037: Paul Amelio, CEO, N2 Global Solutions

The Pivotal Leader

“I believe that there is currency in humanity. People are currency with value while money is superficial.” – Paul Amelio, CEO, N2 Global Solutions

In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer of Pivot10 Results, interviewed Paul Amelio. Paul is a creative ad genius and inventor. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of N2 Global Solutions, Inc., a New York City-based technology company that has developed the first integrated wireless network of its kind—an Internal ‘Super Grid’ that consists of modules that retrofit into a building’s existing electrical junction boxes, that communicate remotely with an existing Building’s Management Systems (BMS).

What’s most interesting about Paul is his journey from Italy to the Bronx, living his own “Bronx Tale” in the 60s. He arrived in America, as a child, with his family one month prior to the assassination of Martin Luther King. His mother didn’t want him to end up a Shepard, so they boarded a cruise ship as "vacationing" passengers to America with no intention of returning to Italy so they could have a better life. His story of growing up and grabbing the American dream is inspirational. Ironically, the cruise line was called the SS Michelangelo. Paul is a true “Renaissance Man” you need to know!

Podcast Topics Include:

• The journey from immigrant to US citizen to entrepreneur
• Realizing your talents and leveraging them
• The difficulty of creating a product “that’s a piece of you” and needing the help of others to sell it
• Selling a necessity vs, a commodity
• Building currency in relationships to create real equity
• Creating jobs while fixing the environmental climate
• Providing training and opportunities for minorities
• Having a “CBO” as a secret weapon for success

Full Show Notes: http://pivot10results.com/podcast37_paulamelio