Norman Dowe

The BizGriot - Teaching Entrepreneurial Excellence
Male | Bowie - 20720, United States

Member since: Mar 18, 2010

Last active on: Nov 03, 2011 at 06:36 PM (EST)

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About Norman Dowe

The "griot" is the West African custodian of the community's oral history. I am the BizGriot telling the story of Black in business and showing them how to start, acquire and run businesses of excellence. I am the Chief Entrepreneurial Officer of UboraBiz, LTD an entrepreneurial education firm.

Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

Face to Face Teaching

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
21st Century Learning Strategies (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
Managing Business (Entrepreneurship)
Language of Instruction: English
Biblical Studies (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
Teaching Experience

Chief Entrepreneurial Officer

UboraBIz LTD, United States

Jan 2010 - Present

Entrepreneurship, Business Ministry

Professional Experience
Business Broker
Improvo LLC, Maryland, United States
Oct 2005 - Dec 2009


? Developed innovative strategies to increase minority construction company capacity better enabling the companies to respond to large public works opportunities
? Served as business broker helping entrepreneurs to buy or sell businesses
? Crafted an innovative rescue plan that resuscitated a failing program management project that was evaluating ?faith based? initiatives at the Department of Health and Human Services
? Created strategic plan for major police agency
? Cons

Managing Director
Acclaim Systems, Maryland, United States
Mar 2004 - Apr 2005

? Established acclaim?s Washington based federal practice
? Created and implemented organizational plan
? Negotiated Acclaim?s addition to a major government wide acquisition contract (GWAC)
? Identified firms as acquisition candidates to further Acclaim?s expansion
? Participated in Federal and private sector business development activities

Chief Information Officer
Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, District of Columbia, United States
Sep 2001 - Mar 2004

? Managed MBDA?s IT Support Contract
? Represented the Agency at the Headquarters CIO Council and the Department of Commerce CIO Council
? Served as an advocate for e-commerce to minority business enterprises
? Assured that MBDA complied with Federal IT regulations and Statues
? Added applications to MBDA?s Portal as part of a strategy to make it a preeminent application service provider for MBEs.
? Restructured the contracting approach for IT services at MBDA in a manner whi

Education

Pastoral Studies

Howard University Divinity School, District of Columbia, United States

Aug 1980 - Dec 1980

Pastoral Studies

Whole Word Theological Seminary, Virginia, United States

Aug 1979 - May 1980

BA in Mathematics

Hampton University, Virginia, United States

Jun 1968 - Aug 1972

Professional Exams & Certifications

Federal Executive Institute: Leadership for a Democratic Society

Virginia, United States

Year Of Passing: 1994

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