As Co-Founder, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Blacks United in Leading Technology International (“BUiLT”), Mr. Beasley leads an innovative, grass-roots, professional organization to help increase the representation and participation of Black people in tech.

Mr. Beasley began his career in Dallas at Mobil Oil’s exploration division in 1980. Since then, he progressed in IT infrastructure management roles through various industries – Fortune 500, start-ups, and mid-market factions. Working mostly at the Director and VP level in large corporations, his worldwide work experiences have been in Financial Services, Healthcare, University, Telecom, Oil & Gas, and Software Services. Mr. Beasley has built and managed several data center operations, built IT infrastructures for 1000+ seat call centers, and provided daily network and data security services.

In 2003, Mr. Beasley founded Netwatch Solutions of Richardson, Texas, an innovative, software product company with its flagship Samantha™ change and configuration management database (CMDB) products and services.

A long-time Dallas resident, Mr. Beasley has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix. He is a licensed Texas Professional Engineer and has issued patents in IT service management.