Black Business Journal’s 2022 Most Influential and Up & Coming Technologists
Continuing the legacy of celebrating success on a grand scale Black Business Journal announced its 2022 Most Influential and Up & Coming Technologist 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.
2022 TOP Ten Black Technologist honorees.
These technology innovators will be celebrated at a grand celebration in their honor in their honor Saturday, November 19, 2022 at J.W. Marriott, downtown Austin at 6:00pm.
We are honored to have this year’s Co-Emcees Spectrum News Anchor/TV-Host Dr. Nicole Cross & Actor/Anchor Charles Divins
Most Influential Honorees:
- Brandon Antone | Splunk | Observability Solutions Engineer
- Kristy Harris Bias | Dell | VP of Finance
- Annette Booker | Amazon | Sr. Program Manager Andon Cord.
- Ken Cuthrell | Applied Materials | Manager, Customer Engineer
- Lotus Douglas | IBM | Manager, Partner Engagement & Tech Enablement
- Maurice Hall | Dell | Solutions Architect
- Vanessa Bowles Henry | Dell Technologies | APEX Engineering Transformation Strategist
- Shannon Myers Johnson | Merck | Director, IT Strategy Realization
- Mitchell Lee | Dell |Director of HR Tech
- Ladeitra Lee | Dell | Senior Principal Product Dev Man
- Herbert McMillian | Dell | Sr. Serviceability Engineer
- Chuck Okoye | NXP | Semiconductors PMO Manager
- Jeff Thomas | AISD | Career & Technology Education Coordinator
- A. Charles Thomas | Meta | VP Data Science
- Deonte Thompson | Dell | Senior Director, PMO
- Don Ward | Laundris Corp | Founder
- Al Weaver | Cisco | Customer Program Manager, CX Delivery
Up & Coming:
- Valenta Bedford |Thales |Senior Software Engineer
- Randall Griffin | Oracle | Senior Cloud Analyst
- Tyler Hooks | The Walt Disney Co |UX Engineer
- Kijana Knight-Torres | Indeed | Senior UX Researcher
- Marlen Long | Change Healthcare | Sr. HR Business Intelligence Analyst
- Jordan Thomas | Dell | DFM
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. visit www.austinblackbusiness.com
Stay tuned for announcements for our other Top Ten Honorees.
Video from 2019 Awards Gala https://youtu.be/cRunuMO72k4
For more information on awards gala tickets & sponsorships info@blackbusinessjournal.com
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
