One of the inventors of the pioneering IBM PC reflects

One of the inventors of the pioneering IBM PC reflects on being Black in tech and why diversity is so hard for Silicon Valley

Business Insider

Published 06 Jun 2020

· *Mark Dean was part of the team that invented the groundbreaking IBM PC, which ushered in the information technology revolution in the 1980s.*
· *One of the most prominent African-American technologists, he recently shared his insights into being Black in the tech world and why diversity remains an elusive goal in Silicon...

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One of the inventors of the pioneering IBM PC reflects on being Black in tech and why diversity is so hard for Silicon Valley

One of the inventors of the pioneering IBM PC reflects on being Black in tech and why diversity is so hard for Silicon Valley

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