#BITTechTalk by Blacks In Technology

#BITTechTalk episode 48 Greg and Ayori speak with Rebecca and Maya, two young African American females who code and create.

In this episode of #BITTechTalk, Greg and Ayori welcome Maurice Cherry, a web developer and graphics designer, to the podcast to share his story of founding Revision Path the largest database of African American Designers. Maurice shares valuable tips on learning the fast developing skill of design, the tools you need, and his opinions on what drives inspiration. We had a really fun time getting t...

In this episode of #BITTechTalk, Greg and Ayori welcome Joshua Hoskins to the podcast to talk about his journey to becoming a salesforce.com consulting MVP. Joshua shares valuable tips on driving your career, taking risks, starting his own company, relationship management, life hacking, work-life balance and how to get a job offer while attending dreamforce. We even manage to get into the nitty gr...

Another exciting episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast!!!In this second part of the TechWomen Emerging Leaders series, Greg and Ayori interview Djamila Douache of Algeria and Tonia Feghali of Lebanon. Both are participants of the 2013 TechWomen Emerging Leaders program and were hosted at salesforce.com. They join Greg and Ayori to share their program experiences and what they have learned ab...

In the first part of this two part episode Greg Greenlee and Ayori Selassie are joined by recent participants of the Tech Women Emerging Leaders program,Emma Marie Ndoringoma of Rwanda, andNathalie Tekam of Camaroon, for a very inspiring and informative discussion. The Tech Women program empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and...

In this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast, Greg Greenlee and Ayori Selassie lead a spirited discussion with our guest, newly published author and technology translator Anjuan Simmons. We discuss Anjuan's new book "Minority Tech...Journaling Through Blackness and Technology". The book chronicles his experiences as an African American man in the technology sector using curated information...

In this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast Sr. Vice President at ATT Xavier Williams joins Greg and Ayori for a discussion around career progression, mentors, sponsors, The Internet of Things, and pushing those with influence and power to engage in solutions around tech inclusion. You won't want to miss it!!!Follow us on Twitter:@blkintechnology@iayori

In this podcast episode Greg introduces and welcomes Ayori Selassie as the new co-host to the BIT podcasts as well as a new member of the BIT organization. Ayori discusses with Greg, her recent experience in attending the Google SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) class in Mountain View. Greg Greenlee and Ayori Selassie talk Distributed System Design, building systems that scale at Google and offer...

This episode Greg sits down with Keith Townsend ofvirtualizedgeek.com. Keith is an expert in virtualization and cloud technology and we talk about SDN (Software Defined Networks), Network virtualization and the role both play in the future of the systems admin/engineer. Follow Keith on Twitter:@virtualizedgeek

This episode Greg sits down and talks with techie/educator William Jackson.  William is the founder of the the site http://myquesttoteach.wordpress.com .  He is a teacher and a frequent blogger and speaker. Follow William on Twitter: @wmjackso

In this episode Greg sits down with Daphne Larose, a software developer out of Lexington, KY.  Daphne is the founder of the Black Female Coders website a site that serves as an outlet for other black female coders to connect, share advice, experiences  and pearls of wisdom. In this episode we talk about some of Daphne's tech background, some of the challenges she faced while obtaining her Masters...

In this episode Greg Greenlee sits down and speaks with Cyber security  expert Charles Tendell. Charles has several industry security certifications including the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CHFI (Certified Hacking Forensics Investigation), and the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). He operates and blogs at his website Charlestendell.com. Follow Charles on Twitter: @c...

In the 36 episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast, Greg Greenlee sits down with software developer and serial entrepreneur Christopher Walker. We discuss the state of Blacks In Technology as well as Chris' latest business ventures: SalonsOpen.com and Reserve.me, booking platforms that focus on client loyalty, client retention and new clients. This is a great spirited podcast discussion. I hope...

This episode Greg sits down and talks with Jaymes Davis. Jaymes is the Director of Cloud and Virtualization Strategies at Entisys. We discuss Jaymes latest article "How the Cloud Can Reduce Technical Debt".  Jaymes is also the organizer of the free annual Virtualization Solutions Exchange event in Mountainview, CA , VSX. Follow Jaymes on Twitter: @cloudprophe

In this episode Greg sits down with Ayori Selassie, a San Francisco Bay Area self-taught software architect and entrepreneur. Ayori is an employee (Product manager) of salesforce.com, one of the largest cloud providers in the market and she is also the Co-founder and Director of Pitch Mixer.  Pitch Mixer is a non-profit  organization whose focus is to help develop startup ecosystems in under serve...

In this episode Greg Greenlee sits down with guest Keith Townsend, founder of the virtualization/cloud blog website, VirtualizedGeek.com . Listen as we discuss Cloud Computing, virtualization, Software Defined Networks (SDN), certifications, social issues as well as his other blog GrowingUpChicago. You can follow Keith on Twitter: @virtualizedgee

Greg sits down with Ronnie Hash to talk about the Cloud, CouchDB, MongoDB, Puppet configuration manager, DevOps and the latest tech conferences they may attend this year.

In this episode Greg sits down with Jason Young of the Hidden Genius Project, an organization focused on teaching software development to at risk 15-18 year old black males. Founded in Oakland CA., the Hidden Genius Project launched it's 8 week summer pilot June 25, 2012. To learn more about The Hidden Genius Project visit http://hiddengeniusproject.org Jason is an entrepreneur with an A.B. in Eco...

In this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast Greg chats with Software Engineer/Entrepreneur, Chuks Onwuneme. Chuks is the Founder of the Personify website.  Chuks describes Personify as an app whose purpose is to discover the social good around you. Chuks is a native of Nigeria who made his way to America to study Computer Science at the University of Texas in Arlington. After graduating wi...

In this episode Greg is joined by IT Engineer Ronnie Hash to discuss the in's and out's of Cloud Computing. We touch on a variety of topics including different cloud types, Cloud providers such as Amazon EC2,  to automated configuration tools for deploying servers in the cloud such as Puppet. Follow us on Twitter: @blkintechnology

In this episode Greg sits down again with IT Security Analyst and guru Kellep Charles. Kellep is  the creator and Executive Editor of SecurityOrb.com (@SecurityOrb), an information security privacy knowledge-based website with the mission to share and raise awareness of the motives, tools and tactics of the black-hat community, and provide best practices and counter measures against malicious even...