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Lynn Hood with Crackerjack Marketing

October 26, 2012 by angishields

Disruptive Business

Lynn Hood with Crackerjack Marketing

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Lynn Hood/Crackerjack Marketing

Lynn Hood is the Top Kernel at Crackerjack Marketing, an integrated marketing firm that helps medical device, bioscience, high tech and business-to-business companies strategically position themselves and increase sales. Crackerjack is the answer for businesses that need a right-sized solution for their marketing, branding or public relations needs.

Lynn has more than 25 years of experience working with agencies and corporations in marketing and communications. Before founding Crackerjack Marketing, she was President of Hood Marketing Solutions for 20 years. Prior to that, Lynn was a senior writer for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and served as Communications Manager for Oglethorpe Power Corporation. She has also worked with Liberty Life Insurance/Liberty Corporation, Southern Vital Record Center, Pearl River Basin Development District and the Appalachia Health Council, and began her career as a reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald.

Lynn is active in a number of organizations that support Atlanta’s growth:

• Founding member of SEMDA (Southeastern Medical Device Association) and remains on the Board of Directors after eight years. This is the seventh SEMDA Conference she has worked with.

• Chair of the Marketing Committee for three years for the Health IT Leadership Summit, and served as Director of the inaugural Intel Innovation Award program for the 2011 Summit.

• Board of Advisors – TAG Health Society

• Board of Advisors – Metro Atlanta Chamber, involved with HIT and Medical Device subcommittees

• Board of Directors – Women in Bio – Atlanta Chapter

• Marketing Chair – Clinical Trials in Georgia Conference

Today’s show is brought to you by Minerva Planning Group.

Kathryne Pusch with ConsultKAP, Inc., Allison Havill Todd with AHT Interiors and Keith Ivey with LegalShield

October 25, 2012 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Kathryne Pusch with ConsultKAP, Inc., Allison Havill Todd with AHT Interiors and Keith Ivey with LegalShield

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Kathryne Pusch/ConsultKAP, Inc.

Kathryne Pusch, President of ConsultKAP, Inc., is a seasoned professional consultant and broker. Kathryne began her career consulting for a large international consulting firm in 1979. Since then, she has worked successfully within the framework of large corporations, and small enterprise, across a broad range of industries, private and public sector.

Kathryne has owned and managed two small businesses herself, in addition to her successful business enhancement, transitions, and brokerage practice. Her consulting work focuses primarily on preparing businesses for a successful sale, and exit and transition planning for owners. ConsultKAP intermediary services focus on helping individuals and companies who want to sell or acquire a business to do so with the greatest likelihood of success, as defined by the achievement of their unique objectives.

Kathryne is the 2003 past-President of GABB, the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, and has been active on Board and leadership positions in GABB since 1998. She has extensive formal education, including a BS in Marketing and Marketing Research and an MBA. Kathryne continues her education and certifications in many fields related to commercial real estate, business operations, business planning, negotiations, and business transfers as part of her passion for lifelong professional development.

Kathryne is a licensed Real Estate Broker, a frequent public speaker, and a published author.

Allison Havill Todd/AHT Interiors

Allison Havill Todd is the President and Director of Design of Allison Havill Todd Interiors (AHT Interiors) which is an established interior design firm with more than 15 years of experience designing fine interiors for the home and office. Her work has been featured numerous times in both local and national publications.

In addition to her demanding business, Allison is the creator & founder of Designing Dreams, a philanthropic community initiative dedicated to providing beautiful interior environments for those in physical, financial or emotional crisis. Allison donates her time and creative energy supporting this mission and continues to provide a charitable room makeover valued at $20,000 or more each year to a deserving recipient.

On a personal level, Allison volunteers her time visiting assisted living homes and other facilities with one of her trained therapy dogs as part of Forsyth County’s Humane Hearts program. She is an avid supporter of both the Forsyth County Humane Society as well as Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta where she adopted both of her beloved dogs.

Allison is also a recent graduate of Leadership Forsyth, a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen the community as a whole by enhancing and educating individual and collective leadership potential. She has committed to serve on the board of this organization and is a class coordinator for the 2013 program.

Keith Ivey/LegalShield

Keith Ivey is with LegalShield. Although he has lived in Louisville, Los Angeles and on cruise ships, Keith calls Atlanta home. He is a father, a father-in-law and a grandfather. He has been a business owner for most of his adult life.

October 30th – Tackling the Tough Stuff II: Turning Procrastination into Productivity

October 25, 2012 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

October 30th - Tackling the Tough Stuff II: Turning Procrastination into Productivity

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Most people who actually start writing a book never finish writing it. Is procrastination a major factor? That combined with a fear of failure perhaps. Procrastination can impact just about every aspect of our lives. We may call it something else but at its heart it is procrastination. How can we better recognize it in our lives and when we do, how do we overcome it? Wouldn’t it be great to have someone help us recognize procrastination in what we do – or don’t do? Think of what we could accomplish in addition to all that we currently achieve!

Dr. Tim Morrison interviews Dr. Michelle Tullier, the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Overcoming Procrastination and seven other books. Michelle is also a regional vice president for a leading global consulting firm where she manages career coaching and employee development solutions for major corporations. Listen as Dr. Tullier shares her insights and secrets and bold truths about battling procrastination – turning it into productivity. And maybe she will tell listeners what it takes to write 8 books.

CAP Members Pencil Factory Lofts and The Drafting Table Join Hosts Elizabeth Gordon and Dana Barrett

October 25, 2012 by angishields

Good Morning Atlanta

CAP Members Pencil Factory Lofts and The Drafting Table Join Hosts Elizabeth Gordon and Dana Barrett

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Hosts Dana Barrett and Elizabeth Gordon are joined in the studio by Dan Williams from Central Atlanta Progress along with CAP members Matt Futral, the Asset Manager for Perennial Properties who owns the Pencil Factory Lofts in Downtown and Doug Caylor who has just opened The Drafting Table, a new restaurant at the Pencil Factory Lofts.

After their usual run down of the Atlanta business news headlines, Elizabeth and Dana talked with Matt about the lifestyle and amenities at Pencil Factory Lofts while Doug talked about his decision to open his new restaurant, The Drafting Table there. He also enticed the easily entice-able hosts with some yummy descriptions of the unique menu – including the 50%/50% bacon and sirloin burger. Yum!

Cultivating High Potential Talent for Competitive Advantage!

October 25, 2012 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Cultivating High Potential Talent for Competitive Advantage!

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio, three leaders from high-growth organizations in the corporate and not-for-profit sectors join host Alvin C. Miles to discuss how companies can leverage high potential talent to their competitive advantage.

Gabriel Eckert / Executive Director, BOMA Georgia

Gabriel is a practicing nonprofit executive, currently serving as Executive Director of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Georgia (BOMA Georgia), a trade association representing the management segment of commercial real estate. With more than 1,000 members, it is the second largest organization of its kind in the nation. He is responsible for overall management of the organization. He has extensive expertise in governance, leadership, strategic planning, new market development and management. He also has significant experience in corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability.

A certified association executive, Gabriel currently serves as chair of the Georgia Society of Association Executives Foundation, past chair of the Board of Directors of the Green Chamber of the South, and on the Construction Management Advisory Board for Southern Polytechnic State University. Gabriel received a national emerging leader scholarship from the American Society of Association Executives in 2006, and has been named three times by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the Top 100 Who’s Who in Commercial Real Estate, a list of “100 leaders, dealmakers and legends who are changing Atlanta.” In 2009, Gabriel was named by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the Top 40 Under 40 in metro-Atlanta. And in 2012, he was one of 5 individuals to receive the national Young and Aspiring Award from Association Trends. He is also co-author of the book From Insight to Action: 6 New Ways to Think, Lead and Achieve.

Gabriel earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Kansas State University, where he was named the Dean of Student Life Outstanding Graduating Senior. Since then, he has earned a Management Certificate from Emory University and an Advanced Leadership Certificate from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Kennesaw State University, where he was named the University Scholar, recognizing him as the top student in the Executive MBA class of 2011.

Contact Gabriel: (404) 475-9980, geckert@boma-atlanta.org

John Patrick/ Campus Recruiting Manager, AirWatch

John Patrick has worked at AirWatch since January of 2012. Prior to joining AirWatch, John spent 7 years at CNN, building their internationally recognized journalism internship program as well as directing the recruiting effort for all entry to mid-level hires at CNN. After his time with Turner Broadcasting, John also served as the Campus Relations Manager at Atlanta based Newell Rubbermaid, where he managed their North American campus recruiting effort.

John is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, having majored in political science.

Contact John: (404) 902-4221, johnpatrick@air-watch.com

Chris Sibold/ Channel Account Manager, AirWatch

Chris Sibold is responsible for the North American education market at AirWatch, one of the largest verticals in the company. In this role, Chris is responsible for developing and maintaining successful relationships with the ecosystem of value-added partners who assist K-12 and Higher Education customers adopt mobile technology as part of their learning infrastructure.

Prior to his current role Chris held software sales and business development positions with IBM and Red Hat, providing enterprise infrastructure products and services to both commercial and Federal customers. While at Red Hat his account team identified and captured a $34 million project for the rail industry, the largest opportunity in company history at the time. Chris is also a former United States Air Force Captain and has led logistics organizations supporting the Global War on Terrorism in multiple locations including South Korea and Iraq.

Chris is a 2012 graduate of the Executive MBA program at Kennesaw State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Management from The University of Georgia.

Contact Chris: (404) 902-4095, chrissibold@air-watch.com

Which Book Has Most Impacted Your Leadership Ability?

Gabriel Eckert:

John Patrick:

Chris Sibold:

Peter Pasternack Real Estate Connections Special with Tom Ellicott, Aldo Lopez and Rick Guerrero

October 24, 2012 by angishields

Real Estate Atlanta

Peter Pasternack Real Estate Connections Special with Tom Ellicott, Aldo Lopez and Rick Guerrero

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The Real Estate Connections event for this month will be on Thursday, November 1, from 6pm-9pm, and it will be held at Aja, a modern Asian kitchen, located in the Alliance Center on Lenox Road. If you are in Real Estate in Atlanta this is a must-go-to networking event.

Peter Pasternack/Foundations Designs

Peter Pasternack, from Foundation Designs, is one of our hosts and is also one of the stars of Flip This House, one of television’s most recognized real estate investment and home renovation shows. His company designs, builds, and renovates residential and commercial property.

Peter is in charge of the largest real estate networking event in town, Real Estate Connections, that is held every month.

Tom Ellicott/PalmerHouse Properties

Tom Ellicott is President and Chief Marketing Officer with PalmerHouse Properties(PalmerHouse”). PalmerHouse began operation in April 2006. Its vision is to remain a high energy real estate firm that creates opportunities for real estate entrepreneurs. Their mission is to foster the success and prosperity of all of its Agents & REALTORS. With that focus, they have become one of United States’ fastest growing agencies. It is also through their transparent commission plans and flexible business model that theyhave been so successful. Since the inception of PalmerHouse, they have also formed three other agencies: PalmerHouse Properties Realty, PalmerHouse Properties & Associates and PalmerHouse Properties Lake Country (“PalmerHouse Companies”) in order to accommodate the Agents and REALTORS with access to various listing services and board affiliations. PalmerHouse is also committed to expansion in order to meet the needs of its Agents/REALTORS. The main office is located on Piedmont Road in Buckhead with satellite offices in Alpharetta, Marietta, Lake Oconee, Duluth, Decatur and Canton.

Aldo Lopez/LoanSouth Mortgage

Aldo Lopez is with LoanSouth Mortgage. He is a resident of Atlanta and Sandy Springs since 1996, with more than 11 of these years as a mortgage consultant. Aldo’s objective is to leverage his experience, knowledge, network and resources in favor of his clients and customers. Aldo and his team are dedicated to timely and assertive communication to ensure a smooth, efficient and pleasant mortgage transaction. He is a member of NAHREP (National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals), National Society of Hispanic MBA’s, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, President of the Board of Miramar Beach Villas Condominium Association, and participates in numerous community events.

Rick Guerrero/Rick Guerrero State Farm Agency

Rick Guerrero is a State Farm Agent in Atlanta. Rick is also a board member with the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, and The National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

The Rick Guerrero State Farm Agency goals are to assist their clients with insurance and financial service needs including auto, home, renters, life, health, bank, disability, and even retirement planning. They are dedicated to offering the best products at the lowest possible rates while providing personal service that is unsurpassed.

Matt Rogers with SolutionBuilt

October 24, 2012 by angishields

Emerging Enterprise

Matt Rogers with SolutionBuilt

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Matt Rogers/SolutionBuilt

Matt Rogers is with SolutionBuilt. SolutionBuilt designs mobile apps, websites, and online marketing solutions that creates brand recognition and ecommerce on web and mobile devices. They create digital marketing campaigns that drive traffic to websites and mobile apps. No matter who your target audience is, they have you covered. Specialties include websites, mobile apps, and digital marketing.

Today’s show is brought to you by Venture Atlanta and The Ritz Group.

Vanessa Carey with West Corporation

October 24, 2012 by angishields

Learning Insights

Vanessa Carey with West Corporation

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Vanessa Carey/West Corporation

Vanessa Carey is the Director of Corporate Organizational Development with West Corporation. West Corporation specializes in the creation of solutions that cover every aspect of voice communication. These include, to name a few: Conferencing and Collaboration – InterCall, Public Safety – Intrado, Automated Services – West Interactive, West Business Services, Direct Response Solutions – West Direct, Receivables Management Solutions – West Asset Management, Facility and Home-based Agents and several more. You may recognize names like InterCall, Sprint Conferencing, and Raindance who have found their home under the West umbrella. West processes billions of minutes in voice-related transactions every year with 30,000 plus employees located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Vanessa has been with West for seven years and leads a team that serves as internal consultants to all the business units at West. This includes responsibilities for all facets of organizational development, corporate related training, leadership training, team building, interpersonal skills development, and executive coaching. Her time at West has been all about progress through developing and launching West University, an Enterprise wide trainer’s forum, virtual training, online exit interviews, and employee engagement surveys, and many other developments. Prior to West she served at Cox Communications as Manager of Leadership Development and implemented a formal succession planning process.

Vanessa has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) in Counseling with twenty years’ experience in adult education, counseling, training and development, management and leadership development. She is a national member of ASTD and enjoyed volunteering at this year’s ICE Convention. If she is not developing people she is performing for them. She is active in music and drama and has a passion for travel. Antarctica is on her destination list in order to complete her goal of visiting all continents.

Also joining us in the studio was David Adelman, Relationship Manager with our corporate sponsor Training Pros.

Non Profit Vs. For Profit: What are The Motivating Factors?

October 24, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Non Profit Vs. For Profit: What are The Motivating Factors?

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Topic Expert: Janet Lathrop

JANET J. LATHROP, MBA has a long standing interest in healthcare. Her initial exposure to the healthcare arena occurred through her role as division manager of the emergency medicine department at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo from 1990 to 1995 in her home town of Buffalo, New York. In 1995, she moved to Atlanta and worked at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (1995-1997) as the Staff Administrator for the medical director of the Pediatric Health Alliance.

Janet joined the staff of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants in 1997 and served as its CEO/President from 2001 until July, 2012. Throughout her tenure with NCCPA, the organization underwent significant transformations such as shifting to computerized year-round testing administrations, providing PAs the ability to access their electronic certification records and conduct business with NCCPA on a 24/7 basis, and implementing the administration of a Certificate of Added Qualifications program for PAs who work in specialty areas of practice. She served as the staff leader of NCCPA’s two supporting organizations, the NCCPA Foundation which was created in 2006 and the Society for the Preservation of PA History which became part of the NCCPA family in 2011. She left NCCPA in July of 2012 to open a nonprofit business consulting company with her long time business colleague and friend, Lori Leal, MBA, CPA. Their organization, Path2 Better Performance, specializes in positioning organizations for the best possible financial and performance results, and use the foundational framework of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

A published author, Ms. Lathrop has been invited to speak at various state and national conferences. She has also conducted workshops on nonprofit governance, board development, strategic planning, Myers Briggs personality types in the workforce, and has also served as consultant to other organizations in the area of board development and leadership. Ms. Lathrop is a member of the American Society of Association Executives, the Georgia Society of Association Executives, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the University of Georgia Board of Directors for Atlanta Leadership. She also serves as adjunct professor at Michigan State University where she teaches for the on line MD-MBA program.

Ms. Lathrop received a bachelor’s degree from National Louis University, an MBA from the University of Georgia in 2005, and is currently working on her dissertation to complete the requirements for a PhD in Business from Capella University in 2013. The title of her dissertation is “What motivates volunteers to serve on nonprofit board in healthcare?”

Having been married over 20 years, Ms. Lathrop currently resides in Cumming, GA and is the proud mother of two sons.

For Profit: Diane Basco

Diane Basco started her career as a flight attendant and spent the first 13 years of her work life with an airline, after which she entered into the world of high tech sales at IBM.

Attachmate Corporation was the next step for Diane where she spent seven years developing and honing her initial sales and sales leadership skills from inside sales, channel sales, account manager, to sales manager. Her track record at Attachmate allowed her to make her next career move to Cisco Systems, which is where she continued her development and transitioned into the executive level.

Diane’s experience at Cisco afforded her the opportunity to work across several key lines of business including Enterprise, Service Provider, and Consumer technology. Her track record was exemplary during her tenure in that role and she was selected to create a “start-up” market following the acquisition of Linksys, which was Cisco’s first insertion into the consumer market. Given her Service Provider background, she was tasked with creating the strategy to develop the next billion dollar line of business by carving out a market for home networking devices for large Service Providers enabling them to enter into the “Connected Home” market by offering managed services to consumers.

In the middle of juggling her executive career, Diane started her own business in 2003 by taking over a small private school, Ivy League Montessori School located in Cumming, GA. Diane views her ownership as her way of “giving back” and has never taken any personal compensation from the business. As a result, Diane has become an advocate for educational change in this country.

Currently, Diane has rejoined Attachmate with a desire to slow down the pace and is an Account Executive, and was recently asked to join the Advisory Board of a local community bank, Alliance National Bank.

Diane holds a BBA and an Executive MBA from Kennesaw State University. She currently resides in Cumming with her husband and twin daughters.

Non-Profit: Marva Bailer

Marva Bailer is the Business Unit Executive for Media & Entertainment, Energy & Utilities, and Telecommunications for industry leading software solutions for the IBM Communications Sector Business, a Billion dollar business unit.

She is known for her high energy, positive attitude and ability to connect. Marva’s role in IBM’s software group is to provide leadership and execution of high value solutions for Smarter Planet impacting solutions for Telco, Mobile, Cable, Cell Towers, Smart Grid, Wireless, Broadband, Satellite, Media and Entertainment.

Her team utilizes all of the software offerings that IBM offers in an industry context. Some of the key business areas are Analytics, Mobile, Optimization, Service Management, Facilities Management, Customer Service, Demand Marketing, and Commerce.

Prior to being acquired by IBM, Marva held several roles at Micromuse; a top 25 Wall Street Journal rated stock during the .com era. She was VP of Communication Service Provider Sales, promoted to grow the Federal Division to 11% of the company’s sales, which included a team managing global alliances. Prior to Micromuse Marva held VP level sales leadership positions at niche technology companies focused on high tech communications.

She served for 3 years as the Co- Chair for the Digital Ball, and is an active an Executive Board Member for Techbridge. She is an executive member and active supporter of Global Exec Women, ATL CEO Council, Wireless Technology Forum, Women in Cable, WIT, and Women in Technology, ATP, Atlanta Telecom Professional, and TAG, Technology Association of GA.

Marva has received nominations and awards, been a panelist, host for many of these organizations. She is a 2011 President Volunteer Award Recipient for her board service.

She is a contributing author to “CLIMB,” by Hoffman & Daneker. She serves as a mentor to people in their 20’s and their 50’s both inside and outside IBM. Marva Bailer was recently featured in Citizen IBM as a kick off for the United Way ECCC Campaign