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Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenetics

June 20, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenetics

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Personalized medicine is an emerging model that extends traditional approaches by using an individual’s genetic profile to guide medical decisions and treat illnesses. Genetics gives us a more detailed understanding of how genetic variability between people can be used to better predict a patient’s response to medicine, titrate doses, and significantly reduce adverse drug reactions. “One size does NOT fit all” in drug therapy. Low cost, easy to use gene testing is now available and moving closer to the mass market.

The FDA recently documented that genotyped patients receiving warfarin therapy are expected to have 31% fewer overall hospitalizations and 28% fewer bleeding incidents that may result in healthcare savings of $1.1B. Over 2 million adverse drug reactions are documented in the US annually and an estimated 100,000 deaths per year are caused by ADR’s in hospitals across the US . Like knowing your blood type, knowing a genetic baseline /genetic variations can be quite valuable. Patient profiles that benefit the most include: on 4+ medications, taking Warfarin (Coumadin) or Plavix, have unexplained symptoms, or where medications have not been effective.

Iverson Genetics, in Washington, is a leader in this exciting field. Today, on this segment, Dr. Christina Mailloux and Randy Satterlee will discuss “P4” medicine: predictive, personalized, preventive, and participatory new pharmacogenetic advances. Listeners can visit www.iversongenetics.com and www.personalizedmedicine.com to learn more.

Dr. Christina Mailloux and Randy Satterlee

Iverson Genetics

Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys

June 20, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys

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Would you like to find the following attributes in a business?

Need based, recession resistant.
Few Employees.
Very low operating costs.
High profit margin business model.
No prior industry experience necessary.
Can be home based.
Ability to grow a significant business.

Of course you would! And Grounds Guys has all of these strong points and many more. A Grounds Guys franchise provides commercial and municipal maintenance and landscaping services, snow removal (depending on location), landscape design; sod installation, lawn and vegetation fertilization and treatment; and other related services and products.

Our guests today are Pat Hyland, VP of Franchise Development for Grounds Guys and Garrison Spearman, a military veteran and relatively new franchise owner in the metro Atlanta area.

Grounds Guys is a part of the Dwyer Group, a nationally recognized leader in multiple service industries with over 1,600 locations in the United States and Canada. Grounds Guys benefits directly from The Dwyer Group’s 30 plus years of experience, systems and success with seven different franchise brands.

Additional competitive advantages:

Proprietary marketing tools and strategies to acquire customers.
Proprietary software designed to handle the day to day functions of the business.
Unique leasing and purchasing arrangements with various vendors to help new franchisees with start up and operational costs.
Proprietary estimating and pricing software for immediate job quotes.
A national call center controls overhead costs and frees up owners time to promote and manage their business.
Outsourcing all accounting functions provides up to the minute financial information and also reduces overhead.

It’s easy to see why many Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys!

For more information contact Bill Williams, host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio at bwilliams@4axxiom.com directly.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk with bbr Marketing, and Donna Grindle and Karla Kreitner with Kardon Technology

June 20, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk with bbr Marketing, and Donna Grindle and Karla Kreitner with Kardon Technology

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Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk/bbr Marketing

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk is the President and Founder of bbr marketing, a firm that provides marketing strategy and services to professional services firms. By having such a narrow market, she has been able to create a name for herself and her company, and was recently named “One to Watch” by AccountingToday on their Top 100 Most Influential People of 2011. She attributes the awareness and growth of her firm to a number of things, one of the most effective has been making connections with others and actively networking among her peers. She is never hesitant to make introductions to colleagues with the hopes that they will eventually work together, refer business to each other or simply enjoy getting to know each other. She’s even been known to reach out to her competitors, and has made some lasting friendships and alliances because of this strategy. At the end of the day, she feels the good that can be done by connecting people far outweighs any negative impact. And who doesn’t enjoy meeting someone new?

Donna Grindle and Karla Kreitner/Kardon Technology

Kardon Technology provides technology support and compliance services to small businesses. They specialize in businesses that are part of the medical industry.

Donna Grindle has been in the medical technology field at many levels for over 25 years. Donna is also a Certified HIPAA Privacy and Security Expert. Karla Kreitner has been in the customer service and training area of medical technology for over 30 years. Their combined expertise is what Kardon Technology is based upon.

CAP & The Children’s Museum

June 19, 2013 by angishields

Good Morning Atlanta

CAP & The Children's Museum

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Central Atlanta Membership Manager Dan Williams and The Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s Executive Director Jane Turner join host Dana Barrett to talk about the Atlanta business headlines and the latest and greatest news from the Children’s Museum of Atlanta.

Topics discussed ranged from the firing of 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM show (for their tasteless mocking of Steve Gleason, the former NFL player who is battling ALS) to new jobs being brought to downtown and midtown by AT&T and Coke, to the newest downtown attraction, the ferris wheel, scheduled to open in early July.

The show also features a discussion of the age gap in attendance at arts and cultural events and what we can do about it.

Audio Dust Jacket Volume 11

June 19, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Audio Dust Jacket Volume 11

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On This Episode of Audio Dust Jacket:

Sharon Drew Morgen / Did You Really Say What I Think I Hear? (In Progress)

Sharon Drew Morgen is a visionary, thought leader, author of many books including NY Times Best Seller, inventor, consultant, trainer, and developer of Buying Facilitation(r) method. Sharon Drew is the developer of the addition of the buying decision path into the field of sales. She is currently semi-retired, focusing on bringing the HOW TO of listening, to all people who wish to communicate more effectively, via a new book that will assess biases, filters, assumptions, and habits.

Sharon Drew Morgen | 512 457 0246

www.newsalesparadigm.com

www.sharondrewmorgen.com

www.buyingfacilitation.com

Meeting Pros: Gloria Wilson Moore with 24 Karat Gold LLC, Anna Williams, GM and Autumn Johnson, Account Executive with GEP Atlanta, Rufin Tshinanga with Popplr

June 19, 2013 by angishields

Meeting Pros Radio

Meeting Pros: Gloria Wilson Moore with 24 Karat Gold LLC, Anna Williams, GM and Autumn Johnson, Account Executive with GEP Atlanta, Rufin Tshinanga with Popplr

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On This Episode of Meeting Pros:

Gloria Wilson Moore with 24 Karat Gold LLC

Gloria Wilson Moore, the Managing Partner of the Atlanta-based firm 24 Karat Gold, LLC, has been involved in meeting and event planning and marketing since the late 90’s after leaving BellSouth as the regional marketing director. In 1996, she founded a PR company, Confetti Communications, that focused on promoting venture-funded dotcoms. In 2008, she transitioned from PR to broader services, like professional positioning, that helped C-level corporate executives meet their career objectives. The professional positioning service, christened The Right Place @ The Right Time©, combines strategic networking, special events and social media management. The service is now being offered to professionals and entrepreneurs who want to maximize their face-to-face networking efforts and improve the effectiveness of their social media engagement.

Gloria is a self-confessed Internet and social media fanatic who loves exploring new applications and resources and sharing them with her clients. See her LinkedIn profile at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/biziwoman

Anna Williams, GM and Autumn Johnson, Account Executive with GEP Atlanta, DMC:Global Events Partner

With over ten years of experience in sales, management, and hospitality, Anna Williams is the newest member of the growing GEP Atlanta team. Anna most recently exceeded client expectations at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta where she handled large group meetings focusing on the corporate market with emphasis in Financial, Insurance, and Pharmaceutical meetings. Spending the last 6 years in Atlanta hospitality, Anna has been dedicated to promoting and selling the city she calls home. She has held professional membership in local Georgia chapters of Meeting Professionals International, National Business Travel Association and Financial & Insurance Conference Planners. Her professionalism paired with her expertise and knowledge of the city, create the “complete package” to efficiently and hospitably service clients. – See more at: http://www.gepdmc.com/atlanta/aboutus/team/

Autumn Woods Johnson joined GEP with over 10 years experience in Sales, Management, and Hospitality in both Houston and Atlanta. After developing the banquet and events program for a restaurant group in Houston, she came to Atlanta in 2005 to complete a Masters degree at Emory University and has immersed herself in this vibrant city’s hospitality industry. Playing a key role in the restaurant side of the industry for seven years and in her role as Group Dining Sales Manager for one of the premier restaurant groups in Atlanta, Autumn is very connected and in tune with new trends and extremely well versed in the multitude of options available for events in Atlanta. She has managed the sales and coordination of over 500 events annually for domestic and international clients. She is creative, diligent, and has a knack for making all her clients feel extremely comfortable and taken care of. – See more at: http://www.gepdmc.com/atlanta/aboutus/team/

Rufin Tshinanga with Popplr

Rufin Tshinanga is an innovator, entrepreneur, musician, life coach, humanitarian, and a father of healthy 3 year old son. Rufin specializes in special events and concert production, brand development, user/customer acquisition, and marketing strategy development. Mr Tshinanga has worked with brands such as Outkast, Ludacris, The Roots, Comcast, AT&T, The Ludacris Foundation, and many more. Rufin believes in inspiring individuals to reach their fullest potential to help impact our world in a positive direction. One of his proudest accomplishments is creating Georgia Daze, a volunteer organization aimed at increasing minority recruitment at The University of Georgia. Georgia Daze has been instrumental in aiding the record number increase of minority enrollment at UGA since 2005. Rufin is passionate about developing and curating innovative business ideas, content, products and properties that are evolutionary, socially impactful, and relevant in today’s connected culture. He is the founder of Popplr, a crowd-source platform for users to discover and demand local pop up shop experiences in unexpected places. We help large and independent brands produce interactive and engaging experiences to the right audience, at the right place, at the right time.

Financial Executives International Association

June 18, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Financial Executives International Association

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Chris Arndt/FEI Atlanta

As the Director of FEI Atlanta, Chris Arndt is a versatile executive with an MBA in Finance and a powerful blend of financial and operations expertise gained over 20+ years of executive management, complemented by top tier turnaround. Chris has Big 4 consulting experience spanning diverse industries including health care, information technology, retail, and manufacturing.

Chris is equally adept at directing management of financials, identifying and executing investment and product strategies, driving/supporting growth through operational excellence, business realignment, process improvement, turnaround and cost reduction initiatives. He readily motivates teams, defines objectives, and drives accountability at all levels. Chris routinely asks “What if?” and embraces dynamic, changing business models – thinks like an investor; acts like an owner.

Sara Jones/BBDO Atlanta

Sara Jones is the EVP, CFO for BBDO Atlanta Inc. A graduate of the University of South Alabama and CPA, Sara began her career in healthcare, working for HCA and Humana. However, in 1989 she found her niche in the advertising industry. Behind the scenes of every great agency, and all the great work is someone who makes sure everything is operating like clockwork – work flows, bills are paid, and all the details are handled to the highest standards. Sara Jones is this person. At BBDO Atlanta, Sara manages agency operations: Accounting, Broadcast Production, Print Production, Project Management, Studio Services, and Information Systems. She is a member of FEI National and Secretary for FEI, Atlanta Chapter.

Doug Hooper/Dew Learning

Doug Hooper is the Chief Financial Officer at Dew Learning. Doug is a Senior Operations and Finance Executive with more than 20 years of success integrating finance, operations, business metrics, and business processes to facilitate strategic decision making and drive financial and business performance. He is a change agent with a strong blend of financial and operational expertise, and proven ability to excel in start-up, high-growth, and multi-billion dollar corporate settings and in diverse industries ranging from telecommunications, plastic and metal products, medical equipment, pharmaceutical, education, e-learning and software development.

Doug has delivered many millions of dollars in cost savings through acquisition integration and restructuring; turned around a company to profitability leading to its divestiture; and led several start-ups, including business unit that generated $40M+ in its first year. Doug has his MBA in International Business and BBA in Business Administration. He is a Board Member of Financial Executives International.

Trade Show Radio Broadcasts LIVE from WIT Connect 2013 – Business RadioX

June 17, 2013 by angishields

On June 13, 2013, co-hosts Lee Kantor and Stone Payton were at the Georgia Aquarium, broadcasting live at WIT Connect where hundreds of Georgia’s leading technology executives and up-and-coming professionals gathered for an entertaining evening of networking and competitive bidding.

WIT Connect is a unique auction-style fundraising event. Proceeds support WIT programming aimed at developing future technology leaders, as well as WIT Foundation philanthropy initiatives like Girls Get IT and grants to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focused nonprofits and local schools.

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