A. T. Holt

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About A. T. Holt

A. T. Holt, Founder/CEO of KESHANDE Technology and CirculateBLACK, who is also Chairman of the Board for RED Worldwide, is a chosen leader in full-service end-to-end digital application services. His history in this space spans over two decades with proven success and growth added to many entities from small businesses to large corporations, some of which include Heartland St. Louis Black Chamber of Commerce, Radio One, Inc, The Potter's House, Caltech/MIT, Walton Isaacson, and The Carter Agency. Through strategic partnerships and alliances over the years, A. T. has positioned KESHANDE Technology as a single source solutions provider with national coverage from field operating alliances across the U.S. and in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Information Technology is not A. T.'s only strong suit. He is a natural creative and innovative thinker. If you ask how he got into business, he will tell you,". by accident, doing the things I naturally do." Literally, it happened that way. While on lunch break in his corporate position, a senior level director noticed him working on his music industry website. Very impressed, the director questioned him about it, and offered him an opportunity to build a risk management website for the corporation. Unfortunately, a pending merger and layoff would table the project; However, the director had given spark to the idea of entrepreneurship. After the layoff in A. T. never looked back, landing new contracts at corporations such as Mary Kay Cosmetics, Frito Lay Corporation, The National Network of Youth Ministries, and MoJamz, the first online NeoSoul radio station (unintentionally) rivaling the two major urban broadcast radio stations in the market. Through innovation, he was able to add value to each entity including a unique case study of being pivotal in taking the new 97.9 The Beat KBFB-FM to number one in Arbitron Broadcast Ratings by using the internet to gain listeners, thus opening the market up to the power of online viral media. Prior to the layoff, A. T. partnered with 2empowerU and developed the live webcast streaming platform for The Potter's House, and soon after, work with various celebrities would follow.Today, he brings his love for technology, exposure in the market, passion for innovation, and creativity in media to you! He is quoted as saying,"I couldn’t have asked God for anything greater than the ability to learn, influence, give, and grow through entrepreneurship." He makes this evident in his approach to business, networking, collaboration, and overall relationship building.