#BITTechTalk by Blacks In Technology

In this episode Greg Greenlee sits down with guest Keith Townsend, founder of the virtualization/cloud blog website, VirtualizedGeek.com . Listen as we discuss Cloud Computing, virtualization, Software Defined Networks (SDN), certifications, social issues as well as his other blog GrowingUpChicago.

You can follow Keith on Twitter: @virtualizedgee

Greg sits down with Ronnie Hash to talk about the Cloud, CouchDB, MongoDB, Puppet configuration manager, DevOps and the latest tech conferences they may attend this year.

In this episode Greg sits down with Jason Young of the Hidden Genius Project, an organization focused on teaching software development to at risk 15-18 year old black males. Founded in Oakland CA., the Hidden Genius Project launched it's 8 week summer pilot June 25, 2012. To learn more about The Hidden Genius Project visit http://hiddengeniusproject.org

Jason is an entrepreneur with an A.B. in Economics from Harvard. Passionate about personal finance and entrepreneurship, Jason helped to found a startup called Mindblown Labs and is working on releasing a mobile game that helps teach people about personal finance.

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In this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast Greg chats with Software Engineer/Entrepreneur, Chuks Onwuneme. Chuks is the Founder of the Personify website.  Chuks describes Personify as an app whose purpose is to discover the social good around you. Chuks is a native of Nigeria who made his way to America to study Computer Science at the University of Texas in Arlington. After graduating with honors Chuks went on to work for Nokia. During his nine year stint as an employee of Nokia Chuks helped to develop the Symbian OS for the Nokia line of smart phones. Chuks has since left Nokia and embarked on making the world a better place for humanity through Personify.

You can follow Chuks:

@personify_it

@chuksonwunem

In this episode Greg is joined by IT Engineer Ronnie Hash to discuss the in's and out's of Cloud Computing. We touch on a variety of topics including different cloud types, Cloud providers such as Amazon EC2,  to automated configuration tools for deploying servers in the cloud such as Puppet.

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In this episode Greg sits down again with IT Security Analyst and guru Kellep Charles. Kellep is  the creator and Executive Editor of SecurityOrb.com (@SecurityOrb), an information security privacy knowledge-based website with the mission to share and raise awareness of the motives, tools and tactics of the black-hat community, and provide best practices and counter measures against malicious events.

Follow Kellep: http://www.twitter.com/kellep

In this episode Greg sits down and talks with Will Lucas.

Will Lucas is the founder and CEO of several start up companies including AWLCo that houses web projects such as thankyouaga.in,  a mobile application that helps users “collect the good”, vinyu, a mobile check-in application that enhances the consumer shopping experience, and Classbag , an educational web platform. Will also founded Creadio , a custom Internet streaming service that develops custom radio and television stations for brands to promote their products and services in-house in 2007. It produces custom networks for some of the worlds largest brands.

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@will_luca

In this episode Greg Greenlee talks with Information Technology consultant, speaker, and writer, Anjuan Simmons. Anjuan is a self described "Technology translator" who helps companies understand and implement enterprise software solutions. He is also an avid public speaker who speaks passionately on topics such as social media, careers in technology and IT Leadership. He has been featured in a number of major publications including USA Today, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post and NPR's Morning Edition. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas AM University.

Connect with Anjuan:

http://www.facebook.com/anjuan

http://www.twitter.com/anjuan

http://www.anjuansimmons.com

On this episode Greg and Ronnie sit down with NewMeAccelerator Alum and Founder/CEO of Pencilyou.In , Tiffani Ashley Bell.

We talk extensively about her app PencilYou.In, ways to scale out, Puppet, Chef, cfengine and other tech goodness.



Tiffani Ashley Bell is a twenty-something in pursuit of better living through software.



She is the CEO and founder of Pencil You In, a platform enabling the world's hairstylists and barbers to delight their clients and more efficiently manage their businesses by accepting appointments online. Tiffani graduated from Howard University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems and Computer Science. In college, she interned at IBM as a mobile developer and twice at HP as a web developer, and after college, worked at a government contractor as a web developer before leaving to work on Pencil You In full-time.



A Ruby on Rails developer since 2005, she also develops for Apple iOS and Google Android. Most recently, she was a member of the first class of the NewME Accelerator, an accelerator whose aim is to introduce minority-led startups to the inner workings of Silicon Valley.



An avid tweeter since 2007, Tiffani can be found tweeting at @tiffani or @pencilyoui

In this episode Greg sits down and talks with Cleavon Blair and Noel Ramirez.

"Blair", as he likes to be called, and Noel, are software engineers who co-founded the web development and design company Blosme Software (pronounced blossom). Blosme has produced several wonderful products including Techployr.com , a job board dedicated to technology professionals, and Krazygoodfoodtv.com , a new internet television network devoted to programming centered around food.

We talk about the passion and message of personal and career growth behind Blosme as well as upcoming projects such as AdFlippr.com, an affordable internet ad network focused on search engine optimization principles and ZipCodeServices.com, an affordable set of geo-location services for US and Canadian zip codes.

Blair also lets the cat out of the bag about a very interesting project coming down the pipes in the upcoming 2012 year.

You can follow Blosme software on Twitter:

@Blosm