Who We Are
We are BDPA – Leaders in Information Technology, Cleveland, Northeast Ohio. Globally, BDPA is a 48-chapter, non-profit, technology organization that delivers services for the professional well-being of its members and other stakeholders.

Organized in 1975 as the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), the Cleveland Chapter was founded in 1980 by Norman R. Mays.

What We Do
BDPA’s international technology initiatives on the continent of Africa are opening up economic-empowerment opportunities for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

BDPA assists its members and stakeholders (corporations, businesses, schools, universities and non-profit organizations) to connect with a wide, socially diverse audience of professionals, interns and students.

BDPA provides jobs, technology, business and career mentorship for its professional members as well as its student members.

Since 1980, BDPA continues to inspire K-12 students via our Student Information Technology Education and Scholarship Program (SITES).