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Felicia Jackson of CPR LIFEWRAP LLC.

June 15, 2016 by chattadmin

Felicia Jackson // CPR LIFEWRAP LLC.

Felicia Rena Jackson, a resident of Hixson Tennessee is a local inventor and Physical Therapist Assistant at Memorial Hospital. She holds an AAS from Chattanooga State Technical Community College and has over 20 years medical experience in acute inpatient rehab, outpatient care, and home health care settings. After a beloved family members death as well as a near death experience with her toddler son, Felicia had a vision of a product that could help save lives. Felicia sought help from LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy. After graduating from LAUNCH Felicia was able to debut the CPR LIFEWRAP. Her invention was published in Nooga.com, the Edge Magazine and Our Voice, a CHI Memorial Hospital publication. She has been on Channel 3, Channel 12, and Channel 9 . Her vision is to make performing CPR less intimidating.

“A life is the most precious thing on Earth so its up to us to be prepared during life and death situations.”

You can contact Felicia by emailing her at cprlifewrap@gmail.com

36|86 South Nashville Coverage – June 2016

June 11, 2016 by chattadmin

36|86 South – Nashville

Kelly Hoey // Author & Investor

Charlie Brock // Launch Tennessee

Haseeb Qureshi // Audiohand

Liju Pillai // Performatix

Robbie Hillis // ARK Labs

Elaine Merritt of Sandler Training and Jane Kaylor of Ronald McDonald House Chattanooga

June 8, 2016 by chattadmin

Elaine Merritt // Sandler Training

Elaine Merritt has more than 25 years of sales, media and training experience, including developing marketing and business development strategies for local and national businesses. She has conducted sales and management training for businesses ranging from car dealerships to beverage distributors.

Elaine is a Sandler Award winner and conducts training for Sandler using the adult learning curriculum. Sandler Training is a global training organization of over 500 Sandler® trainers located in major cities throughout the United States and more than 29 countries, with materials translated into 15 languages. For over forty years Sandler has helped sales organizations, ranging from small- and mid-sized businesses to Fortune 1000 companies, improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of their sales and management processes.

While living in Muncie, Indiana, Elaine was an independent business owner, and she specialized in customer service, leadership training and sales. In addition to her professional training experience, Elaine was an assistant professor at Ball State University in the Telecommunications Department.

Elaine is a past national president of the American Business Womens Association and a past Top Ten American Business Woman. She is a southeast regional director for BNI (Business Networking International).

Jane Kaylor // Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga

Jane Kaylor is the President & CEO of RMHC of Chattanooga. She has put 26 years into the development of the RMHC through Non-profit management, fund development, grants and scholarship administration.

Over the past 10 years, the Ronald McDonald House of Chattanooga has provided a “home away from home” for more than 800 families with patients in the hospital who have had respiratory problems, nearly 700 families whose children were born prematurely, and over 300 families of children receiving craniofacial evaluations and surgeries.

In 10 years, families from 37 states across the U.S. have called the Ronald McDonald House “home”, serving over 400 families every year in its 14-bedrooms, and the staff looks forward to serving twice as many in years to come.

Rachel Gammon of Northside Neighborhood House and Erik McNair of Papercut Interactive

June 8, 2016 by chattadmin

Rachel Gammon // Northside Neighborhood House

Rachel Gammon fell in love with the Northside Neighborhood House years ago as a college sophomore at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. It was then that she worked with children served through the after-school and summer programs. The focus on family and the NNH’s mission of providing a hand up to children and their families was inspiring to her. For the past ten years, Rachel has served as Executive Director/CEO at the NNH. Thanks to a great team, the NNH has increased capacity, as well as increased and added programs through a recession.

Working together to serve families at the NNH is a family endeavor. Rachel’s husband, Seth, can often be found helping out and their daughters, Kaitlin, Emma Grace and Laura Beth, have been known to ask people for money to “help keep people’s lights on”. Rachel and her family attend Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church; another part of her family that gives great support to the NNH!

Erik McNair // Papercut Interactive

Erik McNair has been working in web design and online marketing for more than 7 years and has witnessed the breakneck speed of the industry’s innovation firsthand. After serving as VP of Search Marketing at an Atlanta marketing firm, he moved to Chattanooga to join Papercut Interactive. With Papercut Interactive, Erik works with clients to navigate determine their business needs as it pertains to the world of web design and digital marketing. He specializes in paid search advertising for client campaigns and social media.

Women in Business – Session 6

June 1, 2016 by chattadmin

Katie King // Katie King Law

“How do you negotiate your value?”

Katie King is our introduction into the Corporate Women in Business series – “uncut”. On the show, Katie is talking about combining her experience of living in Chattanooga and expertise to move from a major utility company to her solo law practice.

“After working ten years as in-house counsel for a large energy and technology company, I decided to start listening to what used to be a whisper and grew into a shout from my heart. I decided to leave what was in many ways a dream job because I felt in my soul I was not doing what I was called to do.

I wish to be the kind of woman my daughter will be proud to know when she is grown. I wish to use my time, talents, energy and voice to help my clients achieve their dreams, to be a positive influence in my community, and to create opportunities for others.”

Joy Krause of Boomers Together and John Hargraves of PM Environmental

June 1, 2016 by chattadmin

Joy Krause // Boomers Together

Joy Krause seeks to inspire. A writer, filmmaker, speaker, performer and producer, Joy has gained national acclaim. She recently graduated from the GigTank accelerator program at the Company Lab and is now woking on scaling her business, Boomers Together.

Boomers Together helps baby boomers gather together in their local communities. We offer events, workshops and parties that inspire, educate and celebrate this stage of life.

John Hargraves // PM Environmental Inc.

John Hargraves is a licensed Professional Geologist (PG) in AL, AR, TN, MS, GA, NC, SC, LA, and FL.

He has approximately 27 years of experience in environmental consulting working for banks, developers, attorneys, realtors, municipalities, regulatory agencies and industry. He has been involved in the completion of leaking underground storage tank investigations and cleanups, site remediation, Brownfield redevelopment and consulting, EPA Grant Application consulting and management and Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments.

Specialties: Environmental consultant for Brownfield re-development projects, environmental due diligence for M & A activity and the purchase, refinance and foreclosure of commercial properties. Licensed UST professional with expertise in contaminant delineation and remediation at numerous leaking UST sites in various geologic settings throughut the southeastern US.

Emma Flynn of Berke, Berke, and Berke

May 25, 2016 by chattadmin

Emma Flynn // Berke, Berke, and Berke

A. Emma Flynn, has a successful history of fighting against unfair practices and obtaining favorable resolutions for her clients. Emma is also a passionate negotiator who knows how to push back against other attorneys resisting claims or making unreasonable demands. Emma has been involved in multi-million dollar cases involving contract violations, misrepresentations, fraud, RICO claims, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Act, and Consumer Protection Act. She also deals with Adversarial Actions, real estate litigation, personal injury, construction litigation, and workplace  discrimination suits.Emma has also represented startups, angel investors, and venture capital firms in various funding transactions up to a hundred million dollars ($100,000,000.00). She drafts contracts and consults clients on complex corporate matters including data breaches, unfair employment practices, whistle  blowing, securities compliance, fiduciary duty, security and data breaches, BitTorrent piracy, intellectual property etc.

Chris Cummings of Pass It Down and Tia Capps and Ashlee Owens of The Company Lab

May 25, 2016 by chattadmin

Chris Cummings // Pass It Down

Chris is the founder of Pass It Down™, a social storytelling platform launching in 2016, that makes it easy to capture and preserve family stories in video, audio, text and photos.

Prior to founding Pass It Down™, Chris helped co-found Woople™, a learning management system that has delivered over 20 million minutes of educational content to fortune 500 companies around the world. He is also an attorney who practices federal criminal law on both the trial and appellate levels and is a CJA Panelist for the Federal Public Defenders office.

Christopher has spent the last 15 years actively involved in competing and teaching public speaking, debate, and appellate advocacy. In law school, he was the top speaker and winner of the Chancellors Cup Moot Court competition and the winner of the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition at the Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center. During his undergraduate studies, he was a six-time collegiate state champion in public speaking and debate and a national champion speaker. Christopher now helps coach collegiate debate, public speaking and appellate advocacy.

Tia Capps and Ashlee Owens // The Company Lab

The Company Lab (CO.LAB) is a nonprofit startup accelerator that supports entrepreneurial growth in southeast Tennessee. We work with companies ranging from street-corner mom and pop shops to tech startups scaling into major markets. We also wake up every morning thinking about how to create a more robust and dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem in our region.

Ashlee Owens is the Programs Manager of the Company Lab, over GIGTANK 365 and the CO.LAB Accelerator. Tia Capps is the Communications Director of the Company Lab, managing press relations, establishing community outreach programs, implement communications and brand strategy, and promoting the various programs and events offered at the CO.LAB, like CO.STARTERS, GIGTANK and the Gig City to local and national audiences. implement communications and brand strategy.

Women in Business – Session 5

May 25, 2016 by chattadmin

Mary Sedrick // BrightBridge Inc.

Mary Sedrick is the Director of the Women’s Business Center at BrightBridge Inc. Her experience lies in years of problem solving which stems from her engineering education. She also possesses a results-oriented customer caring background. Mary offers management consulting services and training sessions and events free of charge for women to not only learn about business but to make those vital connections through networking.

If you would like to contact Mary, call 423-648-9253 or email msedrick@BrightBridgeInc.org

Jacqueline Merritt // U.S. Small Business Administration

Jacqueline Merritt is an Economic Development Specialist in the U.S. Small Business Administration. Jacqueline runs workshops, such as the WE (Women Entrepreneurs) symposium, offers formal certification application information and help, provides loans, and even personal counseling with clients at times. She promotes that “the best marketing is quality service and quality products.”

If you would like to contact Jacqueline, call 615-736-7465 or email Jacqueline.merritt@sba.gov