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Ecosystems for Black
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Ecosystems for Black
Tech Founders
Saturday March 19, 2022
12:30-4:30 p.m.
Speakers
Speakers That Inspire
Us To Do More
Danny Brown
BCPA | Co-Founder
Nyasha Tunduwani
BCPA | President & Co-Founder
Frank Valdivieso
BCPA | Co-Founder
David Brown
BCPA | Executive Director
Sheila Marie Volante
Managing Partner, Seer Strategic Solutions | Adoption Consultant
Mike Michalowicz
Best Selling Author | Advocate for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Dana McCoy
Rhythm and Blues | Artist
Dana McCoy Music
Daniel Ikem
Microsoft | Partner Development Management Microsoft
Charletta Fortson
Project Director, Louisiana MBDA Business Center, Southern University Law Center
Erik McFrazier
CEO and President | Pacific IT Support (MSP)
Melissa Peterson
CEO, Blue Sky Innovative Solutions
Darrell Booker
Program Lead, Nonprofit Tech Acceleration, for Black and African Communities
Kyle Cramer
Microsoft | Global Partner Solutions
Dexter Hardy
President and CEO | Ntegral
Agenda
Master new skills and
advance your expertise
advance your expertise
Agenda
Exhibit Hall Opens
12:30 PM –
30 mins
Welcome
1:00 PM –
10 mins
David Suk Brown
Executive Director, Black Channel Partner Alliance
Dana McCoy
Artist, Dana McCoy Music
The Entrepreneurial Journey
1:10 PM –
20 mins
Nyasha Tunduwani
President and Co-founder, Black Channel Partner Alliance
Dexter Hardy
President and CEO | Ntegral
Erik McFrazier
CEO and President | Pacific IT Support (MSP)
Sheila Marie Volante
Managing Partner and Adoption Consultant, Seer Strategic Solutions
Profit First: How to Make Any Business Permanently Profitable, in an Instant
1:30 PM –
45 mins
Mike Michalowicz
Author, Advocate for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Break
2:20 PM –
10 mins
Join the Microsoft Ecosystem: Create Jobs and Build Wealth
2:30 PM –
25 mins
Danny Brown
Co-founder, Black Channel Partner Alliance
Daniel Ikem
Partner Development Manager, Microsoft
Darrell Booker
Program Lead, Nonprofit Tech Acceleration, for Black and African Communities
Kyle S. Cramer
Global Partner Solutions, Microsoft
Continue Your Learning Journey
3:00 PM –
25 mins
Frank Valdivieso
Co-founder, Black Channel Partner Alliance
Nyasha Tunduwani
President and Co-founder, Black Channel Partner Alliance
Melissa Peterson
CEO, Blue Sky Innovative Solutions
Charletta Fortson
Project Director, Louisiana MBDA Business Center, Southern University Law Center
Let’s Connect! Join us in the RISE
Social Lounge.
3:30 PM –
60 mins
12:30 p.m. Exhibit Halls and Doors Open
1:00 Welcome
1:10 The Entrepreneurial Journey
1:30 Profit First: How to Make Any Business Permanently Profitable, in an Instant
2:20 BREAK
2:30 Join the Microsoft Ecosystem: Create Jobs and Build Wealth
3:00 Continue Your Learning Journey
3:30 Let’s Connect! Join us in the RISE Social Lounge.
4:30 Event Ends
"This is a community where Black-owned tech founders can come together, share experiences, and learn how to accelerate their businesses."
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This one-day virtual event hosted by The Black Channel Partner Alliance (BCPA) is designed for Black and African-American IT founders and technology entrepreneurs who want to create and join thriving ecosystems to scale quickly.
BCPA has a core focus of generating wealth for those black and brown within the technology space. Our Mission is to build, high performance, community focused, sustainable next generation channel partners within our communities.