Speaking Engagements

Mixtape ERG Black History Month, Pandora Radio, Oakland CA

I've been fortunate enough to share a few stages, connecting with in audiences, both private and public, of various sizes. I've spoken about past experiences in my career as an engineer and manager of color. I've spoken about accessibility, career pathing, and how to progress in various stages of your engineering career. I've presented on the culutural history and the importance of Black History Month. I've spoken on the power of music, the sneaker culture, and the power of fitness and health.

Please feel free to contact me to speak at your conference, lightning talk, topical panel, community event and/or corporate event.

Some previous speaking engagements I've had include:

TechJr Podcast with Lee Warrick and Edwin Otero
Episode: The University of Barnes and Noble w/ Jayson J. Phillips
April 2020

Hanselminutes Podcast with Scott Hanselman
Episode: Surviving as a Remote Tech Employee
Feburary 2020

Trilogy Education Services: TrilogyBytes Engineering Podcast
Episode: What Makes a Senior Software Engineer?
June 2019

Dev Color In Motion
Lightning Talk: Preparing for the Management Track as an Individual Contributor
July 2018

Blavity Presents: Afrotech Conference
Panel: Hack it 'til you Make It: Acing the Technical Interview
w/ DeVaris Brown & Kaanon McFarlane
November 2016

Alumni Venture Seed Fund: 2023 Cohort

Topic: How to get things built

Presented on the basics of the software development lifecycle. Walked through examples of partnering with stakeholders in order to establish an MVP, build the software product, and prepare for launch.

dev/color in motion: limitless

Topic: navigating your career journey

I joined Samuel Sentongo on stage for a self-moderated discussion of how we've created our career journeys in technology.

Twitch x Hidden Genius Project: Virtual Business Trip

Topic: Streaming & Building Tech Communities on Twitch

An event to provide Hidden Genius members with information about what our creators experience as streamers on Twitch, such as what technology they use, how they set up a livestream and what talents they utilize to build communities around their stream.

Ray Apollo led with a 45 minute lesson on how to functionally stream. After, Mel De Leon moderated a panel with myself, Leon Noel and Aaron Brooks on the particulars of learning in public, creation educational and technical communities, and the journey to being a content creator in a technical space.

Tech Talks with The Collab Lab

Topic: So You Want to be an Engineering Manager?

In this talk, I aim to provide resources for how to proactively prepare for engineering management. In particular, we’ll look at some ways to frame the common types of Engineering Managers (there’s different types?!?), how their work tends to breakdown across a couple of key areas, and some strategies we can enact to build the skill.

Link to deck

We Belong Here Podcast

Topic: Jayson J. Phillips: Degree of Self Learning, University of Barnes & Noble

Host: Lauren Lee

Lauren invited me up on their podcast to discuss my journey into technology. We cover my origins, from dropping both Computer Science and Math as a dual major in college, to getting my first web development job, and the journey since. We also dive in on bootcamps - why I started teaching, what to look for in a bootcamp, and preparing for the "real world" after finishing a bootcamp.

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