Franklin Cumberbatch

Consultant with General Capital Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. General Capital is one of the most active private real estate development companies in Wisconsin. The firm includes a close-knit group of partners with years of experience in the Banking, Construction and Real Estate industries. Its greatest strength is an ability to satisfy divergent customer needs and produce quality results within tight budgets and time frames. Former president of Trinidad Group, LLC. Trinidad Group is a holding company for a small group of companies that offer broadband consulting services, unified communications and network infrastructure services to its customers. Trinidad Group is currently employing this strategy throughout Wisconsin. Senior Assistant to Mayor Tom Barrett. I lobbied the White House to designate Milwaukee as one of the cities participating in the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Program. I served on the city’s Communications and Information Management Committee and was part of the team that negotiated the city’s wifi agreement with the private sector. Lobbyist, Broydrick and Associates He lobbied public officials on Local, State and Federal issues and assisted legislators with the preparation of bills. Clients included, but not limited to, WE-Energies, MPS, Aurora, Cingular Wireless and Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District. V.P. of Service Delivery, Kedestra, Inc. Negotiated service contracts with IBM for a local e-commerce startup, Kedestra. Kedestra was formed to broker commercial real estate data utilizing proprietary web-enabled tools created by the company.