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Black CEO’s Smart Home Tech Funds Churches and Empowers Congregations
by dgdev | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog-post | 0 comments
Solomon “RC” Ali is a Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia-based CEO of several high-ranking companies. He has become a prominent voice and influence in helping minorities secure their intellectual property, raise funding for their startups, bring their products to market and scale their businesses. He has now turned his attention to smart home automation accessibility.
Aside from Solomon Ali’s company, Revolutionary Concepts, holding sixteen live and active patents and his North Carolina energy company, NDR Energy Group, experiences steady eight figure growth consistently making Black Enterprise’s Top 100 list, his latest project, SYS Smart Home Technology (a subsidiary Revolutionary Concepts) has launched a community church initiative to increase accessibility to smart home technology and security, while simultaneously subsidizing lifechanging church ministries throughout the United States.
We sat down with Mr. Ali for a conversation about his success in the technology and energy industries and his goal of helping churches to raise funds while providing smart home services to their congregants for the purpose of convenient automation and home security.
You are the CEO of Revolutionary Concepts, which currently sub-licenses technology patents out to some pretty well-known companies. How did those licensing deals come about?
Solomon “RC” Ali: I am the CEO of several companies, REVO [Revolutionary Concepts] being one. These licenses come through our exclusive licensee, EyeTalk 365. ET identifies licensing opportunities and as well as furthers the IP buildout of our portfolio. We receive royalties based on agreements generated via ET.
One of your other companies, NDR Energy Group, is one of the largest minority owned companies in the United States. After taking the reins of NDR, you grew the company from $16 million to $70 million in sales revenue. What can other minority business owners learn from your success that they can apply to their own businesses?
Solomon “RC” Ali: Business owners can learn the importance of the contribution that minorities make in business and society. Not only for ourselves, but others as well. We bring new ideas and a different perspective, and that should be valued. A fresh marketing approach and proper contracts are key. Also, being diversified is important, so that we aren’t encumbered to government or regulated business. While this may be where many minority companies receive their leg up, it is not where the money is made. Our focus follows my belief that profits can be found in doing business in the commercial and private sectors.
Another one of your companies, which is under Revolutionary Concepts’ umbrella, is SYS Smart Home Technology. People are now using smart home technology to operate everything from their alarm systems to their doorbells. Can you tell me a bit about how you are making this type of technology available to everyday Americans?
Solomon “RC” Ali: Typically, a customer interested in this type of technology pays for the inventory, monitoring, and installation up front. At SYS Smart Marketing,
