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Derrick Brown is currently the full-time director of KnowledgeBase. He was formerly the Vice-President of Strategic Planning and Marketing for BGS Infosystems, Inc. (BGSI), an Internet startup firm who produces an Internet directory of African-related WWW resources called "The Universal Black Pages" (www.ubp.com). While with BGSI, Derrick authored the company's business and marketing plans, and also wrote strategic plans for BGSI's advertising, consulting, and electronic commerce operations.

Derrick earned his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering with honors from Clemson University in December 1991. He then worked for The MITRE Corporation's (Reston, VA) Signal Processing and Advanced Technology Department for one year before beginning graduate studies at Georgia Tech, where he received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in March 1994.

During his time at Georgia Tech, Derrick was an active member of the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA). He created the Information Resources and Technology committee in September 1993 to encourage students to use electronic mail and other Internet resources like newsgroups, ftp, gopher, and WAIS. He served as BGSA president from May 1994 - May 1996, during which the organization became a leading advocate of information technology utilization.

Derrick is originally from Elloree, SC, a decidedly rural community. His personal mission to promote learning and development through computer and information technology is based on the experience of how much the tools accelerated his development.