Greg Greenlee, founder of Blacks In Technology - www.blacksintechnology.net - was guest speaker for BDPA Cincinnati chapter in March 2013 The goal for Cincinnati Blacks In Technology is to collaborate with the vibrant community of like-minded technology professionals of color -- innovators and enthusiasts who are working with or interested in Web-based and related technologies. We’re talking the whole techie gamut from bloggers, digital media specialists, online community managers, web masters, web designers, social media strategists, developers, online marketing experts, IT recruiters, software developers, programmers, telecommunications specialist, cloud computing experts, IT managers, IT executives, tech-based entrepreneurs, project managers, geeks and nerds!

1. Greg Greenlee
• Systems/Network Engineer (Jack of all Trades)
• CCNA certified
• 12+ years of Technology experience
• Works for local datacenter/service provider located in
downtown Cincinnati
• Founder of two websites focused on minorities in the
technology field
• Husband and Father
• Avid comic book reader

2. www.blacksintechnology.net
www.bitdigest.net
Twitter:
@blkintechnology
@bittechdigest
contactus@blacksintechnology.net
info@bitdigest.net
greg@blacksintechnology.net

3. My 9-5
Appica
• Datacenter and Managed Services Provider
• Datacenter colocation
• Disaster Recovery
• Hosted Storage solutions
• Web hosting
– Linux
» Apache
» mySQL
– Windows
» IIS
» MSSQL
• Public and Private cloud
– VMWare
• Email hosting
– Hosted Microsoft Exchange
– POP (Qmail)

4. Blacks In Technology (BIT)
• Online community of close to 800 members
nationwide.
• Free to join
• All tech disciplines, gender and age
• Various communication components
– Forums
– Live chat
– Social networking

5. BIT Tech Digest
• Technology blog
• Tech articles by minority SME’s
• Development
• Security
• Network
• Virtualization/cloud
• Career advice

6. 3 points of focus
• Visibility
• Perception
• Participation

7. Visibility
• We need to be seen
• We need to be heard
• More tech content being produced
• BIT helps
– Podcasts
– Tech articles
– videos

8. Perception
• We can do it
• In order to change perception we must change
the conversation
– Whats the conversation?
• BIT helps
– Forums
– Chat
– Spotlight
• Organizations
• Individuals

9. Participation
• We need more black techs/engineers
– More creators
• We need more speakers at conferences
• We need more conference attendees

10. Participation
More mentors!!!

11. Solidarity
• Community
• Mentorship
– Career advice
– Knowledge transfer
• Eco system
– Other organizations
• Networking