User:Adjoajo/Clayton

Clayton Banks is a technology businessman, media pioneer, social entrepreneur and media executive. He is the CEO & co-founder of Silicon Harlem. He was a pioneer in cable communication industry. He is a tech advocate for youth and broadband access, .

Education
1980 - 1985, Banks attended California State University at Fullerton from 1980 to 1985. He earned a B.A. degree in speech communications and business administration.

Career
1994 to 1997, he was senior Vice President of sales and marketing for Sega Channel working with the CEO Stan Thomas.

1997, Vice President of affiliate relations at Comedy Central. At Comedy Central he was a part of the launching of "South Park," "The Daily Show with "Jon Stewart," and "The Upright Citizens Brigade."

1998 - 2013 - Ember Media. Ember Media built digital solutions and interactive applications. Ember Media built these tech solutions for top brands and non-profit organizations using multiple platforms.

Ember Media, a development group that builds digital solutions and interactive applications for top brands and non-profit organizations, across multiple platforms. In 2000, Banks received a National Cable & Telecommunication Associate (NCTA) & the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC).

He collaborated with President Clinton to produce computer-based interactive initiatives college guides for inner city youth In 2008, Banks co-founded Silicon Harlem to make Harlem and other markets into innovative technology hubs. Banks founded Silicon Harlem with the goal to transform Harlem technological hub as part of smart city corridors. In 2018, Banks was an honoree for Black History Month. He founded Ember Media Corporation. He produced multimedia and broadband content for Networks.

He started a "think tank" for all things techie."

Expertise & Skills
He is expertise at telecommunication, smart and tech-enabled infrastructure, broadband, advanced wireless connectivity, digital and data literacy, virtual incubator develop, technology hub design, network deployment, web production, telecommunication policy.

RECOGNITION
 * Advisor to CCNY President -2019 Advisor to New Rochelle Mayor
 * 2019 NYC “Tech Power 50”
 * 2018 Advocate of the Year -
 * 2018 Mayor’s Broadband Advisory-
 * 2014 Person of the Year
 * 2013 Library of Congressref>ttp://old.lafrenchtouchconference.net/new_york/2017/speakers/clayton-banks/

Awards & Honors

 * I.D. Magazine Award
 * Davey Award
 * Promax
 * @dtech award
 * Creativity Award
 * Astrid Award
 * Ten Awards
 * The Communicator Award
 * Boli Award
 * The Harlem Business Alliance Business Person of the Year
 * Inducted as a History Maker in the United States Library of Congress
 * Recipient of the Trailblazer award from Rainbow Push
 * Awarded proclamation from New York City as a Technology Leader

Quotes

 * “When I worked for President Clinton, a philosophy that we shared is the idea that ‘intelligence is distributed everywhere evenly.’ For me, I add on to that, ‘since the beginning of time.’ Since the beginning of time, intelligence has been distributed around the world evenly, but access and exposure has not. That’s the only difference. And when you look at even slaves. Slaves weren’t dumb. They just didn't have the access or exposure necessary to bring out their intelligence and utilize it publicly. So, if you think about it that way, it’s all about access and exposure, because that turns into opportunity.”


 * “We’ll get to those with higher incomes,” he assures, “but we do the reverse of trickle down. We want to do trickle up. New technology and new breakthroughs always start at the top and then ultimately get down into the hood. We want to start things in the hood for a change and let it trickle up. So, we’re literally bridging the gap with a low-cost, affordable high-speed broadband connection for those who are living in low income and affordable housing. And you go from there.” Clayton Banks