Join us this Friday for our monthly BDPA Tech & Career Talk 📅 Date: Friday April 11th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:30AM ET/10:30AM CT Speaker: Rosalind McCullough - Information Security & Compliance Specialist, IBM Topic: Finding Your Niche in the Cybersecurity Universe Zoom Registration Link: https://buff.ly/j9xxfun 📣 Sign up now for #BDPACON25 @ Conference.bdpa.org
BDPA
Information Technology & Services
Largo, MD 3,522 followers
"Enabling Digital Thought Leaders"
About us
BDPA (formerly known as, 'Black Data Processing Associates') is a non-profit organization of professionals working in or having an interest in the Computer Science and Information Technology fields. Earl Pace and David Wimberly founded BDPA in 1976 as a local association. Within three years, the founders grew BDPA into a national organization with chapters in Philadelphia, Washington DC and Cleveland. Today, there are 46 chapters throughout the United States. We know that 80% of the U.S. jobs created in the next decade will require math and science skills. In fact, 21 of the top 25 paying jobs are in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The average salary of STEM employees is 70% higher than those in all other occupations. IT Professionals never stop learning and working to advance themselves if they want to advance their career. BDPA can help you move forward in establishing and obtaining your IT career goals. Join BDPA and you are immediately positioned at the center of a nationwide network of IT professionals and executives in the commercial, government, academic, and non-profit sectors. Use our social networks to post technical or business questions, and get assistance from industry experts. The BDPA networks are a storehouse of knowledge resources which members can draw upon to remain at the forfront of the IT industry. A wealth of resources put you on a fast-track to a rewarding career. BDPA offers it members: Online access to job postings; access to BDPA Coach Alliance, career fairs, top-quality instructor-led and online courses, professional workshops and seminars and the Executive Protégé Program. Fortune 500 companies and other forward thinking firms actively participate in chapter events and the national conference. Key executives are ready and waiting to establish a professional relationship with you. Call BDPA on (301) 584-3135 to engage on a local, regional or national basis!
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- Industry
- Information Technology & Services
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Largo, MD
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1975
- Specialties
- Information Technology, diversity, digital, blacks, and blacks in tech
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9500 Arena Dr.
Suite 106
Largo, MD 20774, US
Employees at BDPA
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Deborah Chima
Executive & Business Coach, Leadership, Teambuilding, Customer Service Training, Professional Speaker
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Randall Goya
Senior Drupal Developer at Godfrey Systems LLC
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Juan Gilbert
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Timothy Earl Butts, Sr. MSIS, CPHIT, PM
Founder CEO & Principal Consultant |Technology Executive, Philanthropist, AI, Educator, MAYO Healthcare IT, ForbesBLK, Human Rights Leader, Fund STEM…
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📣 Ready to take your Tech Concept From Idea to Launch?? 🎉 💻 Apply TODAY for the Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition 👉 Promote technology-focused entrepreneurship among BDPA members 👉 Connect tech entrepreneurs with global network of businesses, investors, and consumers 👉 Enable innovative solutions for the world’s biggest challenges 😱 Rewards✨ 🎉 1st Place - $4000 + 40 Hours of expert mentoring from the Prolifics Innovation Center to refine your idea, shape your strategy, and accelerate your tech solution’s journey from concept to reality (Total 1st Place reward value of $12,000! 😱 ) 🤩 1st Place Winner’s Chapter also receives $1000 2nd Place - $1000 💸 ➡️ Have a question? Contact Us: Devin Jenkins - devin.jenkins@bdpa.org or Johnny Sneh - johnny.sneh@prolifics.com 🤩 Register for BDPACON'25 @ Conference.BDPA.org
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Join us this Friday for our monthly BDPA Tech & Career Talk 📅 Date: Friday April 11th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:30AM ET/10:30AM CT Speaker: Rosalind McCullough - Information Security & Compliance Specialist, IBM Topic: Finding Your Niche in the Cybersecurity Universe Zoom Registration Link: https://buff.ly/BFS6TLB 📣 Sign up now for #BDPACON25 @ Conference.bdpa.org
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https://buff.ly/Tf1uKdI BDPA + Microsoft: A Legacy of Innovation, Education, and Empowerment 1988 — Michael D. Robinson, a U.S. Marine veteran and former Director at NYNEX, was elected President of BDPA’s New York Chapter. Robinson would go on to shape technology and education across multiple continents. He served as General Manager of Microsoft’s Public Sector for the Middle East and Africa from 2007, and later became Vice President for Microsoft’s U.S. Health and Life Sciences Division in 2011. Robinson is also one of the visionary architects behind BDPA’s Education and Technology Foundation (BETF), launched in 1992 to support scholarships and STEM programming. He joined ITSMF in 1998, where he remains one of its most respected leaders and mentors. 1989 — BDPA student members enrolled in the Joint Education Facilities (JEF) youth program learned MS-DOS and applied their skills to develop an artificial intelligence model using PROLOG. This model analyzed the shopping behaviors of a Black teenager and was successfully demonstrated in Washington, D.C. during BDPACON 1990, co-hosted by the BDPA-DC Chapter. 2007 — Local BDPA chapters supported Microsoft’s #DigiGirlz initiative, helping bridge the gender gap in STEM by hosting workshops and tech events in their communities. This year also marked the launch of bdpatoday® (ISSN 1946-1429), which now reaches over 20,600 professionals and students on LinkedIn. 2016 — A milestone year for innovation and collaboration. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, and BDPA’s digital presence grew rapidly through bdpatoday®. The Microsoft Store in Pentagon City, VA, became a hub of activity, co-hosting an Hour of Code event with BDPA NoVa and BDPA-DC for NSBE Jr. students from the National Capital Region. That same year, BDPA, Popular Technology TV™, bdpatoday®, BDPA-DC, and BDPA Northern Virginia hosted joint sessions and industry interviews from the Microsoft Store, including a featured segment titled “BDPA @ The Microsoft Store.” 🎥 https://buff.ly/HVNsYGe 2017 — The partnership continued to build momentum with the Microsoft Store co-hosting an XBOX ONE X Launch Party in collaboration with BDPA-DC and BDPA NoVa, engaging youth and showcasing careers in gaming and tech. 2020 — In a major win for community empowerment, BDPA-DC, in partnership with the HOPE Project DMV, was awarded a $300,000 Microsoft Community Skills Grant. This grant helped expand digital skills training during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching jobseekers and students in the Washington, D.C. metro area. 2021 — BDPA and Microsoft’s Black Channel Partner Alliance (BCPA) joined forces to co-host CyberEarth21, BDPA’s annual Earth Day Tech Summit. The virtual event brought together thought leaders in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and sustainability.https://buff.ly/g8DQEq9 2025 — STEAMsport, Inc.—a BDPACON STEM mission-partner—joins forces with Microsoft to celebrate #AiDay on #404Day (April 4) in Atlanta.
BDPA @ The Microsoft Store
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🎉 Registration is open for BDPACON'25! The time is NOW to sign-up!!!! For all Lifetime Members, your registration is FREE! 😱 Join us for BDPACON'25 in Atlanta, GA from August 13th-16th. 👉 Sign-up TODAY at Confernce.BDPA.org 📣
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Join us this Friday for our monthly BDPA Tech & Career Talk 📅 Date: Friday March 28th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:30AM ET/10:30AM CT Speaker: Quasandria Turner - Director of Westside Works, CareerRise Topic: Westside Legacy: Quasandria Turner on Building Careers & Community at Westside Works Zoom Registration Link: https://buff.ly/n34MkfU 📣 Sign up now for #BDPACON25 @ Conference.bdpa.org
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📣 BDPACON '25 KEYNOTE SPEAKER 📣 Norman P. Fleming, MBA, PMP®, the Chief Information Technology Officer for Chicago Public Schools (CPS), is set to deliver the keynote address at the National BDPA's Golden Anniversary Awards Gala. 🎉 This annual prestigious event is planned for the evening of Saturday, August 16th, 2025, at the WESTIN Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA, to commemorate the Association's 50th Anniversary and its five remarkable decades of student and professional advancements with Industry in digital transformation. 👉 Register Today for BDPACON'25 @ Conference.BDPA.Org
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Join us this Friday for our monthly BDPA Tech & Career Talk 📅 Date: Friday March 28th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:30AM ET/10:30AM CT Speaker: Quasandria Turner - Director of Westside Works, CareerRise Topic: Westside Legacy: Quasandria Turner on Building Careers & Community at Westside Works Zoom Registration Link: https://buff.ly/ymvnjeq 📣 Sign up now for #BDPACON25 @ Conference.bdpa.org
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We invite you to participate in the 22nd IT Showcase!💻 ⏰Mark your calendars for August 14th –16th, 2025, as we gather at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA. Students who are interested in participating can email ITSHOWCASE@BDPA.ORG and get started on their research paper, presentation, poster, brief bio, and picture. ➡️ This year your topics must solve real-world problems and be IT-focused.
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