Kendrick Treadwell is a highly respected and sought after Senior Program Manager and thought leader, with over 13 years of changemaking impact and servant leadership in the tech industry. Kendrick leveraged his engineering education at Georgia Tech, his lived experiences growing up in DeKalb County public schools, and his passion for making a difference for underrepresented communities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to make a substantial impact leading inclusion initiatives that not only impact his employer, Google, but also the local Atlanta tech community and the tech industry as a whole. He has been recognized company-wide and externally for his impact as one of the leaders that helped drive the success of Google’s Tech Equity Collective, which has a mission to accelerate Black representation in the tech industry and create holistic pathways for current and aspiring Black tech innovators. Kendrick was recognized for his impact by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2024) and Georgia Tech (2023) in their respective 40 Under 40 lists. In 2024 he was also awarded Google’s Lifetime Achievement Citizenship Award for his long term impact to the Atlanta office and community.

One of Kendrick’s biggest professional accomplishments was ideating and successfully executing Tech Equity Collective’s first-ever strategy to make I/O, Google’s annual developer conference that showcases its latest technologies, an event that is more inclusive of Black software engineers. At I/O 2022, Kendrick hosted over 60 aspiring Black developers from all over the United States in-person at I/O (including securing funding to eliminate the cost burden of travel). In addition to being in the room for the I/O keynote, Kendrick had a stage built next to the keynote stage where attendees experienced panels, interactive workshops, and community-building / networking opportunities that were curated specifically for them. Kendrick expanded his impact at I/O 2023 by hosting 225 aspiring Black developers. This foundation and legacy he set that began as just an idea in his head continued on at Google I/O 2024 and beyond, and has scaled to other conferences like Google Cloud Next.

In addition to Kendrick’s work with Tech Equity Collective and Google I/O, he previously served as co-lead of the Atlanta chapter of the Black Googler Network (BGN) employee resource group between 2016 and 2020. Kendrick raised his hand to lead the chapter during a crucial time for the Atlanta office, when there was a need to build a strong sense of community and culture for Black employees, as well as help to make the tech industry build a stronger presence in a city where Black tech talent thrives. Kendrick grew the chapter membership by 400% during his tenure and led impactful programs that helped contribute to a decision to make the Atlanta office an expansion site for Google. Kendrick also leveraged his leadership position in BGN to impact the larger Atlanta tech community outside of Google. He worked with Black ERG leaders at Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and other tech companies to organize an inaugural cross-company networking event. Their goal was to connect Black employees in the Atlanta area and discuss pertinent issues relevant to Black tech professionals and foster community building. The group continued to hold networking events and collaborate to lead community service initiatives that inspire the youth in Atlanta to pursue careers in technology.

Kendrick has dedicated his career to leverage his position and resources at Google to provide thought leadership, create pathways, and build community for aspiring and emerging Black technologists and innovators. As an Atlanta native, the tech scene’s exponential growth in Atlanta over the last few years has greatly inspired him to continue this work in the place he calls home. Kendrick creates space for aspiring and emerging Black technologists to build community and share the resources and tools to drive innovative solutions to the country’s biggest problems. Kendrick is also increasing access to programs, resources, and communities to build the technical skills and soft skills that will unlock economic opportunity and build equitable pathways to tech for Black tech innovators.