Terrence Brooks has a new role with Google, in its cloud operation.
Martin B. Cherry | Nashville Business Journal
Nashville's tech scene is about to radically change with the arrival of Oracle and as Amazon and other firms fill their downtown hubs. But there's plenty of action right now. Tech Bytes is a twice-monthly roundup highlighting news on startups, capital raises, acquisitions and other activity in the region's tech sector.
- Terrence Brooks, once Google Fiber's top Nashville executive, remains in town but has a new role with the company. Brooks is principal solutions leader for Google Cloud - North America. In that role, he is "advising executives in the Telecom, Media, Entertainment and Gaming (TMEG) industries to embrace cloud-based solutions," according to his LinkedIn profile. Daynise Joseph is Google Fiber's government and community affairs manager in Nashville. She and two colleagues also involved with Nashville gave this update on their fiber-laying activities.
- Green Hills-based i3 Verticals Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIV) reported revenue of $224.1 million for its fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. That's 49% higher than the prior year, which was hampered by Covid-19. The payment-processing software company reported a net loss of $7.8 million for the year, versus a $1 million loss for the prior year.
- i3 executives said health care and the public sector are their two largest business units and will be their priority acquisition targets in the year to come. "We've felt the success of owning the software, and that's clearly where we want to be," CFO Clay Whitson said on an earnings call this month. "We want to be in the driver's seat more and more often."
- A final note on i3: The company added Decosta Jenkins, CEO of Nashville Electric Services, to its board of directors.
Nashville Electric Service President and CEO Decosta Jenkins
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- Nashville State Community College has hired Johannah Williams as dean of its Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) division. She worked at a Mississippi community college for 15 years and most recently was associate vice president of STEM and workforce programs for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. She "plans on boosting underrepresented minority participation in STEM," according to a Nashville State press release.
- Greater Nashville Technology Council and the Nashville chapter of Blacks In Technology are holding holiday parties next month. At the Tech Council's party, the organization will announce finalists in each category of its NTC Awards program.
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"The area is rich with diverse talent from nearby colleges and universities, has strong accessibility and provides a ripe opportunity with our current partners and future clients."
Jim Bailey, CEO of Capgemini's Americas Strategic Business Unit
- The Paris-based global IT consulting company announced a new office at Midtown's Broadwest development, involving a minimum of 500 jobs and "projected growth of up to 1,000"
