As we celebrate Black History Month, it is important to recognize and uplift the voices of Black individuals in the tech industry. The following speakers are available to speak at events and bring valuable insights and perspectives on a variety of topics. Please reach out them only if it’s a paid opportunity!
- Augustina A. would love to speak on career confidence & empowerment, leveraging diversity in the workplace and the importance of peer and company networking for your personal brand and beyond!
- Arit Amana would love to speak on promoting and protecting psychological safety of Black women in Tech, specifically within teams.
- Herve Aniglo would like to speak about musical coding/programming with the programs JythonMusic, Sonic Pi, ALDA, AWS DeepComposer, or P5.JS.
- Emmanuel Apau is interested in chatting about terraform automation for the enterprise or selfing hosting github runners.
- Ademusoyo Awosika-Olumo can speak on growing your career as a software engineer or tech leadership.
- Brittney Ball would love to speak on Why Building ERGs for Your Specific Identities Matter & How to Make it Happen.
- Christina Beckford can talk about how to best handle career pivots in a recession. Or cover a more technical topic in software development field.
- Vivianne Castillo is interested in speaking about challenging the status quo on what it means to be human-centered, and how to:
- Practically and intentionally limit harm in design and research practices.
- Recognize and avoid producing racist design.
- The discipline of hope in UX.
- Colleen Coll would like to speak on imposter syndrome, tech media and leadership.
- Rose Genele would like to talk about culture, inclusion & leadership in the workplace.
- Jonathan P. Higgins is available to talk about working with LGBTQ+ folk/non-binary folks and the importance of our history.
- Lakshmia Marie would love to speak on hiring as a startup and/ or how to REALLY get into tech without experience.
- Deena McKay would like to talk about career progression, how to support women in the workplace, any agile topics, DEI, being a women in tech, and other tech related topics.
- Jarvis Moore would like to talk about their journey into tech, on diversity in tech or about design systems.
- Obianuju Onuegbu would like to talk on how to make the most of it in a non-diverse work environment.
- Valerie Phoenix would love to speak about the future of work and management with the advancement of AI and ML. She can also talk about how to build more collaborative teams.
- Jamila Reddy is interested in speaking about Black Power Naps: The importance of rest or on Reimagining Your Future: how to design a clear vision of your future that is in alignment with their fullest expression and highest good.
- Korin Reid is an AI & Operations Research Innovator and can speak on topics such as:
- Building data organizations
- AI in healthcare
- Managing data science teams
- Getting AI solutions into products
- The AI development process and more
- Ziarekenya Smith and Kathryn Smith would love to speak on creating a healthier, sustainable, and empathetic social network.
- Tara Turk-Haynes can talk about hiring and engagement of underrepresented groups.
