Project Common Bond - A Tuesday's Children Initiative

 

Roger Coleman is the CEO of Coleman Group Partners, an organization engaged in impact investing for social and geopolitical causes. He is also the president of Disaster Technologies Incorporated, where he facilitates comprehensive industry and company market analyses, as well as valuations. Roger Coleman is heavily involved in Tuesday's Children, an organization geared towards victims of terrorism, military conflict, or mass violence.

Project Common Bond is a Tuesday's Children program that seeks to equip young people worldwide between the ages of 15 and 22 with leadership and social skills. More specifically, it is suited for young people recovering from the loss of a loved one to terrorism, mass violence, war, or their lingering effects.

During the program, facilitators expose participants to the concepts of conflict resolution and peacekeeping. Participants also get involved in sporting activities, music, and drama to aid healing and to foster social skills such as teamwork, empathy, communication, and negotiation skills.

Project Common Bond comprises a summer session and a winter session. It is also a pathway to other Tuesday's Children programs, year-round, as well as reunions. These programs offer more interaction opportunities for participants as potential global leaders.

Roger Coleman Delivers Closing Remarks at the Nasdaq Exchange

An honor that is not given to many, Roger Coleman gave closing remarks and rang the bell at the closing of the Nasdaq Exchange in New York City on Friday September 9th. Roger took part in a ceremony that featured families of victim’s from the September 11th attacks, Gold Star members, and members of the executive team from Tuesday’s Children.

Roger had the following to say about the organization and there mission. “Last year, we commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took so many lives on, September 11th, and the two decades of Tuesday’s Children’s dedicated service. As we begin our third decade providing vital, trauma-informed, resilience-building programming, we remain steadfast in our mission, and to the promise made 21 years ago to Never Forget, to the families who lost loved ones, to the 3,051 children who lost a parent, and to the more than 37,000 military families who have lost a service member post-9/11. We are proud that our organization meets individuals and families wherever they are on their journey to find recovery and resilience.”

Roger added that the organization will continue to attack challenges head on going forward and will never lose sight of their purpose, to offer hope and healing for families in need of our services.

“Thank you to NASDAQ for honoring our families and supporters today by ringing the closing bell and for your longstanding partnership which signifies our collective freedom & strength!” added Coleman.

 

About Microsoft Partner of the Year Award

 A financial professional and New York (NYC) resident, Roger Coleman holds a BS in business administration and international studies from Marist College School of Management. He currently owns and operates several ventures, including New York-based Coleman Ventures & Coleman Group Partners, as well as Washington, DC-based Disaster Technologies Incorporated. Under Roger Coleman's leadership, Disaster Technologies Incorporated has been named as one of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards finalists.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Award program is an annual award program that Microsoft Corporation created to recognize partners who are optimizing Microsoft's technology to drive continuous growth and customer satisfaction in their various industries. Each year, Microsoft Corporation evaluates nominated candidates for exemplary accomplishment in leveraging the Microsoft Cloud and platforms to create innovative solutions. Each nomination must be annotated with a story entailing a candidate's trailblazing accomplishment. Microsoft has vetted this information. For the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award program, Microsoft has received over 3,900 nominees from more than 100 countries.

On its website, Microsoft also announced that it would integrate a compliance award into the security category of the Partner of the Award program. This addition is motivated by the burgeoning complexity of security and compliance requirements in the technology space. Another addition to the Partner of the Year Award program is the Operational Excellence Award. This honor is presented to candidates who are at the forefront of digital transformation in their sectors.

Disaster Technologies Incorporated in Rising Azure Technology Category

 A senior business administrator based in Plandome, New York, Roger Coleman owns Coleman Ventures & Coleman Group Partners in NYC. Roger Coleman also serves as president and chief strategy officer of Disaster Technologies Incorporated in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, Disaster Technologies Incorporated was a finalist for the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards.

Each year, the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognizes “outstanding successes and innovations” by Microsoft-affiliated organizations around the world. In 2022, Microsoft received over 3,900 candidate nominations from over 125 countries and global regions. Finalists and winners of the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards gathered for the Microsoft Inspire conference in July of 2022.

Performing exceptionally well in the Rising Azure Technology category, Disaster Technologies Incorporated joined Starburst Data and Wandisco as a category finalist. The Rising Azure Technology category acknowledges outstanding use of Microsoft’s secure Azure cloud computing business platform. The US cybersecurity firm Abnormal Security took home top honors in this category.

Tuesday’s Children Honors the Mets at Gala

 The president and chief strategist of Disaster Technologies Incorporated, based in Washington, DC, New York’s Roger Coleman also serves as chief executive officer at Coleman Group Partners, where he oversees impact investing, private equity evaluation, and market analysis to gauge returns. Alongside his work in NYC, New York, Roger Coleman is passionate about philanthropy and serves on the board of Tuesday's Children.

Formed immediately after the 9/11 terror attacks, Tuesday's Children helps families who lost first responders and service members during and after the tragedy. Its lifelong support includes programs such as free family fun activities at recreational centers, dedicated retreat sessions for adult family members, and youth mentoring for teenagers. The organization celebrated 20 years of service by hosting a Gala at Citifield with the New York Mets Alumni.

Tuesday's Children honored the Mets at the Gala, who have been longstanding partners over the last two decades. Mets alumni, 9/11 families, and other VIPs and guests were in attendance. Proceeds from the event went to Tuesday's Children’s mission to reach and impact more families.

Disaster Tech Named a Finalist for Microsoft's Partner of the Year Award

Roger Coleman is a longtime resident of New York City (NYC) who serves as the chief strategy officer for Disaster Technologies Incorporated.

Just last week, Disaster Tech announced it has been named a finalist of Rising Azure 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. 

 “Disaster Tech is honored to be chosen by Microsoft for this prestigious partner award”, Sean Griffin, Disaster Tech CEO, said. “Our customers rely on Microsoft products to include Azure and this partnership has accelerated our go-to-market and ability to deliver technical excellence for our clients and with reliable secure and scalable solutions.” 

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 3,900 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Disaster Tech was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Rising Azure. 

The Rising Azure Technology Partner of the Year Award recognizes a technology partner (ISV) that is currently without a dedicated partner development manager (PDM) and has demonstrated strong customer focus and success by leveraging Microsoft Azure as their primary cloud platform and scaling their solution by selling with Microsoft through the commercial marketplace. “I am honored to announce the winners and finalists of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. “These partners were outstanding among the exceptional pool of nominees, and I’m continuously impressed by their innovative use of Microsoft Cloud technologies and the impact for their customers.” Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced annually prior to the company’s global partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which will take place on July 19-20 this year.

DisasterTech One of Four Companies Recognized by WSP USA

As the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at DisasterTech, longtime New York resident Roger Coleman maintains a number of responsibilities with the company. DisasterTech focuses on delivering advanced analytics solutions that enable the efficient coordination of emergency response efforts.

Recently DisasterTech formed a partnership with WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy dedicated to servicing local communities. The partnership features four technology firms, Bayotech, Bundle, DisasterTech and Sphera- to join Cohort 1 of the firms new Emerging Growth Partnership (EGPP).

The focus of this first cohort is Climate, Resilience and Sustainability (CRS), with the intent to focus future cohorts on other WSP target markets. WSP's Energy (Bayotech), Property and Buildings Bundle and Federal Programs (DisasterTech) business lines are co-participants in this pilot cohort being led by the CRS business line (Sphera). 

About the Decision Science Integrated

New York resident Roger Coleman is a former volunteer fire chief with the Plandome Fire Department, where he maintains lifetime membership. A graduate of New York’s Marist College with a degree in international business and marketing, he founded Coleman Ventures and Coleman Group Partners and is also the president and chief strategy officer at Disaster Technologies Incorporated (DTI). One of the projects Roger Coleman has been involved in at DTI is the Decision science Integrated Collaboration Environment (DICE), a situational intelligence platform.

Situational intelligence involves decoding complex situations into different facets to ease the overall understanding and enable a feasible response. DICE approaches disaster management and emergency response through technologically analyzing the available data, inherent risks, and integrated models to aid emergency response teams.

Assisted by real-time data gathering, analysis, and visualizations, the attending responders can protect critical assets, manage a cross-functional response, and ensure uninterrupted notifications. Furthermore, as an open-source platform, DICE enables different teams to easily collaborate, access the resources, work on the tasks, and share the results without resorting to proprietary technology. Common DICE application scenarios include response to wildfires, severe weather, and flooding.