Accelerating tech’s transition to a diverse and inclusive industry
About us
We are an agile, nimble, and very diverse small team looking to make a big change in the world by closing the diversity gap in the workforce and by simplifying access to underrepresented talent.
Our mission
Mission Statement: Divercity is a diversity and inclusion hiring platform that helps forward-thinking companies and recruiters find and connect with diverse candidates. Our mission is to demystify and solve the diversity hiring gap in the tech industry and to bring more equity and inclusion to it through a combination of community, relationships, and artificial technology.
Our team
We pride ourselves on extreme ownership in our disciplines and encourage a lot of learning and communication. More importantly, we strongly believe that everyone on the team has an equitable voice and would love to hear yours as much as possible.
Divercity team by numbers
By ethnicity
- Black
- 7
- East Asian
- 3
- South Asian
- 2
- White
- 3
- Latinx
- 4
By gender
Chuka Ikokwu
Co-Founder and CEO
Chuka Ikokwu
Co-Founder and CEO
Gil Ferreira
Chief Technology Officer
Gil Ferreira
Chief Technology Officer
Joanna Pyra
Head of Design
Joanna Pyra
Head of Design
Guhan Sundar
Head of Marketing
Guhan Sundar
Head of Marketing
Vida Powell
Head of People Ops
Vida Powell
Head of People Ops
Celena Zeng
People Ops Specialist
Celena Zeng
People Ops Specialist
Christina McCalmont
Technical Recruiter
Christina McCalmont
Technical Recruiter
Miku Koach
UI Designer
Miku Koach
UI Designer
Leena Abdelrahim
Content Manager
Leena Abdelrahim
Content Manager
Femi Lawal
Full-Stack Developer
Femi Lawal
Full-Stack Developer
Karen Diaz
Full-Stack Developer
Karen Diaz
Full-Stack Developer
Samson Okaludo
Full-Stack Developer
Samson Okaludo
Full-Stack Developer
Our values (D.E.C.R.I.P.T.T)
Diversity
We believe in fostering diverse teams as all perspectives, cultures, and demographics matter
Equity
Everyone is equal and entitled to whatever opportunities they aspire to regardless of demographics
Conviction
We believe in folks working on what they can relate with and feeling connected to the mission
Resourcefulness
We believe in being wise with funds and also having fun at the same time
Inclusion
All perspectives matter, everyone has a voice, and we want to make sure everyone feels heard
Perfection
We believe in not cutting corners and in putting great world-class products out there
Teamwork
Teamwork makes the dream work and there is no “I” in team as we are the sum of all our parts
Turn Up
We believe life is too short and that we need to have fun and enjoy our team and the work we do!
A message from our founder
Back in 2006, I was the first black person ever hired by an all-white company. Immediately, I felt quadruple the pressure that someone with my level of experience would normally feel. I was eventually laid off without cause, a rude awakening to the inequity in the workplace for people of color and women. For the next decade, I would go on to work in Silicon Valley, often as one of the only persons of color in my workplace.
In 2017, my conviction to solve this problem culminated in Divercity.io, an HR-tech tool aimed at diversifying tech by helping companies measure their diversity rates and connect with underrepresented talent.
Many companies want to change this, and we want to help them.
Now we're on track to becoming one of the most trusted sources for diversity measurement and the largest underrepresented professional network in the world! With thousands of users, companies, and jobs we are just getting started and would love for you to join us in this mission.
Chuka Ikokwu
Co-founder & CEO of Divercity
Let us recruit for your company
Our recruiting team comprises a dozen diversity-minded recruiting professionals with many decades of combined experience in the tech industry. The team specializes in finding, screening, and placing underrepresented talent including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), women, LGBTQIA2S+, and other marginalized professionals in the tech industry.
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Successful candidates stories
“Divercity was wonderful to work with throughout the process. Chuka was very communicative and always let me know the status of my candidacy at every stage of the process. Definitely much more in detail than any other company/recruiter I’ve worked with in the past. Will highly recommend them!”
“Working with Divercity was an absolute pleasure as they kept me in the loop every step of the way, and also more importantly, they made sure I got everything I wanted! I definitely would work with the team at Divercity again and I highly recommend using their services.”
Our services
Divercity is driven by its mission to solve the diversity problem in tech. We do this by providing recruiting and diversity measurement tools to empower companies to connect with underrepresented talent.
What our partners say
Companies that value diversity use Divercity
“We have an amazing partnership with Chuka and the fantastic team at Divercity.io. It began when I was introduced to Chuka at my last company, Amplitude, and it has continued here at Thumbtack. He and his team of dedicated, talented, and passionate professionals help us work towards meeting our DE&I hiring needs.”
“Divercity has been an amazing staffing partner to Jam City over the last couple years. They always send us thoroughly vetted, high quality, diverse talent. We are so grateful for their services and the amazing new additions to our Jam City family by way of Divercity!”
Careers at Divercity
Come join our diverse team in our mission to create a more equitable tech industry.