National BDPA Elections (2016-2017)

National BDPA conducted its bi-annual elections earlier this month.  Here are election results for the organization's board of directors. The two-year terms of the newly elected board members will begin January 1, 2016. Election results for the National BDPA Board of Directors are as follows.
 

Mike Williams National President	Coram Rimes National Vice President, Finance
Pamela Sexton National Vice President	John Malonson Regional Vice President, West
Kirk Williams  Regional Director, West	Felicia Jones Regional Vice President, South
Sharnecia Williams Regional Director, South	Curtis Jenkins Regional Vice President, Northeast
Hayward West Regional Director,Northeast	Michael Wulf Regional Director, Midwest

William Smith Regional Director, Midwest

These newly-elected officers will join with other soon-to-be appointed officers under the leadership of our incoming National BDPA President Mike Williams.  All of BDPA-Nation wishes the very best to each of these brothers and sisters for stepping up to serve as regional and national leaders for our organization. Our plan is to be the wind beneath their wings over the coming two years!

Kirk Williams Re-elected as BDPA West Region Director (2016-2017)

Kirk Williams

Good evening BDPA Delegates and West Region Delegates. Thank you for allowing me to represent BDPA West as the Regional Director in 2014-2015. I would like to introduce myself and share with you why I am seeking reelection as the West Regional Director.

Name: Kirk Williams

Background:

• CEO of KW3 Consulting
• 18 years of management consulting experience. Expertise in program and project management, organizational development and change management.
• Prior to KW3 Consulting, worked as a Senior Manager for Accenture PLC (formerly Andersen Consulting), leading large transformation projects in the banking and high technology industries.

BDPA Involvement:

• Served as BDPA West Regional Director for the past two years
• Served as VP, Strategy, for the BDPA Los Angeles chapter for three years
• Participated in the BDPA Los Angeles’ high school program in 8-10th grade

What are my goals for the West region and what would be the first step I would take to achieving those goals?

• KEY GOAL - Grow our presence in the West Region
• Grow membership of Los Angeles chapter by 25%
• Establish two new chapters – Seattle and Phoenix
• Establish and grow presence / interest in San Diego and Denver
• Partner with other organizations to grow presence and interest (e.g., NSBE)
• Next Steps
• Strengthen our Google Meetup model in San Diego and Denver to build interest and identify potential resources to help with our expansion efforts
• Establish Google Meetup model in Seattle and Phoenix

It has been a pleasure serving as BDPA West Regional Director. I look forward to the potentially opportunity to continue to help drive our growth efforts in the BDPA West Region.

Thank you for your time, cooperation and support as current BDPA West Regional Director.

Kirk Williams, Director
BDPA West Region

BDPA iRadio Show: Kirk Williams (Los Angeles Chapter VP-Strategy & Planning)

BDPA iRadio Show interviewed Kirk Williams (VP-Strategy & Planning, BDPA Los Angeles Chapter) on December 13, 2011.

The host of BDPA iRadio Show is Franne McNeal. The show is sponsored by the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation. This particular video clip was put together by BETF volunteers George Carter and Michele Ortmann.





Kirk is a very experienced Management Consultant with strong business, analytical and operational skills and deep expertise in helping organization execute their business strategies to deliver expected results. Kirk is a strategic, business-minded and team oriented leader with 14+ years of management consulting experience. Kirk has worked in different industries such as Banking, High Technology, Communications and Insurance. His ability to assimilate to different client environments and industries makes him a valued asset to drive change. Kirk has broad methodological knowledge and experience to add significant value to client from a business, operations and change management perspective. He is now using his business experience to support BDPA Los Angeles chapter as their VP-Strategy & Planning.

Kirk is on Twitter - @KirkWilliamsSr. Kirk will be reading this blog post ... do you have any questions that you would like him to answer?

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• BDPA iRadio Show: January 28, 2014 (Dr. Craig Brown)

BDPA iRadio Show - December 13, 2011

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) is very proud to be the creator of the BDPA iRadio Show. Our Internet Radio Show has been up and running for over five months with over 60 guests. You can listen to the archive version of the show using the widget shown in the right-hand sidebar of this blog. In any case, we encourage you to listen to the the show which aired on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.

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The guests on the show:

1. Greg Greenlee - Co-founder, Blacks In Technology - Greg Greenlee is co-founder of the Blacks In Technology web portal. Blacks In Technology is devoted to help encourage and promote careers in Technology to African Americans everywhere. Greg seeks to change minds one bit at a time and we are pleased that he agreed to be a guest on our show. You can follow Greg on Twitter - @BlkInTechnology
2. Teresa Williams - Vice President, BDPA South Region - National BDPA will transition into a regional governance model in 2012. Teresa is the first-ever South Region Vice President. Teresa has over 20 years of Information Technology and professional experience including the implementation and management of business software solutions. She has worked in various industries as a Programmer, LAN Administrator, Application Manager and Project Manager. She served as BDPA Atlanta chapter president in 2008-2009. The chapter had remarkable growth in terms of membership and programs under her leadership. The iRadio Show audience will be very interested to hear about Teresa’s vision for the South Region.
3. Kirk Williams - Vice President, BDPA Los Angeles - Kirk is a very experienced Management Consultant with strong business, analytical and operational skills and deep expertise in helping organization execute their business strategies to deliver expected results. Kirk is a strategic, business-minded and team oriented leader with 14+ years of management consulting experience. Kirk has worked in different industries such as Banking, High Technology, Communications and Insurance. His ability to assimilate to different client environments and industries makes him a valued asset to drive change. Kirk has broad methodological knowledge and experience to add significant value to client from a business, operations and change management perspective. He is now using his business experience to support BDPA Los Angeles chapter as their VP-Strategy & Planning. Kirk is on Twitter - @KirkWilliamsSr

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There will be great discussions between our guests and Franne McNeal on the show. What questions would you like to ask these guests?