DSA Research and Technology

Educational Technology

DSA, LLC has won multiple awards from the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovative Research. Our IP turns cutting edge research into powerful life changing solutions. We offer a variety of proprietary research-based online solutions designed to equip users to purposefully succeed in life.

Our unique National Science Foundation funded research helps learners to navigate finding their purpose and connecting their purpose to entrepreneurship. All online with a self-paced college professor who has launched a business in real-life (not an AI instructor)

The Solution= The Purpose University Mobile App and Online Curriculum

Professional Development

Radical HonestyTM:

Earn a certificate in our proprietary training methods using the sciences of Auto-ethnography and Narrative Inquiry to become "Story-Listeners". Our Radical HonestyTM Certificateyou will learn 15 years of our academic research. Through this certification leaders will have new techniques on the science of Radical HonestyTM including: 3-Dimensions, Institutional Growth, Dialogical Teaching, Asset Model, and Celebrating Micro Enterprise,

Mobile Technology and Innovation

You can learn our proprietary process to launch a purpose-driven business or nonprofit from your phone or tablet on Apple and Android

About DSA Research and Technology

Our Mission

At DSA Research and Technology , our mission is to provide cutting-edge technology solutions to our clients and help them achieve their business goals.

Our Team

Derrick Drakeford, Ph.D. CEO/Principal Investigator

I started my business 19 years ago on the unemployment line. My commitment is that we will always provide the highest level "community-minded technology solutions“

ddrakeford@drakefordassociates.org

Derrick Drakeford, Ph.D. served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, North Carolina Central University, and Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. Derrick holds Ph.D. in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill, a Bachelors in political science from Bethune-Cookman University, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Government. He holds a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work; and certificates in Proposal Writing and Fundraising for Nonprofits from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana -Purdue University. Derrick received his Ph.D, from UNC-Chapel Hill. He has written ten books: 1) Finding Your Purpose in 15 Minutes,2) Fundraising for Nonprofits: What the Bible Says, 3) Starting Your Business from the Unemployment Line, 4) Jada Goes to Pre-School: A Book on Transitions, 5) P5: The Five Secrets to Successful Grant and Bid Proposals, 6) The 2 Laws of Standardized Testing, 7) The Art of Story Listening, 8) The Purpose Lifestyle, 9) Seed, Time, & Harvest: The Organic Sales Process, and 10) 31 Kings: Mental Health Game. 11) All is Well: The Rainbow Effect

Our team is comprised of experienced scientists, engineers and developers who are passionate about technology and innovation.

Our Services

We offer a range of services including educational technology, data analysis, and scientific research.

Nationally Awarded Research and Technology