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Office Evolution Radio: Nancy Hoehn with Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce and Marjorie Gibson with Community Social Integration

April 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Office Evolution Radio: Nancy Hoehn with Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce and Marjorie Gibson with Community Social Integration

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Nancy Hoehn is currently leading the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce as their first CEO/President. Nancy feels It is an honor to have the opportunity to work for an organization that is serving the business community in the 6th fastest growing city in the United States! Nancy looks forward to sharing her expertise in the industry and skills to take the Alpharetta Chamber to the next level of growth.

Beginning her professional career in the accounting industry both public and private, she developed a strong sense of analyzing business trends. After earning her Master’s Degree, she advanced to business administration where she gained experience in contract negotiation, HR management and large-scale event planning (conferences, training, etc.) After serving for nearly a decade in several elected district leadership positions with Toastmasters International including the CEO Position of District 84 Director, her professional focus expanded to public relations, community relations and non-profits.

During the past several years, Nancy has been involved with several Chambers in Florida to lead, grow membership, improve retention and educate the community on the value of Chamber membership. Her successes with building a stronger community of businesses and creating more value for the members, gave her the skills and experience to take a young chamber to the next level of growth.

For close to a decade, serving in District Leadership for Toastmasters International; the most current being the Executive Director/CEO position of District Director, Nancy led an all-volunteer leadership team of more than 70 individuals to provide support and guidance to the more than 4000 members in the 200+ clubs in Central and Northern Florida. This team exceeded all goals, won several awards and insured the members were well-served. This experience gave Nancy the leadership and staff management skills to be a strong community leader!

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Marjorie Gibson is Vice President of Community Social Integration.

Office Evolution Radio: John Herbert with Herbert Legal Group and Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network

April 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Office Evolution Radio: John Herbert with Herbert Legal Group and Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network

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John Herbert, Managing Partner at Herbert Legal Group.

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Anthony Chen is a Investment Advisor Representative with Lighthouse Financial Network, LLC. He started his career in Financial Services with MetLife in Buffalo, NY in 2008. Being born and raised in Queens, NY, he just recently moved into the lovely state of Georgia looking to set down roots with his wife.

In his spare time, Anthony is an avid long distance runner and is currently training for his second marathon. Looking to jump into the Savannah marathon in Georgia in the first week of November.

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Office Evolution Radio: Josh Dougherty with Xperience Benefits GA and Trenton Carson with TC Productions

April 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Office Evolution Radio: Josh Dougherty with Xperience Benefits GA and Trenton Carson with TC Productions

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Josh Doughtery is the Area Director with Xperience Benefits. They specialize in helping small businesses and individuals create the best benefits package for them in tandem with the best experience possible.

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TC Productions was an idea founded by Trenton Carson in 2007 after he obtained his bachelor degree in Cinematography at Southern Illinois University. After gaining tons of experience working on movies sets, music videos and commercials in Hollywood, he then went on to work at a national TV station outside of St. Louis.

After moving to Georgia in 2011, he made TC Productions an official LLC in January 2012. He has always had a passion for strategically creating video that tells a story. His purpose is to play a pivotal role in the video and filming industry and become a visionary leader in the community.

Follow TC Productions on Twitter and Facebook and connect with Trent on LinkedIn.

Office Evolution Radio: Todd Weeks with Traction Focused, David Doerrier with Present Your Way to Success and Dr. Benjamin Colten with Back to Balance Wellness Center

April 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Office Evolution Radio: Todd Weeks with Traction Focused, David Doerrier with Present Your Way to Success and Dr. Benjamin Colten with Back to Balance Wellness Center

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David Doerrier is a master trainer and facilitator with over over 25 years teaching business leaders, sales professionals, executives, and their people, tactics and strategies to deliver effective presentations and create engaging workshops and trainings that will get audiences to listen, act, and commit to their product, service, or idea!

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Dr. Benjamin Colten is a Doctor of Chiropractic and a Neuro-mechanical specialist. His focus is on pain education, injury prevention, and human performance. His passion for health stems from his own personal health struggles, and he understands that each person needs an individual approach to their health.

Connect with Dr. Colten on LinkedIn and follow Back to Balance on Facebook.

Todd Weeks is passionate about helping business owners and leadership teams get the power and traction back into their business through teaching them the Entrepreneurial Operating System (“EOS”). Todd personally lived inside the EOS system for over four years and experienced the transformative power it can have on a business.

In the first 3 years of running their business using the EOS system Todd and his team grew their Net Profit 6 times, and ultimately sold the company in the 4th year realizing a 40% increase in the overall value of the business. Now Todd spends all of his time helping other entrepreneurs experience the same growth and transformation through implementing EOS in their companies.

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Customer Experience Radio Welcomes: Horst Schulze, Co-Founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotels

April 18, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Customer Experience Radio Welcomes: Horst Schulze, Co-Founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotels

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CER-Group — Co-founder of the Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Horst Schulze: “Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen.”

Aren’t we all really in the customer experience business? During the 20+ years in residential real estate and corporate relocation, the #1 cornerstone of Jill’s business has always been the experience she and her team delivers. Little did she know that this strategy that would become a leading best practice for the world’s greatest businesses to survive in the future. This inspired Jill to interview big business as well as top CX professionals who are leveraging strategies to deliver a superior customer experience, and to share their stories with the business community at large. Join Jill every third Wednesday at 10AM at CXRadio.online.

Horst Schulze is co-founder and former President/COO of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and founder and chairman emeritus of the Capella Hotel Group. His visionary and disruptive principles have reshaped excellence, service, and competitive advantage, transcending divisions of industry across the business landscape.

Schulze left Ritz Carlson in 2002 and founded The Capella Hotel Group, an ultra-luxury hotel brand with hotels in Europe and Asia. Schulze crafted the company’s iconic mission statement — “Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen” — which reflects the value of respect for one’s team, instilling a respect for others (our customers, clients and guests).

Author of EXCELLENCE WINS, Schulze is a dynamic keynote speaker, and is a frequent consultant for global businesses and organizations. He and his wife, Sheri, live in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Your Host

Jill Heineck is a leading authority on corporate relocations, and is highly sought after for her real estate industry acumen and business insights. As a published author, frequent panelist and keynote speaker, Jill shares her experience and perceptions with people from around the globe.

Jill is a founding partner of Keller Williams Southeast, established in 1999, and the founder and managing partner of Heineck & Co. Her real estate practice specializes in corporate relocations, individual relocations, luxury residential, and commercial properties. Jill’s analytical approach to problem-solving, along with her expert negotiation skills and sophisticated marketing, deliver superior results to her clients. Her winning strategies and tenacious client advocacy have earned her a reputation for excellence among Atlanta’s top producers.

While Jill has received many accolades throughout her career, she is most gratified by the personal testimonials and referrals she receives from her clients. Jill’s unwavering commitment to the customer experience, and her focus on the unique needs of each client, serve as the foundation of her success.

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Paris Davis and Doug Reynolds with Washington Federal, Dennis Webb with Fulton Homes

April 17, 2019 by angishields

Residential Real Estate in Arizona

Valley Business Radio

Paris Davis and Doug Reynolds with Washington Federal, Dennis Webb with Fulton Homes

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Paris Davis, Washington Federal

Paris Davis has been a member of Washington Federal since 1984. Today, Davis serves as the Arizona retail banking division manager at Washington Federal. In her role, she is responsible for the operations at the bank’s branches in Phoenix, Sun City, Sun City West, Glendale, Goodyear and Yuma. She also graduated from the Washington Federal Executive Leadership Academy and served as the 2015 Washington Federal United Way campaign co-captain, raising a record-setting $515,000. Davis spearheads the bank’s partnership with Take Charge America, which was developed to enable Washington Federal to offer financial education to those in need, and helps local branches with their “Save at School” community education programs. She is also a member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Council and the Washington Federal Foundation board.

Connect with Paris Davis on LinkedIn and follow Washington Federal on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Doug Reynolds, Washington Federal

Doug Reynolds is 30-year banking veteran focused on commercial real estate, with past leadership roles within Western National Bank, Sunrise Bank and Bank of Arizona. Today, he serves as SVP of Washington Federal in Arizona, overseeing the Commercial Real Estate Division for 31 branches statewide. He is past-chair of Southwestern Business Financing Corporation and a multi-year People to Know in Real Estate honoree.

Connect with Doug Reynolds on LinkedIn and follow Washington Federal on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Dennis Webb, Fulton Homes

Dennis Webb is the Vice President of Operations for Fulton Homes where he oversees sales, marketing, operations, and the Fulton Homes Design Center. In his 22 years there he has led the charge of using technology combined with past retail experience to help transform the company into one of the most advanced homebuilders in the country in the areas of customer experience, operations, and marketing. He has also been instrumental in moving Fulton Homes towards energy efficiency as Fulton Homes was the first builder in the country to have built all of its homes to Energy Star version 3 standards. Fulton Homes has been recognized as Energy Star’s Partner of the Year and Indoor airPLUS leader award winners each of the past four years, the only builder in the country to do so.

Connect with Dennis Webb on LinkedIn and follow Fulton Homes on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Ben Graff and Jason Wood with Quarles & Brady

April 17, 2019 by angishields

The State of Commercial Real Estate

Valley Business Radio

Ben Graff and Jason Wood with Quarles & Brady

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Ben Graff, Quarles & Brady

Ben Graff with Quarles & Brady is an established Arizona land use and zoning attorney with extensive experience in government relations and Arizona politics. Ben authored one of the first Planned Unit Development applications approved by the City of Phoenix and has become one of the preeminent attorneys furthering creative downtown infill development. Ben has not shied away from the more unique land use cases, having secured the necessary approvals for Arizona’s largest utility-scale solar plant. He also played a prominent role in securing the approval for luxury resort, The Ritz Carlton in Paradise Valley, in 2015, and has vast experience zoning and entitling projects throughout the Valley. Luxury multi-family, senior living, affordable housing, single-family, industrial uses, office, mixed-use developments, and securing the approval for Arizona’s most prominent luxury resort are just a few examples of his experience. Ben will focus on expanding and leading the firm’s land use, zoning, and municipal government relations practice.

As an Arizona native with deep roots in local politics and experience influencing strategic decisions related to land use policy, Ben’s successful practice is sustained through his connections with the development community, planning staff, neighborhood leaders, appointed officials, and elected officials in towns, cities, and counties throughout Arizona. In 2004, Ben was appointed by the Governor to serve a two-year term on the Arizona Board of Regents. Ben’s interests in politics ventured beyond advocacy when on November 8, 2016, he was elected by the Maricopa County voters to serve a six-year term on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (Central Arizona Project) Board of Directors.

His clients benefit from Ben’s extensive development and political networks and his long record of successes in obtaining governmental approvals for rezoning cases, use permits, variances, special use permits, abandonments, certificates of occupancy, site plan approvals, design approvals, and other various administrative cases. From Gilbert to Goodyear and Tucson to Flagstaff, Ben’s practice has contributed to communities throughout Arizona.

To hear more, listen to Ben’s appearance on Valley Business Radio in November 2019.

Connect with Ben Graff on LinkedIn and follow Quarles & Brady on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Jason Wood, Quarles & Brady

Jason F. Wood is the Arizona chair of the Quarles & Brady Real Estate Practice Group, focusing his practice on a wide array of transactional real estate matters locally and throughout the country. In particular, he has significant experience in forming joint ventures, commercial leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, sale leaseback transactions, real estate secured lending, development and redevelopment projects, corporate mergers and acquisitions, construction contracts, condominium and mixed-use CC&Rs, and COREAs.

Jason has assisted his clients in acquiring, financing, developing, restructuring, selling, and leasing shopping centers, automotive dealerships, office buildings, hotels, industrial parks, apartment complexes, and raw land, among others. His real estate practice also includes the preparation and negotiation of joint development, cost-sharing, and construction agreements, as well as restrictive covenants, easements, and related project documents in connection with the development of master-planned communities, shopping centers, and mixed-use developments.

Jason’s banking and finance experience includes the representation of both lending institutions and borrowers in commercial financing transactions, including real estate acquisition, construction and permanent loan facilities, syndicated and structured finance, and the defeasance of CMBS loans.

Jason holds an AV® Preeminent Rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings system, and has also been selected for inclusion in Southwest Super Lawyers lists in the area of real estate law. He is actively involved in the Arizona District Council of the Urban Land Institute and the Arizona and New Mexico Operations Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Connect with Jason Wood on LinkedIn and follow Quarles & Brady on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

ATDC RADIO: Puga Sankara with Smart Gladiator

April 17, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC RADIO: Puga Sankara with Smart Gladiator

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Puga Sankara is the CEO and co-founder of Smart Gladiator. Smart Gladiator designs, builds, and delivers market-leading mobile technology for retailers, distributors and 3PL service providers. So far, Smart Gladiator Wearables have been used to ship, receive, and scan more than 50 million boxes.

Users love them for the lightweight, easy-to-use soft overlay keyboard and video chatting ability, data collection ability etc. Puga is a supply chain technology professional with more than 17 years of experience in deploying capabilities in the logistics and supply chain domain. His prior roles involved managing complicated mission-critical programs driving revenue numbers, rolling out a multitude of capabilities involving more than a dozen systems, and managing a team of 30 to 50 personnel across multiple disciplines and departments in large corporations such as Hewlett Packard.

Puga has deployed WMS for more than 30 distribution centers in his role as a senior manager with Manhattan Associates. He has also performed process analysis walk-throughs for more than 50 distribution centers for WMS process design and performance analysis review, optimizing processes for better productivity and visibility through the supply chain. Size of these DCs varied from 150,000 to 1.2 million SQFT. Puga Sankara has an MBA from Georgia Tech. He can be reached at puga@smartgladiator.com

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ATDC RADIO: Brad Schweizer with ATDC

April 17, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC RADIO: Brad Schweizer with ATDC

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Brad Schweizer, Investor Relations Manager with ATDC, holds a joint JD/MBA degree from Emory University, with a strong focus on the intersection of corporate law with finance, accounting, venture capital and strategy. He has a demonstrated history of performing extensive due diligence ranging from venture capital investments and M&A to compliance with securities laws.

Brad also has experience practicing law with a focus on venture capital, private equity, M&A, and general corporate governance matters. Brad has direct experience leading the development of a go-to-market, commercialization and financial strategy for an innovative spinal implant used in spinal fusion surgeries.

With the help of some exceptional colleagues, Brad’s work on this spinal implant helped him and his team win several awards at national business plan competitions across the country. With a strong grasp of both business and the law, Brad has developed the ability to navigate the ever-changing healthcare industry, particularly when it comes to innovative medical devices and SaaS based information technology solutions.

His strong skill set includes Public Speaking, Legal Writing and Contract Drafting, Leadership, Negotiations, Financial Modeling, and Microsoft Excel.

Connect with Brad on LinkedIn.