ABOUT US

Businessman by day, dog-sitter, cook by evening, movie-buff by night, dreamer by midnight

Krishna Vemuri lived through most phases of LifeCycle of Life (LCL), being infant to adult, parent of two wonderful kids in the college, being a dog-parent, living in shared accommodations to owning a luxury home where he felt short of the services required in every stage.

Krishna has a Master’s Degree in Automation from IISc (the #1 ranked Graduate school), Bangalore, India. He has 30+ years’ experience in technology and management. He has experience of IPOs, Mergers acquisitions, and has turned around a company from Ch-11 to profitable. Krishna’s family of five consists of his wife, who is a practicing Homeopathic Doctor, two wonderful college-going children, and an adorable two-year-old Siberian Husky.

Serial entrepreneur, mother of two, creative thinker, community dweller, eccentric traveler

Jyoti Vazirani  has a Master’s Degree in Technology in Bio-Engineering from IIT, Mumbai. She is an entrepreneur and the CEO of the group of companies. She has built two companies from scratch. Jyoti is passionate about travelling around the world. She loves to find new ways to accomplish her goals. She believes that the community has contributed to her success and knows that once a goal is set, anything is possible. Her two kids are college graduates, and her husband works as a CMO in a multinational.

Word finder, sunset watcher, kitchen detective, balcony view blocker  

Planner and implementer with keen eye for maximizing consumer comfort. Dev has over 5 years of experience in interactive blogging, content marketing, search engine optimization, social media management and visual storytelling.    

Batman in disguise, new code finder, aspiring scuba diver, trained Lamborghini lover

Beach coder, sunglass swapper, topography tripper, hardened seashell collector

Hard coding fanatic, collage reformist, cycling hobbyist, butterfly chaser

Creative thinker, Unassuming notes taker, Amiable Singer,  Considerate pie

Loophole digger, gaming maniac, cafe mapper, self-appointed soccer club manager 

Terrence Clark serves as the President and CEO of the New York New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council. At the Council, Terrence provides operational oversight and carries out full management and operational responsibilities for the Council staff including personnel, administration, work delegation and performance evaluations. He also provides supervision and direction related to the Council program areas and activities in the Council’s market areas which are the State of New York and New Jersey up to the Trenton area.

Prior to this position, he served as the Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Business Development for the National Urban League, where he was responsible for the management of all of the small business and entrepreneurship programs. Terrence also served as the Senior Vice President, Knowledge Sharing for Opportunity Finance Network, where he was responsible for the management consulting, training and annual conference lines of business for community development financial institutions nationwide.

Over the course of his career, he has served in a variety of leadership positions for community and economic development organizations over the past twenty five years. He served as the Executive Director of the 47^th Street Business Improvement District for nine years assisting the 2,600 business owners in New York’s Diamond District in improving economic conditions in the district and marketing its services to a wider client base. He also served as the Executive Director of the Manhattan Minority Business Development Center, Bronx Small Business Development Center and the Pace University Minority and Women Business Development Center, where he managed and provided management consulting and business training services to small, minority and women business owners.

Terrence began his career with the United States Small Business Administration, where he served as the Assistant District Director for Management Assistance managing and providing management consulting and training services to SBA clients in the downstate 14 counties of New York. He is a graduate of Hunter College of the City University of New York, with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He sits on the boards of the following organizations: TruFund Financial Services, Stonehenge Community Development Corporation, United Fund Advisors (NCF), and the Supplier Diversity Development Council of New Jersey