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Cannon Carr with CornerCap Investment Counsel

April 2, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Cannon Carr with CornerCap Investment Counsel

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Cannon Carr is CornerCap Investment Counsel’s Chief Investment Officer. He leads the firm’s investment committee and oversees the firm’s investment strategies and process, stock and asset class research, and portfolio management. He also co-manages the three CornerCap mutual funds (Small Cap Value, Large Cap Value, and Balanced).

He joined CornerCap in June 2007, after being a client for over seven years. Prior to joining CornerCap, Cannon was a senior equity analyst at CIBC World Markets (formerly Oppenheimer), covering IT business services (2006-07), wireless services (2001-05), and emerging telecom (1998-05).

Cannon has provided commentary on CNBC, CNN, Lou Dobbs MoneyLine, and Bloomberg News. He has also been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Fortune, among other publications. He was rated a five-star analyst by Zachs Research in 2006. Cannon has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Princeton University in Political Economy.

Public service is important to Cannon. He heads the investment committee for the Wesleyan College endowment, serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Ethics at Emory University, is a Board member with the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation, is an officer at the Atlanta Rotary Club, and serves as Chair of the Georgia Tennis Foundation, among other nonprofit endeavors.

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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 66

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 66

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 66
“Modern Freight Forwarding & Talent Market Perspective”
Live broadcast from Flexport’s Offices in Atlanta
Learn more here: www.flexport.com

Matt Marshall joined Flexport in San Francisco in 2017 and is currently a Senior Director and General Manager for the Southeast Region based in the Atlanta office, which opened in June 2017 and has since grown to more than 100 employees. Atlanta has become a critical area for Flexport to service many enterprise-level clients, such as Georgia Pacific.

Prior to joining Flexport, Matt worked for Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations practice in New York where he advised Enterprise clients on supply chain strategy, network optimization, procurement, and logistics. Matt has a BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA in Strategy & Finance from Penn State University.

Matt enjoys playing tennis with his wife Courtney and spending time with their golden retriever puppy Badger. Connect with Matt Marshall on LinkedIn, follow Flexport on Twitter and learn more about the organization here: https://www.flexport.com/

Travis Turner serves as the Director of Business Development at Hire Dynamics which was founded in Atlanta in 2001 and has been recognized by Clearly Rated for 10 Years Best in Staffing for Client and Talent Satisfaction. A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Travis works extensively with the Hire Dynamics Business Development team in three key Metro Atlanta markets.

Over the past five years, Travis has been promoted within Hire Dynamics from Account Manager to Branch Manager to Director as of December 2018. Prior to Hire Dynamics, Travis was part of an emerging 3PL brand, Coyote Logistics, for six years. Travis currently serves as Hire Dynamics’ subject matter expert on Supply Chain. Travis’ honesty, leadership and creativity have made him a key asset to Hire Dynamics and his business clients.

Travis is passionate about developing others and servicing his clients through partnerships at the highest level. He is also, “husband to an amazing, smart and supportive wife, and father to a beautiful little girl!” Travis is an “All Atlanta Teams” sports fan and also enjoys fitness and travel in his leisure time. Given thirty minutes of down time, Travis will create ingenious “Shark Tank” business ideas hoping to one day change the world or at least make it a better place! Connect with Travis Turner on LinkedIn, follow Hire Dynamics on Twitter and learn more about the organization here: https://hiredynamics.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

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
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
eCommerce Operations Summit: https://www.operationssummit.com/
MRO Americas: https://mroamericas.aviationweek.com/en/home.html
Velocity 2019 Conference: https://velocity-conference.com/
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 65

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 65

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 65
“Key Takeaways from Velocity 2019”
Live broadcast from Velocity 2019
Learn more here: https://velocity-conference.com/

Karin L. Bursa, executive vice president at Logility, oversees the company’s market positioning, strategy development, solutions marketing, media relations, lead generation, business development and branding. Karin is known for her strategic vision, industry knowledge and expertise in the development, support and marketing of software solutions to accelerate and automate enterprise-wide operations including advanced analytics, supply chain management, manufacturing, retail, sales and operations planning and financial management. She began her career with Accenture where she focused on the manufacturing and telecommunications industries.

Karin is often quoted in industry publications, speaks frequently at industry forums and is active in industry thought leadership forums including APICS and CSCMP. Recognized for her leadership and achievements at Logility, Karin was named the 2009 Technology Marketing Executive of the Year by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and a 2018 Supply and Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know. She is also an APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board and a member of the Empty Stocking Fund Board of Directors.

With more than 1,300 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning solutions that help small, medium, large, and Fortune 500 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management and retail optimization solution that features advanced analytics and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); Integrated Business Planning (IBP); supply and inventory optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; retail merchandise planning, assortment and allocation. Logility customers include Abercrombie & Fitch, Big Lots, CooperVision, Husqvarna, Parker Hannifin, Roku, Starbucks, Urban Outfitters, Verizon Wireless, and VF Corporation. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA), named one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Forbes. For more information about Logility, call 800-762-5207 USA or visit https://www.logility.com/

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 64

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 64

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 64
“Avoiding Stagnation: Leveraging Supply Chain Data Effectively”
Live broadcast from Velocity 2019
Learn more here: https://velocity-conference.com/

Karolina Mallahan serves as Vice President for Supply Planning at Smithfield Foods. Karolina has more than 20 years of supply chain experience, 12 of those years with her current company. Karolina’s career spans across various areas of supply chain including but not limited to production planning, inventory management, demand planning, systems transformations and implementations.

As Vice President Smithfield Supply Planning for the Packaged Meats division, Karolina is responsible for transforming supply chain processes to drive operations efficiencies and to establish core planning processes and principles. Connect with Karolina Mallahan on LinkedIn and learn more about Smithfield Foods here: https://www.smithfieldfoods.com/

Fred Tolbert has over twenty-five years of supply chain management experience. He is Principal of Southeast Demand Solutions, LLC, the Southeastern reseller of the Demand Solutions suite of supply chain planning software. In this position, he leads the Demand Solutions marketing, training and consulting activities in the Southeast

US. Fred spent ten years as a Principal Consultant with The North Highland Company, an Atlanta-based management consulting services firm. He was Director of Operations with Sun Data, a distributor of IBM hardware. He held systems development management and inventory management positions with Contel Corporation.

Fred began his business career as a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting. Fred has BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Georgia. He is active in APICS/ASCM and the Institute of Business Forecasting. He served two terms as president of the Atlanta APICS Chapter and has represented chapters in ten southeastern states on the APICS society Board of Directors. Connect with Fred Tolbert on LinkedIn and learn more about Demand Solutions here: https://www.demandsolutions.com/

Steve Huster serves Global Director of IT for TenCate Geosynthetics. He is an experienced technology and business executive passionate about leveraging technology to bring about innovative change that increases profitability, improves performance, and allows the organization to focus on real added value. TenCate Geosynthetics is the world’s leading provider of geosynthetics and industrial fabrics.

TenCate Geosynthetics, headquartered in Pendergrass, Georgia, United States, has a global production platform, commercial and technical organization and has successfully consolidated and developed core markets to maximize value for customers. TenCate Geosynthetics serves the market globally with two commercial divisions – TenCate Geosynthetics and TenCate Industrial Fabrics. Connect with Steve Huster on LinkedIn and learn more about TenCate Geosynthetics here: https://www.tencategeo.us/en-us/

John Koroluk is VP Operations, Demand Solutions Northeast. He has over 25 years of experience in supply chain systems in various industries and markets. He is a noted expert in process/people improvements with a focus on optimizing efficiencies, controlling costs, and increasing the overall effectiveness of business processes and systems.

John holds an MBA in Management and an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He is also an adjunct professor at Caldwell University in Caldwell, NJ, a member of the IBF and APICS where he is a past president of the NJ Chapter of APICS and is certified as CPIM and CSCP. Connect with John Koroluk on LinkedIn and learn more about Demand Solutions here: https://www.demandsolutions.com/

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
eCommerce Operations Summit: https://www.operationssummit.com/
MRO Americas: https://mroamericas.aviationweek.com/en/home.html
Velocity 2019 Conference: https://velocity-conference.com/
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
Steve Huster writes about being part of his organization for over 30 years: click here
Fred Tolbert presents “5 Things You Can Do This Week to Reduce Inventory on SCNR: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 63

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 63

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 63
“Market Disruption, Data Analytics and Change Management”
Live broadcast from Velocity 2019
Learn more here: https://velocity-conference.com/

Mark Balte serves as Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Logility. Mr. Balte is responsible for all product development and technology strategies for the Logility Voyager Solutions™ suite. His leadership and creativity are crucial to driving innovation in Logility’s cloud strategy, product architecture, advanced analytics, and mobility. Mr. Balte has more than 30 years of experience in development, implementation and support of supply chain software solutions.

Prior to leading the research and development organization, Mr. Balte helped customers configure and deploy Logility Voyager Solutions. Mr. Balte holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from The University of the South (Sewanee) and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a frequent guest lecturer for the supply chain management graduate program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Connect with Mark Balte on LinkedIn, follow Logility on Twitter and learn more about the company here: https://www.logility.com/

Mark Burstein serves as President of NGC, where he leads all of the company’s sales, marketing and research and development operations. Mark joined NGC in 2002 and has served in numerous executive sales and marketing positions, including Vice President of PLM and Global Sourcing Solutions. Mark has many years of experience working with design and sourcing professionals at major U.S. retailers on the production of private-label apparel. Prior to joining NGC, Mark was president of Caribbean Apparel Associates (CAA), overseeing all operations for a clothing manufacturer with factories in Colombia and Mexico.

Mark was also executive vice-president of sales for Miami-based PIBA Industries, a vertical manufacturer of intimate apparel and sportswear. Mark began his career as a systems analyst for Accenture. Mark is active in industry organizations including the National Retail Federation (NRF), the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), and the American Apparel Producers Network (AAPN). He earned a MBA from Emory University and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Florida. Connect with Mark Burstein on LinkedIn, follow NGC on Twitter and learn more about the company here: https://www.ngcsoftware.com/

Glenn Pascrell is the Senior Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Market Analytics at CITIZEN WATCH AMERICA. He is responsible for merchandise planning, inventory management, purchasing, and product pricing for the US market. Competitive market research and analytics is his newest area of responsibility.

Glenn has been with CITIZEN WATCH AMERICA since 2005. Prior to CITIZEN, Glenn contributed in key merchandising and planning positions with Pfizer, VF Corporation and Cambridge Information Group. Celebrating 100 years, CITIZEN, a pioneer in watchmaking and innovative technology, promotes excellence and creativity with a deep-rooted respect for craftsmanship.

For over 40 years, CITIZEN’s Eco-Drive technology has served as the prime example of how the brand is dedicated to making the world and its environment a better place. CITIZEN WATCH AMERICA is a subsidiary of CITIZEN WATCH GROUP, encompassing four major brands: the eponymous CITIZEN brand, the number one mid-market watch Brand in America; Bulova, Frederique Constant, and Alpina; and four major markets: US, UK, Canada and Mexico. Connect with Glenn Pascrell on LinkedIn and learn more about Citizen Watch America here: https://www.citizenwatch.com/

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 62

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 62

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 62
“Not Your Father’s Supply Chain: Speed & Agility, Digital Twins & Augmented Intelligence”
Live broadcast from Velocity 2019
Learn more here: https://velocity-conference.com/

Sean Willems is the Haslam Chair in Supply Chain Analytics at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville). He has been a visiting professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management since 2016. His work has led to finalist selections for the 2003, 2010, and 2017 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Sean has been a finalist in 2006, 2008 and 2012 for the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice. His work on inventory placement under non-stationary demand won the Wagner Prize in 2008.

Willems is the department editor of the practice section of the journal Production and Operations Management and he is the deputy editor of Interfaces. He received his bachelor’s degree in decision sciences from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and his master’s in operations research and doctorate in operations management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Connect with Sean Willems on LinkedIn and learn more about the University of Tennessee here: https://haslam.utk.edu/experts/sean-willems

Bill Harrison serves as President of Demand Solutions. Mr. Harrison is responsible for the company’s corporate strategy and direction as well as its operations including development, sales, marketing, services, customer programs, alliances and channels. His career in supply chain operations began over 25 years ago on the loading dock of a TrueValue warehouse.

Mr. Harrison spent over 17 years with True Value Company where he held a number of management positions and personally designed and implemented a market-leading Replenishment Optimization System. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Atrion/ClearCross, a global trading software corporation where he was instrumental in redefining the company’s product strategy, increasing sales, rationalizing costs and driving profitability. He came to Demand Solutions in 2006 after holding leadership positions at Manugistics and American Software.

Since Harrison’s arrival at Demand Solutions, the company has delivered significant market share gains, revenue growth and customer satisfaction improvements. Harrison graduated from The University of Missouri. Connect with Bill Harrison on LinkedIn and learn more about Demand Solutions here: https://www.demandsolutions.com/

PJ Jakovljevic serves as Principal Industry Analyst for Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC). He is an internationally recognized enterprise applications market guru with extensive knowledge of leading enterprise software vendors, products, competitive intelligence, and market trends.

Jakovljevic has nearly 20 years of system selections, implementations, and industrial manufacturing experience, with familiarity with broad aspects of business management (product development, supply chain operations, sales, marketing). He is an excellent communicator and team leader with exceptional analytical and critical abilities. Connect with PJ Jakovljevic on LinkedIn and learn more about TEC here: https://www3.technologyevaluation.com/

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 61

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 61

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 61
“The Supply Chain Revolution: Leadership, Technology, Opportunity”
Live broadcast from Velocity 2019
Learn more here: https://velocity-conference.com/

Kyle Garcia serves as Demand Planning Manager for Lacrosse Footwear. He has over 9 years of experience in S&OP related management roles and has come to love the drive for continuous process improvement.

Kyle has spent many years of living overseas and managing accounts/distributors in Europe. Kyle also currently serves on the Board for APICS Portland, an organization dedicated to Supply Chain Management that is part of the ASCM community. Connect with Kyle Garcia on LinkedIn and learn more about Lacrosse Footwear here: https://www.lacrossefootwear.com/

Ann Grackin is CEO of ChainLink Research. For more than two decades, Ann Grackin has been on the frontlines of the Supply Chain Management technology and eCommerce frontier, leading global strategy and technology implementations in the high technology, semiconductor, automotive, textile, and apparel industries.

Ms. Grackin has served in many capacities in this dynamic environment and worked on global supply chains strategies for some of the leading Fortune 500 firms, with assignments in Asia and Europe and the North America.

As a partner and cofounder of ChainLink Research, Ms. Grackin is responsible for leading the firm’s Supply Chain strategy. She comes to this position with a parallax view from seeing all angles of the supply chain problem-as an end-user implementer in a global fortune 100 firm, a technologist, a global consultant, an executive in a Supply Chain software firm, a columnist in the leading Supply Chain magazines, and one of the leading analysts in Supply Chain! Before coming to ChainLink Research, Ms. Grackin served as the Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy at AMR Research.

Prior to ChainLink, Ms. Grackin was vice president of sales and marketing at Verilytics. She led sales and product management to meet the needs of clients in financial services and supply chain operations. Before joining Verilytics, Ms. Grackin served as executive vice president at Avicon, a Massachusetts based strategy and IT consulting firm. She co-founded the firm to help companies Web-enable their supply chains. Previously, Ms. Grackin was a Foundation Partner at Benchmarking Partners and led the Supply Chain practice. She worked with the leading technology providers to help create product and industry strategies for their Supply Chain products as well as leading end-user firms, creating supply chain technology visions.

At Digital Equipment Corporation, Ms. Grackin led information technology organizations and projects throughout the world in Supply Chain, Logistics and Manufacturing including the first global implementation of i2 Technologies advanced planning software, as well as some of the leading packages in use today. Ann Grackin, a popular speaker and respected writer on supply chain management best practices and technology, is a graduate of the Harvard School of Executive Management and the Sloan School of Strategic Planning. Learn more about ChainLink Research here: http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/home/

Mike Griswold is a Research VP in Gartner’s Consumer Value Chain team, focusing on the retail supply chain. He is responsible for assisting supply leaders in understanding and implementing demand-driven supply chain principles that improve the performance of their supply chain.

Mr. Griswold joined Gartner through the company’s acquisition of AMR. Previous roles include helping line-of-business users align corporate strategy with their supply chain process and technology initiatives.

One recent study published by a team of Gartner analysts, including Mike Griswold is Retail Supply Chain Outlook 2019: Elevating the Consumer’s Shopping Experience. Mr. Griswold holds a BS in Business Management from Canisius College and an MBA from the Whittemore School of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire. Connect with Mike Griswold on LinkedIn and learn more about Gartner here: www.gartner.com

Learning Insights Radio: Dr. Ruth Gotian with Weill Cornell Medicine

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Learning Insights

Learning Insights Radio: Dr. Ruth Gotian with Weill Cornell Medicine

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Dr. Ruth Gotian is the inaugural Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the newly launched Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. In addition, she is the Chief Learning Officer in Anesthesiology and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology. She has taken on these new roles after nearly 22 years (and two perfect scores on NIH training grants) of running the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, a partnership between Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Gotian is an alumna of Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership. She pursued her doctorate while working full time and raising her family. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Business Management from the University at Stony Brook in New York as well as certificates in Executive Leadership and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. She publishes in both medical education and adult learning journals on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion in academic medicine to virtual mentoring. She is currently co-editing a book on medical education titled Development and Impact of Training Programs and Systems in Medical Education.

As one of the few people in the country who studies adult learning within academic medicine, Dr. Gotian has given many talks at such places as the NIH, AAMC and UNCF. Dr. Gotian’s research explores how successful people learn.

Connect with Dr. Gotian on LinkedIn.

Andrew Leba with Fanaticus, Lynn Perry with Haste and Andrew McConnell with Rented

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Andrew Leba with Fanaticus, Lynn Perry with Haste and Andrew McConnell with Rented

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Andrew Q. Leba is a co-founder of Fanaticus, Inc., a VR, XR, e-sports start-up based in Atlanta, Georgia. Fanaticus, Inc. encourages people to “Dream with Your Eyes Open” and seeks to unite great story-telling with VR.

By day, Andrew is an intellectual property attorney, where he works with innovative companies to protect their ideas and defend against copy-cats. He manages all facets of intellectual property for his clients, enforcing patents, conducting freedom-to-operate analyses, managing trademark portfolios, handling patent licensing issues, and drafting and negotiating intellectual property transfers and assignments.

Outside of work, Andrew represents unaccompanied immigrant children in asylum proceedings stays active in civic life. He is currently President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association Georgia, Board Member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Co-Chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, and an alumnus of Lead Atlanta 2019.

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Lynn Perry joined gaming network company Haste, as CEO in May 2018. Prior to Haste, she held sales, marketing and service leadership roles for Sage Software, marketing automation company Salesfusion, and Cloud Sherpas, which was acquired by Accenture in 2015.

An Atlanta native, Lynn is a graduate of The University of Georgia and has a Masters degree from Georgia Tech.

Connect with Lynn on LinkedIn and follow Haste on Facebook and Twitter.

Andrew McConnell is the Founder and CEO of Rented.com, the largest marketplace in the world helping property owners find the right property manager. With an expansive network and the ability to guarantee rental income, Rented.com facilitates a relaxed short-term rental experience for second home owners while simultaneously helping property managers grow and scale more easily.

Andrew holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Cambridge University, and has worked with some of the world’s largest public and private entities as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., and as a Director, Solutions Design at Axiom Global, Inc. In addition to speaking and writing about vacation rentals and the sharing economy, Andrew also contributes more general business insights and advice to publications like Inc.com, Forbes, and Huffington Post.

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn, and follow Rented.com on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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.

Connect with Joey on LinkedIn.