Hang
Black

VP Revenue Acceleration, Belden

Courage is Contagious

Hang Black is a multinational speaker on sales and courageous leadership. After her family escaped from war-torn Vietnam to arrive as refugees in America, Hang grew up in the Cajun South, earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and worked in leading technology organizations such as Advanced Micro Devices, Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, and her own sales company, where she earned the nickname “Black Ops”. Hang imagines a world where great leaders leave a legacy of courage to the next generation. From penniless refugee to accomplished Fortune 500 executive, she is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Embrace Your Edge, on the neuroscience of how groups without access can pave their own path to success. Hang is honored to be among the Top 1% of TEDx all-time speakers (2026), received a Lifetime Achievement Award (2024) by Selling Power Magazine as well as the inaugural Woman of Impact (2022) Award by Quinnipiac University, and holds multiple patents in semiconductor manufacturing.