Co-founder of ScaleUp Partners LLC, a national consultancy specializing in economic strategies of Inclusive Competitiveness to improve the productivity of underrepresented populations in the tech-based global Innovation Economy.
Publisher of the critically acclaimed book, "The Future Economy and Inclusive Competitiveness: How Demographic Trends and Innovation can Create Prosperity for All Americans."
Pioneered the space of "Inclusive Competitiveness," frameworks and community centered strategies for building inclusive economic ecosystems in major cities and regions across the US.
Contributor to the journalism textbook, "Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship."
Writer of the Minority Entrepreneur's Playbook for the International Business Innovation Association.
Producer of case studies on New Orleans, Detroit and Durham, covering efforts to build inclusive economic ecosystems. Strategic Advisor to the national learning platform, Forward Cities.
Strategic Advisor to the Council on Foundations. Helped design the Council's series of gatherings of foundation leaders around the issues of building inclusive innovation ecosystems.
Strategic Advisor to the Center for Inclusive Competitiveness at Temple University. Consulting advisor to higher education leaders.
Produced the first "Economic Inclusion and Competitiveness Summit" at Clark Atlanta University.
Produced largest hackathon in Mississippi for students of color during the TECHJXN Innovation Summit & Yes We Code Hackathon.
Produced the first HBCU Innovation Summit at Stanford University, which included Facebook, Google, Texas Instruments, Andreesen Horowitz et al.
Produced day-long "Inclusive America" program at the National Association of Black Journalists Conference in Washington DC.
Launched "ScaleUp America" messaging campaign at the Clinton Global Initiative.
Speaker at the 19th convening of the Project for Municipal Innovation at Harvard University.
Speaker at SXSWEdu in back to back years.
Speaker at Go Green PDX in Portland, Oregon.
Speaker at numerous events on economic inclusion and entrepreneurship. Includes Black Enterprise Entrepreneurship Conference as panelist for the Bill and Melinda Gates Education Forum.
Keynote speaker at Portland, Oregon Martin Luther King Breakfast at Oregon Convention Center.
Keynote Speaker at Seattle's annual black business summit at Washington Convention Center.