redIbis
techSolid(brightFuture)
Overview
Straighten up and Fly Right
With an objective of promoting excellence among technology businesses owned by people of color, redIbis is strategizing to garner investment dollars, client prospects, and business resources for these innovative firms. Originally founded in November 1998 as an interactive career-networking forum among Information Technology (IT) and Technology professionals of color, redIbis is evolving into a not-for-profit technology business chamber of commerce for people of color owned and/or majority employed businesses.
Charging itself with the multiple tasks of:
- Promoting these technology companies
- Ensuring high-business standards within these firms
- Encouraging technology innovations among developers
- Highlighting the accomplishments of technology innovators, and
- Supporting the initiatives of technology educators and organizations
redIbis is paving the way for people of color to soar in a multi-ethnic technological economy.
Birds of a Feather, Flock Together
redIbis is a non-competitive organization that works to foster business, career networking, and educational opportunities among information technology (IT), technology, and telecommunications business owners and industry professional organizations of color. At present, three national organizations, the internationally influential Association of Chinese Computer Professionals (http://www.gnyccp.org), the nearly 30-year-old Black Data Processing Associates (http://www.bdpa.org) and the fast-growing Hispanics in Information Technology & Telecommunications (http://www.hittglobal.org), are our key strategic partners involved in planning, promoting and co-sponsoring multi-cultural and multi-ethnic redIbis events. Collectively, we share a vision that technology businesses by people of color must thrive in order to ensure a bright future for American as well as global economies.
About the Name...
redIbis takes its name from the Scarlet Ibis, a bird indigenous to the tropical regions of the world including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South and Central America. The name, redIbis, is written using a common structure found in the JavaScript coding language in which multiple words are written as one word with the first letter lowercase and the first letter of the next word uppercase. Hence, redIbis is Red Ibis.
Organizational Objectives
redIbis has five primary objectives:
- Business: To garner business and funding for IT and Technology businesses of color (or majority employed businesses of color) and entrepreneurs of color.
- Development: Serve as a launch pad for the creation of IT and Technology collaborative projects among technology developers.
- Public Policy & Media Relations: 1. Become active in legislation that impacts people of color particularly as it pertains to the IT & Technology industry. 2. Produce media products for both technology and non-technology media outlets in order to raise the profile of POC (people of color) in technological fields.
- Education: Aid EXISTING technology training programs and services by raising funds and/or the profiles of high-quality organizations and training centers.
- Outreach: Aid programs of EXISTING IT and Technology organizations such as BDPA, HITT, etc. Provide cross-ethnic networking opportunities and forums where these organizations can more readily promote themselves to the mainstream and non-technological business world.
Meetings & Events
redIbis hosts and supports business and/or technology related networking meetings, panel discussions, training sessions, events, keynotes, lectures, conferences, etc. that are most beneficial to its constituents.
Contact Information
Deidra McIntyre, Founder, redIbis.
Telephone: 866.764.0450. Fax: 866.764.0450.
Email Address: info@redibis.com
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Photos from October 23, 2002 - redIbis meeting
NOTE: At this Harlem, NY, meeting, the redIbis board of advisors announced the redirection of redIbis to become a not-for-profit IT and Technology service organization and distributed the redIbis overview to attendees.
Networking: Meeting participants had able opportunities to address the audience at large.
Tech Leaders: Hispanics in Information Technology & Telecommunications' NYS, Orlando and Miami Chairman Jose Marquez, left, as well as Black Data Processing Associates New York President Jeffry Kimble, right, address the audience and explained their organizations roles in the new redIbis.
One on One Networking & Refreshments
Photos & Recap from July 30, 2003 - redIbis event
NOTE: At New York City's Baruch College, redIbis and partners gathered for the "Jobs & Procurement: Where is the tech work?" keynote and featured addresses and panel discussion. For details and pictures of this event, click here.
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