“To compete in the 21st century, you must be able to leverage technology and data to foster greater insights about diverse people”
Dr. Randal Pinkett, CEO BCT Partners
Dr. Randal Pinkett, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, uses Precision Analytics to level the playing field for equity.
While I am familiar with the use of analytics to build website traffic, evaluate social media, and determine the return on investment for diversity, inclusion and other initiatives, there was a broader use of analytics that I’ve come to understand and appreciate through my colleague and friend Dr. Randal Pinkett. His company has the analytical ability to answer the questions that lead to the actual transformation of lives, to social change, and to equity.
BCT Partners is a highly regarded and sought after multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm headquartered in Newark, NJ. Their mission is to provide insights about diverse people that lead to equity. The company has developed solutions for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) US Department of Labor, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation among others. In September 2019, the Rockefeller Foundation awarded grants to fuel plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis. LISC and BCT Partners were named National Partners. The initiative will help cities build a pipeline of projects and small business investments that move beyond the early stages of planning and attract private investment in economically-distressed areas.
Because of BCT Partners leadership, consulting services, analytical abilities, and corporate culture, BCT Partners is on the Black Enterprise’s BE 100 list of the nation’s largest African American-owned businesses and most recently was named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms.
Watch this video of Dr. Randal Pinkett as he talks about the lessons he’s learned from Technology. One lesson, primed for the times for all of us is this:
“Everyone of us can move from being a technology consumer to being a technology producer…Find the harmony in disconnected disciplines and bring them back into the harmony for which they were always destined.”
Dr. Randal Pinkett is a thought leader who holds five academic degrees including a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MBA, and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Most notably, he was the first and only African-American to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Rutgers University.
He is the author of Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business and No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash and, Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness. Dr. Pinkett has launched the “Campaign to Redefine the Game” which represents a call to action for Americans to level the playing field in the 21st-century workplace. For more information about BCT Partners visit https://www.bctpartners.com/
Dr. Joel P. Martin is the president of Triad West Inc. Dr. Martin is a thought leader in transformational leadership thinking to change lives and businesses for the better. She is the author of How To Be A Positively Powerful Person. She has a Bachelor of Education in Visual Communications, a Master of Psychology, a Ph.D. of Communications, and is a Wharton Fellow of Wharton Business School. Her commitment has taken her to clients in China, Malaysia, Russia, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, Latvia, France, and across the US.
Her company is a 20-year-old Arizona based coaching, consulting and training company that specializes in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, alignment, and team building. To learn about our Diversity and Inclusion approach, engagements and programs please visit https://www.positivelypowerful.com/Insights/di/
Dr. Joel P. Martin is also the Founder of Triad West Positively Powerful Programs. The April 17, 2020, Positively Powerful Conference featuring the Education Summit and Woman Awards Program with Dr. Randal Pinkett and other esteemed speakers was postponed because of COVID-19. The new date planned for the Positively Powerful Conference: Education Summit and Woman Awards is Friday, October 16, 2020. The event will be held at the Arizona State University 365 Community Union, a collaborative partner for the event.