The world is blessed with people who have enriched the industries they worked in as well as the people, communities and charities that have been recipients of their philanthropic generosities. One such soul is Roger Kazanowski, a business philanthropist who sits in a number of corporate boards and has started several companies over his 30 years of experience in several businesses. But all throughout, he has not forgotten to help people, organizations and charities in need.
As successful as his many businesses he has touched, Roger Kazanowski made a dent in the lives of people in many places where his generosity in the world of arts, culture, education and charities has made a profound presence. He has donated significantly in many youth developmental initiatives such as helping develop the inner city gangs of Detroit with contributions in the city’s Mosaic Youth Theater. He has made donations to help students of the OMNI Mission School in Ndola, Zambia, as well as the soup kitchens and missions of the Capuchin Monastery in places like Africa, Central and South America. He has also made contributions to the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.
Admittedly, it helps to be a successful entrepreneur to attain financial independence to fund his charities and generous predisposition. He currently sits in the boards of Wavefront Technology Solutions, Inc, an oil and gas extraction company known for its PowerWave secondary oil recovery solutions, the Triant Technologies, Inc, a leader in advanced fault detection systems for the semiconductor industries, and the Public Broadcast Services, Inc, a non-profit company that develops educational, fund raising, technology development and public interest TV programming. But it all started 30 years ago when Roger Kazanowski was an automotive designer for Ford Motor. He then resigned to found his own companies, starting with Cambridge Products that supported the product lines of FTD Florists, Anheuser Busch, and Miller Brewing. Then he founded Business Television Video Systems which offered an integrated audio/video system for large hotel and restaurant chains and retail companies. It was these early experiences that armed him to excel in his latter ventures.