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Business Scale Insights continues our September, 2020 series on RESILIENCE with Glen Benjamin.  Glen is an expert with over 40 years experience helping organzations, large and small, become more resilient, better and more optimal functioning. Glen is a long-term South Florida resident who has worked in the Technology industry for nearly 40 years in a variety of Sales and Partner/Channel roles for organizations such as HP, Citrix, AT&T, Sprint/Nextel, CenturyLink and is currently a Client Executive for a South Florida-based IT Services Provider, LAN Infotech. Glen has a diverse background in Technology with specializations in Cybersecurity, Edge Devices, Cloud, Connectivity, Business Continuity, Social Media and Mobility-IoT to successfully deliver End-to-End Solutions for his clients. He has been a member of TechLauderdale and the South Florida Technology (SFTA) as well as its predecessor, the South Florida Telecom Forum (SFTF) for about 20 years and for the past 4 years has been a Board Member of TechLauderdale along with our keynote event that is held annually, ITPalooza. Glen has volunteered his time for a variety of local charities such as the South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA), The Superhero Leadership Academy, The Dan Marino Foundation, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Alzheimer’s Association, Multiple Sclerosis Society amongst other organizations. In my personal time, Glen enjoys spending time with his Granddaughter and family and being a fanatic for the Miami Dolphins. Feel free to reach out and connect with Glen at: Email: gbenjamin@laninfotech.com [gbenjamin@laninfotech.com] Telephone: 954-974-6262 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenbenjamin/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenbenjamin/] Blog: http://mobilitycloud.me [http://mobilitycloud.me/] Twitter and Skype:@glenbenjamin --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support [https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support]

Business Scale Insights has dedicated the month of September to covering the topic of RESILIENCE.  If ever our community, stakeholders, leaders needed resilience, it is NOW.     This podcast series is a MUST for anyone attempting to live and thrive in 2020.  If there is any podcast series that is required listening during these troubled times, it is THIS series. Joining us for another episode to discuss creating resilient leaders is Dr. Thomas Gordon. Tom is the Founder and Partner at TAGA Consulting.http://www.tagaconsulting.com/ [http://www.tagaconsulting.com/] Dr. Gordon provides strategic counsel to Fortune 500 enterprises and executives globally. He assists clients to anticipate and respond decisively to complex challenges, design high performance goals, develop the accountabilities to achieve them, and establish the systems to track and reinforce their progress. He draws upon systems thinking, communications, and human dynamics expertise to deliver distinctive leadership and organizational changesolutions. A licensed psychologist, Tom graduated cum laude from Harvard University; earned his M.A.  and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan; and completed post-doctoral mass media and conflict resolution study at the University of Pennsylvania/Annenberg School of Communications. Tom’s career spans 35+ years –as college professor, health and mental health systems manager, psychotherapist, leadership coach, and organizational advisor. His faculty affiliations include: The University of Michigan, Temple University, The University of Pennsylvania, Antioch College, Goddard College, Department of Psychiatry/Thomas Jefferson University, and Family Medicine/Medical University of South Carolina. He  is married, the father of 5 adult children, and grandfather to 7. Tom is an avid, lifelong learner: He travels globally for cross-cultural study and exchange, has coached adolescent basketball, speaks Spanish and Swahili, plays tenor saxophone, and mentors rising professionals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support [https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support]

Business Scale Insights podcast is launching a series focused on one concept: RESILIENCE. If ever our community, stakeholders, leaders needed resilience, it is NOW.     This podcast series is a MUST for anyone attempting to live and thrive in 2020.  If there is any podcast series that is required listening during these troubled times, it is THIS series. There is no one better to launch a podcast series on resilience that leadership coach and consultant, Tom Gordon. Tom is the Founder and Partner at TAGA Consulting.http://www.tagaconsulting.com/ [http://www.tagaconsulting.com/] Tom Gordon provides strategic counsel to Fortune 500 enterprises and executives globally. Tom assists clients to anticipate and respond decisively to complex challenges, design high performance goals, develop the accountabilities to achieve them, and establish the systems to track and reinforce their progress. He draws upon systems thinking, communications, and human dynamics expertise to deliver distinctive leadership and organizational changesolutions. A licensed psychologist, Tom graduated cum laude from Harvard University; earned his M.A.  and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan; and completed post-doctoral mass media and conflict resolution study at the University of Pennsylvania/Annenberg School of Communications. Tom’s career spans 35+ years –as college professor, health and mental health systems manager, psychotherapist, leadership coach, and organizational advisor. His faculty affiliations include: The University of Michigan, Temple University, The University of Pennsylvania, Antioch College, Goddard College, Department of Psychiatry/Thomas Jefferson University, and Family Medicine/Medical University of South Carolina. Tom is married, the father of 5 adult children, and grandfather to 7. Tom is an avid, lifelong learner: He travels globally for cross-cultural study and exchange, has coached adolescent basketball, speaks Spanish and Swahili, plays tenor saxophone, and mentors rising professionals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support [https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support]

Business Scale Insights is continuing its focus on Black Businesses in light of National Black Business Month in the US.  Our focus on this episode on the critical need for business financing in the black community to support entrepreneurial ecosystems.  BSI reached out to Black Angels Miami Executive Director Kevin Cadette to get his insights on the need and how to successfully navigate business financing from VCs and Angels for black entrepreneurs. Kevin Cadette is a startup industry veteran and technology leader.  A founder of multiple startups and former technology executive with multiple Fortune 50 companies, his experience spans a wide spectrum from bootstrapped start-ups to global corporations. Kevin has participating in and led over a half-dozen startup organizations including execution of an IPO. His technology experience includes E-commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Privacy, Health Care, Computer Vision, Robotics, SaaS Development, Carbon Emission Management, Education, Private Equity, Incubators and Accelerators. Kevin has been through 2 IPOs, once as Founder.  Kevin started his career with a technology startup in Boston that went public.  Since then he has always had a passion for compelling innovative businesses. His education pedigree includes an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania along with Masters and Bachelors degrees in engineering from Cornell University. Kevin is a native of London England, and lived in the US since his teenage years. He attended the United Nations International High School. Kevin is passionate about technology, entrepreneurship and diversity. He is a husband and father of two and soon to be THREE in January, 2021! Check out Black Angels Miami https://www.blackangels.miami/ [https://www.blackangels.miami/] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support [https://anchor.fm/businessscaleinsights/support]