It’s no secret that working in tech pays—those in the field earn more than double the U.S. median wage. But not everyone has equal access to this lucrative line of work. Among these underrepresented demographic groups are Native Americans.
Making Our Strong Community Stronger (MSCS) hosted the ‘Native Americans in Tech’ Webinar, which highlighted Native American representation in the tech industry on Wednesday, November 13.
Dean Dauphinais, a passionate advocate for Native communities and a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, moderated this inspiring session and was joined by a panel of distinguished Native American tech leaders including:
- Jeanne Glass, the founder of VirtualZ Computing and MSCS
- Phil Sutherin, a mainframe technical consultant at Broadcom
- Jeremy Hamilton, strategic field CTO at BMC Software
Together, these leaders shared their journeys and insights, aiming to empower and inspire more Native Americans to explore careers in technology. If you missed the webinar, you can view the video on-demand now:
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Making our Strong Community Stronger is sponsored by BMC, Broadcom Mainframe Software, IBM, Open Mainframe Project, Rocket Software and TechChannel. In addition to the webinars, the initiative also produces articles and blogs about different diversity, equity and inclusion views, strategies, best practices and experiences.
