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Joy Randels is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive with a remarkable track record of success. With over 15,000 LinkedIn connections, Joy's expertise in launching and building high-growth businesses is unparalleled. Through her ventures, Joy has successfully exited 10 businesses and currently operates two. She has raised over $387 million in venture capital and led 17 acquisitions and 2 IPOs.
Joy is not just a successful entrepreneur, but also a passionate advocate for diversity and equality in the tech industry. She coaches female founders and funders, as well as underserved founders in tech. Joy is a published author, keynote speaker, and thought leader on topics such as female and minority leadership, diversity, entrepreneurship, and cybersecurity. She frequently speaks at industry conferences and is often quoted in publications like SC Magazine, Wired, and Information Week.
With her extensive experience as a technology executive and her expertise in all aspects of business, from startups to Fortune 50 companies, Joy is a trusted advisor to clients ranging from SMBs to the Global 5000. Her specialties include cybersecurity, global marketing and sales, business development, and talent management.
Joy is the Founder and CEO of The Prowess Group, a business consulting and services company focused on helping founders succeed. She is also the Chairperson of the Board at New Market Partners and a member of the Board of Directors and Committee Chair at the Private Directors Association®. In addition, she serves as a Board Member at the International Women's Forum and MetroTech.
Joy's educational background includes studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Her entrepreneurial spirit, strategic partnerships, and extensive knowledge make her an invaluable asset to any organization she is involved with.
More about this expert
- Full name
- Joy Randels
- Location
- Greater Tampa Bay Area
- Title
- Founder & CEO
- Company
- The Prowess Group (since 2018)
- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- LinkedIn profile
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyrandels/
- LinkedIn Connections
- 15786
- Summary
- Serial entrepreneur and technology executive with a passion for launching and building high-growth businesses. Launched ventures, successfully exiting 10 and currently operating 2. Raised $387M+ in venture capital, led 17 acquisitions of venture-backed and public companies and 2 IPOs. Through New Market Partners and The Prowees Group, we have helped launch 50+ companies and coached over 1000 founders, helping them raise $1.9B in capital to grow and scale their companies resulting in 96 successful exits. I'm an advocate for diversity and equality in tech. I coach female founders and funders as well as underserved founders in tech. Published author, keynote speaker on female and minority leadership, diversity, entrepreneurship, and cybersecurity. A thought leader and cybersecurity evangelist, frequent industry speaker including RSA, BlackHat, and SANS among others, frequently quoted in SC Magazine, Wired, Red Herring, CSO, Information Week and other publications. Technology executive with Fortune 50 and entrepreneurial expertise covering all aspects of business and serving in multiple CXO roles focused on the enterprise with clients from SMB to the Global 5000. Technical: Auditing, Assessment, Incident Response, Risk Management, Security Architecture. A member of the founding OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee (PTSC) formed to define an XML-based framework resulting in the unified standard of SAML. Business & Corporate Development: Adept at re-engineering processes, creating and driving strategy, developing innovative methodologies to bring products to market. Recruiting and motivating teams to exceed goals. Skilled negotiator, strong leader, effective presenter with proven success influencing and selling concepts to executive teams internally and in client organizations. Specialties: - Startups & Entrepreneurship - Business Value Building from Startup to Scale to Exit - International Business Expansion - Venture Capital, Finance, Private Equity, Crowdfunding - Enterprise Software, Cloud, Content Delivery Networks, Distributed & Hybrid Networks - Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, IAM, SDLC, Resilient Security Architecture, Physical Security - Blockchain, Hashgraph, Data Science - Incident Response including Crisis Management and Publicity - Go to Market Strategy, Product & Services Development and Launches - Global Marketing & Sales, Reseller Channels, Business Development - Mobile, Wireless, Networking, Video, AR\/VR - Resoruce Manaement, Recruitment and Talent Management in High Growth Environments
- Skills
- Entrepreneurship Strategic Partnerships
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Positions
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The Prowess Group
Greater Tampa Bay Area
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Founder & CEO
Dec 2018 - Present
The Prowess Group was formed with a single purpose in mind, to help founders succeed. That mission drives everything we do. It’s an honor to guide our clients’ paths towards Limitless Leadership and enhanced resThe Prowess Group was formed with a single purpose in mind, to help founders succeed. That mission drives everything we do. It’s an honor to guide our clients’ paths towards Limitless Leadership and enhanced resiliency. The transition from Founder to CEO or other C suite roles is neither simple nor easy. We help entrepreneurs build real value in their businesses. Our unique approach turns founders into great leaders by giving them the knowledge, skills, and tools to scale, fund, and exit their businesses on their terms.
We leverage the knowledge gained through raising $500M in capital, two IPO's and over 30 successful exits of our own businesses combined with proven business methodologies to help our clients achieve the same or great levels of success.
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New Market Partners, Inc.
Bradenton, FL
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Chairperson of the Board
Jan 2004 - Present
New Market Partners is a venture capital fund that partners with the companies in our portfolio. Our focus is on assisting emerging technology companies in becoming established market leaders.
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Private Directors Association®
Greater Tampa Bay Area
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Member Board of Directors, Committee Chair
Jun 2020 - Present
The Private Directors Association® mission is creating value through board excellence bysustaining and enhancing Private Company value through the active use of Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. We advocate for excellent practices in board formation and governance. We provide a national network where executives and professionals interested in board service can find and meet with those interested in securing exceptional board members. The PDA Tampa Bay Chapter is fast growing now with 130+ members.
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International Women's Forum
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Board Member
Jun 2018 - Present
The International Women’s Forum (IWF) is an invitation-only network of the most accomplished women in the world. We connect women leaders across every professional sector in support of each other and the common mission of advancing women’s leadership and championing equality worldwide. Established in New York City in 1974, today IWF is comprised of over 7,500 preeminent women leaders in 33 countries and 74 local Forums. IWF is the only organization of this scale that builds significant relationships between C-level women across countries and careers. Our members are inventors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, heads of state, academics, scientists, astronauts, Olympic athletes, artists, filmmakers, financiers, philanthropists and more.
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MetroTech
Greater Atlanta Area
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Member Board Of Directors
Jan 2018 - Present
MetroTech has developed a solution that combines the power of a myriad of traffic data points and publishes it to the world. MetroTech Digital Streets Fusion Center aggregates the data from all sensors on the roadway, such as magnetic loops, wireless vehicle detection, camera data, Bluetooth readings and other traffic data and turns it into actionable information.