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Will Moss
Founder & CEO, HBCU CONNECT, LLC Location: Blacklick, OH United States Joined: Jun 1st, 1999 |
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Will Moss is President & CEO of HBCU CONNECT, LLC and has been in this position since founding HBCUConnect.com in June of 1999. HBCU CONNECT, LLC owns and operates the largest Historically Black College & University website in existence and reaches approximately 350,000 website visitors each month.
Mr. Moss, a 1995 graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, graduated as the top Computer Science scholar in his class and went on to work as a lead software engineer for AT&T Bell Labs from 1995 until starting HBCUConnect.com in 1999. Mr. Moss is also considered an expert in internet topology, internet marketing, and online diversity recruitment strategies. In 2010, Moss launched a number of social networking websites for the African American community, including sites such as BlackHistory.com, AfricanAmericanCareers.com, BlackWomenConnect.com, and was recently a guest on the “Monique Show” on BET talking about a new project, BlackRomance.com, the largest free dating site for African American professionals. William often gives presentations to college students on entrepreneurship, career preparation, and the relevancy of technology to African Americans. Moss’ experience in corporate America as an intern, employee, and consultant lead to the development of HBCU Connect as an answer to the lack of an existing platform for HBCU students and graduates to communicate, network and take advantage of related opportunities.
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I currently work with HBCU CONNECT, LLC
as Founder & CEO I have 32 years of experience working in the Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations industry. |
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Chief Executive Officer |
HBCU CONNECT, LLC
From June 1999 to Current • 27 year(s) Launched the first ever social network for students and graduates of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Developing the software from scratch, working with clients looking to market to the audience, and now managing a team of over 20 employees dedicated to providing opportunities for African American and Latinx Professionals and College Students. |
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Software Engineer & Feature Developer |
Lucent Technologies
From January 2000 to September 2004 • 4 year(s) Developed features for network fault management software using C, C++ and other proprietary parsing languages. Worked with SNMP protocol to parse and organize fault alerts coming from network equipment in a mission critical software application. |
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Sr. Software Engineer |
3X Corporation
From January 1998 to May 1999 • 1 year(s) Developed Full Stack Software Applications in Java and Visual Basic. Lead a team of 16 Engineers on various consulting deployments for clients in Central Ohio such as Columbia Gas, Columbia Service Partners and more. |
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UI/UX Developer / Software Developer |
AT&T Bell Labs
From May 1995 to January 1998 • 3 year(s) Member of Technical Staff Software Developer responsible for developing User Interface for Unix Applications on New ATOMICS for NTT. Used C, C++ and proprietary UI languages to develop interfaces. Developed several internal efficiency and automation tools in Perl/HTML/MySQL LAMP environment. |
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Software Development Intern |
AT&T Bell Labs
From May 1994 to August 1994 • 0 year(s) Summer Intern for the New ATOMICS project, developing code in C++ to handle the font-end login system for the entire multi-million dollar software project for NTT of Japan. Successful completion and full-time offer extended at end of summer. |
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LCI (Litel Communications Incorporated)
From May 1992 to August 1992 • 0 year(s) Served as an Intern thanks to the INROADS Internship program sponsored by LCI in Dublin, Ohio. Developed software fixes and new featured in COBOL and VAX server custom software to support the customer service team managing client accounts. Completed the internship with flying colors as a resounding success for LCI, myself and INROADS. |
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