ITEN WIRED RADIO- 2018 ITEN WIRED SUMMIT Wrap Up Show

November 16, 2018 by angishields

ITEN Wired Radio

ITEN WIRED RADIO- 2018 ITEN WIRED SUMMIT Wrap Up Show

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Jim Rhodes/Michelle Gadson/Jay Smith
Planning Committee Memebers

The ITEN WIRED Team

ITEN WIRED is a conference hosted by IT Gulf Coast and Florida West Economic Development Alliance. The annual summit provides networking and learning opportunities for executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to foster local economic development efforts surrounding innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

The ITEN WIRED planning team is composed of volunteers from IT Gulf Coast, Florida West Economic Development Alliance, and other members of our local IT community.

Innovation. Technology. Entrepreneurship. Network.

ITEN Wired is a conference hosted by IT Gulf Coast and Florida West Economic Development Alliance.

The ITEN WIRED Summit comes back to the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front on October 2nd-4th as a bigger, better, three-day conference.

The annual summit provides networking and learning opportunities for executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to foster local economic development efforts surrounding innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.

The ITEN Wired planning team is composed of volunteers from IT Gulf Coast, Florida West Economic Development Alliance, and other members of our local IT community.

Brian Regienczuk with Agency Spotter

November 15, 2018 by angishields

ATDC Radio

Brian Regienczuk with Agency Spotter

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Brian Regienczuk, Co-Founder/CEO at Agency Spotter, has worked on both sides of the agency-client relationship and is passionate about solving this vertical, greasing the wheels of the trillion dollar marketing services marketplace.

Former Group Director of Global Design at The Coca-Cola Company, he has overseen multi-million dollar budgets and worked with top brands for more than 20 years including Bacardi, Minute Maid, Philips, Sprite, GM, The Home Depot, WebMD and many more.

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Corbett Gilliam with ATDC

November 15, 2018 by angishields

ATDC Radio

Corbett Gilliam with ATDC

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Corbett Gilliam, Corporate Development Manager at ATDC, is a visionary leader with expertise in business operations, digital/social strategy execution, brand strategy, and content marketing. He has a proven track record of achieving exceptional results within the FinTech, mobile, livestreaming, and SaaS sectors. Corbett has a history of transforming a companies core business model and marketing strategy to achieve objectives in revenue growth and profitability.

Corbett is a graduate of the University of Georgia where he obtained a bachelor’s degree economics. He also earned his master’s degree in business administration from Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business and Economics.

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Matt Reilly with Mogean and Amari Ruff with Sudu

November 15, 2018 by angishields

ATDC Radio

Matt Reilly with Mogean and Amari Ruff with Sudu

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As CEO of Mogean, Matt Reilly draws from 20+ years of experience in executive roles in business services and technology companies. Most recently, he served as division CEO and one of four named executive officers at a NYSE-listed business services company. Prior to that, Matt spent 11 years at Accenture and an acquired firm where he held various senior roles including leading Accenture’s consulting business in North America. He also served on the Executive Leadership Teams for Accenture’s global Management Consulting and Strategy & Technology businesses. His client work included leading one of Accenture’s strategic alliances focused on building businesses in the Industrial Internet. Matt has published extensive thought leadership on a range of strategic topics in the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek and had several live in-studio appearances on Fox Business News TV and on air at CNN radio. He also co-led a yearlong strategic initiative with the World Economic Forum/Davos on the impact of the Industrial Internet. Matt earned his MBA in Finance from Emory University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. He lives in Atlanta with his wife of 21 years and their three children.

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Amari Ruff started Sudu Logistics in 2015 after realizing the challenges diverse (minority, women, and veteran owned) carriers had competing and obtaining large contract opportunities from large corporations. Amari most recently was CEO and founder of Global Optic Telco, a residential and commercial telecommunications services provider for Comcast, Charter, Time Warner, Cox, and Southern Link among other large corporations. Amari started Global Optic with one technician truck and scaled it to 200+ trucks and five offices across the US in 3.5 years at which point it was acquired. Amari articulates the Sudu vision and leads business development as he excels at acquiring large contract opportunities and providing high service standards. An avid sports fan, Amari brings a competitive and positive attitude always finding win-win solutions for everyone.

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JapanFest 2018

November 14, 2018 by angishields

The appearance of Business RadioX® at JapanFest 2018 was made possible by our sponsor, Fujiyama Wealth Management. To learn more about Fujiyama Wealth Management, connect with them on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Albert Ikeda, Fukuoka Organization

Andrea Spohn, Personal Banker – SunTrust Bank

Brian Cook, Corporate Trainer for Aflac

Carrie Woodcock, International Charter Academy of Georgia

Chris Harrison, Technology Consultant – Horizon River Tech

Deigratia Daniels, Project Manager – Futurus

Fisher London, Murakami Consulting

Greg Dilaura, Tombow USA

Jessica Cork, YKK Corporation of America

Jessica Darensbourg, IT Manager for Carter’s

Joneh Marhefk, Grad Student

Kimberly McCormick, CDC Intl. Budget Coordinator

Leyan Luke, Operations manager – Novis Creative

Maki Kuraoka, Kuraoka Clinic

Masae Okura, Taylor English Duma LLP

Michael Brookhart, Internal Auditor

Nathanael Porter, ARS Hvac, Media StudiesStudent

Paige Becquet, Flight Attendant for Delta

Quinton Pratt, IT Solutions

Roderick Thornton, Global Project Manager

Ruhani White, Artist

Wanda Smith, former healthcare worker

Yoshiro Yajima, Yajima Chiropractic

Finn Findley with Quest Renewables and Terry Bray with GTRC

November 14, 2018 by angishields

ATDC Radio

Finn Findley with Quest Renewables and Terry Bray with GTRC

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Finn Findley serves Quest Renewables as CEO. Finn has more than 20 years of commercialization and brand expertise, principally at The Coca-Cola Company. In his career, he has worked in brand development, field management, channel strategy and key account management. Finn’s passion to bring environmental sustainability technology from the lab to the world around him led him to found Quest Renewables with Will Arnold and Beau Baldock.

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Terry Bray is the Director of Licensing at Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC). An entrepreneurial professional with a broad technical background as well as 25 years combined experience in the creation, management, and commercialization of innovative technologies. Experienced in executive management, leading or working in multidisciplinary project teams, due diligence, project management, business development, research and development, product development, technology transfer, and legal agreements. Excels at analyzing technologies and business opportunities, and efficiently utilizing resources to accomplish tasks. Skilled in negotiating contracts, intellectual property (IP) protection, and licensing. Effective communicator with all stakeholders in an organization, adept at fostering new client relationships, and creating new business opportunities.

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Cannon Carr with CornerCap Investment Counsel

November 13, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Cannon Carr with CornerCap Investment Counsel

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Cannon Carr is CornerCap’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 comanages 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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Jimmy Patton with Patton Albertson & Miller

November 13, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jimmy Patton with Patton Albertson & Miller

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With over three decades of executive experience in the financial services industry, Jimmy Patton, President & CEO at Patton Albertson & Miller, has garnered an extensive background working with corporate, middle market and closely held business clients, giving him a unique perspective on the wealth management issues they face. His professional experience includes 23 years with SunTrust Banks, Inc. where he held various positions, most recently as executive vice president and commercial line of business manager for the Georgia Region of SunTrust Banks, Inc. Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of SunTrust Bank, Middle Georgia. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Jimmy has held several leadership roles in business, community, civic and governmental organizations. Currently, Jimmy serves on the board of directors for Community Health Systems, Inc., B&D Industrial, the J. Bulow Campbell Foundation, He is a member of the University of Georgia’s Terry School of Business alumni board. Previously, he served as treasurer and member of the board of trustees of Leadership Georgia. He has served on the board of directors of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the State of Georgia Workforce Investment Board, as well as on the board of trustees of the Macon State College Foundation. He has previously served on the executive committee of the board of trustees of New Town Macon. For five years, he served as a commissioner of the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission. He served four years as the Ward 5, Post 2 member of the Macon City Council. His other philanthropic activities include: Chairman of the board of trustees of First Presbyterian Day School, Inc.; chairman of the board of trustees of the United Way of Central Georgia, Inc.; and board of trustees of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia. Jimmy and his wife Kathy have three children.

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Ben Worley and Mark Moore with Agrisource Data

November 13, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Ben Worley and Mark Moore with Agrisource Data

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On this CEO Exclusive we welcome the team from Agrisource Data; their CEO, Ben Worley, and one of their board members and investors, Mark Moore.

Leveraging the latest advances in science and technology, including Internet-of-Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and cloud-based communication protocols that accelerate data collection and analysis across the entire seed-to-shelf spectrum, Agrisource Data delivers the most complete solution in the market for meeting the challenge of global food production.

Ben Worley is the founder and CEO of Agrisource Data, an Atlanta-based AgTech company focused on utilizing multi-layer intelligence to provide hyper-visibility into the entire food production chain through IoT and Artificial Intelligence. Ben is a respected global thought leader in the application of data to Smart Agriculture ecosystems. His background includes work in the Defense, Telecommunications, Private Equity, Aerospace and Agriculture industries.

With 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and active involvement in dozens of business across the southeastern US, Mark Moore’s passion is in finding and empowering new entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams. Through financial, strategic and day to day operational support, advice and mentoring, Mark helps launch, manage and grow businesses into lasting, successful enterprises.

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