About Norman P. Fleming

Norman P. Fleming has over 30 years of professional business experience in corporate America. He is the Founder, Author, and President of Make America Hope Again®, The Sphinx Club®, Fleming Consulting LLC®. Mr. Fleming ascended to Fortune 500 executive positions as the vice president of Global Business Transformation at McCormick, senior director of Enterprise IT Project and Portfolio Management at Aon Service Corporation, senior director of Enterprise Business Solutions at Molson Coors Beverage Co-MillerCoors USA, senior director of IT Client Relationship Management at Astellas Pharma, director of Client Services at The New York Times Company, manager of Program Integration & Management at Deloitte Consulting, manager of Global IT for the Global Human Health & Vaccines division at Merck, manager of Business Systems at Philip Morris-Kraft Foods company, field technology manager, field training & development manager, and division sales manager at the Chicago Tribune Company, store manager at Payless Shoesource, and served his country as a Signal Corp member of the Illinois Army National Guard.

He is a recipient of the 2025 Chicago United's BLC - Business Leaders of Chicago, 2025 Chicago Public Schools, Chief Innovation Officer Award, 2025 Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) CIO Distinguished Service Award, 2025 IT Senior Management Forum Technology Executive of the Year, Education, 2025 & 2024 ChicagoCIO ORBIE CIO of the Year Awards Finalist, Non-Profit/Public Sector, Large Enterprise (193 Nominees), 2024 The District Administration Top 100 Influencers in Education, 2024 National BDPA Technology Excellence Award, 2024 & 2023 SIM Chicago CIO of The Year Awards Nominee, 2022 Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Black Leaders and Executives, 2022 Chicago Defender Men of Excellence, 2022 Global Diversity & Leadership Conference’s Top 100 Global Leaders Award, 2020 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in Science & Engineering, 2014 Outstanding MBA of the Year for the National Black MBA Association, 2014 DiversityMBA Magazine’s Top 100 Executives Under 50 Achievement Award recipient, 2014 DeVry University’s Distinguished MBA Alumni Achievement Award recipient, 2013 National BDPA Epsilon Professional Achievement and Corporate Champion Award recipient, and recognized by the International Who’s Who in Professional Management in 2000.

The author lived in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and currently lives in Chicago where he enjoys watching major league sports, traveling to the Caribbean, mentoring at-risk youths, and spending quality time with family and friends. He is also an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., IT Senior Management Forum, Project Management Institute, and the 100 Black Men of Chicago.

Mr. Fleming received an Executive Program Certificate from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Public Education Leadership Project Institute in July 2024, and completed the Executive Leadership Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Center for Nonprofit Management Executive in December 2023.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and graduated with Distinction by earning a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Information Systems from DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management.