WEBVTT - 062924 Way Black History Fact - Black Tech Giants

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>In Today's Way Black History Fact is sponsored by Major

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<v Speaker 1>Threads for Innovative Fashionable Sports, where checkmajorthreads dot com And

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<v Speaker 1>today we're just going to share a list of black

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<v Speaker 1>tech giants that we haven't got to So these are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be like little brief bios, but we felt

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<v Speaker 1>like it was kind of important too. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>always have these conversations we need to have more black

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<v Speaker 1>people in stem program steam programs in the tech space.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously we're dealing with royalty insofar as that's concerned today,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, we're also not absent, and I do

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<v Speaker 1>want to celebrate these names. You can find out the

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<v Speaker 1>full list at Purpose dot jobs. They have a separate

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<v Speaker 1>article delineating these incredible black contributors in the tech space.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the folks that are still alive and still contributing.

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<v Speaker 1>But I thought this was meaningful to share this, So

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<v Speaker 1>first up. John W. Thompson nineteen forty nine to present

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<v Speaker 1>has had an impressive career in tech. He began as

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<v Speaker 1>a salesperson at IBM and climbed up the company to

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<v Speaker 1>become the general manager at IBM America's He has also

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<v Speaker 1>served as the CEO of Virtual Instruments, CEO of saman Tech,

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<v Speaker 1>and today serves as the Chairman of Microsoft since twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 1>He's also made significant contributions to investing in the next

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<v Speaker 1>generation of tech. Mark Regis Hannah nineteen fifty six to

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<v Speaker 1>present for the graphics in Jurassic Park, Aladdin, Beauty in

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<v Speaker 1>the Beast, and more. We have Chicago native Mark Rains

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<v Speaker 1>Hannah to think. He was an electrical engineering computer graphics

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<v Speaker 1>designer in the eighties and nineties. In eighty two, he

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<v Speaker 1>founded Silicon Graphics, Incorporated, eventually becoming company's principal scientist. His

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<v Speaker 1>computer graphics technology has been used in major motion films

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<v Speaker 1>as well as commercials, the intro for Monday Night Football

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<v Speaker 1>and by George Lucas's visual effects studio Industrial Light and Magic.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Mark Dean nineteen fifty seven a present is an

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<v Speaker 1>influential black tech leader and prominent figure in computer science.

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<v Speaker 1>Early on, he had an interest and a gift in technology,

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<v Speaker 1>building his own computer radio and amplifier when he was

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<v Speaker 1>in high school, and began working at IBM in nineteen eighty,

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<v Speaker 1>where he was an essential leader in developing the personal computer.

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<v Speaker 1>He holds three IBM three of IBM's original nine patents

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<v Speaker 1>for the PC. Beyond that, he holds a total of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty patents, and throughout his career has made significant contribution

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<v Speaker 1>to IBM's research and development. More recently, he led the

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<v Speaker 1>team that produced the one gigahertz chip. He is the

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<v Speaker 1>first African American to become an IBM Fellow, which represents

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<v Speaker 1>the highest level of technical excellence. John Henry Thompson nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty nine to present had used in has used his

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<v Speaker 1>background in computer science and visual arts to help bridge

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<v Speaker 1>the early gap between technology and art. He is the

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<v Speaker 1>inventor of Lingo, a scripting language that renders visuals in

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<v Speaker 1>computer programs. Many programs that use graphics, animation, sound, and

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<v Speaker 1>video for interactive stimulas simulations still use Lingo to this day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also been used to create programs that are now

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<v Speaker 1>used in video games, web design, animation, and graphics and

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa Globe Term nineteen seventy one to present is a

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<v Speaker 1>computer scientist known for pioneering Internet technologies, including Shockwave, which

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<v Speaker 1>was the genesis of animation on the web. She also

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<v Speaker 1>contributed to the emergence of online video and worked on

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<v Speaker 1>the senior management team for the launch of Hulu. From

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<v Speaker 1>tech to policy. Lisa's experience has a huge range and

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<v Speaker 1>includes working at the White House and the US Digital Service,

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<v Speaker 1>serving as the Chief Digital Service Officer for the Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Education. Lisa is the CEO and founder of Tequitable,

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<v Speaker 1>a platform that helps companies create a safe, inclusive, equitable workplace. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>that full list is at Purpose dot jobs, and we

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't even scratch the service there. There are black people

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<v Speaker 1>in tech and it's a fantastic thing to know when

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<v Speaker 1>you're not aware of it, because these folks aren't often

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<v Speaker 1>as celebrated. And I know that you had something for

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<v Speaker 1>this too. No, just what we didn't speak on doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Shirley Jackson. Oh yeah, that's your theoretical physicist class. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to make sure we said her name because that

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<v Speaker 1>was a men heavy list and I want our ladies

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<v Speaker 1>to know, our sisters, to know that they're sisters in

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<v Speaker 1>this space as well. Indeed, so again check uh Purpose

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<v Speaker 1>dot Jobs.