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Tiffany Bisconer with Acena Consulting

April 9, 2019 by angishields

The Research & Development Tax Credit

The R&D Tax Credit provides federal and, in most cases, state tax credits for efforts centered around developing new and improved products, processes, techniques, software, formulas or inventions. The new permanent research tax credit provides new opportunities for small businesses to reduce or eliminate Alternative Minimum Tax. Listen to this conversation to learn just how impactful this credit can be for your business — or, if you’re a CPA, Enrolled Agent, or other tax professional, for your clients’ businesses.

Tiffany Bisconer

Tiffany Bisconer, CPA is a Specialty Tax Incentive Consultant with Acena Consulting, a multi-dimensional tax and accounting services company supporting both public and privately held companies. While their roots stem from major national accounting firms, their client approach is more hands-on, conservative, and technically driven. Acena Consulting’s goal is pretty simple; they want to help their clients reduce their taxes and operating expenses to increase cash flow and drive overall business growth. At Acena Consulting, they still think a handshake goes a long way. Some might call it old school to believe that a handshake and long-standing relationships matter, but to them, they are part of their business foundation. Trust, ethics, and simply doing the right thing for their clients, team members, CPA firms, and alliances are the core values that have been a critical part of their continued success as an organization.

Tiffany Bisconer has over 20 years of experience in both private industry and public accounting, in both tax and accounting. She has worked with one of the top 10 Certified Public Accounting and Consulting Firms in the nation and is currently focusing on providing specialty tax consulting services. Tiffany works with CPA firms, and directly with business owners, to help educate and identify opportunities for tax savings based on these tax incentives. She is passionate about helping businesses thrive by bringing awareness to highly under-utilized tax credits and getting cash back into organizations so that they can continue to push forward their growth strategies.

Tiffany holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting and Financial Management, a Master’s Degree in Psychology, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts and Anthropology. Her desire to give back to the community and humanity as a whole has manifested in many ways, but has always been a driving force in her path of life. Tiffany’s personal accomplishments include being a three-time Ironman triathlon finisher, two-time Boston Marathon qualifier, international dance performer and instructor, published writer and photographer, a Ju Jutsu Blue Belt, and a 200-hour certified yoga instructor. She is highly self-motivated, enjoys the process of learning and refining skills, is passionate about cultivating growth within herself and others, and believes that true innovation is cultivated at the intersection of creativity and technical expertise.

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Brian Peters with Citizens Bank, John Priore with Priority, April Stammel with Newport US RE and Holly Stewart with Two Men and a Truck

April 9, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Brian Peters with Citizens Bank, John Priore with Priority, April Stammel with Newport US RE and Holly Stewart with Two Men and a Truck

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Brian Peters is regional executive and head of the Southeast for Citizens Bank. He was hired in December 2016 to lead the expansion of the $160 billion asset Rhode Island-based super-regional bank’s commercial banking operations in the Southeast. He has nearly 30 years of banking experience and, before joining Citizens, was a managing director at SunTrust, where he served as Head of National Corporate Banking, leading a geographic expansion that included the opening of seven new offices.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Indiana University. He is based in Atlanta, where he has served clients and the community since 1991.

John Priore is the co-founder of Priority and served as Chief Executive Officer of Priority from August 2005 until assuming the role of Vice Chairman of the Board in December of 2018. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the payments industry. Prior to founding Priority, he was the Executive Vice President of Financial Systems at Ingenico, and also served in a variety of positions at other firms, including NOVA, First Data and American Express.

He is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), a legacy member of the Alpharetta Technology Commission and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Electronic Transactions Association. His commitment to the industry has helped propel Priority to be a leader in payments technology. John Priore is the brother of Thomas Priore, Priority’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman.

April Stammel is Vice President of Newport US RE. She excels in leading business development, marketing, creative strategy and event management for start-ups, non-profits and growing organizations.

Holly Stewart is a franchisee with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK in Atlanta, GA.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 69

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 69

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 69
“Supply Chain Innovation, Orchestration & Autonomy”

Abir Thakurta serves as Vice President/Supply Chain for Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc, where he is responsible for all things – supply chain at Havertys – strategy, planning, execution, orchestration and innovation. He is a supply chain enthusiast particularly known for championing effective digital transformational strategies to help drive profitable company operations while managing business risk.

In his prior life, Abir has consulted with various retailers on global supply chain strategies and implemented performance improvement programs worldwide leveraging technology, solutions and services. Abir has an Masters in Supply Chain Management from New Jersey Institute of Technology and has completed a Management Program from the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech. Learn more about Havertys here: https://www.havertys.com/

Ben Harris is Director of Supply Chain Ecosystem Expansion for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Ben comes to the Metro Atlanta Chamber after serving as Senior Manager, Market Development for Manhattan Associates. There, Ben was responsible for developing Manhattan’s sales pipeline and overall Americas supply chain marketing strategy. Ben oversaw market positioning, messaging and campaign execution to build awareness and drive new pipeline growth.

Prior to joining Manhattan, Ben spent four years with the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Center of Innovation for Logistics where he played a key role in establishing the Center as a go-to industry resource for information, support, partnership building, and investment development. Additionally, he became a key SME for all logistics and supply chain-focused projects. Ben began his career at Page International, Inc. where he drove continuous improvement in complex global supply chain operations for a wide variety of businesses and Fortune 500 companies.

An APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Ben holds an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration (EMBA) and bachelor’s degree in International Business (BBA) from the Terry College at the University of Georgia. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn and learn more about the Metro Atlanta Chamber here: www.metroatlantachamber.com

Chris Barnes is a professional education instructor for the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate courses. Barnes holds a B.S., Industrial Engineering and Economics Minor, from Bradley University, an MBA in Industrial Psychology with Honors from the University of West Florida. He is a certified APICS instructor and holds CPIM-F, CLTD-F and CSCP-F designations.

He served on the international Board of Trustees for the Institute of Industrial Engineers, is Past President of WERC Atlanta, and is currently involved with APICS Atlanta. He is a certified adult education trainer and has presented to/trained over 1900 people. He served on the editorial advisory board for Warehouse Management & Control Systems Deck Reference and authored the book “WMS: Phase 1: Assessment & Selection” a WERC Publication. He is also the author and lead facilitator of “Quarters in the Couch: Low Hanging Fruit ideas to Improve Warehouse Performance.”

When not teaching, Barnes is a supply chain advocate and visionary with HighJump and frequent blogger at www.apicscltdcoach.com. In 2016, Barnes partnered with Supply Chain Now Radio (SCNR) as executive producer and key contributor. SCNR is a social networking community organizing and sharing supply chain thought leadership through seminars, webinars, blogs and podcasts. Barnes has over 27 years of experience developing and managing multiple client, engineering consulting, strategic planning and operational improvement projects in supply chain management. Connect with Chris on LinkedIn and reach out to him via email.

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine.

Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential.

As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Forbes article on Havertys’ Supply Chain Success: click here
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
Veteran Scholarship Opportunity for SCM Certifications: click here
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: https://youtu.be/z8QCs8lgyMM?t=1
eCommerce Operations Summit: https://www.operationssummit.com/
MRO Americas: https://mroamericas.aviationweek.com/en/home.html
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
Transparency 2019: https://www.freightwaves.com/transparency19
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

COACH the COACH Sharon Rich with Think Business Growth

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Coach The Coach

COACH the COACH Sharon Rich with Think Business Growth

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Sharon Rich runs the Los Angeles-based consulting firm, Think Business Growth, where she supports C-Suite leaders in creating a working business culture with the soul needed for sustainable success. As a professional speaker, Sharon reveals for business leaders the hidden games being played in their organizations without their knowledge — that can block their ability to achieve and sustain their objectives.

In fact, Sharon wrote the book, Your Hidden Game, about ten invisible agreements that give leaders the tools to create high performing leadership teams that solve problems, drive growth and free up CEOS to focus on the bigger picture. As a result of Sharon’s work with them, her clients see measurable improvements in leadership, teamwork, execution and business results. On a personal note, Sharon loves a good game and is tough to beat at anything involving words.

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Brian Robertson with HolacracyOne

April 8, 2019 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Brian Robertson with HolacracyOne

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Brian Robertson is the world’s foremost expert on Holacracy, a revolutionary framework for running self-managing organizations. After years as CEO of an award-winning software company, he co-founded HolacracyOne to share this innovative framework with other organizations ready to self-manage.

Brian wrote the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World. Over 1000 companies use Holacracy® today – in healthcare, insurance, banking, retail, technology, nonprofit and government sectors; in places as diverse as Dubai, Shanghai, Amsterdam, London, Berlin, New York, Bangalore, Las Vegas and rural Africa. He’s thrilled to see the method take root and grow with such force.

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Tuesdays with Corey Episode 19

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 19

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Oneda Maryon Castillo was born in Akron Ohio, where she and her two brothers were raised by their single mom Ruth in Cleveland Ohio and Buffalo New York. She and her husband Ron of 47 yrs, have made Fayetteville, Georgia their home for the past 24 years. Oneda and Ron have been blessed two children Ron Jr. and Bianca along with four fantastic grandchildren.

Oneda joined the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) in 1997 becoming only the 3rd African American to reach Class A teaching status. She has served as a National Evaluator for the LPGA since 2005, and was its first African American appointee. The National Evaluation team is responsible for the certification testing of up and coming LPGA golf teaching professionals. In 2014 she became the first African American to be appointed to the LPGA’s Global Education Team. Global Educators teach the classroom material needed for LPGA Teaching Certification. The LPGA is the first and only American sport organization to open a headquarters outside of the United States choosing South Korea. Oneda travels to Seoul South Korea to teach Asian women from Korea, Japan and Vietnam how to be certified LPGA golf teachers.

Oneda is also a Certified Club Fitter, who enjoys helping golfers to improve their games, with the use of modern technology. Her high level of expertise is recognized by Titleist, who has sponsored her for many years. She also enjoys her work for the PGA (Professional Golf Association) traveling around the country to teach business women in the Golf for Women Clinics series. Oneda teaches other national programs such as LPGA*USGA Girls Golf, The First Tee, Executive Women’s Golf Association, The Georgia State Golf Association Adaptive Golf Academy, as well as The PGA HOPE Program (Helping our Patriots Everywhere). Now in her spare time Oneda is having fun doing some acting in the TV series Greenleaf!

Oneda’s greatest satisfaction however, comes from her work as The Director of Golf for the Women In Golf Foundation, a national organization headquartered in Atlanta. Oneda is passionate about it’s youth academy and college prep program. The foundation’s premier event is The Women’s Collegiate Championship which it has hosted every April for the past 25 years. This tournament is the national women’s championship for HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). It is with this foundation that she works so hard to empower women and youth through the game of golf in her community.

Oneda was named a TOP-50 BEST TEACHER for 2017-2018, presented by the Women’s Golf Journal. In 2016 Oneda was proud to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama. She was presented this award for her lifetime commitment to building a stronger nation through sharing the game of golf. Oneda was named Club Fitter of The Year in 2015 by African American Golf Digest. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority named Oneda an Epic First, “Women Who Launched New Dimensions”. She was inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame, on May 25, 2014. Oneda was voted by her peers LPGA South East Section Teacher of The Year in 2012. Her exploits have been widely publicized and featured on the Golf Channel’s series Golf in America, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Magazine, The Women’s Golf Network, and many others.

The goal of playing golf in all 50 United States was completed by Oneda with Ron on January 13th 2018, fake missile day in Maui Hawaii. Oneda is currently working on her LPGA Master Certification thesis.

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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.

Baiyina Jihad with Beyond the Classroom, Jamine Moton with Skylar Security and GSU Peer Mentor Kiara Henry

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Baiyina Jihad with Beyond the Classroom, Jamine Moton with Skylar Security and GSU Peer Mentor Kiara Henry

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Baiyina Jihad is a native of Atlanta who was raised in the communities of West End and East Atlanta. Baiyina loved the city so much she attended Georgia State University. During her senior year in college, she applied and got accepted to Teach for America. She is now entering her 4th year of teaching 3rd-grade reading and writing at her placement school.

During her teaching, she noticed a startling pattern; a large number of students enter 3rd grade reading below their grade level. Thus, inspiring Beyond the Classroom. As a solo founder, she participated in numerous programs such as Goodie Nation, 4.0 schools and Female Founder school to receive mentorship and capital. She was featured in Hypopatmus and Fast Company.

She is currently working on her third pilot of Beyond the Classroom and expanding her partnerships with organizations and individuals.

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Jamine Moton, CEO of Skylar Security, has 15+ years of Law Enforcement and Private Security experience. She served as a Law Enforcement Professional for a Metro Atlanta Police Department. Jamine has 10+ years of experience in corporate training and development, security process strategy and assessments, security team management and concept implementation.

Jamine holds a Master’s degree in Training and Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice. Both degrees were received from Clemson University.

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Kiara Henry serves as a Panther LEAP Peer Mentor and an Executive Board member for the Georgia State Chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization. Henry is also an honors student in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Journalism with a minor in Entrepreneurship. She is also a proud alumna of the WomenLead program.

Henry is committed to bringing value to students in her roles by connecting them with resources around Georgia State University and the city of Atlanta to guide them through their goals. Her training as a Cultural Ambassador for Georgia State University and her passion for social justice motivates her to create inclusive environments for the diverse student population she serves in her role as a student leader.

She envisions expanding her commitment to social justice and inclusion outside of Georgia State University to entrepreneurship. She plans to achieve this goal by making ethics the forefront of her digital marketing business. Henry uses the journalistic style of writing in combination with visual elements of graphic design, photography, and videography to tell authentic stories through digital media.

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Dr. Nancy Mansfield with WomenLead, Dr. Isabelle Moniouis with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute and Nastai Ndebele with Our Journey Through Code

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Nancy Mansfield with WomenLead, Dr. Isabelle Moniouis with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute and Nastai Ndebele with Our Journey Through Code

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Nancy R. Mansfield serves as the Director of the WomenLead Program and Senior Faculty Associate for Women’s Leadership Development at Georgia State University. Professor Mansfield has long been committed to excellence and innovation in undergraduate education and to experiential learning as part of the university experience. She brings significant depth and breadth of experience to the women’s leadership initiative. Throughout her career in education, Professor Mansfield has built curricula and programs across disciplines, including developing and teaching courses on business, law and ethics.

Most recently, she has served as Professor of Legal Studies, Department of Risk Management and Insurance, and Faculty Associate for Scholars in the Honors College. During her tenure at GSU, she also served as the Director of Freshman Studies for Georgia State from 2001-2003.

Professor Mansfield has won a number of national, college and university-wide awards for her excellence in teaching, research and service, including the Outstanding Service to Students Award at GSU. She serves as a founding member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Philanthropy Network (WPN) at Georgia State University, and as the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Girls School and as a member of the Georgia State University Foundation Board.

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As the Associate Director of the H.J. Russell Center for Entrepreneurship, at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute, Dr. Isabelle Monlouis is entrusted to define and execute a strategic vision to amplify initiatives for inclusive entrepreneurship so that students from all backgrounds can successfully innovate and create value for themselves, and their communities.

In teaching, Dr. Monlouis shares practical insights gathered from 15+ years of experience designing and delivering high-impact leadership development and corporate innovation consulting programs on 3 continents. Current and past clients include General Electric, McDonald’s, Kraft Foods, GlaxoSmithKline, DirectTV, and lnterTek. Current research interests involve entrepreneurial leadership and organizational learning.

An entrepreneur at heart, Dr. Monlouis is committed to using industry best practices to develop entrepreneurship programs that scale for impact. Students say that root causes of Isabelle’s success as a coach and mentor include authenticity, humor, partnership, flexibility, tenacity and … straight talk. That’s may explain why when she is not at Georgia State University, Dr. Monlouis is most likely to be found meditating aboard the planes taking her from customer engagement to customer engagement.

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Natsai Ndebele is currently a student at Georgia State University, studying Computer Science. She is passionate about technology, and increasing diversity and inclusion in technology for women and other minorities. Natsai is the co-founder of Our Journey Through Code and a mentor with organizations such as Girls Who Code and Black Girls Code. Natsai started her organization, Our Journey Through Code with a purpose of, “increasing diversity in technology, especially for women and underrepresented minorities.”

“By highlighting the many faces in technology, I hope to inspire more minorities to enter the tech world, break stereotypes and biases, and build a community for us with mentors while creating inclusion.”

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Ben Lawrence with Robinson College of Business, Minal Patel with MP Hospitality and Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal with GSU

April 8, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ben Lawrence with Robinson College of Business, Minal Patel with MP Hospitality and Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal with GSU

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Dr. Ben Lawrence is the Aziz Hashim endowed Professor in Franchise Entrepreneurship. Lawrence focuses on topics that intersect service operations and marketing with a particular interest in franchise relationships . Lawrence’s broad domains of interest include the impact of organizational form on performance, consumer coproduction, and service innovation. He has published research articles in such journals as Industrial Marketing Management , International Journal of Research in Marketing. Journal of Advertising, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Retailing, Service Science and the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.

Prior to joining Georgia State University, he was on the faculty at Cornell University where he was honored with the Hotel School Teacher of the Year Award for freshman core in 2013 and 2015. He has won best paper awards from Service Science in 2015 and the International Society of Franchising in 2016. He currently serves as VP and Treasurer of the lnternational Society of Franchising and VP of Programs for the POM College of Service Operations.

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Minal Patel, Hospitality Professional at MP Hospitality.

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Geoffrey Graybeal, Ph.D, is a clinical assistant professor in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, where he teaches courses on entrepreneurship through the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute.

Dr. Graybeal is a media management scholar and entrepreneur who uses management theory to explore issues of media sustainability. He studies entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education, online and mobile strategy, new business models, micropayments and crowdfunding, among other topics. He has published research in journals such as the International Journal on Media Management and Journal of Media Business Studies. He is the Immediate Past Head of the Media Management, Economics & Entrepreneurship division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

He co-founded Lede, LLC, a social media and business model innovation consultancy, while earning his doctorate. Prior to coming to Georgia State, Dr. Graybeal taught courses on entrepreneurship and media management for several years, served as a mentor to a number of startups, developed and led a student pitch competition, and contributed to developing an emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem in West Texas.

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