SAFARI MISSION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO Roots Java and Freemount Corp
Audiences around the world sit on the edge of their seats and rise in thunderous applause as Taulbert, noted author and businessman, transports them to his childhood, engaging them in the stories that are timeless and universal - ordinary people becoming extraordinary leaders in life.
According to Clifton L. Taulbert, noted author and entrepreneur businessman, he could have failed had he not encountered community builders and entrepreneurial thinkers early on in his life. Taulbert was born on the Mississippi Delta during the era of legal segregation where he completed his secondary education. Though opportunities were few and barriers were plentiful, Taulbert managed to dream of being successful, not knowing the shape that success would take. Today Taulbert is the President and CEO of the Freemount Corporation (a human capital development company) serving clients nationally and internationally-Fortune 500 Companies, small businesses, federal agencies, professional organizations, community colleges and K-12 leadership. Additionally, entrepreneur Taulbert is the President and CEO of Roots Java Coffee-an African-American owned national coffee brand, importing coffee from Africa. To pass his life lessons along, Taulbert shares his entrepreneurial journey with others as a Thrive15.com mentor.
Dr. David Dyson has engaged for 40 years in Higher Education with Faculty, Staff and Administrative capacities at Oral Roberts University including nine years as the Dean of the School of Business. He has global experience on several continents and received the International Teaching Excellence Award given by ACBSP in 2018. He has been recognized by Marquis Who's Who in America with Lifetime Achievement designation. He is currently on the Board of Commissioners for ACBSP, an international accreditor of Business Programs who represents over 13,000 members in more than 60 countries. He has been engaged in global Christian ministry with First United Methodist Church of Tulsa and has been a Director at Voice of the Martyrs the last 12 years.
David was in Rotary for many years and is a former Sunriser. He and all members of his immediate family are Paul Harris Fellows.
David is married to Linda Dyson and they recently celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary. They have two Children and five grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Technology and Innovation Oral Roberts University
Dr. Mathews has received numerous prestigeous awards for leading Oral Roberts University forward in several technology areas. He received Ellucian's 2018 EllumiNation Technology Award, which recognizes higher education visionaries that are driving change with campus technology. Dr. Mathews was named one of The Center for Digital Education's 2017 top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers, while Constellation Research, Inc. named him to its Business Transformation 150, a list of elite executives leading business transformation efforts around the globe.
Dr. Mathews is an innovator in global and remote learning, author of multiple books, a radio host and a visionary speaker.
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Data Scientist at Oral Roberts University
- Data Scientist Oral Roberts University
Augustine Mpemba is a Data Scientist at Oral Roberts University. He leverages business analytics, AI, and Machine Learning to advance the Universities Wholeperson vision worldwide.
Augustine is a leader, futurist, and visionary thinker with a passion for Technology and Business. Coming from Tanzania, East Africa, Augustine is adamant to turns ideas into reality by leveraging opportunity, business, and technical skills to create innovative solutions that directly impact people's lives.
Job Titles:
- Founder and President of Global Business Success Foundation
Gary Shotton was raised on a successful farm and ranch in Colorado, graduated of from the Colorado School of Mines and worked 9 years in the corporate world as a mining engineer and minerals processing engineer.
In 1982, Gary moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for 2 years of Bible School and started a moving and storage company in Tulsa Oklahoma. In partnership with his wife, Cindy, this business was successfully sold in 2001 after 17 years of ownership and they then expanded there real estate investments.
Gary is the founder and president of Global Business Success Foundation and is focused on creating an operating system called "Business Mission Trips", which assists churches and ministries to mobilize their business and professional people to share their business knowledge in a foreign land for the cause of Christ.