Black Business Journal’s 2021 Most Influential and Up & Coming Technologists
Continuing the legacy of celebrating success on a grand scale Black Business Journal announced its 2021 Most Influential and Up & Coming Technology Honorees.
Technology is an essential part of our lives today and few of us can imagine living without it. Technology brings skills, knowledge, process, technique and tools together for solving problems that simplify human life. It’s increasingly important to reimagine business by fostering diverse perspectives and voices. Made Media Group’s core mission includes creating access to career opportunities in major tech companies. So we are pleased to celebrate some of our Most Influential Technology leaders as well as the incredible Up & Coming Technologists.
2021 TOP Ten Blacks in Tech Award honorees.
These technology innovators will be celebrated at a grand celebration in their honor in their honor Saturday, November 20, 2021 at J.W. Marriott, downtown Austin at 6:00pm.
Most Influential Honorees:
- Howard Anglin |Founder @QuatroXI
- Lotus Douglas | Manager, Partner Engagement & Technical Enablement @IBM
- Kevin Enders | Senior Global Product Manager @Dell
- Lakesha Lee-Small Sr. | Manager Operations @AMD
- Derrick Hill |Manufacturing Technology Engineering Specialist @3M
- Shannon Myers Johnson |Director, IT Agility & Change @Merck
- Nigel Prentice | Design Executive IBM Digital Growth & Commerce @IBM
- Ecleamus Ricks Jr.| Founder/Software Engineer @Imani Software
- Terry Thomas | Director, IBM Power Systems Hybrid-Cloud @IBM
- Kevin Thornton |Modern Work Architect @Microsoft
- Art Valentine |Director Linux & Firmware Development @IBM
- Norman Walton |Software Engineer Manager @IBM
Up & Coming:
- Emmanuel Akatugba |Security Engineer @Google
- Godwin Attigah |Security Engineer @Google
- Pearly Mcqueen |Chief of Staff @Indeed
- Charles Tuyishime |Software Engineer @Dell EMC
For more information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the Black Business Journal – Achievements in Black Austin gala celebrating our TOP Diversity Champions, TOP 10 Blacks in Tech, Top 10 Black Doctors, Top 10 Black Lawyers (2021) & Top Ten Black Lawyers (2020) which was postponed due to COVID -19 restrictions. visit www.austinblackbusiness.com
Stay tuned for announcements for our other Top Ten Honorees.
Video from 2019 Awards Gala https://youtu.be/cRunuMO72k4
Black Business Journal, is a product of Made Media Group, a 501c3 nonprofit designed to inform, empower and transform Black communities through media and tech. Black Business Journal publishes titles in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago. BBJ celebrates African American success through storytelling; sharing news, professional profiles and stories of excellence in the Black community that often go overlooked. BBJ strives to enhance the vibrancy of our readers lives by covering stories that inspire and enlighten. Providing messaging that is uplifting, positive and relevant. www.mademediagroup.org
