JPMorgan Chase

Sabrina Cuevas

Microsoft

Diamond George

Microsoft

Merilly Ruglas

Microsoft

Alex Gregorio

XBOX

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Greater New Orleans, Inc.

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Hopin

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Unity Technologies

Unity Technologies

Lucid

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Generation USA

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Skillz Academy

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City of New Orleans- IT

nola.gov

United Training Academy

IT Training & Certifications, Project Management, Microsoft/Bus Admin Training

Skilltype

Talent management platform for libraries

Torsh

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CGI

The best version of us starts with you.

Geocent

Our Great Minds Don't Think Alike

Operation Spark

Code your way to $60K! Visit Operationspark.org

Revelry

At Revelry, we build companies. Our partners range from small businesses and startups to large, publicly-traded companies. Our goal is to drive inspiration and innovation, transforming people’s lives for the better. We believe everyone can become an entrepreneur and equip our team to become founders of a business.

Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS

Building equitable, inclusive computer science programs in high schools

Delgado Community College Workforce IT

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