Zina L. Hassel is the President of ZLH Enterprises, a woman-owned business focusing on technology consultancy. The Company is well known for providing its’ clients white-glove customer service and advocacy to technology providers and carriers. The services include Connectivity, Security, Cloud, Data Center, CCaaS, SaaS, UCaaS and Technology Management services. Starting with her MBA in healthcare administration, Zina learned the value of both technology and customer experience in the healthcare industry. Leveraging that knowledge and the changing face of telecommunications, Zina became more deeply embedded into the telecom industry by first working in the customer premise equipment sector and ultimately co-founding a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC). With a combination of technology expertise and leadership skills, Zina was then able to build ZLH Enterprises as a carrier agnostic consultancy. Over the last 20+ years, ZLH Enterprises has continued to grow and thrive. Zina’s professional and business achievements have been recognized as a career recipient of the 2019 LEAD Award for excellence in leadership from the national organization, The Alliance of Channel Women, the 2019 ABA Bronze Stevie Award for Woman of the Year in Business Services, the 2021 19th Annual American Business Awards for: Gold (Entrepreneur of the Year – Telecommunications), Silver (Woman of the Year – Business Services Industries), Bronze (Best Business Book); 2021 NJBIA (New Jersey Businesses and Industry Association) for Executive of the Year. These were preceded by an award for Channel Partners 360 Business Value Awards (2017 award from Channel Partners, a resource for indirect sales channels offering IT and telecom systems and services) and an award by AT&T for nationwide excellence in Customer Experience (2007).