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Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr.
Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr. (born in Detroit Michigan), is an African American 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. He also served the 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.

Recognitions
Dr. Nixon has been recognized as a notable non-profit board member of Crain's Detroit, MI in 2021. He is also a recipient of the Hon. Thurgood Marshall Pioneer Legacy Award from USMCA, Barrington, IL in 2019. Dr. Nixon is a winner of the Mc Donald's Corporation Awards for IT innovation in education and in 2012, He received the ITSMF Dove Award for Innovation in Eduction for IT Service Management Professionals category. Dr. Nixon has been a receipient of Lightbearer Award awarded by Insitute of Positive Living- Chicago, IL in 2005. He has been a Grand Marshall for Jackie Robinson Little League Parade held in Chicago, IL in 2005. Dr. Nixon is also a proud receipient of the Black Heritage Award from Woodlawn Community Development in 2004 and Receipient of Excellence in Journalism Award from Miller Brewing in 2004. He is also the Grand Marshall for Bud Billiken Day Parade- Chicago, IK in 2004 and received a Recognition Award from Richard C. Haley Scholarship Foundation — Chicago, IL in 2004.