Deontée Gordon

Deontée Gordon (born c. 1983 in Birmingham) is the president of TechBirmingham and executive director of TechAlabama.

Gordon graduated from Ramsay High School in 2001 and studied entrepreneurship and marketing at Auburn University. After graduating he took a job as a leasing consultant for GMH Communities and later worked as a production tech with Interactive Point of View. Shortly afterward he opened his own consultancy.

In 2010 Gordon was hired as a senior consultant to Infomedia, and worked in the same capacity for Chronical Studio from 2011 to 2015. He was also a managing partner in the technology consulting firm Corvus. In 2015 he was hired as director of business development for REV Birmingham, where, among other initiatives, he developed the "REVeal Kitchen" at the Pizitz Food Hall. He was hired to succeed Jennifer Skjellum as president of TechBirmingham in December 2017 and took the reins of TechAlabama 16 months later.

In 2012 Gordon was selected as the "Top Beau of Birmingham" by readers of "My Scoop".

Gordon has served on the boards of the Railroad Park Foundation, Growing Kings and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. He also served on the junior boards for Artwalk, WBHM-FM, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Paint The Town Red, and the Birmingham American Heart Association.

References

• Bowser, Edward T. (December 10, 2012) "Agents of Change: Deontee Gordon exhibits unparalleled work ethic in reshaping Birmingham" The Birmingham News
• Poe, Kelly (October 3, 2017) "TechBirmingham hires REV Birmingham's Deon Gordon as new Executive Director" The Birmingham News