If you’ve been in tune with all things Black Enterprise TechConneXt Summit, happening now in Silicon Valley, then you’re well aware of the 20 ambitious students from Morgan State University, Howard University, Spelman College, Southern University, and Johnson C. Smith, hacking their way into notoriety with the BE SMART Hackathon.
Four students from each school are currently taking on the challenge of developing an app that will enable
individuals to create budgets, manage expenses, review credit history, track spending, and develop savings and investment plans; all from their electronic devices. Each team’s app will be judged based on the utility to individual users and viability of the app. May the best team win.Let’s meet the team members:
Morgan State University
Benjamin Hall (Team Lead) — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Khir Henderson — Senior
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Computer Engineering
Kevin Proctor — Senior
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Mathematics
Myles Wright-Walker — Senior
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Cybersecurity
Howard University
Victor Foreman (Team Lead) — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Errol Grannum — Junior
Major: Computer Science
Barry Harris, Jr. — Junior
Major: Computer Science
Remington Holt — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Johnson C. Smith University
Michael Gibbs (Team Lead) — Senior
Major: Computer Science and Information Systems
Allen Johnson — Senior
Major: Computer Science and Information Systems
Lewis Lawrence — Senior
Major: Computer Engineering
Kimberly McFadden — Senior
Major: Information Systems Engineering
Southern University
Egbeyong Tanjong (Team Lead) — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Morgan Brenton — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Jonathan Charles — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math
Alanie Fernandez — Senior
Major: Computer Science
Spelman College
Brygette Bagley (Team Lead) – Junior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math
Mya Havard — Junior
Major: Math
Minor: Computer Science
Osariemem Odemwingie — Junior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math
Elizabeth Sengoba — Junior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math
Watch these students hack their way to success via livestream at https://blackenterprise.com/events/techconnext/livestream-schedule/​. To closely follow all TechConneXt activities be sure to check out Black Enterprise via social media @BlackEnterprise and search #TECHCNXT for updates, highlights, attendee uploads and information.