Doug McCollough, chief information officer for the city of Dublin. is co-founder of Black Tech Columbus, an organization seeking to provide a communal space and connections in central Ohio for people of color in the technology industry.
In the central Ohio tech scene, Doug McCollough almost needs no introduction. The chief information officer for the city of Dublin cut his teeth in the private sector with Lucent and has held multiple state and local government tech management positions.
So he’s seen the struggle for inclusion from all sides — from within government under public pressure to increase diversity, from the corporate side as companies seek to change their culture, and as the only African-American in the room plenty of times. In 2018, McCullough joined a group of local Black tech workers to create Black Tech Columbus, an organization seeking to provide a communal space and connections in central Ohio.
