The Black is Tech Conference 2023 | Black is Tech Conference | 6 August 2023 | Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA

The conference creates a platform for black tech professionals, students, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts to connect, learn and gain the best resources for professional and business development. Our goal is to use our platform to create connections between our audiences and also provide the resources necessary to create significant impact in the tech industry. Speakers share their experiences and outlook on the state of tech and its future impact on the world, especially for Black communities; attendees learn skills they need to be competitive and become significant players in an ever-changing tech ecosystem; companies connect with attendees as well as enhance their diversity initiatives and workforce. Expect to experience the best of in-person connections, learning, networking and so much more.

2023 Speakers

Brenda Darden Wilkerson
President & CEO, AnitaB.org

Awah Teh
VP, Data Governance & Privacy Engineering, Capital One

Shijuade Kadree
Director, Tech Equity & Tech Accountability Coalition, Aspen Digital

Ken Oliver
VP @ Checkr.org and Executive Director, The Checkr Foundation

Kanyatta Walker
Vice President, Information Technology, Cisco

Nathaniel Rose
Staff Software Engineer, Circle

Stephanie Shaw
Vice President – Enterprise Technology, The Wendy’s Company

LaLisha Hurt
Industry Advisor, Public Sector Federal Government, Splunk

Noble Ackerson
Director of Product Management (AI/ML Solutions), Ventera

Chantel Edwards
Director, Cyber Security Intelligence, Capital One

Diana B. Allen
Senior Technical Program Manager - Security, Google

Khendr’a Reid
Principal Data Strategy Technical Specialist, AWS

Nickoria Johnson
Partner and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Credera

Justin Simpson
Senior Director, Data Security, Walmart

Anthony Smoak
Senior Manager, Technology Consulting-Enterprise Data and Analytics @ Protiviti

Louvere Walker-Hannon
Application Engineering Senior Team Lead, MathWorks

Naj Austin
Founder & CEO, Somewhere Good

Candace Williams
Associate Director, Cybersecurity Leadership, Raytheon

Shannon Martin
Principal Product Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft

Devo Harris
CEO/Founder, Adventr

Jason W. Gallo
VP, Global Partner and Routes to Market Sales, Cisco

Ivonne Roberts
Software & Systems Architect, BILL

Keyana Tyson
Leader, Global Diversity and Inclusion Programs, Cisco

Craig Santos
Senior Director, Training Services, MathWorks

Kimberly Brown
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Kimberly Seals Allers
Executive Director @ Narrative Nation Inc. & Founder, Irth App

Malcolm Coley
Chief Technology Officer, Futures First Gaming

Byron Collins
Customer Engineer, Google Cloud

Erkeda DeRouen
Founder, The Pace Makerz

Cory Hall
DevOps Engineerm, Microsoft

Chanel Power
Founder & CEO, Mentor Me Collective

Juntae Delane
Founder & CEO, Digital Delane

Sarah Mohammed
Software Engineer, MathWorks

Blaise Wabo
Healthcare and Financial Services Director, A-LIGN

Shonda Swinton
Director, Customer Delivery, Cisco

Leiyian Motongo
FinOps Consultant

Aubrey Grant
Founder and Chief Equity Officer, Equity Commons

Caleb Green
Intellectual Property Strategist, Startup & Technology Attorney

Fatima Taj
Software Engineer, Yelp

Herve Aniglo
Lead Tech Instructor & Computer Science Teacher

Jasmyne Epps
Sr. Product Manager

Jerome Lewis
Executive Director, Them2us Org & Federal Senior Technical Manager

Kimberly Jolasun
Founder and CEO, Villie

Link Green
Web 3 Solutions & Innovation Architect

Moorisha Bey-Taylor
Founder, Law Office of Moorisha Bey-Taylor

Ray Arceneaux
Founder & CEO, Diabetes Healthcare Company | Founder @ SONS (Solving Our Negative Stereotypes)

Torrence Reed
Founder, Cybershield Security

Kandice Whitaker
CEO, Alpha & Omega Consulting Inc.

Ellington West
Co-founder & CEO, Sonavi Labs

Bill Johnson
Sr. Technical Expert, Cybersecurity, Walmart Technology

Tiffany Teasley
Founder & CEO, Data Sistah, LLC | Data Scientist @ LexisNexis

Michael Green
Founder and CEO, Lynit

Contessa Cooper
Community Engagement Manager, Thallo

Robbin Simpkins
Director, Services Improvement, Softchoice

Rich Gilliam
Founder, STEM Plug | Author | Automation Engineer

Danon Vaughn
CEO/Founder, Ransom Shield

Eric Logan
Governance, Risk and Compliance Program Manager, The Georgia Tech Research Institute

Gopinath Balakrishnan
Customer Engineer, Select Accounts, Google Cloud

Jason Jones
Full-time disruptor, activist, educator, and software engineer

Kelly Hopkins
Data Strategist and Consultant, Founder, Launchpad Analytics

Praise Chikezie
Technical Program Manager, Visa

Lauryn Nwankpa
Managing Director, Brand Citizens

Junia Janvier
Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager, Boston University Spark!

Tony Reid
Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development, Drone Cadets

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Capital One

GOLD SPONSORS:
• T Mobile
• Bill
• Ubs
• Cisco
• GE Vernova
• The Linux Foundation

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Bloomberg
• Protiviti
• MathWorks
• Walmart
• Capital Group

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Fanduel
• NetApp
• Duck Creek
• Wayfair

PARTNERS:
• US Digital Service
• Gsa
• Technologists of Color