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Robert Wallace
Strategic Business Advisor / Mentoring Partner
Email: robert@lnsconsultingfirm.com

Robert Wallace is an accomplished entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, business consultant, and internationally known keynote speaker.  He is the founder of three companies.  The first company, BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc. (www.bithgroup.com) is a successful information technology services company that specializes in energy management, IT services, management consulting, wireless engineering, biometrics, and SMS engineering. He later founded Entreteach Learning Systems, LLC (www.entreteach.com) and BITH Energy (www.bithenergy.com).  Entreteach Learning Systems, LLC provides e-learning training services for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, small businesses, and microenterprises.  BITH Energy offers clients intelligent strategies, advanced information systems, and full implementation services to reduce and minimize energy consumption.

As for his education, Mr. Wallace earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania, his Masters of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Sojourner Douglas College.  Prior to starting his own companies, he worked for such corporations as IBM, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, and Westinghouse.  Mr. Wallace has also served on transition teams for numerous governors and mayors.  He was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to chair the Maryland’s State Information Technology Board (ITB); the Governor later appointed him as a commissioner on the State’s Advanced Technology Commission (Pappas Commission) and the Minority Business Reform Commission.  He serves on numerous boards in the private-sector, some of which include the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board, the Tech Council of Maryland, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Baltimore Center Stage Playhouse.

He has authored numerous articles and books on entrepreneurship, wealth-creation strategies, intrapreneurship, and urban economic development.  His books include Black Wealth Through Black Entrepreneurship (Duncan & Duncan, 1993), Black Wealth: Your Road to Small Business Success (John Wiley & Sons, 2000), Soul Food: 52 Principles of Entrepreneurial Success (Perseus Books, 2000), Strategic Alliances: An Entrepreneur’s Guide To Joint Ventures And Alliances (Dearborn Publishers, Fall 2004), and The Ssese Principles: Guidelines For Creating Wealth Through Faith  His next book projects include The Color of a Billion and CRASH: Business Lessons From the Emerging World (AuthorHouse, Spring 2005).

Last, but in no way least, he is married to the wonderful Carolyn W. Green.  They live with their beautiful five children in Howard County, Maryland.