Justin’s guest is Tom Foley, Lenovo Health. Justin and Tom discuss the Health Innovation Think Tank that they recently founded. Also hear about recent healthcare innovation on the horizon.
Lee Woodward, Woman In Disguise and Isabel Banerjee, Gro Your Biz
Connectedness, open mindedness and trust are all keys to success, sustainability and new possibilities! Listen in as Lee Woodward and Isabel Banerjee share about their journeys as successful business owners. While many entrepreneurs are flying solo, with every decision and challenge resting on their shoulders, these women succeed in their own businesses and share in the collective wisdom of their advisory board.
Lee Woodward has built a successful career spanning more than 20 years. Her broad experience in organization design, talent management, strategic planning,
customer experience and management operating systems led to a successful track record in multiple industries, including high tech, financial services and aerospace. Within those industries she served companies ranging from start up to Fortune 100 in size. Lee continually pushes herself outside of her comfort zone and takes on challenges that allow her to grow as a leader and a person. To that end, in 2015, she left a successful corporate career to launch her own business, Woman In Disguise. Her dream is to help women transform how they look and feel, and through that transformation, to be authentic, beautiful and bold. Woman In Disguise focuses on creating an experience that takes their customers to a happy place.
Lee Woodward
Transformation Maven | Woman In Disguise
602-350-5684
WomanInDisguise.com
Lee@WomanInDisguise.com
Isabel Banerjee credits her life’s journey with the practical business and relationship skills that became her trademark style. During diverse career experiences in retail, automotive, aviation and service industries, Isabel absorbed the knowledge needed to succeed in private-sector business. Ms. Banerjee relocated to Arizona in 2011 and founded BIYA Global, Inc., to leverage her experience, connections and unique abilities as a Success Coach and Business Mentor for Small and Medium Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises. In 2014, Isabel advanced her goal to help more entrepreneurs benefit from her forty plus year’s business education and expand a successful and in-demand program, GroYourBizTM, to the United States commencing with chapters in Arizona. An inspiring speaker and aspiring author with a passion for helping others maximize their potential, her drive comes from the belief that confidence, success and satisfaction are more easily achieved and sustained when working from individual and collective strengths.
Isabel Banerjee
Gro Your Biz
Managing Director, Arizona
602-910-4275
ibanerjee@groyourbiz.com
www.GroYourBiz.com
Sheree Darien with Small Business Assistance Corporation
SHEREE DARIEN is one the world’s best kept secrets! Like a champion, this philanthropic multi-faceted lover of life has surmounted every feat she’s encountered. From teen wife and mom to business graduate, corporate bank executive, certified purpose development coach, business owner and international best-selling author, Sheree’s courage and determination has inspired millions to discover and embrace the infinite possibilities which often comes disguised as their second chance.
After three years, this former corporate bank executive has joined SBAC, an area Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to serve her ideal audience. Sheree Darien is now the Community Development Loan Officer at SBAC. In this role, Sheree is strategically positioned to be the leading business lender in Southeast GA and South Carolina Lowcountry.
Sheree passionately serves on numerous nonprofit and educational boards within her community. Since 2009, Sheree was appointed as Area Commissioner of the governing board at the Technical College of the Lowcountry by the late Reverend Senator Clementa Pinckney and former Governor Mark Sanford. She was reappointed in 2012 by Senator Pinckney and now former Governor Nikki Haley. Sheree presently serves the governing board as Secretary and Treasurer. This appointment is especially cherished after the loss of her former schoolmate, mentor and friend, Clementa. Connect with Sherre on LinkedIn, and follow SBAC on Facebook.
Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition
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 STEM.
Sandy D. Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).
Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.
In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.
Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman. Connect with WIT on Twitter, and follow Sandy on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Tina Frausto is SVP – Business Design and Transformation at Equifax. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Ruth Manlapas is Vice President, Core System Engineering at Equifax. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Gwendolyn Young
Mike Hayashi, Take Control Self-Defense and Tom Talbott, Aerial Extreme Skydive
Join us for a fascinating conversation with two entertaining and successful business owners, Mike Hayashi and Tom Talbott. The big business of skydiving and self-defense. Great opportunities for education athletics and corporate entertainment!
Mike Hayashi, M.Ed. has provided his powerful training seminars to The Fortune 500, Universities across America, and as far away as Aruba & Jamaica – to move toward his life’s mission: “END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!” He has been nominated for a TV Emmy Award and has been called the country’s Foremost Authority on women’s safety, security and self-empowerment for over two decades.
Mike Hayashi
www.mikehayashi.us
Mike@TakeControlSelfDefense.com
480-221-0044
Aerial Extreme Skydiving Team, based out of Phoenix, was founded in 1997. Team captain, Tom Talbott, is a native of Arizona and former officer of the Green Beret Parachute Team in Ft. Bragg, NC. He has logged over 15,000 skydives. Tom has been in the skydiving industry for over 25 years and has owned and operated two drop zones, including one in the Bahamas.
Aerial Extreme Skydiving Team
www.skydiveaerialextreme.com
(602) 617-4464
Steve Youngblood and Caroline Dunn with RoomsDone
Steve Youngblood is the founder and CEO of RoomsDone. Steve is both a serial entrepreneur and a product management pro in the software world. He has excelled at playing the binding force between technical and business teams. Steve received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida and his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Past experience includes:
– VP of Product Management at Softvision
– Head of Product Management at AVOXI
– CEO and Founder of Salestrakr
– EVP of Sales and Marketing at InfoWeapons
– Director of Product Management at Earthlink
– VP of International at Epicentric
– Director of Product Management at Harbinger
– Senior Product Manager at S2
Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Steve has been married to his wife Rena for 31 years. He has 2 children, one a graduate of Georgia Southern University and another finishing his senior year at Georgia College and State University. You can connect with Steve and RoomsDone via their website, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Caroline Dunn is co-founder and CMO of RoomsDone. Caroline is also 2017 President of the Wireless Technology Forum, a 501(c)6 non-profit networking group in Atlanta for mobile industry professionals. Caroline has worked at various technology and telecom companies including AT&T, BellSouth, Cbeyond, Internap, and SPI in marketing and product management roles.
Caroline completed her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, and her MBA in Marketing from University of Phoenix. She resides in Atlanta with her husband and cat. Caroline has traveled 33 countries, was a dancer in SuperBowl XXXIV, and has completed 7 half-marathons and 2 full marathons. Follow Caroline on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
Stephanie Scheller with Scheller Enterprises
Stephanie Scheller took the business world by storm. After three years in corporate America, she ramped up her sales training and coaching business in only four and a half months to completely replace her corporate income, and walked away to run Scheller Enterprises, a company focused on disrupting the way the world goes into, and stays in, business.
After working with 600+ companies in five years, and with a passion for business owners and their struggles to keep our economy blossoming, Stephanie is dedicated to helping others find the same success for themselves. Connect with Stephanie on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Tarun Talwar and Chris Curry with Mindspan Systems, Inc.
CEO, Tarun Talwar and CTO, Chris Curry with Mindspan Systems, Inc.
Mindspan Systems is an IT solutions firm catalyzing the growth and success of businesses across United States. We provide world class solutions and consulting services in the areas of custom software development, interactive kiosk solutions, data warehousing and business intelligence.
Brad Dodge with Dodge Communications and Tom Ellis with Swarm Agency
Brad Dodge founded Dodge Communications in 2001 with a belief that healthcare companies of all sizes and specialties must have compelling, professional brands to compete effectively and grow in a sustainable way. He began his career selling practice management systems to physician practices in the early ’80s, and has held positions in sales management, product management, corporate marketing and advertising. Dodge has worked with more than 300 organizations that sell products and services to the healthcare industry. Find out more about Brad and Dodge Communications on their website, and follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Tom Ellis founded Swarm Agency in 2009 and has led it to become a leading strategic digital agency in Atlanta. He thrives on sharing knowledge and gaining new perspectives by networking with other leaders in the industry. He was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he majored in Computer Science.
Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time with his wife, Alexa, and their two sons, Hunter and Asher. Connect with Tom and Swarm Agency on LinkedIn and Facebook.
