Black-Owned Tech Company Celebrates 40 Years and Black History Month with Nasdaq Closing Bell

Wall Street ushered one of the world’s most successful Black-owned companies onto the Nasdaq stage today to participate in its Closing Bell ceremony in celebration of Black History Month. Eric Kelly, President and CEO of Overland-Tandberg, the global technology company, along with a group of business leaders utilized the day as an opportunity to support black-owned businesses and diversity in the tech industry.

“Data protection is critical to the success of small companies, considering 60% go out of business within 6 months after a data loss incident,” said Ron Busy, President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, who has formulated a partnership with Overland-Tandberg. “The fact that Overland-Tandberg is one of the only Black-owned and operated global technology companies ensures that our collaboration will be mutually beneficial and will allow us to drive far more business impact for our members.

Overland-Tandberg, which has been in business for 40 years, is a member of the USBC, and Kelly is prepared to assist Black-owned businesses adapt to the tech challenges unique to small business.

“We are committed to our vision to bridge the digital divide and be the catalyst that provides minority companies access to leading technology that will protect one of their most valuable assets – their data.”

Kelly is also a proponent of a diverse workforce in technology and has launched a new initiative called Bridge 2 Technologies.

“As a minority-owned technology company, Overland-Tandberg has created this important initiative to address the widening skills gap particularly in underprivileged communities by building this global ecosystem with a collaborative framework comprised of leading companies that highly value diversity and inclusion, you are working to close the digital divide,” said Nelson Griggs, President of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.