ATLANTA, GA—BDPA, founded in 1975 as Black Data Processing Associates, announced new information and communication technology (ICT) industry and community program winners during BDPACON ’24. BDPA’s Atlanta Chapter co-hosted BDPACON ’24, the association’s 46th annual gathering and assembly of members, associates, partners, and sponsors with industry, government, colleges, and universities. BDPACON ’25 returns to Atlanta, Georgia in 2025 for one of the association’s milestone Golden Anniversary events across local BDPA Chapter cities next year.

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2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards

Timothy F. Coleman

Judaea Y. Lane

Charles W. Robinson

• Timothy Coleman, Eli Lilly & Company
  Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
• Judaea Lane, City of Memphis
  Sr. Analytics Analyst and BDPA Vice President of Membership Management
• Charles Robinson, IBM
  Public Sector Leader IBM Quantum Computing & World Wide leader Quantum Safe Team

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2024 PACESetter Awards

• PACESetter Community Service Award
  William Oliver
• PACESetter Tech Excellence Award
  State Farm
• PACESetter Career Achievement Award
  Norman Fleming

• PACESetter 2024 Chapter of the Year Membership Award
  BDPA Portland (Oregon)
• PACESetter 2024 Chapter of the Year Award
  BDPA Memphis (Tennessee)

2024 Earl A. Pace, Jr. Entrepreneurial Excellence in Technology Award

• Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
  Kareem DaSilva (BDPA Memphis)
  

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2024 BDPA Education & Technology Foundation (BETF) Scholarship Awards

• Lilly’s BDPA 2024 Scholarship Awards
  Taylor Sharperson (Florida A&M University)
  Eric Harrison (Morehouse College)
  

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• Oracle Inspire Your Future Scholarship Winners
  Eric Harrison (Morehouse College)
  Marvin Lingan (Michigan State University)
  Taylor Sharperson (Florida A&M University)
  

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2024 Robotics Academy Coding Challenge

• 1st Place
  Keyshawn Boughton (McCalister College, BDPA Twin Cities, MN)
• 2nd Place
  Brashon Williams (Prairie View A&M, BDPA Houston, TX)
• 3rd Place
  Olaluwa (Daniel) Ajagbonna (IUPUI, BDPA Indianapolis, IN)
• 4th Place
  Dwayne Jackson III (Prairie View A&M, BDPA Houston, TX)
• 5th Place
  Daniel Awosika (IUPUI, BDPA Indianapolis, IN)

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2024 BDPA I.T. Showcase Awards

• 1st Place College
  Calvin Dery, Bowie State University (BDPA-DC)
• 2nd Place College
  Majesty Whitaker-Hicks, Middle Georgia State University (BDPA Atlanta)
• 3rd Place College
  Chaz-Akil Browne, Oakwood University (BDPA Huntsville)
  
• 1st Place High School
  Faith Warner (BDPA Huntsville)
• 2nd Place High School
  Nailah Montgomery (BDPA Atlanta)

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2024 High School Computer Competition (HSCC) Awards

• 1st Place
  BDPA Atlanta (Georgia)
• 2nd Place
  BDPA Greater Washington Metropolitan Area (BDPA-DC/DMV)
• 3rd Place
  BDPA Southern Minnesota (Rochester, MN)

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2024 eSPORTS Competition Awards

• 1st Place
  BDPA Atlanta (Georgia)
• 2nd Place
  BDPA Northern Virginia (NoVa)
• 3rd Place
  BDPA Monroe (Louisiana)

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2024 BDPA Lifetime Member Recognition

• Lifetime Member Pinning at BDPACON ’24
  Eric Ejiofor (Indianapolis)

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BDPACON ’24 Recap