For 7+ years, OHUB has been leveling up a community of intentional, innovative and ambitious technologists, professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem builders on their journey into the future of work, startup ecosystem, fourth industrial revolution and beyond as a path to shared prosperity and multi-generational wealth creation with no reliance on pre-existing multi-generational wealth.

OHUBNext is the gateway into the OHUB community that provides members with the early exposure, mentorship and connections to skills, industry, employers, startup resources, capital and investment opportunities necessary to advance racial equity in the future of work, fourth industrial revolution and beyond. Anchored by a growing library of expert content, members also receive a daily curated newsletter and webinar designed to position them to take advantage of opportunities traditionally leveraged by well connected and privileged communities.

Next Class: Friday, November 20, 6:00PM ET

FEATURED EXPERT KNOWLEDGE

Today's featured expert knowledge features an engaging discussion about automation, the future of work & the fourth industrial revolution.

Featured panelists:

Shellye Archambeau, CEO, Board member for Verizon; Timnit Gebru, Computer Scientist & Technical Co-Lead, Google; John McElligott, Founder & CEO, York Exponential; Kass Dawson, Head of Strategy, Marketing Communications & STREAM Education, Softbank Robotics America.

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PAST CLASSES

Friday, October 9 at 6P EST

Topic: Building Brands for The New Majority

About: Orion Brown is Founder & CEO of BlackTravelBox®, a premium clean beauty brand targeting women of color. She is a brand strategy professional with over fifteen years’ experience in brand strategy and business management. Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur, she led brand strategy for Oracle and consumer marketing efforts for digital brands at Hasbro.

She spent the bulk of her brand career at Kraft Foods leading marketing, management, and operations initiatives across several beloved global brands. She’s a graduate of The University of Chicago and holds an MBA from Duke University. Orion is a lover of travel and food, spending most of her free time outside of her career pursuing the best of both.

Wednesday, September 2 at 6P EST

Topic: The Power of Social Media for Business

About:

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina; Tasha McCaskiel attended college at North Carolina A&T where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. With the desire to go into the entertainment business, Tasha relocated to NYC where she obtained her Master’s degree in Public Relations and Corporate Communication from New York University.

During her time in New York, she interned at VH1, Comedy Central and BET -- under Stephen Hill who at the time was the Director of Programming for the network. Tasha moved back to Charlotte for a brief moment before deciding to move to Los Angeles. After visiting multiple times, she decided in January of 2019 to officially move across the country with no plan, just her faith.

Tuesday, September 1 at 6P EST

Topic: Pitch Please! The Art of the Killer Pitch

About:

Have you ever met the full-figured diva who has taken the business world by storm and won BIG? Well now you have! Precious L. Williams, also affectionately known as the #KillerPitchMaster, can help you #slayallcompetition with her “killer” elevator pitches, media pitches, and investor pitches. Precious is a world class master communicator who works with successful entrepreneurs and speakers and helps them take their professional pitching and speaking skills to the next level. With over 25 years of experience in creating unique speaking and public speaking techniques, Williams is also known for her innovative training programs and services to her clients and sales teams at Fortune 100 companies. These companies include Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, eBay, etc.

As a 13-time national business elevator pitch champion, Williams has been on top television shows and publications for her pitching, branding, and professional speaking skills. She was featured on Season 8 of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Forbes Magazine, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, the movie, “LEAP,” as well as several others around the world.

Monday, August 31 at 6P EST

Topic: Blockchain vs Crypto Currencies and Why We Should Care

About:

A passionate advocate for financial inclusion, economic development, and a former Finance and Business Executive at IBM, Carmelle is now the founder and CEO of EMTECH, a Fintech For The Modern Central Bank . The company recently launched a new initiative, Project New Dawn, which presents "A Digital Cash Infrastructure For All" concept to address the underbanked problem in the U.S.

With former regulators, technology experts and innovators as Advisors, Carmelle is building a portfolio of modern central bank software that delivers a more inclusive and resilient financial infrastructure.

For the last 3 years, Carmelle worked on Digital Currency technologies and strategies for the purpose of addressing financial inclusion and lowering the cost of cross border payments.

As a thought leader in the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) space, Carmelle engages with Central Banks from Africa to the Caribbean to enable their transition to the digital currency era in an inclusive way. A native of Haiti, she speaks French and Creole.

Carmelle was also selected as an Inspiring Fintech Females 2019 by NYC Fintech Women, and is considered a pioneer in her field.

Thursday, August 27 at 6P EST

Topic: MatchRite Care - Where We Are, Where We Are Going

About: Chris Jones has worked in Information Technology for over 20 years and served 9 years as a Healthcare IT Director. He has helped healthcare companies become more cost efficient through technology innovation and automation. Chris is the President of 531 Digital LLC, a technology company he started that helps companies tackle IT strategies and develop software. He recently founded MatchRite Care LLC, a software platform built using FHIR standards to allow and promote patient record accessibility and communication between doctors and patients.

Wednesday, August 26 at 6P EST

Topic: Listening & Analyzing: How to Identify Market Need

About:

Ariel Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Remane, a startup empowering naturals to view hair care as self-care. Remane looks to empower naturals along their journey through crafting personalized regimens that create clarity and consistency within a natural's journey. Ariel Lee graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and specialized in branding and design research. Ariel believes that with the right tools and knowledge anything can be achieved.

D'azhane is the co-founder and COO of Remane, a hair aid brand created to revolutionize the natural haircare space. She is a recent 2020 graduate from the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a BBA in Management Information Systems and a minor in African and African Diaspora Studies. She enjoys working with data and uncovering unique insights that can be used to make powerful decisions when working out complex problems. She believes in the power of telling your own story and works to ensure that individuals within her community can establish agency over their hair and identity within our society.

Tuesday, August 25 at 6P EST

Topic: Digital Performance Marketing: Acquiring Customers in 2020 & Beyond

About:

Adam leads a team of more than 100 paid search and Facebook advertising professionals and owns the results for over 200 customers. Adam’s team manages over $225 million in annualized ad spend and is focused on growing their clients’ digital marketing efforts profitably.

In his career, Adam has trained over 80 individuals in digital advertising principles, strategy, and client management. Adam was named to the SF Egotist’s 2015 “32 under 32” list for marketing professionals. Adam received his Bachelor of Science from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Friday, August 21 at 6P EST

Topic: OHUB.KC 3rd Fridays Entrepreneurship Series with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

About:

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the General Partner and Co-founder of Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission-driven innovators building an African Future where purpose and prosperity is within everyone's reach.

Prior to co-founding Future Africa, he served as the Deputy Director-General for the Madam Oby Ezekwesili 2019 Presidential Campaign. He also helped to build Andela and Flutterwave, two of Africa's largest and fastest-growing technology companies backed by global investors.

Iyinoluwa, more popularly known as "E", holds a Bachelor's Degree in Legal Studies from the University of Waterloo and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. He also sits on the board of a number of corporate and non-profit organizations and advises a number of national and sub-national governments across Africa on how to support high growth innovation-driven enterprises in their domains.

Wednesday, August 20 at 6P EST

Topic: The Future of Banking on the Blockchain

About:

Daniel Gouldman is the Founder and CEO of a blockchain technology company - Ternio. Ternio has built the Blockcard platform - a global fintech platform built on top of blockchain technology; Blockcard is one of the world’s most well-known fintech blockchain solutions. The Blockcard platform is a 5 minute setup, offers bank accounts, debit cards, rewards capabilities and seamlessly connects crypto with traditional fintech and banking solutions.

Wednesday, August 19 at 6P EST

Topic: OHUB Momentum at Morehouse Demo Day

About:

You're invited to join the inaugural OHUB Momentum@Morehouse Commencement & Demo Day. You will meet our dynamic graduates–100% identify as Black or Latinx–who became full stack software developers in the face of unrest and uncertainty. Join this live, virtual event to see their exciting demo presentations, participate in live Q&A, and be inspired by the power of learning code. Together, let's make sure they are #BlackAndHired. Our commencement speaker is Angela Baskerville, Vice President - Technology Services - Corporate Systems, AT&T Services, Inc. Go to Demoday.OHUB.at to register.

Tuesday, August 18 at 6P EST

Topic: A Day in the Life of a Coding Bootcamp

About:

This expert class will be featuring Demarius Edwards. Demarius is an Associate Software Engineering Instructor at Momentum learning. As you may be aware, Momentum is known for having knowledgeable and caring instructors like Demarius. Tune in tonight to get to know Demarius and learn why you should enroll in the next Momentum@Morehouse cohort.

Monday, August 17 at 6P EST

Topic: Practical Advice for Startups and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

About:

Matt Beckmann currently serves as the Managing Director of Ascent Consultants. He specializes in helping companies and individuals create enduring competitive advantages through strategy & management consulting, and coaching services. Matt is also a former Chief of Staff and Corporate VP and General Counsel with over 10 years of executive leadership & management experience.

Friday, August 14 at 6P EST

Topic: Access Capital in 2020 & Beyond

About:

Joshua is known as a creative polymath driven by his ingenuity to express his artistic talent through technology as a medium. He primarily works as an engineer, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, known as an A.I. engineer formally. Joshua combines science, art, and math to drive simple solutions to complex problems. He is a massive believer in emerging technologies and is continuously looking for ways to integrate A.I. with innovation. He has the mind of a real systems thinker who can extrapolate ideas and turn them into products. Joshua has over a decade of hands-on experience with problem-solving in engineering and business. Joshua has attained his mastery in problem-solving through working in both startup and enterprise environments. Joshua Armah currently serves as Managing Partner for Wiase Capital & President of Wiase Research Institute.

Thursday, August 13 at 6P EST

Topic: 5 Steps to Creating a Bright Financial Future Through Tech

About:

We created the AWS Tech Talk Series to provide an intentional professional recruiting experience that is inclusive of diverse communities in the Tech and Non-Tech space.

AWS Tech Talks will highlight diverse subject matter experts from the AWS World Wide Solutions Architecture and Training and Certification teams. These speakers will share their experiences with and knowledge of the cloud industry. During the event, you will be able to ask the speakers questions and apply for open roles advertised below. This is an opportunity to learn, engage, and connect with AWS in a different way—inclusive of your background.

Wednesday, August 12 at 6P EST

Topic: The Psychology Behind Marketing Using Neuroscience and Neuromarketing

About:

Kiersten is the CEO & Cofounder of HERide, a ride sharing app and specializes in consumer data, neuromarketing and brand development.

Tuesday, August 11 at 6P EST

Topic: A Day in the Life of a Coding Bootcamp

About:

This expert class will be featuring Demarius Edwards. Demarius is an Associate Software Engineering Instructor at Momentum learning. As you may be aware, Momentum is known for having knowledgeable and caring instructors like Demarius. Tune in tonight to get to know Demarius and learn why you should enroll in the next Momentum@Morehouse cohort.

Monday, August 10 at 6P EST

Topic: Building a Tech Startup with Non-Technical Founders

About:

This evening’s expert class will be featuring Jonaie Johnson. Jonaie is a full-time, dean's list student and athlete pursuing her BBA with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship at UMKC. She is also the Founder & CEO of Interplay. Interplay is working towards automating pet interaction by providing dog owners with one of the world's first automated dog crates. Tune in to learn about "Building a Tech Startup with Non-Technical Founders".

Tuesday, August 4 at 6P EST

Topic: A Day in the Life of a Coding Bootcamp

About:

This expert class will be featuring Demarius Edwards. Demarius is an Associate Software Engineering Instructor at Momentum learning. As you may be aware, Momentum is known for having knowledgeable and caring instructors like Demarius. Tune in tonight to get to know Demarius and learn why you should enroll in the next Momentum@Morehouse cohort.

Monday, August 3 at 6P EST

Topic: The Power of Entrepreneurship at HBCUs

About:

Ronell Miller is the Founder of HBCUstartups, a marketing company that focuses on highlighting HBCU entrepreneurs. They do this through their e-commerce platform and social media channels.

Thursday, June 30 at 6P EST

Topic: A Fireside Chat with Daricus Releford

About:

Daricus Releford is a young entrepreneur who has founded businesses over the last 15 years. Expect to learn about the story of StoreCash and it's founder Daricus Releford is changing the world during this interactive presentation.

Tuesday, June 28 at 6P EST

Topic: A Day in the Life of a Coding Bootcamp

About:

This expert class will be featuring Demarius Edwards. Demarius is an Associate Software Engineering Instructor at Momentum learning. As you may be aware, Momentum is known for having knowledgeable and caring instructors like Demarius. Tune in tonight to get to know Demarius and learn why you should enroll in the next Momentum@Morehouse cohort.