ABOUT ISAAC

Dr. Isaac Y. Addae is an award-winning educator, speaker, and strategist. He serves as the Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Manager in the Nashville Mayor's Office. Previously, he served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Pivot Technology School (a tech workforce development firm). For over a decade, Isaac has taught collegiate courses in business strategy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. His recent roles include Tennessee State University's College of Business and the Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.

 

Isaac possesses more than a decade of experience in technology consulting and systems development across the automotive, defense, and information technology industries (IBM, Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI, Ford, Raytheon). He completed a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Systems Engineering at Tennessee State University. He also earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration at Morgan State University. In 2024, Isaac was selected as one of 140 leaders to participate in the Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program, and he is a member of Leadership Nashville's Class of 2025.

 

As an community leader, Isaac is the creator of Conscious Conversation, and has served as board member of Corner To Corner, Knowledge Bank, Nashville Black Chamber, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and Nashville Metro Health and Educational Facilities Board. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. In the Fall of 2021, Isaac released his first book, Black Boy Fly: Embracing My Ancestry, Blackness, and Purpose in the African Diaspora.