Michael A. Jackson founded Black Tech Talent two years ago to build camaraderie among Black tech workers and to diversify Minnesota’s workforce. The organization’s online community hosts more than 7,000 subscribers and counts more than 100 corporate partners, including Best Buy, BluDot, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunrise Banks, and American Express. Jackson says the last two years have shown the rest of the country that Minnesota has a strong Black community that knows how to mobilize and that’s ready to grow.

Author Archives: Dee Cordell-Whitney
Dee currently works as a freelance reporter covering business and technology. She previously covered the Minnesota courts and civil rights issues for Courthouse News Service, reporting anything from daily court filings to high-profile trial cases. When she's not writing, she works as a strategic account executive at a cloud-based supply chain management software company based in Minneapolis.