Kenny Kweku
Publisher

Kweku, a self-taught tech guru and seasoned business owner, oversees the strategic direction of Black Tech Magazine. He has more than 14 years experience as an IT developer, web and graphic designer, and technical business consultant. In 2002, Kweku founded Kweku Publications, LLC, a high-tech media firm that delivers technology and business-related information via print and electronic distribution.

As President of Kweku Technology Solutions, Kweku remains at the pulse of corporate, non-profit, and start-up business environments. Over the years he has presented at national conferences on various technology advancements. Kweku earned a full academic scholarship to attend Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. There he received a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Business Administration, specializing in management, and earned a secondary discipline in Computer Information Systems.

Cooper leads the editorial and production direction. Cooper has been involved with technology and the media for over 20 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering and Applied Sciences from Harvard University, class of 1982. He was trained early as a professional consultant in the Greater Boston Area during the era when Massachusetts Route 128, was the "Silicon Valley" of its time. This early experience with some the nation's leading technology companies such as Digital Equipment, the Grace Corporation, Booz Allen, Hamilton, Parker Bros., and ComputerVision, provided Cooper with a detailed experience in a wide variety of technologies across numerous platforms.

Cooper's interest is not just programming or systems development but also the integration of technology as a whole in business and even in our personnel lives. In 1986, Cooper was recruited by the Citicorp Investment Bank to work on their international foreign exchange software in both London and New York. Cooper garnered additional experience in the world of finance at both the Banco Nacional de Mexico and Standard Chartered Bank. In 1991, Cooper returned to what he was trained to do, professional technical consulting, working with such organizations as the Outsourcing Institute, Digital Equipment Corporation, Dow Jones, Inc., Bank of America, Sandoz Pharmaceutical, and McGraw-Hill. However, always attracted to the media arts as well as technical, Cooper produced published works for both Marvel Comics and Warner's D.C. comics.

Cooper was the chief technology officer of Education World, the leading Internet resource center for K-12 educators. There he launched several education-to-business (E2B) initiatives. Prior to Education World, Smith was director of technology at Nickelodeon Digital Lab and Animation Studios. He is also the author of Technology Strategies (Prentice Hall, 2002) and co-author of Web Based Infrastructures (Prentice Hall, 2002).

Jewel Daniels Radford
Director of Corporate Communications

Jewel leads the development and execution of national corporate communications strategies. She comes to Black Tech Magazine with more than 15 years of experience in marketing, public relations, and business-event planning.

Prior joining Black Tech Magazine, Jewel founded a successful Georgia-based firm, Radcom Marketing Communications, Inc. She has provided communication direction to companies like Alltel Communications, AOL TimeWarner, Bronner Brothers, Black Enterprise Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, Clear Channel, Comcast Communications, Executive Black Woman Magazine, Morris Communications, State of Georgia PIE/Community Affairs Department, Wal*Mart and Warm Spirit.

Jewel is a graduate of Hampton University, where she earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Mass Media Communications and Public Relations. She is also a graduate of New York University's Public Relations Institute and Yonsei University in South Korea.

Tammy Johnson
Marketing & Sales Manager

Tammy is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the marketing and sales departments. She brings 13 years of experience in developing and executing integrated marketing programs for Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies. Tammy spent 10 years at the Xerox Corporation as a Senior Level Account Manager providing document management solutions to Fortune 100 corporations.

Prior to joining Black Tech Magazine, Tammy founded Next Community, Inc., a broadband service provider that develops high-speed data, voice, and video in master-planned residential communities. Tammy holds a Bachelor's of Science in Business Economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta.

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