The Black Enterprise Network
A podcast featuring black professionals in tech and entrepreneurship
Featured Episodes
#16: Moby Howeidy - Internal Communications Specialist at Slack
My guest for this episode is Moby Howeidy. Moby is an internal communication specialist at Slack and one of my many amazing mento…
#14: Whitney Griffith - Pre-Med Student Turned Software Engineer at M…
My guest for this episode is Whitney Griffith. Whitney originally had plans to get into medicine, but her path took a different t…
#9: Tia Caldwell - From Software Engineer at Microsoft to Director of…
My guest for this episode is Tia Caldwell, who is a great mentor and leader. She has eleven years of professional experience at M…
#2: Emmanuel Acheampong - AI/ML Technologist and Online Learning Enth…
Emmanuel is an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning enthusiast/hobbyist. His love for technology and math has influenced …
Recent Episodes
#28: Talking AI, AI ethics, and microinvesting ft. Chinasa T. Okolo
Jan. 24, 2022
Chinasa is a computer science phd student at Cornell university with various research interests including health, computer vision, and AI ethics. She’s worked on a variety of projects related to AI and healthcare. And in her…
#27: The importance of leadership and community ft. Gwladys Keubon
Jan. 21, 2022
Gwladys majored in Chemical engineering at UC Davis and is currently a human factors engineer at Boeing. Though at the time of this interview she was a materials and process engineer which she’ll be referencing later on in t…
#26: The journey from "Hello World" to major tech executive ft. Nick Caldwell
Dec. 20, 2021
Nick Caldwell is a tech executive, speaker, angel investor and is currently the General Manager for Core Technologies at Twitter. He previously worked at Microsoft for 13 years as General Manager of the Power BI product, was…
#25: Serial entrepreneur protecting companies from unethical hackers ft. Tiffany Ricks
Aug. 12, 2021
Tiffany Ricks has been in the tech industry for over 15 years with an expertise in software engineering and cybersecurity. Her love for cybersecurity originated when she worked at a company that built out technology for the …
#24: The dream of becoming a hacker and escaping the traditional 9-5 ft. Samuel Bartels
Aug. 10, 2021
In this episode, Sam and I talk about what is was like trying to learn how to code in Ghana, the reason why he's worked remotely for various companies outside of doing a traditional 9-5 at a tech company, and we get into bal…
#23: Why this 23 year old turned down an offer at Google to start his own nonprofit ft. Jehron Petty
July 22, 2021
My guest for this episode is Jehron Petty. Jehron graduated from Cornell University last year and instead of taking a product management job at Google he decided to follow his entrepreneurial passion. At just 23 years old, J…
About the Host
Kimmiko James
Host and Producer
Kimmiko has a non-traditional background when it comes to getting into the tech industry. She doesn't major in Computer Science or Engineering, and landed two Software Engineering internships at Slack and recently a Product Management internship at WePay. She is also the host of the Black Enterprise Network podcast and aims to feature and amplify black voices in tech.