Background
DeBurr was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana.
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Detrick DeBurr
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He graduated from Neville High School in 1987 then later attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Career
He rose to prominence with Deal Us In!
He received a Computer Information Systems degree from DeVry University after moving to Dallas, Texas, where he now resides. In February 2000, DeBurr left an up-and-coming corporate CAREER with General Telephone and Electric Directories (Verizon Information Services) to start Digital Rhythm Incorporated. Digital Rhythm is a Dallas, Texas based Information Technology services provider.
Digital Rhythm specializes in providing sub-contract Information Technology services to prime Information Technology contractors.
DeBurr has published two books, "Build Gamified Websites with Hypertext Preprocessor and JQuery" (Packt Publishing) in September 2013 and “Deal Us In! In 2001, DeBurr received Stanford University"s Digital Visions Fellowship for his efforts on projects addressing the “Digital Divide” all over world with extended work done in Ghana, West Africa. He has been a frequent lecturer on technology related issues all around the world.
He is the former host of “CyWord” an online radio technology program aired by The Black World Today. In 2011 he founded CUPID! On The Go, a mobile application where users can get access to local news.
DeBurr serves on numerous boards and committees in his community.
Achievements
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How Black America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy and Build Gamified Websites with Hypertext Preprocessor and JQuery. He serves as a co-founder of Game Time Giving. Prior to this, he was Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Digital Rhythm Incorporated., an information technology services provider based in Dallas, Texas, United States of America. How Black America can Play and Win in the Digital Economy” (Anji Publishing Incorporated), in October 2002.
