Anthony Reed

From the Road Race to the Rat Race: Essays From a Black Executive Marathoner (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Anthony Reed, MBA, MS, CPA PMP is a very unique individual with very unusual experiences as an African American executive and world history making athlete. He has over thirty years in management and executive positions where he managed multi-million dollar budgets and international project teams. He was a trailblazer for African-American information technology (IT) professionals. In many organizations, he was either the first Black IT professional, the highest ranking Black in the IT department, or the highest ranking in the entity. He served on the board of directors for several IT organizations.

At the same time, this certified distance running coach has completed over one hundred, thirty 26.2-mile marathons. He's the first Black in the world to finish marathons on all of the continents, including Antarctica. He is one of fifty people worldwide, who completed the marathon "hat trick." This consists of finishing (1) at least 100 marathons, (2) a marathon on all seven continents, and (3) a marathon in each of the fifty States. He was inducted into the 2022 National Distance Running Hall of Fame and the 2017 National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame. He served on the board of directors for various running organizations. He writes about

- Succeeding in education, business, and sports against the odds.
- The quagmire of being fired for being successful.
- Staff mutiny over the fear of a Black manager.
- Having the police standby while receiving a performance review.
- Eating breakfast with and asking questions of President Gerald Ford.
- The impact of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination on Black distance running.
- Making world history in distance running.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthony Reed
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781735551210
• Artikelnr.: 70910979

Autorenporträt

Mr. Reed is an IT business professional and CPA with over 30 years of experience, including 25 years in management and executive positions. He's appeared in the business, IT, travel, and sports sections of major newspapers, publications, and other media outlets across the country. This includes the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, PMI Today, CBS, NBC, USA Today, Runner's World, Southern Living, Ebony, Go, Runner Triathlete, and the Journal of Accountancy.

He holds two graduate degrees (management and accounting) and two undergraduate degrees (management and mathematics). He's also taught collegiate business, systems analysis, database design, accounting, and project management courses. He's also a certified Supply Chain Manager. He served on the Board of Directors for the Dallas White Rock Marathon, Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Running USA, software firms, and various local and international not-for-profit organizations.

His area of expertise has been analyzing and implementing financial (business and governmental), sales force, human resources, and manufacturing applications. He's led multi-million dollar, international projects for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies and worked for a Big 4 CPA firm in their management advisory division.

He has spoken at national and international project management, HR, accounting, IT, supply chain, and software quality assurance conferences. He has over 50 articles and five books published. The articles have appeared in ComputerWorld, Datamation, Career Focus, and Runner's World magazines. He's also been featured on radio, television, and podcast programs.

This Hall of Fame marathoner and certified distance running coach was one of about forty people in the world, who completed the marathon "hat trick." He finished (1) over one hundred marathons (2) on all seven continents and (3) each of the fifty States. He also completed fifty marathons in one State (TX). He's won age group and weight division trophies along the way. Subsequently, his journeys were chronicled in his book, Running Shoes Are Cheaper Than Insulin: Marathon Adventures On All Seven Continents.