Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States
With advanced degrees in Strategic Planning (MBA, Pepperdine) and Telecommunications (MS, SMU), along with a BS in Zoology from North Carolina State University, I bring a diverse professional background spanning leadership roles in technology market research, education management, and business consulting. My career includes expertise in developing workforce training programs for California Community Colleges and managing high-stakes corporate projects during my tenure at Verizon Business. As the holder of a Project Management Professional certification and experienced publisher, I have built my career on strategic planning, communication skills, and fostering innovative solutions. At Wright Consulting Associates—where our mission is to "Get to the Truth About Franchising"—we specialize in connecting individuals with franchise opportunities that align with their unique skills and lifestyle goals. By narrowing down over 3,000 franchise options across B2B, B2C, and work-at-home sectors through trusted networks like IFPG's franchise broker platform, we help candidates find sustainable paths to financial independence. Our services are tailored for those seeking work-life balance while providing franchisors access to ideal candidates who can drive their brands forward. Contact me if you'd like expert guidance on finding your perfect franchise match!
Business Consultant: Wright's focus is on the effective business model franchise. With many new B2B, B2C and work at home options business model franchisors that provide solutions for unique and growing market demand, offer best-in-class marketing support, sophisticated cloud based back-office systems, national purchasing agreements and franchisee training support that no start-up entrepreneur could hope match. They will enable many people to achieve a work-life balance and be confident in a financially independent sustainable future. Publisher: Uncompromised: The Lupe Anguiano Story, by Debbie Wright Lupe Anguiano is a fascinating Latina woman, now in her 80’s, who, as a very self-sacrificing nun, has been a silent but lifelong leader in women's rights and issues of equality. Her solution to get women off welfare and a self-respecting job is still relevant to today’s workforce challenges.
Leadership and statewide support of 112 California Community Colleges thru the ICT-Digital Media Sector team. Identifying relevant student pathways and effective skills training in the ICT sector, i.e IT/Computer Science/Cyber Security/ Digital Media/Entertainment and Business Office for both entry level and advanced jobs. Steve produced and hosted a weekly webinar, The ICT Educator Series, over 100 webinars with thousands of faculty views. Providing archived edited recordings with transcripts and related material which has established a high legacy value for the distributed decentralized CCC system. Addressing lifelong learning from middle school to midlife career education the team has identified and promoted the best practices and curriculum for student success along career pathways in several subdisciplines of the ICT Sector.: - The Business Information Worker - The IT Technician Pathway - Computer Science Best Practices for Transfer. - Cybersecurity Camps and training for High Schools Successful programs and industry academies have multiplied across the 115 campus system as a result of this multi-year effort.
Developed Digital media and marketing training for businesses. • Web Essentials for Business: Seminar and Video • Tecnificate: a ‘Spanish Language’ speaker series with Ariel Coro for students’ parents to understand technology careers for their children.
Led nationwide RFP Proposal ‘Capture Teams’ for Fortune 50 enterprise and government clients with contracts valued from $10-80M each. • Led Interdepartmental and multi entity teams • Addressed multi-disciplinary nationwide & international business opportunities • Provided complex, custom telecommunications, service and operational outsource solutions
o Optimize planned LA fiber optic deployment of $400M o Entertainment Industry technology and applications plan - nationwide o Professional Home Office telecommuting product package, w/ how-to guide, TV appearances
o Managed $600M VP Operations budget annual development - Supervised 12 Budget Analyst staff o Executive Briefings: Monthly Financial Operations Results Analysis o Acquisitions: GTE -Contel Merger Acquisition Team o Incubator: Thousand Oaks Environmental Business Cluster - Concept development, fundraising, management o Economic Development alliance: Pacific Agribusiness Alliance: - Concept development, fundraising, management