DyNAMC "Technology" August 2017 Issue 17 | Page 17

Afternoon breakout sessions included:
Supplier Diversity and the Tech
Industry and Angels Who are Leading
Change in Tech Startup Funding
Moderators included Brian Tippens,
Chief Diversity Officer, HP; Glenda Gill,
Director, Rainbow PUSH
The discussion focused on doing business
with the tech industry and certification.
Our Money Where Our Mouths Are . . .
Moderator - Thurman White, CEO,
Progress Investment Management
Panelists - Intel Capital, Comcast Ventures,
Kapor Capital, Loop Capital, Ariel Investment,
Smith Graham Investment
The discussion focused on the supplier’s
perspective of the tech industry in utilizing
financial firms.
During the question and answer period,
“Dr. King never saw a cell phone—but we
one question was asked by a participant
dealing with private industry and government were locked out then, and (in tech) we
are locked out now.” Rev. Jesse Jackson
requirements to implement supplier
diversity programs. NAMCO Committee
member, Douglas Phason, who was in
In closing, overall, the event was very well
attendance responded, “It is a unique
attended and well received by the attendees.
opportunity to have private business and
government working together to bring
Jackson, added, “Intel has always been a leader
economic value to the state, i.e., General
in data transparency; for over a decade they’ve
Order 156 . . . and for those private companies
regularly released their EEO-1 and workforce
that didn’t want a legislative remedy. I urge
diversity data, long before other tech companies
the tech industry to get ahead of the curveand
did so last year. Now, Intel’s “2020 Parity”
develop a relationship with government to
commitment takes the issue to a qualitatively
form a common understanding in how to bring
higher level.
economic value to the state or
city of interest.”
Intel is putting a budget behind its vision,
committing $300 million over the next five years.
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