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Roger E Madison Jr
Founder and CEO, iZania LLC Location: Gahanna, OH United States Joined: Feb 2nd, 2005 |
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Roger Madison’s business career spanned 35 years experience in Information Systems Sales and Executive Leadership, with IBM. The most rewarding assignment of his career was Director of Government Sales in South Africa, following the end of the South African Apartheid Government from 1995 to 1998. He retired in August, 2001.
Mr. Madison has always been involved in community leadership activities. He has served as an Elder for Genessee Avenue Church of Christ, as Board Chairman and Interim President of the Columbus Urban League, as United Way Area Director for Small Business Development, a member of the Gahanna-Jefferson Schools Business Advisory Committee, member of the Gahanna Community Improvement Corporation (CIC), and was a founding member of the Convention and Visitors Bureau in Gahanna, Ohio. He serves as a member of the African American Advisory Council to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio, and he is a volunteer mentor at with Columbus City Schools’ Project Mentor. He also is a volunteer instructor for Junior Achievement of Central Ohio, focusing on entrepreneurship programs for high school students. While living in South Africa, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and established the South Africa Outreach Program, Inc. to provide assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. Currently, Mr. Madison is working as founder and CEO of iZania, LLC (www.iZania.com), an Internet Networking Community for African American businesses. This growing online community hosts networking activities for 9000 members, including a Black-owned business directory of 2700 entrepreneurs. The key focus of this community is economic empowerment for Black entrepreneurs, professionals and consumers. Mr. Madison is a native of Farmville, Virginia. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the George Washington University School of Business and Government Studies. He and his wife, Joyce, live in Gahanna, Ohio. They have two adult children, and two grandchildren. Mr. Madison can be reached at rmadison@izania.com.
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I currently work with iZania LLC
as Founder and CEO I have 35 years of experience working in the Internet/E-Commerce industry. |
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Honestly I'm scratching my head about the dialogue regards your blog re Matthews... The reason being is that I still don't see the big deal about what the guy (Matthews) said. I also wish we could all forget what color/race/ethnicity President Obama is. How is what this guy said any different than what I hear said for instance when people of color comment on a non person of color's dance moves? Hey for a moment there I forgot he wasn't Black? Can all Black people dance? Absolutely not... What about... that girl can blow meaning sing soulfully... Can all Black people sing soulfully? Absolutely not... How about the comment I read on another blog here about who would pay to see an All White Basketball team as if all White men really can't Jump (the person stated he wasn't serious about it but was a rhetorical question) but you get what I mean I hope... We, (African Americans) as a people are seen as being overly pampered in this country and to some extent I can see the reason people feel this way about us. There are people who have absolutely nothing who come here and make lives better than we who are natural born citizens of the land. Why is that? We have a lot of more growing up to do. Tagged by Jen Fad on 01/29/2010 |
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Dear Roger:
Thank you for accepting my friendship on this site. Here is a little handshake and a wave! I am sure I can learn quite a lot from your blogs and posts!
PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE!!!
Rich Tagged by Richard Kigel on 01/29/2010 |
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Dear Roger:
Thank you for your mature, intelligent, respectful dialogue. I enjoyed the conversation and I learned a lot from it. Your profile shows that you are a serious independent thinker who is deeply concerned about what is going on in this country—and I am as well.
If you check out my profile you will see that I have a lifelong interest and commitment to black history. On this site, I have created black history blogs on Phillis Wheatley and now on Harriet Jacobs. I hope you have a chance to check them out because I would love to hear your opinion!
As soon as I finish typing this I will send you a friend request. That will help me follow your comments and blog posts. I will truly be honored if you accept!
Thanks again!
PEACE AND BLESSINGS,
Rich
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Hello Roger,
I am glad to know that you visited South Africa and lived there for awhile. I spent two and one half months there recently and was inspired by the experience. I learned quite a bot there and finished up a book I was writing while there. I wanted to understand the mindset of the apartheid establishment and was seeking for a way to forgive such a monstrosity perpetrated on other humans. I was finally able to rationalize so I could forgive those who practiced it. There in South Africa I was able to reconnect with myself from the perspective of seeing so many people like me on television soap operas, movies, as political and economic commentators, etc. There was the bad side too but every place have a bad side.
www.albertjamesonline.com www.albertjamesonline.ca Tagged by Albert James on 10/29/2009 |
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Hi Roger, as one who value your out look and vision on our Black community, I look forwards to your comment on my ONLY IN AMERICA II & III on the BIA site.
.This is my attempt to give our young people a first hand, first person over view of the 60s and its relations to our efforts for Equality in America.... Tagged by ROBINSON IRMA on 05/29/2009 |
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..."A successful path can only be forged with the determination that the future of Black children is as important, to our survival, as the air we breathe"... Excellent Brother Roger & thanks again for the blog post regards education and black children!
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Hi, Roger and thank you very much for being like a fail safe for me(smile)You get through to so many people as you are so well at saying things that we are glad to listen to in the first place. I always look forward to to post and your comments on any post. Tagged by ROBINSON IRMA on 01/11/2009 |
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Hello hope all is well with u.
Have a great weekends Tagged by Rashida Issah on 10/17/2008 |
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Thank you for your very thoughtful comments.-Dorrance Kennedy Tagged by Dorrance Kennedy on 10/06/2008 |
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Hope all is well - look forward to talking in the future. I also joined iZania. Tagged by Dr. J. Elisha Burke on 09/13/2008 |
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