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Leadercast: Angela Raub and Angie Ahrens

June 18, 2019 by angishields

Angela Raub is CEO of Leadercast, a global pioneer in leadership development. Raub has served Leadercast and its audiences for nearly two years as Chief Sales Officer, where she oversaw all aspects of Leadercast’s business development, executed strategic growth initiatives, and managed a growing team of enthusiastic sales professionals.

Prior to joining the team at Leadercast, Raub held leadership positions at Pathbuilders Inc., Wellspring Living, Hotel Equities and J. Mack Robinson
College of Business at Georgia State University. She holds an Executive MBA in International Business from Georgia State University and received her undergraduate degree in Communications and Business from University of Toledo.

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Angie Ahrens, CMP, is the Vice President, Operations at Leadercast. Meetings and events are her profession and passion, as Angie oversees the production of Leadercast Live, Leadercast Women, and the events growing at the company. Driven by passion, purpose and fulfillment, she strives to provide attendees with an unforgettable experience and the tools to walk away inspired to be a better leader. Outside of work, Angie resides in the Atlanta area with her husband, Tim, and two Shiba Inu dogs, Nala and Remy. Travel, cooking, dining and entertaining are all passions she indulges in when living life to the fullest.

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About Leadercast

Leadercast is dedicated to building leaders others will follow by providing solutions, events and resources for individuals, teams, organizations and corporations across all industries. Whether you need tools to lead yourself, your team or your company, Leadercast will guide you on your journey to being a leader worth following.

About Your Host

Pat Hurston is a highly dedicated and resourceful corporate and non-profit executive with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of executive leadership, strategic planning, and fundraising. She has a proven record of fostering organizational efficiency and growth and is adept at the effective leadership of any size staff.

Pat has a passion for women and children issues and providing leadership in the business community as a servant leader, serving as a volunteer, board member and advisor to the board, to help make positive change.

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Gabriel Orthous with Central Georgia Health Network, Michael Starling with the City of Dunwoody, Katie Williams with Discover Dunwoody, Seven Chan and Mitch Jaffe with PH’EAST

June 18, 2019 by angishields

Gabe Orthous, CIO executive at Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN), offering 20+ years of progressive experience as a value-based care strategic thinker and executor with a history of scaling and driving return on investment of complex healthcare IT solutions.

Michael Starling is the director of economic development for the City of Dunwoody. Katie Williams is the executive director for Discover Dunwoody, Dunwoody’s destination marketing organization. The two work alongside each other to help position the Perimeter Dunwoody Market as an ideal place to live, work and play.

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Seven Chan is co owner of Poke Burri ,and Lifting Noodles Ramen and a developer of PH’EAST food hall. Mitch Jaffe owns Prep Kitchen and is an owner of PH’EAST food hall.

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

June 17, 2019 by angishields

The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.

Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM.

Robyn Lloyd is a Technology Manager in the Data Analytics space at State Farm. She started out 18 years ago as a Cobol Developer and through the years her strength in driving work, need for challenges, and ease of adaptability has taken her on a very diverse journey through the Enterprise Technology department. A highlight of her career was relocating from Illinois to Georgia five years ago to build the brand of IT and recruit new talent to State Farm’s Atlanta Hub. Her first assignment on arrival was to build a relationship with WIT. Robyn also has a passion for Diversity & Inclusion and actively participates in numerous Employee Resource Groups which ties easily into her love of travel and experiencing all the cultures and people the world has to offer. Robyn also serves as the Director of Operations of the Lloyd household along with her partner, Ken (CFO). Together they empower their CEOs, Paige (12) and Hope (25) to pursue all of their hopes and dreams.

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Penny Collins joins WIT from First Data Corporation, where she served as Chief Technology Control Officer, Global Lead for Disaster Recovery Application Development, and Head of Global Cyber Security and Controls PMO. In addition to leading the company’s technology compliance and controls, she was also the global leader for First Data’s Women’s Leadership Council, and a solid champion for the organization’s support of WIT as a strategic partner.

Prior to First Data, Penny spent time as a business owner and entrepreneur, was Chief Process and Usability Officer for British Telecom (BT), and has spent her career leading global technology teams. She was awarded Women in Payments’ award for Education in 2019 and is an active member of the Atlanta non-profit community.

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Trusted Advisor Radio Episode 6

June 14, 2019 by angishields

Talaya Parker, Executive Director of HomeStretch, Inc., is an entrepreneur and business leader with 30 years of success for leading people and managing operations. Talaya started volunteering at the age of 13 as a candy striper at the VA Medical Center (her mother was Lt. Col. in US Army). Talaya is a motivational speaker and mentor. She has spearheaded Business Resource Groups within Diversity/Inclusion, negotiated over $100M in corporate contracts, and has been a volunteer for over 30 years. She believes in inspiring people, innovating big idea and is an internal optimist. She is a change thought leader!

Aspiring Author and National Financial Educator, Sandra Weston, has over 20 years in the finance industry with a diverse background in accounting, investment analysis, commercial real estate lending and underwriting for secondary markets. Now serving as a co-creator of Credit Agent Plus Academy, an online platform that affords open access to wealth building principles and socially conscious programs that will help people create financial freedom online.

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About Your Host

Christopher Seabrook is the host of Trusted Advisor Radio and serves as a Financial Representative at Country Financial. He prides himself on working hard to provide the best possible service to his clients. Being able to help people is a central part of his life, and is happy to be of service to his clients and community.

Christopher also enjoys meeting new people and building one-on-one relationships. Open and honest discussions are an easy way for him to connect with clients and ultimately help them secure their financial security goals.

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Tuesdays with Corey Episode 22

June 12, 2019 by angishields

Jane Reid is CEO of Can You Imagine? Since coaching and mentoring individuals and teams are a part of her DNA, Jane is passionate about making sure the Can You Imagine? team members are ready to take the company to the next level of success. Together they are exploring all facets of the company to find ways to improve processes which will support their ability to align, connect and drive rewarding outcomes.

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Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences.

A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.

Katharine Chestnut with Alkaloid Networks, Lisa Laday-Davis with Kennesaw CPA and Nikkita Gordon with Cute and Cocky

June 11, 2019 by angishields

Katharine Chestnut spent 30+ years focused on marketing strategy continues to provide marketing consulting along being active as a speaker and mentor. She opened Alkaloid Networks, an Atlanta coworking office, four+ years ago and recently launched the Atlanta Coworking Alliance.

Connect with Katharine on LinkedIn, follow Alkaloid Networks on Twitter and Facebook, and Atlanta Coworking Alliance on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Lisa Laday-Davis has been a CPA for over 18 years Specializing in Accounting, Tax and Business Planning. She started Kennesaw CPA with the goal of assisting small business owners and entrepreneurs in creating and maintaining thriving businesses. She creates educational webinars, programming and products specifically for business owners.

Laday-Davis is a graduate of Louisiana State University and is licensed in the field of accounting, insurance and risk management. She lives in the Metro Atlanta area.

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Nikkita Gordon, CEO of Cute and Cocky. Never Be Compromised with Cute & Cocky Firearm Accessories and Apparel.

BRX Studio Partner Office Hours May 2019

June 10, 2019 by angishields

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Jon Bradway with CapTech, Chris Duncan with Decisely and Rupen Patel with Healthgrades

June 10, 2019 by angishields

Jon Bradway, Managing Director & Atlanta Office Lead at CapTech, is passionate helping companies use technology to launch strategies, products and business models to connect with customers and drive growth in the digital economy. With extensive experience identifying, launching and commercializing digital businesses and products, he is trusted to lead innovation and transformation projects for the world’s top companies.

At CapTech, Jon is responsible for managing all aspects of the Atlanta office. In addition, he is a leader in CapTech’s Innovation service offering, which helps clients to structure organizations for transformation and identify growth opportunities. Jon also leads multiple client accounts for CapTech ensuring delivery and client success.

Before joining CapTech, Jon was co-founder and COO of Vunify, a direct-to-consumer, content discovery platform which incorporated social recommendations and personalization features. Previously, Jon was a founder and Managing Partner of Blueshift Media, which provided consulting services, technology development and analytic software to media companies and Fortune 500 consumer marketers. Earlier in his career, Jon was a consultant and client lead for inCode Consulting and ioko. Additionally, Jon spent 8 years at Turner Broadcasting where he launched and ran 12 Video On Demand services, and was instrumental in developing the early strategy and business models for streaming video.

Jon received a BA in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College and an MBA from Emory University (Goizueta Business School). Jon lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, daughter and son.

Chris Duncan is EVP/COO of Decisely, a fast growing “insuretech” company focused providing integrated benefits and other HR solutions to small businesses, Insurance Brokerage Partners, Associations and Franchisee nationally. Decisely is owned by Two Sigma, a leading private equity firm, and management. At Decisely he is responsible for sales and operations. Decisely is HQ in Alpharetta GA, with offices in Salt Lake City and Folsom, Sacramento CA.

Formerly, Chris was the Chief Growth Officer of EPIC, a “Top 15” property/casualty, benefits, loss control, claims and HR administration company with various offices in the U.S. His primary responsibility was to grow and lead its expanding employee benefits brokerage and consulting practice.

Previously, he is a Partner with Mercer Health & Benefits involved with strategy and M&A, as well as leader of its Atlanta Health & Benefits Business

His background includes COO/CFO of a regional brokerage, benefits and administration firm, Chief Risk Officer at Delta Air Lines, and multiple positions including strategic planning, finance, and risk/security/insurance management leadership positions within PepsiCo companies of Frito-lay and KFC. He started his career at Ford Motor Company as a casualty insurance analyst.

Active in the community, he is a board member of the Brantley Risk & Insurance Center at Applachian State University in Boone, NC. BBA in Marketing and an M.B.A. in Finance and Risk Management, both from the University of Georgia, was named Alumnus of the Year (2003) for the Terry College of Business Risk Management and Insurance Program, the University of Georgia. He is also a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).

Rupen Patel is Chief Strategy Officer at Healthgrades. With more than 15 years of experience in assembling and directing fast-paced software engineering teams, Rupen specializes in strategy and roadmaps to help businesses drive growth and innovation. He’s passionate about creating products that address healthcare’s need for better consumer engagement solutions.

Rupen previously served as CEO of Influence Health. He initially joined the company in 2017 as Chief Technology officer, and shaped the vision and technology agenda for Influence Health’s consumer experience platform. He focused on providing oversight across the organization to ensure timely and efficient execution of strategic initiatives and operations as well as driving product development and technology innovation efforts.

Rupen formerly served as CTO for NCR’s Small and Medium Business division, where he led global engineering for NCR Silver and launched SaaS and Mobile products in three new markets. He also drove innovation efforts in streaming analytics and Internet of Things. Prior to that, he founded and directed Mercurium which helped SaaS companies create new products in marketing automation, eCommerce, health gamification, and more. He also led CMS and Social Network product development for many Turner brands including CNN.com, SI.com, and Money.com

An alum of Vanderbilt, Rupen also received a Master’s degree from Georgia Tech. His honors include a Frost and Sullivan Excellence in Technology Innovation Award in 2016.

About Your Host

Joey Kline is a Vice President at JLL, specializing in office brokerage and tenant representation. As an Atlanta native, he has a deep passion for promoting the economic growth and continued competitiveness of communities in and around Atlanta, as well as the Southeast as a whole. He has completed transactions in every major submarket of metro Atlanta, and works primarily with start-ups, advertising/marketing agencies, and publicly-traded companies. With a healthy mix of tenacious drive and analytical insights, Joey is a skilled negotiator who advises clients on a myriad of complex real estate matters.

With a strategy and business development background, Joey is first and foremost a pragmatic advisor to his clients. Most recently, he was the Director of Business Development for American Fueling Systems, an Atlanta-based alternative energy company. While at JLL, he has become a member of the Million Dollar Club, and has built a reputation as an expert on the intersection of transit-accessibility and urban real estate. With intimate involvement in site selection and planning/zoning concerns, Joey approaches real estate from the perspective of the end user, and thus possesses a unique lens through which to serve his clients.

Joey holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a founder, board member, and the treasurer of Advance Atlanta, and also sits on the Selection Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth’s Fast 40 event. In addition, he is a member of CoreNet and the Urban Land Institute. Finally, he is part of LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2019.

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Mike Roush and David Judd with Inxeption, Atul Agarwal with Althea Brands and Todd McAllister with McAllister Retail

June 7, 2019 by angishields

Mike Roush is an experienced software executive with a commitment and passion for leading and developing a highly energetic and knowledgeable sales organization. Recognized for his consultative approach to working with customers to ensure they realize the full potential of their investment. A financial and consulting background in ERP, Supply Chain, Human Capital, Agile and Project and Portfolio Management provides for a knowledge base to prepare sales teams to speak to the impact of technology on the bottom and top line.

Current role at Inxeption is to build and lead the N.A. business in a hyper growth Silicon Valley technology company pursuing blockchain driven initiatives in the areas of eCommerce, supply chain, logistics and financials. Inxeption is a B2B SaaS I-commerce platform that allows product and services companies to promote their products/services online, sell directly to their end customers, analyze their online presence real-time with embedded logistics. Inxeption will exponentially increase online sales and significantly reduce the cost and friction in B2B logistics.

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David Judd is VP Customer Success at Inxeption. David has 30 years’ experience in developing enterprise solutions for manufacturing and service-based companies. He has worked with most of the Fortune 500 bringing digital transformation in the areas of marketing, sales, and service.

As director at Oracle for 12 years he led partner and field sales enablement. He managed sales integration and go-to-market strategy for Oracle acquisitions. He has a PhD in leadership and administration.

His dissertation examined online communities in knowledge-based organizations. He has published articles and speaks on the uses of blockchain technology in higher education and industry. In his role at Inxeption, he supports sales operations and leads customer success through growing GMV.

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Atul Agarwal is Founder and CEO of Althea Brands. Althea Brands brings together traditional medicine and contemporary scientific research to develop natural and healthy foods and beverages.

Our first line of products leverage the 5000 year old Indian system of holistic health and medicine – Ayurveda – to provide enhanced hydration by combining ancient herbs with contemporary scientific knowledge. Branded Béla, these products are now available online and being steadily launched in key markets.

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Todd McAllister, CEO and Founder, McAllister Retail, a direct supplier of electric boilers, presses, vacuum tables and sewing machines for the garment, retail stores, hotels and dry cleaners nationally. We are very unique as we deliver, install and service nationally, utilizing our staff of steam and sewing technicians.

For ongoing support and service, we have over 300 agents nationally who can respond to your needs quickly; and with genuine replacement parts. We look forward to continuing to serve you, our valued customer.