Record #: R2012-1168   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 12/12/2012 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 12/12/2012
Title: Recognition of Lionel Rabb for personal and professional achievements
Sponsors: Burnett, Jr., Walter
Attachments: 1. R2012-1168.pdf
SALUTE TO BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR LIONEL RABB

WHEREAS, Chicago native Lionel Rabb, President and CEO of Catalyst Group Global, is an enterprising and successful business consultant who combines expertise in business innovation, technology and large-scale data systems with a passion for supporting worthy civic projects and social programs; and
WHEREAS, Catalyst Group Global, is a technical consultancy that develops business solutions through employing a cross-section of techniques that utilize a framework of data, strategy and action to achieve tangible outcomes for the benefit of both the private and public sector enterprises; and
WHEREAS, Born on December 22, 1976, Lionel Rabb began exhibiting extraordinary ability and acumen as a high school sophomore when he started his first company, Omicron Technologies, that developed a data system to track student ID's in his own school. Omicron developed a comprehensive data system for the Chicago Public Schools and has grown exponentially to provide integrated technology solutions for major national and international corporations such as 3M, ExxonMobil and Coca-Cola; and
WHEREAS, As an entrepreneur, Lionel Rabb has expanded his horizons to include business enterprises that range across multiple industries. In addition to Catalyst and Omicron, Verify.net , a provider of software solutions to schools and non-profits; Verify Gas, a provider of gauges with remote monitoring capabilities to the liquid gas sector; Coterie Capital, a focused strategic investment fund; and OpenTrak, a comprehensive data gathering and analytics platform, are all included in his current business portfolio; and
WHEREAS, As a civic benefactor, Lionel Rabb has founded numerous nonprofit organizations and social innovations. He started the Rabb Family Foundation to provide direct support for action on critical social issues. Through both his funding and ongoing leadership he has established MGR, a direct service national nonprofit organ...

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