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BeVISIBLE™
RoleDoctoral Researcher
InstitutionWilliam Howard Taft University
ProgramDoctor of Business Administration
Current stageIRB Under Review · Approval Pending
Practitioner-scholar

About the DBA researcher

Jack Darnell Givens

MBA, M.EdTL, PMP®, LSSBB®

Technology leadership experience shaped the question, not the answer.

Jack Darnell Givens brings more than two decades of technology program management, enterprise transformation, program governance, and cross-functional delivery experience to the project.

Academic Work

Doctor of Business Administration at William Howard Taft University.

Jack Darnell Givens earned bachelor’s degrees in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration from Northwestern State University, an M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership, and an MBA from LSU Shreveport. His academic work connects technology, learning, leadership, and applied business research.

He is pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration at William Howard Taft University. His Applied Doctoral Project examines the developing BeVISIBLE™ framework as a possible approach to Black senior leadership advancement in technology. The proposal defense is complete, and the doctoral chair has submitted the IRB package to the university. Approval and participant research remain ahead.

Applied Doctoral ProjectBeVISIBLE™

Developing a Strategic Advisory Framework to Advance Black Senior Leadership in the Technology Industry: The BeVISIBLE™ Alliance Model

Institution
William Howard Taft University
Program
Doctor of Business Administration
Current stage
IRB Under Review · Approval Pending
Planned approach
Qualitative inquiry

The framework remains under development. Participant findings, empirical validation, and final conclusions are not presented during the ongoing study.

Practice

Enterprise transformation

Experience with technology programs, governance, transformation, and delivery helps identify operational questions about opportunity and authority. It does not supply the research answers.

Research

Applied doctoral inquiry

Scholarship frames the problem; after approvals, participant accounts will be analyzed for themes and contradictory cases that can challenge the starting model.

Build

Practical translation

RoleBright, DonOra Global, and digital product work create ways to translate ideas into usable systems without treating product activity as research validation.

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