Beyond Dr. Taylor’s professional capacity to integrate theory with practice as a professor, provide timely and provocative insight as an analyst, solve real-world problems for entrepreneurs and their customers, and the value that he places on integrating standards into businesses to increase efficiencies, Dr. Taylor enjoys inspiring, empowering and serving others.
He’s found that when you help others identify their passion, and provide them with the resources and tools to solve their own problems, something happens, irreducible to typed copy.
Dr. Taylor, along with his brother, was raised in Oakland, CA by Warren and Beatriz Taylor. Looking at the various stages of his life, he has been driven by the following pursuits: Baseball (e.g. played on two youth World Series Championship teams from Oakland that went to the White House twice, drafted by the Houston Astros out of high school, earned full-ride Division I scholarship), Africana Studies (e.g. founded and chartered fraternity in undergrad, learned hieroglyphics, earned a Ph.D. in African Studies, founded a research and education Lodge), Martial Arts (e.g. studied Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo), Academia (e.g. taught online and face to face for 10 years), Entrepreneurship (e.g. started own firm Human Security Partners, LLC and has helped launch other ventures), and Friends and Family (e.g. continuously engage and replenish).
