#8. Cracking the "Tequity" Code With William Adams

William Adams was one of the first black entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley. He is an award-winning D&I innovator, engineering trailblazer, and philanthropist. After rolling out critical XML code globally in many of Microsoft's core products, he was named the first Technical Advisor to the CTO, Kevin Scott. He co-founded the LEAP apprenticeship program – named Microsoft's D&I Program of the Year in 2020 – He helped launch the training of more than 26 engineering cohorts worldwide. Today, 98% of LEAP participants have jobs in Microsoft or other high-tech companies. His most recent collaboration is with the leadership of the U.S. Virgin Islands to establish and train a technical talent pool and build critical technology infrastructure. Through his company, Adamation, he developed mission-critical custom enterprise apps for Steve Jobs' NeXT computers and pioneered a network instant messaging service purchased by the CIA.

Here is a link to his website http://william-a-adams.com/

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