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Tokumbo Shobowale, Chief Business Operations Officer of the City of New York, to Address Long Island City / Astoria Chamber of Commerce at Reception and Meeting 10/18/2012

Blockbuster RECEPTION and MEETING also features US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.

Tokumbo Shobowale is the Chief Business Operations Officer of the City of New York. In this role he serves as the Bloomberg Administration’s lead official in implementing business-friendly practices.

Long Island City, NY October 9. 2012 - Following the announcement that the New York City and Mayor Bloomberg's Administration have agreed to ease regulations and improve inspection procedures, Tokumbo Shobowale, one of the architects of the new plan, will speak to the members of the Long Island City / Astoria Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at their blockbuster RECEPTION and meeting. The Chamber will also hear US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney speak on "Defining the Future for Small Business: Opportunities and Challenges for Long Island City / Astoria Companies." The RECEPTION and Meeting will be held at 12:00 pm at the Waterfront Crabhouse, 2-03 Borden Ave, Long Island City and will include the installation of the first Board of Directors and Officers for this Chamber, recognized by the State of New York on September 5, 2012. Reservations are require. Please use Sign-in at LICChamber.org Tokumbo Shobowale is the Chief Business Operations Officer of the City of New York. In this role he serves as the Bloomberg Administration’s lead official in implementing business-friendly practices. He manages the New Business Acceleration Team and NYC Business Express, the city’s online portal for business information and transactions, and facilitates adoption of business friendly changes across regulatory agencies. These changes include enabling businesses to pay fees and taxes online, enabling businesses to apply online for necessary permits and other credentials, providing readily available and easy-to-understand information about navigating government, and improving the business regulatory climate. Previously Tokumbo was Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, coordinating economic policy development for the Office of the Mayor and overseeing more than a dozen agencies, including those responsible for business services and workforce development, business attraction and retention, affordable housing, city planning and transportation. Prior to his roles at City Hall Tokumbo was the Chief Operating Officer at the the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the City's vehicle for stimulating investment across industry sectors and broadening the City's tax and employment base by meeting the needs of businesses. In this role and in previous positions he led the restructuring of several divisions of the corporation, helping reshape and prepare it to address the needs of the economy following the 2008 recession. A signature initiative of the work of both the Deputy Mayor and of NYCEDC under Tokumbo’s leadership is Applied Sciences NYC, a competition resulting in new engineering research campuses and the investments of billions of dollars by Cornell-Technion and an international consortium led by NYU. Before joining NYCEDC, Tokumbo was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company and also for Dalberg Development. Previously he was Honduras program director for an organization facilitating rural enterprise and energy development. He serves on the boards of the Excellence Boys and Excellence Girls Charter Schools, and is the founding chair of the board of the three Leadership Prep Charter Schools in central Brooklyn. Tokumbo attended Stanford University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and the MIT Sloan School of Management, earning degrees from each with academic distinction. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with his wife and son.   Tokumbo Shobowale is the Chief Business Operations Officer of the City of New York. In this role he serves as the Bloomberg Administration’s lead official in implementing business-friendly practices.

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