TechnOranized provides an 8-week Personal Concierge Journey to Peak Performance. Our clients embrace a unique blend of technology optimization, nervous system rejuvenation, and organizational skills. Each month I help two people decrease their stress, reclaim several hours of their week, and skyrocket their productivity. My method harnesses the powers of A.I., the timeless wisdom of Ancient Intelligence with the cutting-edge wizardry of Artificial Intelligence. This dual approach maximizes the benefits of modern machines while grounding human work in enduring insights. I help my clients train their minds, bodies, and tools for optimal performance. I assist clients in identifying 2 to 3 high-impact changes. I streamline the crucial, yet transferable, tasks that distract my clients from focusing on the pivotal activities that significantly amplify their business’s value. I then integrate neuroscience principles to fine-tune cognitive and emotional functions, enhancing mental clarity and emotional resilience, followed by optimizing their technology tools to automate repetitive tasks, delegate transferable work, and eliminate distractions. This unique combination of concierge, coaching, and consulting aids my clients in refining their daily rituals and routines, and enhancing how they steward their time and energy.https://rolandobrown.com/coaching

The High Flow Coaching Certification is the world’s leading training for service providers who want to coach, teach and train others in the science of peak performance and flow states.

The Blue Bears is dedicated to providing meaningful employment and a place of dignity to work for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, by preparing fresh and balanced meals every day.

On Radical Sabbatical. Current Focus: Learning Spanish con SpanishSinPena.com, deepening fluency and competency in the subjects of Good Character and Spiritual Care.

- Early investor.- Currently supporting select corporate food & beverage managers in reaching their vendor diversity, inclusion sustainability goals via partnerships with Red Bay Coffee.During my tenure as a full-time operator in the business:- Negotiated and closed national distribution partnerships.- Directed experiences and marketing campaigns that increased both brand awareness and affinity.- Managed a sales, marketing and customer success team that generated new business opportunities and maintained excellent relationships with current customers.- Served as member of the Board of Directors from 2016 - 2020.

Red Bay Coffee is building a global community through our commitment to sourcing, developing, roasting and delivering the best and most beautiful coffee to the people. Every day we strive to develop beautiful coffees, fair relations, and delicious approaches to living. We focus on creating opportunities within the community at large while fostering single origin, fair trade, direct trade, organic and sustainable coffees. We believe in the creation of a value chain emphasizing ethics and diversity, not just a supply and demand chain. We envision a world in which coffee is a vehicle for inclusion, social and economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, innovation, and environmental sustainability.

Dozens of businesses and community institutions trust our approach to growth. Blending management consulting rigor, digital acumen and artistry, we uplift the strategies and systems of entrepreneurial teams invested in cultural, creative and social transformation.- Contracted by several privately funded ventures as a turn around management and business development consultant.- Contracted by Youth Represent to help define, design and engineer a new legal education product.- Contracted by the Advocacy Institute to build and maintain learning and legislative advocacy tools.- Contracted by Fork Office, Fork Films, Peace Is Loud, and the Daphne Foundation to enhance team coordination and collaboration. - Contracted by Ismael Ghalimi (STOIC) & Paul Maritz (Microsoft, VMware) to help define and design a new sales and marketing product.- Contracted by Inner City Advisors to define key indicators of success, set-up tracking & evaluation processes and publish annual impact reports used to iterate of their social impact model, expand their organizational base, and secure additional funding.- Contracted by Move The Crowd to design and implement organizational infrastructure for an expanding sales and marketing team.- Contracted by Zero Divide & the Levi’s Strauss Foundation to improve the technology infrastructure of 5 social justice organizations based in SF Bay Area, CA.

Drive the advancement of our tools, trainings and management infrastructure. I also lead discovery of a repeatable and scalable impact model.- Manage Product Development & Engineering (Data Management, Data Visualization, ETL and other business process improvements / automations)- Drove implementation of the Lean Startup methodology.- Built organizational infrastructure by codifying Values; Valued Skills; Performance Management & Measurement.- Support the overall General Management of Resources.- Develop organization's primary marketing and communications assets (design, digital, print, etc.)- Established organization’s technology stack and software engineering practices.- Established a Communication Engine and Constituent Relationship Management system that increased Network of Engaged Advocates (100 to 600+).- Created flagship Competency Model used to evaluate in what ways the Curriculum designed by Founders are lifting the adaptive and technical skills of Social Justice Advocates working on local and state-wide legislation.

Flockjay’s mission is to make tech accessible for people from underrepresented communities. Backed by Y-Combinator, Flockjay provides emerging entrepreneurs with the training they need to change technology's current landscape. Fellows in Flockjay's honors program receive high-impact sales training from world-class experts.

Nextt is the world's first accelerator for ideas. We help people refine their big ideas into lean experiments & ship them in eight weeks or less. Nextt is supported by a community of 50+ of the world's leading designers, developers, data scientists, videographers, marketers, attorneys & restaurateurs who have helped build companies like Snapchat, FourSquare, VICE & The Meatball Shop.Visit nex.tt

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) uses the visual arts as a point of departure for exploring new artistic production across a variety of disciplines. Through exhibitions and programming, MoCADA incites dialogue on pressing social and political issues facing the African Diaspora, and fosters a dynamic space for the creation and continuous evolution of culture.

ParentsTogether provides resources, connections, and community that help all kids and parents thrive.ParentsTogether supports parents with resources, tips, and events. We also offer Q4KIDZ, a daily creative question to ask your kids, sent by text.Visit parents-together.org

MVMT Films is a creative production house that makes feature films, commercials, music videos and avant garde mixed media. MVMT creates from a space of innovation, exploration and engagement. Our collective work is made in order to move culture forward.MVMT initially operated as a collective of artists, small business owners and community organizers whose missions aligned to promote the arts, social entrepreneurship, and collective success. Over a decade, individuals from the collective went on to launch successful independent entities. For more visit:http://www.mvmtfilms.comhttp://www.createmvmt.com

Grovo.com produces 1-minute videos educating the pubic on the latest changes to apps and online tools.- Managed communication with distribution partners and high priority sales leads. Designed and managed survey of national Fortune 500 supervisors and employees. Established distribution partnerships with Trulia, Evernote and SurveyMonkey. Collected competitive intelligence used to develop Grovo’s flagship enterprise management dashboard. - Optimized and managed social media communication for speed, scale, and influence, which resulted in an increased Klout score (50Klout to 68Klout) and gained the attention of critical influencers (E.g. Godaddy, Google, 37Signals, Airbnb, Asana, Wired Mag, Baydin Inc.). Increased Grovo’s external audience by 2X (8k to 15k+).- Developed and optimized a Customer Support HelpDesk. Addressed customer requests within 24 hours. Delivered ongoing user feedback to Product, Growth, Lifecycle and Engineering teams. Completed user survey, which provided critical qualitative data about user experience.

My strategic consulting over these years helped people invested in social change increase their capacity to lead, gain new skills, master new tools/platform, and strengthen relationships with their community.During this time I performed strategic assessments, delivered strategic advice, facilitated professional development trainings, conceptualized and helped launch new products/marketing campaigns, as well as designed and developed business applications ((i.e., Customer Relationship Management tools, Content Management Systems, Project Management Tools, Relational Databases, EdTEch products, etc.)I have secured my 100% of the following clients through referrals:-Move The Crowd-Advocacy Institute-ZeroDivide-Global Diversity Leadership Exchange-8 Factors-Center for Spiritual and Social Transformation-Fund Good Jobs-Inner City Advisors-Youth Speaks-The Future Project-Agent Of Change-Alaska Youth for Environmental Action-Urban League of AlaskaFor a full client list, please email me.

Helps underserved communities realize the transformative power of technology.- Contracted by Zero Divide & the Levi’s Strauss Foundation to develop & deliver a comprehensive training focused on building technology infrastructure for the Pioneers in Social Justice cohort. Resulted in 12 executive team members from 5 organizations reporting improvements to the integrity of their infrastructure as well as presenting plans for future improvements.- Mapped team’s organizational workflow and use of desktop apps and Saas services. Resulted in identifying several opportunities to improve individual and organization-wide processes and upgrade tools.- Led the transition from using Microsoft Office products and fragmented desktops to using web-based integration of Google Apps, Egnyte, Salesforce and Smartsheets. Resulted in reduction of IT costs, improvements in employee productivity, as well a shift in organizational culture. - Created and delivered over 40 individualized productivity trainings. Covered issues ranging from best practices for managing email, contacts, and calendars to document collaboration, sharing, and storage. Resulting in the development of workflows for multi-team multi-layered projects.

A practical and action-oriented framework that combines real world experience with distilled MBA knowledge to support the scaling of inner city businesses.- Served as product development and launch advisor for The 8 Factors online product and network. Developed a clear business model and growth strategy that outlined critical customers / partnerships.- Delivered insights and recommendations regarding product features, the prioritization of opportunities, overview of the competitive landscape, the value of lifestyle marketing & messages. - Post web launch, served as an advisor addressing challenges, providing feedback, identifying new opportunities, and contributing to the incubation of the offering, platform, and team with an eye towards scale.

A multi-issue organization that understands and believes that young people can change the world.- Managed Youth Speaks marketing & communications team. Directed strategy development and oversaw the execution of all major national and local campaigns. Resulted in an organizational shift towards a cohesive brand as well as a coherent presentation of Youth Speaks history, values, programs, and services.- Established a strategy that shifted the organization’s event centered promotional campaigns to a long-term values and mission driven marketing & communications approach. Resulted in the creation of a detailed marketing calendar, branding hierarchy, a library of creative assets, an increased creative and programmatic synergy among the team, an increase of the online base (from 8k to 20k+), and the hiring of a full-time Communication Manager.- Represented Youth Speaks nationally in strategic meetings and negotiations with stakeholders and funders such as Bechtel, Doris Duke Foundation, California Diabetes Program, corporate sponsors such as Verizon, HBO, Fundly, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, and Youth Radio. Resulted in securing new corporate sponsorships, discounted rates on partner services, the preservation of Youth Speaks mission and messaging, as well as realizing key results in partnership agreements.

Nonprofit that helps Bay Area companies build inner city businesses.- Supported leadership team in defining key indicators of program success, set-up tracking & evaluation processes and crafted a compelling story architecture for the organization. Resulted in the publication of stylized annual impact reports used for self-evaluation, expanding the organizational base, and securing of additional funding.- Improved Inner City Advisors’ technical infrastructure and converted manual paper-based and desktop systems to integrated use of cloud-based applications. Resulted in scalable tracking, refined due diligence processes, increased efficiency, faster collective decision-making and a higher return on investment.- Established a framework for mission driven marketing & communications. Provided media training to team. Supervised documentation of events. Managed strategic use of email marketing, social media and print collateral. Resulted in consistent messaging and branding, increased brand affinity among existing stakeholders, the tripling of their online base, and hiring of a full-time Communication Manager.

An award winning non-profit community building organization that fosters social change.- Managed a network of 100 volunteers and 20 community partners to produce international film festivals, national education summits, and local community events. Resulted in screening 100 films in over 20 countries to 50,000 people. - Managed the production of a culturally relevant identity across all initiatives, programs, and properties.- Developed and managed email marketing and social media campaigns. - Increased affinity among founding partners. Secured international press, awards, and increased audience from 2,000 people locally to 30,000+ people globally.- Supported philanthropic relationships and strategic partners resulting in over $500,000 in cash and in-kind support.

A consulting firm specializing in launching and marketing new products to the youth in urban markets. - Launched new products and services into the youth and urban markets, driving client results by challenging the conventional view of marketing and public relations for US consumer brands. - Played a central role in the creation and deployment of business development strategies, serving as resident expert in popular culture and youth marketing trends. Resulted in the successful acquisition of over 12 new accounts, most notably L'Oreal Technique, The Legacy League, TBS, Sprite, NY Knicks, and Def Jam University leading to the tripling of company revenues and inclusion in several national panels and conferences on the future of Youth & Urban Marketing.- Developed and managed a cutting edge technology infrastructure, which resulted in reduced IT costs, improved tracking of product placement and PR campaign success, as well as the deployment of innovative & competitive approaches to digital and email marketing campaigns before the advent of social platforms and online community.

Responsible for managing and selling merchandise across six Bloomingdales. To achieve sales quota leveraged a combination of consultive selling, inventory management, and motivation of sales reps.

Brokerage support for Commodities Exchange—Cocoa, Sugar and Coffee.