Episode 10: Nabil Ansara with TeamLogic IT and Christie Kerner with My Little Mascara Club

Aug 20, 2020 | Community Connections Podcast

E10 Nabil Ansara with TeamLogic IT and Christie Kerner with My Little Mascara Club

If you want to be inspired and hear some great stories, check out this episode of MAC6 Community Connection Radio Show and Podcast. Hosts and guest alike explored the benefits of having a client centric business model, the power of a strong team culture, and the importance of emotional intelligence all in an hours time.

In this episode, Jennifer Burwell and Kyle McIntosh interviewed Nabil Ansara, Director of Business Development for TeamLogic IT and Christie Kerner, Founder + CEO of My Little Mascara Club.

Christie talked about her mission to #createhappy and help her customers feel better about themselves and inspired to help #createhappy for others.

Nabil shared with us his passion for serving his clients well and his long history of entrepreneurship.

TeamLogic IT is a national provider of technology services and solutions for businesses of all kinds. Unlike many managed service providers (MSPs), we focus on business and technology. We understand that not all organizations are alike and work hard at delivering solutions tailored to your unique business goals and challenges. Our philosophy is simple – we work with you the way we’d want someone to work with us.

Our customer service-oriented approach drives the tenets of our business: reliability, expertise and trust, ensuring you have an IT partner for the long haul. Our expansive capabilities serve a wealth of IT needs in the marketplace. And our best practices approach to service delivery is adhered to whether you require fully outsourced IT, co-managed IT or project-based IT solutions.

Thousands of businesses across North America realize our world-class service and expertise to achieve greater efficiencies, effectiveness and productivity in their organization. Consider TeamLogic IT for IT Solutions That Advance Your BusinessTM.

Nabil Ansara’s love for business and sales started at an early age. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, customer service and business came as second nature.

At the age of 11, he was selling jewelry at his family’s jewelry store inside one of the busiest malls in southeastern Michigan.

By the time he graduated high school, he was managing several locations and was leading the sales chart, capitalizing on his ability to create and maintain relationships.

Nabil’s natural ability to connect with people and show them real value has always been the key to his success. After graduating high school, Nabil enrolled at Davenport University where he sharpened his marketing skills, helping his knowledge in sales and entrepreneurship.

Being fascinated with the music industry and learning on how to market his services, Nabil decided to open up a recording studio in 2004. His goal was to supply local artists and advertising agencies with original music for their commercials and create a hub for local recording artists to have a creative space to work in, which he ran for 15 years before making a switch into the managed service world of the IT industry.

After 12 months of working for a local IT provider in southeastern Michigan, Nabil and his family decided to take a leap of faith and relocate to Phoenix Arizona. Through God’s will and persistence, Nabil met Randy Reed the owner and operator of Team Logic IT in Phoenix Arizona. TeamLogic IT was exactly what he needed to take his career to the next level!

Today, he is the director of business development for three offices in the Phoenix area! There is nothing that makes Nabil happier than being able to help businesses grow through technology.

Connect with Nabil on LinkedIn.

My Little Mascara Club is a subscription club that delivers the one makeup item that most women will not leave the house without – mascara.

At the heart of the club experience is their mission: to help women feel better about themselves and life. Not only does their mascara provide a confidence boost, but each customer discovers all kinds of “happy moments” along the way.

Recently touted in the press as Top 5 Best Beauty Subscription of 2020, their “little” mascara features innovations in both form and function, while offering a cleaner, more natural formula than most other mascara products.

Christie Kerner has been leading people and building companies for over 25 years. She’s built a few companies that she owned, including one she sold, and she has been a founding leader to help build a few companies for others.

Clearly, she loves building companies. So much so, that she ran the Center for Entrepreneurship at ASU, has helped build startup communities internationally, and is regularly as advisor to other founders.

Her latest venture, My Little Mascara Club, launched publicly in March 2020 and has quickly taken off.

It was long before Christie got a Masters in Management and Leadership that she fell in love with the human side of business. Her lifelong study of emotional intelligence paired with her love for building successful businesses – and helping others do the same – combine to make her an excellent leader and advisor to those who care about creating amazing companies and working with the best talent.

Connect with Christie on LinkedIn and follow My Little Mascara Club on Facebook and Instagram.

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