Chike Uzoka, FIC, CCA

Chike Uzoka is a successful entrepreneur, business consultant, and financial advisor. He is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Valentine Global, a firm that provides strategic consulting services to small businesses and startups. He studied Bachelors of Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology and has a vast range of professional experience. Uzoka has served as a Business Development and Entrepreneurship educator and he was a professor of Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment at Rutgers University - Newark. Uzoka also worked as a Private Banker at JP Morgan Chase & Co, a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, and Commissioned Officer in the US Army. His work revolves around entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and small businesses. He has served on the Board of Essex County Workforce Development Board and contributed to "Black Enterprise". Uzoka is a board member at the National Association of Real Estate Advisors and a former board member at the Essex County Workforce Development Board.