Tamar Huggins
Bit2men's family roots are as educators and we have a family favorite, Tamara Huggins who has taken matters into her own capable hands to create a SPARK, or better yet to supply a SPARKPLUGAI
Lisa Gelobter
Currently serving as CTO for the City of NYC's administration as envisioned by the game changer Zohran Mamdani, Lisa is the CEO and Co-Founder of teQuitable workplace platform based in Oakland Gelobter was the Director of Program Management at Macromedia. During her time there, she led the development of Shockwave, a multimedia platform that laid the foundation for the modern web. Shockwave is a platform that supports raster graphics, vector graphics, and 3D graphics, addressing the lack of rich web interactivity at the time. A similar technology contributing to further interest in animation on the web, the Animated GIF image format, also increased in popularity at the time with support from Netscape Navigator's inclusion of looping capabilities, but Gelobter did not create the GIF format. Shockwave transformed the internet and revolutionized the animation industry, with Gelobter’s invention largely influencing subsequent technologies, like Flash and HTML5.
After Macromedia, Lisa held several executive-level positions at NBC Universal, & Hulu. From there Gelobter spent several years as the Chief Digital Officer for BET Networks.
In 2015, Gelobter served as Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during the Presidency of Barack Obama. In this position, she helped to improve HealthCare.gov, helping to streamline the application process. She led the team that built the College Scorecard, an online tool for comparing the cost and value of higher education institutions in the United States.
David Blackwell
David Blackwell (1919–2010) was a pioneering African American mathematician and statistician whose foundational work in probability, decision theory, and game theory underpins modern AI and machine learning. His research on Rao-Blackwell theorem and Markov decision processes is critical to how AI systems learn, optimise outcomes, and make decisions under uncertainty. And that is why, in recognition of his work, NVIDIA named its next-generation AI GPU architecture “Blackwell”.
Women in AI
SPARKPLUG AI
Spark Plug is a generative AI model designed and trained to transform classic literature into culturally responsive language that resonates with a Gen Z audience.
Spark Plug uses ethical data and youth culture to enhance the learning experience through increased engagement, content retention and rigor.
Latimer AI
John Pasmore
John is the founder and CEO or Latimer.AI, an Artificial Intelligence company built to be the premier Large Language Model focused on accurate historical information and bias-free interaction for Black and Brown audiences and anyone who values precision in their data.He recently served as a partner at the Family Office, TRS Capital and at Movita Organics, an organic supplement company led by filmmaker and social activist, Tonya Lewis Lee. John sits on the Board of Directors of Outward Bound USA. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from SUNY and a B.A. in Computer Science from Columbia University.
What were Lewis Latimer’s most significant inventions?
Lewis Howard Latimer developed improvements to the telephone, invented a method to manufacture carbon filament to make lightbulbs mass-producible, and developed an early version of the air conditioner – among other inventions.