Brigham Young University: The Ultimate Entrepreneur

Provo, Utah – Brigham Young University invited Sonia Clayton to deliver “The Ultimate Entrepreneur,” a motivational introduction to entrepreneurialism. This Lecture was delivered today, at the Marriott School of Management and the audience was divided in two separate sessions, with over 250 attendees. The audience included under graduate students and school leadership who were highly interested in hearing about Sonia’s success story. The lecture went over the struggles that entrepreneurs go through and the methods to overcome such challenges. After the presentation there was lunch gathering headed by the Marriott School of Management leadership. Among them, Mr. Brad Morgan, with American Express; Ms. Lauren Faber and Mr. Remington Steel, Co-presidents of the Association for Information Systems at BYU, Dr. Mark Keith, Professor of Information Systems; Dr. Bonnie Anderson, Department Chair and Professor of Information Systems; Dr. Steve Glover, Associate Dean and Dr. Mike Roberts, Assistant Dean of the Marriott School of Business; Professor Reid Grawe, Director of the Business Career Center (Information Systems). Also, attending this event was Mr. Cheryl McBeth, Assistant to the Dean.

About Sonia Clayton

Sonia Velasco Clayton was born in Colombia during the violence of the Narco-Guerilla period. While still in her youth, she moved to Venezuela with her family seeking refuge from the turmoil of her native soil. She arrived in the USA in 1984, with $50 in her pocket and she didn’t speak English. Sonia founded Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC (www.vip-global.com), just 2 weeks after 9/11, in 2001, and remains as its CEO to this day. VIP-Global is an IT consulting firm specializing in ERP Systems, Organizational Change Management and Training. Her company was created against all odds, a time of economic recession within the energy sector and in a traditionally white-male dominated industry.

While being recognized for her accomplishments she is said to be, “The Oracle of The Hispanic Business Women in America,” as quoted by U.S. congressmen and senators, from both sides of the aisle, for achieving the American Dream. She has won 28 awards of excellence including White House and State recognitions. Sonia is a member of the Texas Judicial Council and several university boards in the USA and abroad. She is also Harvard Business School Certified Negotiator and is a graduate of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Program.

About VIP-Global

Houston-based, VIRTUAL INTELLIGENCE PROVIDERS, LLC (www.vip-global.com) is an Award Winner corporation that provides Customized IT Solutions and Tools, Project Management, Training and eLearning, Application Development, Staff Augmentation Resources, Data Analytics, Big Data Solutions, Technical Documentation and Organizational Change Management Services.

VIP-Global delivers solutions in 5 continents and in 26 different languages. VIP-Global is a Certified Minority Woman-Owned (MBE/WBE), and a HUB / DIR certified business in the State of Texas. VIP-Global is a FAST 100 and a FAST 50 Corporation that based its business model on quality, performance improvement and atomization. Our mission is to Educate, Empower, Change and Improve our customers performance.

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