Navarrow Wright

Current

Social media and Internet Consultant at Maximum Leverage Solutions

Past

President and CEO at Globalgrind.com
Founder at Global Grind.com
SVP technology at Digitas Health, a Publicis Groupe company (formerly Medical Broadcasting Company)

CTO at BET Interactive
VP of technology at 360HipHop.com
Director of Technology at Raymond Karsan Associates
vp of technology at 360 hiphop
technology consultant at American Management Systems
Program developer at Midi Inc
student at Rider University

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Education

Rider University

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Navarrow Wright’s Summary

Navarrow partnered with Hip Hop Mogul, Russell Simmons and Accel Partners, the primary investors of Facebook to create a social media site catering to the hip-hop perspective, Global Grind.

Before joining Global Grind, Wright was SVP of Technology for Medical Broadcasting Company, a division of the Internet marketing firm Digitas Inc. Prior to that, he served as CTO of Viacom's BET Interactive. At BET.com he created and implemented new technologies growing the Web site 300%, making it the leading entertainment online destination for African Americans. It was during his tenure at BET that Wright realized there was a need for a platform to showcase and promote all the creative content that is available on the net, as well as promote content that is most important to them in an unique way.

With more than 13-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. He prides himself on showing youth how technology can be an enabler to help them achieve their dreams. He speaks to youth groups up and down the east coast for various organization and was recently given a commendation from the city of Newark for his work with events that have a positive impact on young people.
Navarrow Wright has appeared on Run’s house, Irv Gotti’s show Gotti’s Way and the Steve Harvey radio show. He was picked by Network Journal Magazine as 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. Wright holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rider University in Computer Science.

Navarrow Wright’s Specialties:

Social media, Executive management, product development, Change agent, Start-up creation, Venture Capitol Fundraising, Technology management

Navarrow Wright’s Experience

Social media and Internet Consultant

Maximum Leverage Solutions

(Online Media industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
President and CEO

Globalgrind.com

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 10 months)

Innovative Web 2.0 Start-up giving tools for content aggregation
Founder

Global Grind.com

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2007 — March 2009 (2 years)

Created Social media site with Russell Simmons for Urban demographic. launched publisher ad network and celebrity blogger network, Raised series A round from Jim Breyer and Accel Partners
SVP technology

Digitas Health, a Publicis Groupe company (formerly Medical Broadcasting Company)

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year)
CTO

BET Interactive

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

January 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 8 months)
VP of technology

360HipHop.com

(Online Media industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Director of Technology

Raymond Karsan Associates

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)
vp of technology

360 hiphop

(Online Media industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)
technology consultant

American Management Systems

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year)
Program developer

Midi Inc

(Online Media industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years)
student

Rider University

(Online Media industry)

1988 — 1993 (5 years)

Navarrow Wright’s Education

Rider University

BS , Computer Information Systems , September 1988 — May 1993

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Student finance board, President Minority Programming committee.

Additional Information

Navarrow Wright’s Websites:

My Company

Navarrow Wright’s Interests:

considering full- or part-time job opportunities information about new ventures or products job inquiries from qualified candidates interested in working with me or my company requests for information or expertise deal proposals for my company or organization requests to provide references for current and former co-workers messages requesting reconnection from friends and colleagues Location Projects taking place in Greater New York City Area, as well as via phone/email