Wayne Sutton

Wayne is the Community Lead at Observable - https://observablehq.com/

Wayne is the founder of the Icon Project - Addressing mental health and professional development needs for Black and Brown Men in Tech.

Wayne is the co-founder of Change Catalyst and its Tech Inclusion programs. Change Catalyst builds inclusive innovation ecosystems through training, consulting, coaching, and events.

Sutton’s experience includes years of establishing partnerships with large brands to early-stage startups. As a leading voice in diversity and inclusion in tech, Sutton shares his thoughts on solutions and culture in various media outlets where he has been featured in TechCrunch, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.

Wayne has over 15+ years of experience in community building and business development. Wayne has been recognized as one of the Silicon Valley 100 coolest people in tech, one of the 52 hottest new stars in Silicon Valley, one of the 46 Most Important African-Americans In Technology by Business Insider and one of the Top 100 most influential black people on social media.

Wayne has been featured on Forbes, Fast Company, CNN, Protocol, BBC, USA Today, TechCrunch, Mashable, Black Enterprise, and various online media outlets. Being an early adopter Wayne was one of the first 1000 users on Twitter in 2006.

With a passion for education and storytelling, Wayne has spoken at several universities and major internet and technology-focused conferences such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, Duke, UNC, NC State, TEDx, World Wide Web(WWW) Conference, O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo, South By South West (SXSW), DockerCon 2015 and for the U.S. Embassy Jamaica during Global Entrepreneurship Week.