💼Entrepreneur 🏆22x Award-Winning Podcaster ✒️Writer ❤️Philanthropist 🪖Army Veteran 📱Gamer Speaker at SXSW (March 2023) Will be speaking again at SXSW on March 13th 2024. Member of the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (Currently judging the 29th Annual Communicator Awards) Current Podcasts Black Is America: All of Season 1 & 2 Now Available!! Season 3 debuts Feb. 1 BlackIsAmericaPodcast.com Recovery Replay: All of Season 1 & 2 episodes now available. RecoveryReplay.com ✅Beyond Theory: Seasons 1-5 available. ✅The Startup Life: Over 300 episodes available now. I’m a native Memphian that is dedicated to empowering people in an effort to move society forward. Co-founded an educational consulting firm, OWLS, LLC, with my wife Kenda Lawson. At Owls, we create curriculum and provide professional development to schools, school districts, non-profits, and corporations. Since 2016, I have been the creator & host of The Startup Life Podcast giving our audience the edge it needs in building their businesses and climbing the corporate ladder. I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Marc Randolph (Co-Founder & First CEO of Netflix), Tom Golisano (Founder & Chairman of Paychex) and others. I joined the Meadows Behavioral Healthcare family in 2021 as a podcast producer, editor, and host. Responsible for cultivating a diverse slate of guests ranging from mental health experts to addiction recovery professionals and beyond, he enjoys the challenge of meeting the audience's expectations. I host the long running series Beyond Theory podcast that brings you in-depth conversations with firsthand insights from the people on the front lines of mental health and addiction recovery. On April 26th, we are launching the Recovery Replay podcast journaling a person story of recovery. On February 1st, 2022, I launched the Black Is America podcast highlighting little known African American figures and other stories. Needless to say, I’m about that podcast life. 🏆YMCA Adult Achievers Award 🏆Entrepreneurship Masterclass Mempitch Competition Winner 🏆Linda Faye Crowder Community Service Award 🏆Authentic Leader Award 🏆Memphis Grizzlies Foundation Mentor Of The Year 🏆You Can Sit With Us Award blackisamericapodcast.com thestartuplifepodcast.com beyondtheorypodcast.com