In this week's episode, we are joined by serial entrepreneur and Tyler Innovation Pipeline board member, Glenn Lovelace!

Glenn Lovelace is a semi-retired serial CEO and entrepreneur with a wealth of executive experience in telecom, energy, data-com, networking, services, clean energy, and high tech industries. With a Harvard MBA and over twenty years of CEO experience, Glenn has led start-ups, mid-size companies, and Fortune 50 firms. His expertise spans general management, product management, business development, sales, marketing, strategic planning, and IT/IS.

Glenn has a strong board background, having served on for-profit, startup, mature small business, not-for-profit, and charitable boards. As CEO of a 100+ employee telco and ISP, he managed diverse services and led a successful turnaround, re-establishing the company as a market leader. Glenn was also instrumental in founding a State Fiber Network, serving as its original Chairman.

Throughout his career, Glenn has demonstrated a talent for developing and motivating employees to achieve ambitious goals. He has a track record of innovation, having designed digital telephones that generated over $5 billion in sales and co-invented call waiting on caller ID. Glenn has raised $250 million in debt, grant, and equity, and has been recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.

As an advisor, director, and chairman of numerous companies, Glenn has contributed his strategic acumen and business development skills. He is a skilled speaker, having presented to the National Governors Association on CSPAN, and a contributing author on economic and environmental topics. Glenn's specialties include strategic planning, business building, product development, raising capital, and business plan development.

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