A gentle fog hung over Birmingham, Alabama this morning – visible as far as the eye could see from the 20th floor of the immaculate John Hand building. Industry and commerce humming about below the club floor powered by technology our ancestors couldn’t fathom in 1912 when this building joined Birmingham’s emerging skyline.

The innovations we live amongst today are made possible through human ingenuity, hard work, and providence. Not to be forgotten however are the breakthroughs made possible by simply getting the right people in the room working on the right problems. In a time fresh off the heels of a pandemic that forced so many into the corners and away from community – it’s a welcome breath of fresh air to see people coming together to work hard and dream again.

This morning, DBA, an Alabama-based software development company, hosted a gathering of technology and business professionals around breakfast and coffee to dream and mingle. Minds developed in the trenches of respected and successful institutions such as Regions Bank, Shipt, Innovation Depot, and more populated the John Hand Club exchanging thoughts and ideas around everything from AI Agents and venture capital to government policy, client relations, and more. Contacts were shared, ideas were shared, tactics were shared. Magic happened. Progress was made.

To Adam Dill, Josh Adams, and the entire team at DBA – THANK YOU for making this happen. For those that attended – THANK YOU for coming. This is how you make the world a better place. I was delighted to share the room with so many people driven to leave things better then they found it, and will definitely be back soon. If you’re an Alabama technology or business professional, you should definitely reach out to the team at DBA and make arrangements to be at one of these events. I promise you won’t find a lack of value or connections to be made.

Photos courtesy of Josh Adams at DBA.