{"id":2593383,"date":"2022-02-18T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbusinesschicago.com\/?p=2593383"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:56:27","slug":"black-history-month-spotlight-evanston-technology-partners-etp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbusinesschicago.com\/black-history-month-spotlight-evanston-technology-partners-etp\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month Spotlight: Evanston Technology Partners (ETP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbusinesschicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-17-at-3.55.50-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2593388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbusinesschicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-17-at-3.55.50-PM-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contributor: Markayle Tolliver, Coordinator, Community Impact<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Business Chicago enjoys spotlighting inspiring Black &amp; Brown business leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs, to help inspire students, entrepreneurs and founders of startups and companies, of others who are paving the way, charting new and interesting paths in business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today we spotlight the owner and founder of a Chicago-based IT infrastructure and technological services company, Emmanuel Jackson, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/evanstontec.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evanston Technology Partners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ETP), a company that specializes in cybersecurity and equips businesses with technology solutions and services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised on Chicago\u2019s Southside in the Bronzeville and Cabrini Green areas through the housing projects, Jackson spent most of time in close-knit Bronzeville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jackson shares his memories of his Southside childhood \u2014-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI knew everybody and everybody knew me. We lived in extreme poverty.\u00a0 We were the poorest family on the block.\u00a0 When my grandmother died she had 101 grandchildren.\u00a0 Fast forward to today over 70 of those grandchildren are college graduates, business and homeowners.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Can\u2019t Be What You Can\u2019t See<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emmanuel\u2019s passion to enter the business field comes from the local Black business owners he saw in his community. He shares more about his interest \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy interest came from the local Black owned businesses in Bronzeville.\u00a0 Knowing one&#8217;s history is very important.\u00a0 I came from the neighborhood of John H. Johnson, Johnson Publishing, George Johnson, Johnson Products and SB Fuller. My greatest inspiration came from small local businesses like Baldwin Ice Cream and Johnson\u2019s grocery.\u00a0 Between 47<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 51<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Indiana there were nine Black owned businesses. These businesses helped me feed myself, buy school clothes and pay fees. Today, I have built a technology business to help people in the community the way these businesses help me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are currently training 160 people in Amazon Web Services Cloud Technology.\u00a0 We will hire all qualified certified trainees.\u00a0 Salaries range from $80K to $140K.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emmanuel\u2019s advice to future business owners and entrepreneurs is this \u2014&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEducate and believe in yourself.\u00a0 Have a purpose beyond your own personal interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Emmanuel Jackson and Evanston Technology Partners please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/evanstontec.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/evanstontec.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 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