AfroTech 2022 | AfroTech | 13 November 2022 | Austin, Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, United States

This in-person Conference experience is bridging the worlds of afro-technologists, innovators, investors, corporations, musicians, and everyone in between.

Tap in with exclusive panels and discussions on the hottest trends with leaders in professional development, entertainment, engineering, NFTs, cryptocurrency, and Web3, or connect with venture capitalists—there’s an opportunity for everyone. Pull up, grab your crew and your tickets, and join us at the largest Black professional conference of the year.

2022 speakers

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FT RECORDS

Isaac Addae, PhD
Pivot Technology School

Krista Bourne
Verizon Consumer Group

Melissa Bradley
1863 Ventures

Benjamin Bronfman
Electric Tree

Brandon Bryant
Harlem Capital

Kelly Buchanan Spillers
Infor

Will Campbell
Quantasy

Adam Caplan
Salesforce

Demetris Cheatham
GitHub

Quawn Clark
Pivot Technology School

Chief Cleopatra

Christopher Cole
Apple

Rob Collier
Rally

Julia Collins
Planet FWD

Krystal Cooper
Unity

Samuel Davis
Nationwide

Morgan DeBaun
Blavity, Inc.

Ngozi Dozie
Carbon

Tosh Ernest

Nicky Everette
National Geographic

Mary Farrow
Tally

SAUCE Featuring :
Jasmine Solano, Ms. Nix, Martina McFlyy

Nikki Forman
Amazon

Rachel Gillum
Salesforce

Samir Goel
Esusu

Tammy Gordon
The BlavityOrg Foundation Inc

Raymond Graham
Unity

Imani Grant
DoorDash, Inc.

Zain Gulamali
Amazon

Kalah Haley
Saint Rock Media

Arlan Hamilton
Backstage Capital

Josef Hapli
National Geographic Society

Ruben Harris
Career Karma

Felecia Hatcher
BLACK AMBITION

Derek Hawkins
Salesforce

Nyla Hayes
Nyla Collection LLC

DJ Hella Yella

Trinidad Hermida

Tim Hinshaw
Amazon Music

Travis Holloway
Solo Funds

Tamesha Hoppie
Gap Inc.

Harold Hughes
BandwagonFanClub, Inc.

Frederick Hutson
Pigeonly

Chidinma Iwueke
QED Investors

Omi Iyamu
Ace

Aurora James
Fifteen Percent Pledge, Brother Vellies

Devin Johnson
Amazon

Trice Johnson
Salesforce

Alisha Johson Wilder
Apple

Brigette Jones
Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery

Cristina Jones
Salesforce.org

Gregory Jones
Mining Diamonds

Wallace Joseph
Warner Chappell

Gil Kuruneri
Apple

Desmond Lamptey
Capital One

Courtney Leffall
Silicon Valley Bank

Alexandra (Ally) Legend Siegel
Expedia Group

Bryan Liles

Will Lucas
AFROTECH

Anthony “Tony” Luckett
National Geographic Society

Janina Lundy
Amazon Studios and Prime Video

Blake Lynch
Lippe Taylor

Telva McGruder
General Motors

DJ Millie

Michael Mitchell
Intuit

Michelle Mitchell
American Express

DJ Moma

Florcy Morisset
Accenture

Joshua Mundy
Pivot Technology School

Sharon Murphy
Wells Fargo

Brand Name Shay

Jeff Nelson
Blavity, Inc.

Nova Nicole
Shopify

Michael Nutter
Michael A Nutter Advisors, LLC

Banjo Obayomi
AWS

Stephanie Ogbogu
Blavity, Inc.

Daquan Oliver
WeThrive Education

Dapo Onikuyide
Apple

Taryn Powdrell
Blavity

Avanthika Ramesh
Salesforce

Sanjana Ranka
Apple

Keaton Raymond
Gap Inc.

Chelsea Roberts
HBCUvc

Najah Roberts
Crypto Blockchain Plug

Touré Roberts
ONE | A Potter's House Church

Torian Robinson
Alkeme Health

Bertrand Saint-Preux
Snap Inc.

Tanya Sam
Tanya Time LLC

Ovetta Sampson
Sampson and Associates LLC

Sydnee Sampson-Blackwell
Accenture

Aaron Samuels
Collide Capital

Cuy Sheffield
VISA

Shaïna Silva
#SHE_BUILDS Global Initiative

Stephanie Alexis Smellie

Asia Mariah Stewart
American Express

Matt Story
VISA

Nick Straughn
Unity

Elise Swopes
Sunrise Art Club

Sydney Sykes
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Delores Terry
VISA

Tiffany Thompson
Echoing Green

Hassani Turner
American Express

Samantha Tweedy
Black Economic Alliance Foundation

Oji Udezue
ProductMind

Chika Uwazie
Afropolitan

Shondra Washington
Black@

Summer Watson
WYE Media Company (Aku)

Anré Williams
American Express

Kandirra Wilson
Black Professionals in Tech Network

Ryan Wilson
The Gathering Spot

Hope Wiseman
WISECO

2022 Sponsors:

• 3M
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• Talent x Opportunity
• ActBlue
• accenture
• Adobe
• ally
• amazon
• AM EX
• Amplitude
• ancestry
• appfolio
• apple
• asana
• ATLASSIAN
• Avalara
• BANK OF AMERICA
• BCG
• BetterUp
• BLACKLINE
• BLOCK
• Bloomberg
• braze
• CAPCO
• CapitalOne
• CLOUDFARE
• ChartHop
• chewy
• chime
• COHESITY
• COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL
• CONFLUENT
• coursera
• CROWDSTRIKE
• cruise
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• DELL Technologies
• Deloitte
• dentsu
• DigitalOcean
• DocuSign
• doordash
• Dropbox
• DRAFTKINGS
• EPIC GAMES
• EY
• eventbrite
• oxpodia group
• experian
• ExxonMobil
• f5
• FANDUEL
• FBI
• FedEx
• Fidelity
• Figma
• fiserv
• fiA
• Gap Inc.
• GEICO
• GE
• Google
• gusto
• HashiCorp
• haven technologies
• HIGHSPOT
• Hilton
• THE HOME DEPOT
• honeycomb.io
• HOTWIRE
• HRT
• IBM
• indeed
• intel
• INTUIT
• Robot
• Johnson&Johnson
• JOHN DEERE
• JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
• klaviyo
• Linkedin
• LEXUS
• L'OREAL
• lyt
• mCdonals
• McKinsey & Company
• McMASTER.CARR
• MassMutual
• MatchGroup
• Medallia
• Meta
• Morgan Stanley
• motive
• new relic
• NIANTIC
• NIKE
• NBA
• NORDSTROM
• Northwestern Mutual
• paloalto
• patreon
• PayPal
• PEPSICO
• planet
• ThePokemonCompany
• pwc
• Q2
• Red Hat
• REDFIN
• emerging talent
• RIOT GAMES
• ROBLOX
• salesforce
• Schrodinger
• servicenow
• Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Siriusxm
• slalom
• shopify
• smartsheet
• Spotify
• STRAVA
• stripe
• Silicon Valley Bank
• synchrony
• The Clorox Company
• TESLA
• TikTok
• .T.Mobile
• Trimble
• T.RowePrice
• twitter
• Uber
• Uber Freight
• udemy
• Vanguard
• Vercel
• VISA
• vmware
• vouch
• The WALT Disney Company
• WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY
• WELLS FARGO
• Wing
• World Wide Technology
• Ziff Davis
• Zillow
• yahoo!