Speaker 1: Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.
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Speaker 1: today we're just going to share a list of black
Speaker 1: tech giants that we haven't got to So these are
Speaker 1: going to be like little brief bios, but we felt
Speaker 1: like it was kind of important too. You know, we
Speaker 1: always have these conversations we need to have more black
Speaker 1: people in stem program steam programs in the tech space.
Speaker 1: Obviously we're dealing with royalty insofar as that's concerned today,
Speaker 1: but you know, we're also not absent, and I do
Speaker 1: want to celebrate these names. You can find out the
Speaker 1: full list at Purpose dot jobs. They have a separate
Speaker 1: article delineating these incredible black contributors in the tech space.
Speaker 1: These are the folks that are still alive and still contributing.
Speaker 1: But I thought this was meaningful to share this, So
Speaker 1: first up. John W. Thompson nineteen forty nine to present
Speaker 1: has had an impressive career in tech. He began as
Speaker 1: a salesperson at IBM and climbed up the company to
Speaker 1: become the general manager at IBM America's He has also
Speaker 1: served as the CEO of Virtual Instruments, CEO of saman Tech,
Speaker 1: and today serves as the Chairman of Microsoft since twenty fourteen.
Speaker 1: He's also made significant contributions to investing in the next
Speaker 1: generation of tech. Mark Regis Hannah nineteen fifty six to
Speaker 1: present for the graphics in Jurassic Park, Aladdin, Beauty in
Speaker 1: the Beast, and more. We have Chicago native Mark Rains
Speaker 1: Hannah to think. He was an electrical engineering computer graphics
Speaker 1: designer in the eighties and nineties. In eighty two, he
Speaker 1: founded Silicon Graphics, Incorporated, eventually becoming company's principal scientist. His
Speaker 1: computer graphics technology has been used in major motion films
Speaker 1: as well as commercials, the intro for Monday Night Football
Speaker 1: and by George Lucas's visual effects studio Industrial Light and Magic.
Speaker 1: Doctor Mark Dean nineteen fifty seven a present is an
Speaker 1: influential black tech leader and prominent figure in computer science.
Speaker 1: Early on, he had an interest and a gift in technology,
Speaker 1: building his own computer radio and amplifier when he was
Speaker 1: in high school, and began working at IBM in nineteen eighty,
Speaker 1: where he was an essential leader in developing the personal computer.
Speaker 1: He holds three IBM three of IBM's original nine patents
Speaker 1: for the PC. Beyond that, he holds a total of
Speaker 1: twenty patents, and throughout his career has made significant contribution
Speaker 1: to IBM's research and development. More recently, he led the
Speaker 1: team that produced the one gigahertz chip. He is the
Speaker 1: first African American to become an IBM Fellow, which represents
Speaker 1: the highest level of technical excellence. John Henry Thompson nineteen
Speaker 1: fifty nine to present had used in has used his
Speaker 1: background in computer science and visual arts to help bridge
Speaker 1: the early gap between technology and art. He is the
Speaker 1: inventor of Lingo, a scripting language that renders visuals in
Speaker 1: computer programs. Many programs that use graphics, animation, sound, and
Speaker 1: video for interactive stimulas simulations still use Lingo to this day.
Speaker 1: It's also been used to create programs that are now
Speaker 1: used in video games, web design, animation, and graphics and
Speaker 1: Lisa Globe Term nineteen seventy one to present is a
Speaker 1: computer scientist known for pioneering Internet technologies, including Shockwave, which
Speaker 1: was the genesis of animation on the web. She also
Speaker 1: contributed to the emergence of online video and worked on
Speaker 1: the senior management team for the launch of Hulu. From
Speaker 1: tech to policy. Lisa's experience has a huge range and
Speaker 1: includes working at the White House and the US Digital Service,
Speaker 1: serving as the Chief Digital Service Officer for the Department
Speaker 1: of Education. Lisa is the CEO and founder of Tequitable,
Speaker 1: a platform that helps companies create a safe, inclusive, equitable workplace. Again,
Speaker 1: that full list is at Purpose dot jobs, and we
Speaker 1: couldn't even scratch the service there. There are black people
Speaker 1: in tech and it's a fantastic thing to know when
Speaker 1: you're not aware of it, because these folks aren't often
Speaker 1: as celebrated. And I know that you had something for
Speaker 1: this too. No, just what we didn't speak on doctor
Speaker 1: Shirley Jackson. Oh yeah, that's your theoretical physicist class. I
Speaker 1: wanted to make sure we said her name because that
Speaker 1: was a men heavy list and I want our ladies
Speaker 1: to know, our sisters, to know that they're sisters in
Speaker 1: this space as well. Indeed, so again check uh Purpose
Speaker 1: dot Jobs.