Guest Lea Strickland

Our special guest for this month is Lea A. Strickland, MBA CMA CFM CBM GMC. President/CEO of F.O.C.U.S. Resources, Lea is an internationally recognized expert with numerous appearances in national media including Entrepreneur Magazine. She is the author of Out of the Cubicle and Into Business; SBIR Basics: The Numbers; Marketing Strategies; and One Great Idea. Her expert commentary and articles have been published in Small Business Technology Magazine, Balance, Business Leader, North Carolina Journal for Women, North Carolina Career Network Magazine, Boom and Beyond, Business Advisor Online, LocalTechWire, and many other national and regional outlets. She is an on-going featured guest expert on CarolinaNewsWire.com and TriangleTechNews.com. Her articles and newsletters are read around the world. Ms. Strickland works with for profit, non-profit, and government entities on building sustainable organizations. She volunteers on civic government boards and with non-profit organizations on economic, ethics, and community development issues.