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Interviews with African Americans contribute to the ongoing story of our communities' success and the contributions that are made every day to history. Thank you for listening.

Dean Tolson Power Forward 09/10/2024

Dean Tolson Power Forward Dean Tolson, formerly of the Seattle Super Sonics, won fame and fortune while all the while he had a secret that would destroy what had earned through his basketball career. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/32446477

Dr. Damian Rouson Sr. Software Scientist' 06/25/2024

Dr. Damian Rouson Sr. Software Scientist' Dr. Rouson is a software scientist specializing in upgrading legacy codes to modern standards and practices. Dr. Rouson believes that writing better code leads to better outcomes. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/31883372

Dr. Edward Blakely Environmentalist. 01/13/2024

Dr. Edward Blakely Environmentalist. Dr. Edward Blakely, the recovery czar, environmentalist and author of 22 books. His latest book, My Storm, lessons on rebuilding New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/29467998

Solari Jenkins Career Consultant 12/06/2023

Solari Jenkins Career Consultant Solari came to Silicon Valley and brought career consulting to the industry. Solari calls it Down-To-Earth, Authentic Employment & Career Consulting. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/28952623

Chief William Scott SF PD 08/03/2022

Chief William Scott SF PD William Scott the Chief of police for the City and County of San Francisco. Chief Scott has brought his 27 years of experience to the bay to lead the police force of this progressive northern California city. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/23953029

ST Saffold College Administrator 07/18/2022

ST Saffold College Administrator ST Saffold worked tirelessly to help students to realize their potential and rise above their station in life. Quietly, behind the scene, S T made a positive impact on every student he encountered. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/23503625

Andre Chapman Podcast 06/03/2022

Andre Chapman Podcast Andre Chapman, CEO of Unity Care left the high tech world to give a helping hand to those young people transitioning out of foster care. Providing housing, educational opportunities and hope. Improving the lives of foster youth throughout Northern California. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/23315018

Andre Chapman Podcast 06/01/2022

Andre Chapman Podcast Andre Chapman the CEO of Unity Care is giving foster children the future they deserve as they age out of the foster care system. Through his efforts young people are provided housing, educational opportunities and hope. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/23294918

Chakra Doctor Podcast 04/28/2022

Chakra Doctor Podcast The Chakra Doctor, aka Rev Rand Dunbar recognized as a yoga teacher, a minister to the spirit, and a man of new ideas. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/22937762

John Hill Silicon Valley Executive & Writer 04/01/2022

John Hill Silicon Valley Executive & Writer John Hill came from humble beginnings to become one of the corporate leaders in Silicon Valley and the County of Los Angeles, as Director of Affirmative Action in numerous companies. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/22654151

Gloria Young excellence in action 03/15/2022

Gloria Young excellence in action Gloria Young, former city official in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Gloria excelled at every level as she was promoted up the managerial, winning her city, state, national and global recognition for her management techniques. She has traveled thoroughout the world working in corporations training management teams. . /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/22458635

Milt Winfrey Entrepreneur 02/19/2022

Milt Winfrey Entrepreneur Milt Winfrey a former Materials Manager at IBM and entrepeneur based in Silicon Valley. Milt has traveled the globe working for IBM and for a startup manufacturing company later purchased by Sea Gate. His work ethic and willingness to learn afforded him a front line view of the workings of manufacturing in the US and the far east. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/22187696

Janice Edwards Award winning broadcaster 02/03/2022

Janice Edwards Award winning broadcaster Janice is the host and executive producer of Janice Edwards TV: Bay Area Vista produced through her production company Edwards Unlimited and airing on CreaTV. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/22015916

Newsletter 01/30/2022

Newsletter Coming up a talk with Janice Edwards the voice of the San Jose Jazz Festival. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21954560

Scott Taper Technical Liaison & Consultant 01/22/2022

Scott Taper Technical Liaison & Consultant Scotts technical epertise as a liaison between universities and emerging industries in Silicon Valley, directing funds and technical advise to startups and scientific developers through contract negotiations, marketing and industry research. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21859697

John Hall Podcast 01/06/2022

John Hall Podcast Mr John Hall a retired executive of DuPont one of the first African Americans hired by Dupont as a salesman. His first sales assignment was in Portland Ore. He overcame sundown laws and racial prejudice in the northwest. John became a favorite with the Dupont customers while opening doors for other African /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21691109

Sylvester Mack Podcast 12/15/2021

Sylvester Mack Podcast Mr. Sylvester Mack, formerly a sales engineer who headed up a leverage buy out that landed him a company to run. Mr. Mack shares his entrepreneurial experience in Silicon Valley. Sometimes I have to convince my interviewees that they are part of the history of Silicon Valley. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21499475

Wilbur Jackson Retired IBM Executive 11/19/2021

Wilbur Jackson Retired IBM Executive Mr. Jackson, a retired IBM executive talks about his career at one of the giants of Silicon Valley and how he continues to work within his community. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/12317504

Clennita Justice Program Manager 08/22/2021

Clennita Justice Program Manager Clennita Justice presently working as a program manager for Google excelled in mathematics and technology. As a software engineer in Silicon Valley her career has gone from UC Berkeley, to Lucas Films and Google. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/20223122

June Fleming Podcast 11/18/2021

June Fleming Podcast June Fleming is the first African American woman to become a city manager in California. Mrs. Flemings' is responsible for extending Sand HIll Road into Palo Alto and universal internet services to name a few. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21214388

Raina Parks podcast 11/09/2021

Raina Parks podcast Raina Parks Mechanical Engineering Manager at Lockheed Martin /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/9184721

Tony RobinsonFinancial Advisor 2 11/09/2021

Tony RobinsonFinancial Advisor 2 Tony Robinson, former CPA/Controller now a financial advisor and book author shares his expertise and life experience. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/15258089

Master-Judith Robinson Comptroller 11/09/2021

Master-Judith Robinson Comptroller Judith investigated and oversaw bank procedures and use of the currency for the US . /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/15468323

Osei Gyamfi podcast 11/09/2021

Osei Gyamfi podcast Mr. Gyamfi and his partners have created a website that will make event planning more efficient for groups of any size. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/14744531

Caretha Coleman 11/09/2021

Caretha Coleman Caretha Coleman co-founder of Coleman Consulting, is a leader and visionary with a purposeful drive to better the lives and careers of people of color at all levels of Corporations and non profit organizations. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/16282061

Debra Watkins Podcast 11/09/2021

Debra Watkins Podcast Author of the book, "Thought Held Hostage, A Black Teachers Journey of Unlocking Young Minds." /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/15919073

Janie Jensen PODCAST 11/09/2021

Janie Jensen PODCAST Janie Jensen left corporate Silicon Valley and reinvented herself. She is now a Real Estate Stager working with realtors and homeowners to stage homes for sale. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/8698475

Part 2 Chris Cotton 11/09/2021

Part 2 Chris Cotton Chris Cotton is a DevOps engineer is an IT professional who works with software developers, system operators and admins, IT operations staff and others to oversee and/or facilitate code releases or deployments on a CI/CD basis. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/8318384

Chris_part_1.mp3 11/09/2021

Chris_part_1.mp3 DevOps engineer is an IT professional who works with software developers, system operators and admins, IT operations staff and others to oversee and/or facilitate code releases or deployments on a CI/CD basis. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/8261279

Ray Newsome Sr. Engineer 11/08/2021

Ray Newsome Sr. Engineer Mr. Raymond Newsome retired Engineer for Shell Oil. Ray's Unique journey from his high school drafting class to Senior engineer for one of the largest oil companies in the world is one that would probably never happen today. /episode/index/show/cottontales/id/21080417

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