Johny Fernandez: Through this last year, kind of how did you
guys handle 2020?
Yokesha Cox: Oh, wow, 2020 was not as difficult for us. And as
challenging for us as it was for other companies, we actually
hired over 100 people in 2020. We navigated through working
from the office to working hot from home very successfully, we
are family. So we believe in one trust. So we just took our
family from the office and made our family home, we incorporated
teams and zoom and anything that kept us connected, that's what
we did.
Johny Fernandez: So moving forward to 2021. Everyone's
coming back with a bang. How are you guys gonna move forward?
Yokesha Cox: We are everywhere we need to be as an
organization, one of the great things is that now we're able to
travel. So we're able to make that face to face connection,
we're able to speak with our clients, we're able to just have
those conversations and figure out what it is they need. So
whatever that we can do for them, we can just move forward
with them.
Johny Fernandez: So talk to me as a minority in this space. And
as a female, what does it mean for you to come here and see
other females also in the space, when it's an all boys club, for
the most part indefinite.
Yokesha Cox: It has been beautiful for me as an African
American woman to walk in this space and see other women that
look like me. There have been times where I've been to events
such as this, and I'm the only female, I'm the only woman and
then I'm the only woman of color. So to see how we've
transcended those walls and it's no longer a boys club. It's an
us club. And to see the women in here, it's phenomenal.
Johny Fernandez: Any advice for females that are either
interested in getting into the space or are nervous that they
won't see as many females or minority females of their you
know, skin tone in this space. Any advice to them, that are
trying to jump in?
Yokesha Cox: Take that step. Just because you don't see us
doesn't mean that we're not here. We are here sometimes
behind the scenes. I'm in sales operations. So you may not see
me in the forefront, but I'm in the background working so take
that step. Believe in yourself and trust and believe there are
women in this industry and we are heavy hitters and heavy
players in this industry.