Harvey Smith Sr - Founder/CEO
In 1968, Harvey earned a BS degree from the Penn State University with a major in
accounting. In 1973, Harvey earned a MBA degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Harvey started his professional career in 1968 when he became employed as a staff accountant by Price Waterhouse, one of the largest certified public accounting firms in the world.
Harvey also worked for thirteen years as a Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Executive Officer for community based organizations in two African communities in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Harvey is a pioneer in providing business development services to minority owned businesses.
He served as a business manager of a large school district for twenty years.
During the 1990s, Harvey started a consulting firm providing financial advisory services to several professional football players. In 1999, he founded Monroeville Area Activity Center a community based non-profit organization that provided tutorial and recreational services to over one thousand disadvantaged youth throughout the Pittsburgh area.
At the present time, Harvey is an adjunct college professor for Grand Canyon University
teaching undergraduate and graduate business courses online to adults throughout the United States and throughout the world.
During 2014, Harvey published the book, The Second American Revolution. During 2015, he published his second book A Dreamed Fulfilled Against All Odds: A Memoir. He has also written an article titled "Women's Equity/Choices-Leadership Issues." He has given presentations to African American students at Penn State University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania and to Latino American students at Grand Canyon University. 2
In 2015, Harvey along with other members of his family founded Innovative Business
Products & Services, LLC. The firm provides services in the areas of diversity, inclusion, sensitivity, and unconscious bias training
Alisa Gentry - President
B.S. Psychology; M.B.A. Degree- University of Pittsburgh. Subaru of America- Zone Training Manager.
Allyson Smith - VP of Training
B.S. Industrial Engineering- Purdue University. Current Administrator. Past Supervisor- Cincinnati Bell. Teacher, Counsellor.