How many of us know of someone who has come up through the ranks in the field of Information Technology, who have been referred to as a one-time “Geek” or “Computer Nerd”, or “Techhie”? Very often you will find that these IT professionals could share many "True Confessions” about their Geeky wonder years!
Geeks Gone Great may also be disguised as “Digital Divas”! Many women in IT who’ve risen to stand tall in their stilettos, were once, yes admittedly GEEKS!! Blacks Gone Geek knows very well of these Digital Divas who lead IT companies, own consultancies, and or advance global IT business. We want to present the diverse paths to Geeks going Great so that our youth can feel good about being GEEK!!
Blacks Gone Geek is looking for Geeks Gone Great to share their stories, true confessions, to inspire our young geeks, that yes, it’s okay to be a GEEK!!! Why??? Geeks who go Great – Corporate Climbers, Super Star Consultants, or Technology Entrepreneurs are ROCK STAR products of IT! Geeks Gone Great are innovators, world class professionals… and yes, Geeks Gone Great command great salaries, perks and benefits!!!!
Here’s some GEEKS Gone GREAT successes…..
Ollie Morgan, Past BDPA Chicago and National BDPA President
Star Cunningham, BDPA Chicago Awards Banquet Keynote Speaker
Shellye Archambeau, Chief Executive Officer MetricStream, Inc.
Dr. Randal Pinkett, Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners
Calvin Flowers, Founder, Chicago's 1st Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization
Eric Hamilton, Social Media Branding Lecturer, Online Search Marketing Consultant, Web Analytics Guru and Web Design Instructor
Earl Pace, Founder
National BDPA
Earl Pace has been in the Information Technology industry since 1965. He began as a computer programmer trainee at the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). He left the PRR in 1967.
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Earl Pace in the News
Computerworld Article 12/15/08
Q&A: Tech pioneer Earl Pace on racism in the IT workplace
Denise Holland, President
National BDPA
Ms. Holland has over 30 years of professional experience including Human Resource Management/HRIS, IT Project Management, IS Security Management, Change and Problem Management, and Financial Management Systems.
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Yvette Graham, President-Elect
National BDPA
Yvette Graham serves as the BDPA National President Elect. In this position, she is responsible for business management, corporate sales, and branding for the organization. Yvette has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field, working in a number of positions from instructor, to developer and tester.
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R. Wayne Hicks, Executive Director
BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF)
R. Wayne Hicks is the executive director for the BDPA Education & Technology Foundation (BETF), the non-profit fundraising arm for a national IT association.
Prior to starting his own business Wayne served as the Director of the Cincinnati Submission Processing Center (CSPC) in Covington, Kentucky with over 3,600 employees. The final eight years of his 23-year career with the federal government were served at the Senior Executive Service (SES) level.
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Send BGG your Information Technology GEEK Gone GREAT story! Whether you would like to tell us about you or someone you know, BGG would love for our young Geeks, or any GEEKS in-training, to know about real life (BGG is about keeping IT REAL), success stories.
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