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Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr. (kleh·ruhns | nik·sn, born in Detroit Michigan), is a distinguished business executive, author, and educator. He is the founder and President of t.Lab Global, Managing Director of CNC Group, LLC, and Co-Chairman of Acquire One, LLC; President and CEO of Real Times, Inc., and Chief Information Officer and Process Improvement Executive for Ball Park Brands; Chief Information Officer of Worldwide Automotive Division of ALCOA; and the Director of Strategic Leadership at American Cyanamid Company.

Dr. Nixon is an active Advisory Board Member and Board of Director for Advocate Aurora Health, Advocate Health Care, George Washington University, DigiGrated, Ryan Banks Academy, Edsoma, Ponce Bank, GyftHint, Woodland Community Development Corporation, and a former Advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank (Chicago); an adjunct professor at Central Michigan University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Windsor and Colorado Technical University, and served as a Dean of the Joseph Business School Detroit (or JBS). He also served as Chairperson for Middle Tennessee State University’s Scholars Academy, and a lifelong member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Dr. Nixon was born to an African American Mother and Father and raised in Detroit Michigan. In 1976, he started his career as a mail and preparation clerk at General Motors Corporation which opened new opportunities for him in the Information Technology field. Only a few years later, he accelerated his career from serving as a mail and preparation clerk to a Senior Computer Operator to assuming project leadership roles, directing strategic and tactical information technology management systems, where he spent 19 years developing business acumen within the automotive industry including Ford, General Motors and Chrysler Corporation. In 1994, Dr. Nixon was appointed to several business executive roles as Director of Strategic Leadership at American Cyanamid Company, Chief Information Officer at Aluminum Company of America in 1995, Chief Information Officer at Ball Park Brands in 1997, and as the Managing Partner of CNC Group, LLC, in 1999 until present.

Alongside Dr. Nixon’s corporate professional career, he is also an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at several Universities including the University of Detroit Mercy in 1991, Central Michigan University in 1992, the University of Windsor in 2012, and Colorado Technical University from 2017 until present.

After assuming leadership of America’s oldest and largest collection of only African American daily newspaper, the Chicago Defender, as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Real Times, Inc., Dr. Nixon was deeply immersed in the critical issues of the African American community, hence focused further on addressing its needs. His strong involvement in the African American community led to a greater vision that in 2007, he founded t.Lab, a not-for-profit organization that provides an accelerated learning center for students in grades K-12.

Dr. Nixon is the author of several books including The Leadership of Hope(2018), The Crises of Competence (2022) and From CIO to CEO (2023).

Early Life and Education


Dr. Nixon spent the majority of his education in Detroit from kindergarten to high school. In one of the schools he attended, he was part of a baseball team as a pitcher alongside Bill Daniels, Hilton Napoleon, and Greg Carter. He then went to Upper Iowa University to get his bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1983 while working full-time with General Motors Corp. He proceeded to get the  Masters degree in Logistics Management in 1985 at Central Michigan University and his PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies in Wayne State University in 1990.

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