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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
www.blacksintechnology.net
        www.bitdigest.net
            Twitter:
        @blkintechnology
         @bittechdigest
contactus@blacksintechnology.net
       info@bitdigest.net
  greg@blacksintechnology.net
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)
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
BIT Tech Digest


•    Technology blog
•    Tech articles by minority SME’s
    • Development
    • Security
    • Network
    • Virtualization/cloud
    • Career advice
3 points of focus
• Visibility
• Perception
• Participation
Visibility
•   We need to be seen
•   We need to be heard
•   More tech content being produced
•   BIT helps
    – Podcasts
    – Tech articles
    – videos
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
Participation
• We need more black techs/engineers
  – More creators
• We need more speakers at conferences
• We need more conference attendees
Participation



More mentors!!!
Solidarity
• Community
• Mentorship
  – Career advice
  – Knowledge transfer
• Eco system
  – Other organizations
• Networking

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Cincinnati Blacks In Technology (Greg Greenlee)

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