Carla Franklin-Richards

About Carla Franklin-Richards

Carla Franklin is a technology and business strategy expert with 19+ years of experience honed at top management consulting firms and her own advisory company, Carlin Solutions. She provides project management and strategic advisory services in the areas of marketing, operations, digital innovation, data science/AI and mobile application development for leading corporations and public sector agencies. Carla is also a technology influencer who blogs and speaks frequently on gender and cultural trends in social media and technology. Her topics of focus include women in technology, online safety, and bridging the diversity divide in technology. In the past, she served as a guest technology commentator on the Arise TV network and was selected to speak in 2014 at the SXSW Interactive conference on the topics of Technology and Women\'s Empowerment. In 2012, she was featured as one of Newsweek / The Daily Beast\'s Women in the World. Also, Carla was one of 50 women featured on More Magazine\'s 2011 \"Fierce List\" for her fight against cybercrimes in New York State. Her work against online, gender based harassment has been covered by The Daily Beast, Forbes.com, Time.com, NPR, Hot97 FM (New York City), AOL\'s \"You\'ve Got\" series, HuffPost Live and the CBS Morning show.In her spare time, Carla is an active volunteer and public speaker. She currently sits on the board of the Daycare Council of New York and the Rutgers University Center for Innovation Education, Big Data Advisory Board. Carla received her B.S. from Duke University, and an MBA from Columbia University School of business.

Experience

1. Founder and President

   Carlin Solutions

   Jan 2011 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Carlin Solutions is a certified Women-owned and Minority-owned Business Enterprise (WBE and MBE) committed to providing our clients, both domestic and abroad, with strategy, project management, business development and technology solutions. We work with a network of top-tier independent consultants with business and operational strategy experience. Our consultants create innovative strategies and manages critical E2E corporate projects/programs with efficiently defined requirements and scope for matrixed organizations with various stakeholders. We are full versed in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and can provide superior product strategy and development oversight. With a network of over 100+ independent consultants, we can staff a team to meet a wide range of client needs.Clients include (but are not limited to)- The MTA of NY - The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey - Maimonides Medical Center - NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)- Weight Watchers, Intl - Pfizer Pharmaceuticals - New York State Senate

Education

• Columbia Business School

  MBA, Finance and International Business

• Duke University

  B.S

Skills

• Analytics
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Project Planning
• Marketing Strategy
• Sun Certified Java Programmer
• Google Analytics
• Web Analytics
• New Media
• Start-Ups
• Social Media Marketing
• Social Networking
• Strategic Partnerships
• Full Sdlc
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Freelance
• Operational Excellence
• Market Analysis
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Entrepreneurship
• New Business Development
• Web 2.0
• Strategic Consulting
• Html
• Management Consulting
• Contract Management
• Sdlc
• Social Media
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Business Intelligence
• Requirements Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Business Development
• Digital Strategy
• Software Project Management
• Analysis
• Html + Css
• Digital Media