I.C.Stars Columbus

04/04/2018

We Put the “IT” in DiversITy. Cycle 4 Starts Monday. We are excited about our future Stars ✨.

04/02/2018

I.C.Stars Columbus Executive Director Kimberly Gayle will be speaking on a panel at the CIO Tomorrow event April 18, 2018. "THE NEW TALENT PIPELINE"

03/28/2018

Our Executive Director Kimberly Gayle sat on a panel with 2 Start up CEOs and Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted talking about the future of Tech Industry in Columbus Ohio.

03/27/2018

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03/20/2018

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03/19/2018

03/15/2018

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03/15/2018

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03/15/2018

http://www.icstars.org/blog/elizabeth-ferruelo/icstars-Dohmen-Milwaukee

Media Contacts: Elizabeth Ferruelo for i.c.stars, 312-487-2208 Hale Sargent for The Dohmen Company, 414-501-5313

03/05/2018

Day 3- Dawn Dickson

Dawn W. Dickson is a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years in business development. She launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002, her most recent ventures Flat Out of Heels, a women’s footwear product, and PopCom, a software company for self-service retail.

Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills taking home top prize in many national pitch competitions. As an entrepreneur Dawn has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, Ebony.com, Women’s World Daily, CNBC/Yahoo, and MSNBC.

Dawn received her B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University and studied Information Technology at Devry. Additionally, Dawn was selected to participate in some of the nation’s top accelerator programs for entrepreneurs including NewME, Canopy Boulder, and Techstars and is recognized as one of the nation’s top entrepreneurs.

03/02/2018

Day 2- Bozoma Saint John

Bozoma Saint John worked at the advertising agencies Arnold Worldwide and Spike Lee’s Spike DDB, as well as the fashion brand Ashley Stewart, where she was Vice President of Marketing.

Saint John led PepsiCo's foray into music festival-based marketing as head of the Music and Entertainment Marketing; the division itself came from her suggestion that the company sponsor music festivals and award shows. She remained with the company for almost a decade before joining Beats Music in 2014; when Jimmy Iovine of Beats personally recruited Saint John based on her experience in music marketing, Saint John moved from New York to Los Angeles to lead marketing for the company.

Beats was purchased shortly thereafter by Apple and Saint John became the head of global consumer marketing for iTunes and Apple Music, commuting between Los Angeles and Apple's Cupertino headquarters several times a week. Journalists described Saint John's presentation of the redesigned Apple Music onstage during the 2016 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference as her breakthrough moment, with a captivating "passion" and persona that captivated both local and online audiences. Biz Carson of Business Insider said that her appearance helped to emphasize Apple's complete rebuild of its Apple Music software. For instance, she attempted to have the audience sing along with on-screen lyrics, a feature in the redesigned app.Buzzfeed wrote that she was the "coolest" person to ever take the stage at an Apple keynote.

Magazines recognized Saint John's work in superlative lists including Billboard Magazine's list of the top women in music, Fast Company's 100 most creative people, and AdWeek's most exciting personalities in advertising.

On June 6, 2017, Saint John became Chief Brand Officer at Uber.She has been given the task of turning Uber into a brand that people love as much as Apple.

Information Via- Wikipedia

03/01/2018

Day 1- Sandee Kastrul

Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership.

Prior to i.c.stars, Sandee’s experience as an educator, diversity trainer, educational consultant and a performing artist drew her creative talents to the forefront. Her accomplishments include designing a comprehensive science and civics interactive program for GED students at Jobs for Youth, implementing a professional development program with Harold Washington College Career Center, developing experiential learning modules for over 70 schools and creating artist in residency programs as well as training artists to work in classrooms for arts organizations.

Sandee was active in developing and enhancing the simulation-based curriculum for i.c.stars student interns, which integrates leadership development, technology training and business skills in an intensive four-month “boot camp” training model. To date, over 300 students have graduated through the program. Additionally, as a consultant for the Illinois Resource Center, Sandee provided School Corporations with diversity training and cross-curricular teaching methodologies throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Sandee is a proud board member of PAVE and Black Sphota Cocoon and past board member of CTCNet Chicago.