Navarrow Wright

Navarrow Wright has emerged as one of the distinctive and insightful voices in America and a premier expert on how the convergence of technology, the Internet, mass media and social media can change lives, businesses and society. A change agent in the digital space for 24 years, using his unique combination of technology acumen, business sense and understanding of how to address audiences has allowed him to create grow and new business opportunities in every position he's held. He’s focused on helping organizations develop and implement their digital strategy. Navarrow is the CTO of Reelio.com, A Digital influencer technology platform. He is the founder/president of Maximum Leverage Solutions, a consulting firm the works with startups, businesses and brands in the areas technology and product strategy. Working with clients such as Soledad O’Brien’s Starfish Media Group and Google. Wright has served as CTO of Radio One’s online division Interactive One, CTO of Black Entertainment Television and as co-founder of GlobalGrind.com with Russell Simmons. Wright raised the funds for the venture from Accel Partners, who were also the leading investors in Facebook. GlobalGrind was acquired by Radio One in Dec 2014. Wright recently launched the “Close the divide project.” (http://closethedividefor.me). Wright’s vision for the initiative is build awareness among underserved communities (minorities and women) about the opportunities that technology can provide in key areas such as education, healthcare, career growth and entrepreneurship. He currently travels the country speaking to various groups about the importance of closing the digital divide and the opportunities for economic parity available through technology entrepreneurship. But he wanted to do more, so he decided to create something that would allow him to reach as many people as possible and put a face to this issue and Close The Divide. With more than 20-years experience in the technology and media industry, Wright has established himself as someone who can conceptualize and develop advanced technology solutions for leading global organizations. Wright’s unique understanding of the Internet space and ability to marry those technical advances with consumer demand has placed him as one of the premier technology experts in Internet and media. Navarrow Wright has appeared on Run’s house, Gotti’s Way and the Steve Harvey radio show. He was picked by Network Journal Magazine as one of the their “ 40 Under forty” professionals to watch in 2009 and selected by the Innovation Generation as one of the nation’s top 100 GenerationNEXT and Information Technology leaders. He recently took part in the CNN Black in America series, which aired on November 13th 2011 and focused on blacks in technology. He was also picked By Black Enterprise Magazine for their “Next Steve Jobs list: The 10 people to watch in Technology” in 2012. He has been invited to the White house on several occasions to be involved in discussions on how policy changes can help with technology adoption and is considered an expert on the convergence of technology and media. Wright was selected to be a part of Verizon Innovator’s “Celebrate Our Stories” campaign where Verizon chooses influential African Americans to share their keys to success, celebrate their achievements and share your own tips for a better tomorrow. Wright is a sought after public speaker that has spoken at major conferences such as SXSW and has been interviewed on various media outlets such as NPR & Techcrunch, Wright also blogs for several publications including the HuffingtonPost and is a Linkedin Influencer. You can follow him on his blog navarrowwright.com and on twitter @navarrowwright.