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Meet John Zitzner |
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John Zitzner is the President and
Founder of E CITY. He is also the founder and former President and
CEO of Bradley Company, a Cleveland-based software firm that began
in 1983 and was acquired by Xerox Corporation in 1998. This
successful organization serves major Fortune 1000 customers
throughout North America.
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Mr. Z with grad from the first E CITY class taught by Mr. Z |
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Under John’s leadership, Bradley
Company grew from 2 employees to over 40. John was a finalist in the
E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year competition. In addition, his company
gained a place on the Weatherhead 100, finishing first in the
“upstart company” category. Bradley Company also earned a spot in
the Inc. 500 in the early 1990’s, which is a recognition of the
fastest growing privately held companies in America. Bradley
Company achieved recognition for its outstanding customer service
and its loyal employee base. It was a winner of the North Coast
99…"best companies to work for in Northern Ohio" in 2000 and in
2001. |
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John at the Browns, Brats & E CITY Day |
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John learning
new a dance move at the fall retreat |
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In 2000, John made a commitment to
partner with
NFTE, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and
bring its award-winning entrepreneurship curriculum to teens in
Cleveland. His dream was to teach them that they could do what he
had done. He founded E CITY: Entrepreneurship- connecting,
inspiring and teaching youth, with the following mission:
to
teach entrepreneurship to low-income
young people in the Cleveland
area by improving their academic, business,
technology and life
skills so that they
can become economically productive
members of
society and break the
cycle of poverty in their communities. |
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Mr. Z helping students with their bizplans. |
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NFTE
is a highly successful nonprofit organization founded by
Steve Mariotti in 1987 in New York City.
John is a graduate of Wittenberg
University, an Elder at Fairmount Presbyterian Church and a member
of Leadership Cleveland. He has studied nonprofit organizational
management at the Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School.
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Mr. Z with student and her products preparing to
present her business plan. |
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