Biography

Glen Laman is a graduate of the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in the USA with a doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). He is also a certified Project Manager (PMP) and has an extensive career in corporate America as an Information Technology and Business Project Manager. He has worked for major corporations such as the Coca-Cola Company, JC Penney and AT&T.

His early exposure to entrepreneurship came when his father operated a small restaurant in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston. His brothers had a produce store and a business that sold equipment and spices to the island’s bakeries and he recalls that they would drive around the island attempting to collect on overdue invoices.

After high school, he migrated to the USA where after college he embarked on a career in Information Technology working for several Fortune 100 companies as a programmer and project manager.  But the pull of entrepreneurship was strong and he eventually started a restaurant and an import business.

Forty years after obtaining his undergraduate degree, he earned a doctorate in business administration from the University of Management and Technology.  He wrote the book, Jamaican Entrepreneurship: A review of the characteristics, traits and ideas of some of the island’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, the research for which was used in his dissertation. It is the first study of its kind to conduct an analysis of the characteristics of Jamaican entrepreneurs.

Dr. Laman has won several awards for community service and is active in the Jamaican Diaspora in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contact: glen@glenlaman.com
Website: www.glenlaman.com