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Special Keynote: From Secretary to IBM’s World Wide Data Center Manager

June 15, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Register here for this VIRTUAL event: http://blacktechsymposium.biz.

Learn from Senior Manager WW Data Center Facilities and Operations, Complex Projects, Sr. Manager Bobbi Alexander at IBM on her improbable journey.

Her LinkedIn show her employment with one employer at 39 years and 7 months. Would you be counting the days, hours and every minutes at this point?

Everyone wants to know, how did she do it?

– Find-out, joining as a Black woman in a secretarial role in 1981 in Dallas, Texas, what future for herself did Bobbi see working at a technical company?

– Understand, what role did education and certifications make for her in transitioning into a technical career.

– Learn whether there was a secret Santa, a key mentor or someone along the way that helped Bobbi – and can you cultivate that too?

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Be inspired by some of the riches that Black people in tech deliver to everyday society.