Speakers
Our 2019 Conference brought over 40 speakers to speak on various topics from Diversity to VR to the Internet of Things, Tech Entrepreneurship and so much more. For 2020, we are bringing over 60 speakers to grace our stages.
We also have openings for more speakers. If you would love to speak at the 2020 Conference or know someone that will be interested in speaking, fill the form at the bottom of this page and we'll follow up with you.
We also have openings for more speakers. If you would love to speak at the 2020 Conference or know someone that will be interested in speaking, fill the form at the bottom of this page and we'll follow up with you.
2020 Speakers
Over 60 speakers with a diverse set of backgrounds in tech will grace our stages at the Black Is Tech Conference 2020. More speaker announcements coming. Check here for updates.
Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
Commissioner of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Janeen Uzzell
COO, The Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)
Jasmine Crowe
Founder & CEO, Goodr
Bobby Allen
CTO, CloudGenera
Alex Wolf
Tech Philosophy Speaker, Consultant
Odean Maye
Director, Software Engineering, Capital One/Founder, Spectus
Kim Coles
Actress, Comedian and Coach
Daron K. Roberts
Former NFL Coach, and Founding Director, Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation
Alex Kennedy
Director, Global Head of Partnerships Strategy and Operations, Twitter
Kerel Cooper
SVP, Global Marketing, LiveIntent
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
Member, US House of Reps, NY 9th District.
Nate Stewart
Chief Product Officer, Cockroach Labs
Kanika Tolver
Senior Project Manager, US Department of the Treasury
Nicole Alexander
SVP, Chief Innovation Expert, IPSOS
Tom KaiKai
Principal Chief Engineer, Northrop Gruman
Chase Minnifield
Retired NFL Player and President, EZ Turn
Roz Francuz-Harris
Director of Talent Acquisition, Warner Media
Rodney Cobb
Senior DevOps Engineer, The Atlantic
Devon Singh
Senior UX Researcher, JUUL Labs
Bofta Yimam
Emmy Award Winning Journalist & National TV Correspondent (Host)
Damani Corbin
Kubernetes Evangelist, Weaveworks
Maasha Kah
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Eventbrite
Nicole Tinson
Founder & CEO, HBCU 20X20
Monte Williams
Senior Director of Client Service, TaskUs
AJ Williams
Operations Executive/Startup Advisor/Policy & Diversity Strategist
Shawn Harris
Director of North American Sales, Zebra Technologies
Krystal Raphael
Engineering Manager, The Wing
Jelani Floyd
Founding Partner & Sports Agent, Beyond Athlete Management
Derwin Warren
Technical Solutions Architect, CISCO
Cinneah El-Amin
Manager, Consumer New Product Development, American Express
Marcus Curtis
COO, MedWell Solutions
Liz J. Simpson
Founder, Stimulyst
Joshua Alphonse
Developer Advocate, Wix
De’ Havia Stewart
Strategy Analyst, Accenture
Esther Onema
National Communications Chair, NSBE
William Hill
Software Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
JeanHeyd Meneide
Software Engineer, C++ Specialist
Quincy Iheme
Software Engineer, Comcast
Steffany Brown
Developer Programs Engineer, Google
Rose Desauguste
Founder, HueLixir
Robin Nunn
Partner, Dechert LLP.
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Want to Speak at the Conference?
Would you love to be a speaker at the 2020 Black is Tech Conference? Have a topic of discussion or do you want to have a workshop session? We would love to hear from you. Fill in the form below and tell us what you do and what topic you would love to speak on. We’ll be in touch.
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