Keynote David C. Williams to speak at DBFF 2023 TEC Expo

David began his career with AT&T in the Network Technology Organization, and over time has been featured on NBC, Fox, ABC, EBONY, Black Enterprise, & more. During his time with the company, he has held a number of roles and assignments from Training, Data Center management, Enterprise support, Customer Experience, and Chief of Staff. In these roles David has created deep-link HTML marketing initiatives that garner 90 million monthly impressions, led Competitive Intelligence which helped shape AT&T’s Mobile First strategy, our employee discounts, has been responsible for supporting several Fortune500 companies encompassing $120M in revenue, and authored two patents for Reprogrammable RFID and bridging satellite and LTE technology.

In his current role, David is responsible for hyper-automation & emerging technology to transform Customer/Employee Experience and Cost Structure for his organization. He leads the largest Robotics Process Automation program worldwide. His innovations are driving change across the company as his team has developed 600+ Bots automating
70M contacts, realizing $400M in operating income at over 3,000% ROI. Additionally, he also invented & sponsored a decision engine driving $200M credit reduction annually. David holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Dallas Baptist University, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Electronics Technical Platform, Six Sigma
Green Belt, and Robotics Process Automation certifications.

David is the 2021 Legacy Award recipient at Black Engineer of the Year STEM Global Conference, 2022 IT Team of the Year bronze Stevie Award, 2022 NSBE Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, 2x Dream in Black winner, 2x AT&T Champion of Diversity Award winner, a proud mentor of multiple Employee Groups, & Diversity Ambassador. David’s humble beginnings in the poorest corner of Dallas, TX and rise through a corporate giant is encapsulated in his recently released book entitled, Business Model.

The Business Model book is one of the world’s first literary works, offering its own associated NFT, called ANOMALY. He enjoys continually giving back through Solar Robot Workshops to his community and abroad as he has traveled to India & Israel carrying the message that small ideas are still bright ideas. He also enjoys family activities,
volunteering, fitness training, and motorcycle riding.

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Technology. Education. Culture

The Denton Black Film Festival TEC Expo is a 2 day technology expo that brings together technology providers, developers, brands, marketers, gaming designers, innovators, advocates, and evangelists looking to set the pace in the advanced world of technology. The Expo will showcase the next generation of technology & innovation in Film, AI, VR, XR, Immersive Technologies. A major emphasis will be on businesses owned, operated, and catering to people of color and women.

Featured companies:

• Playable Media: E-Learning

• Exposure: Gaming

• AMP Creative: Production/E-Learning

• Orant Charities: VR 360˚ Film Screening of ‘Yankho’

• EarthX: VR Environment

• University of North Texas, Texas Womens University, North Central Texas College, & More!

Plus! Celebration of Young Futures Hackathon partnered by the NAACP.

Sponsored in part by: McDonalds, NAACP DFW Metro Branch, NBC5 DFW, City of Denton, & DCTA