We are excited to invite you to an enlightening Business Leadership Session, "Bridging Generations: Succession Planning for Family-Owned Businesses", designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities in navigating family business transitions.
This session will explore the unique complexities of succession planning, offering practical strategies and personal insights. The speaker will share her journey of taking over her parents' immigrant-founded business, addressing challenges such as overcoming gender biases, balancing legacy with innovation, and fostering transparency throughout the transition.
Date: February 27th
Time: 3PM EST
Location: LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook
Speaker: Nisha Balwani
Meet Our Speaker: Nisha Balwani
Nisha Balwani is the Chief Executive Officer of RCI Technologies, an IT firm that empowers government agencies to modernize and secure their digital systems. With over four decades of industry experience, RCI delivers tailored IT services, including software development, project management, and technical staffing.
Under Nisha’s leadership, RCI has doubled its revenue by expanding its software solutions and integrations practice. She was featured in Forbes for successfully navigating a generational transition and was honored with the Enterprising Woman of the Year Award (2023) and the WPO Woman of Impact Award (2024).
We look forward to seeing you there!
CEO
RCI Technologies Inc.
Nisha Balwani is the Chief Executive Officer of RCI Technologies, an MWBE information technology firm focused on building and modernizing digital systems while minimizing security risk. By creating high-value technical solutions for clients ranging from, state, local, federal, and commercial entities, RCI Tech is poised to continue its growth. As a second generation-member of the family business, Nisha served as Head of Business Development for five years before becoming CEO, spearheading the company’s expansion into the public sector. Under her leadership, RCI has already tripled its’ business with New York City agencies and expanded its’ cyber security capabilities.
Nisha was recently featured in Forbes for her leadership of RCI through its’ generational succession. She is especially proud to continue RCI's woman-owned and led legacy as she leads the company into the next generation of growth.
Prior to returning to the family business, Nisha graduated from Columbia Business School with an MBA in technology and entrepreneurship and founded RENTALYA, the first US-based brand to provide South Asian formalwear as a rental service. She sat on the board of the NJBPU SDDC Supplier Diversity Development Council and was Chief of Staff to the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Northeast President
