Anthony Eaton is a Human Resource Professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning a wide range of industries. He is the Writer, Author, HR Professional at Leadership and More. He is also a writer, author and regularly posts interviews, articles and more on his leadership website www.leadershipandmore.com
Susan Ryan emphasizes a whole-organization approach to success that is as effective as it is exceedingly uncommon. As she has proven with more than 500 organizations of all sizes, in a multitude of industries and in locations around the world, meaningful change is possible only through an authentic partnering relationship with every contributor. From the frontlines to the C-Suite, all personnel must be aligned to the overall objective, with leaders prepared to be their very best, in order for organizations to succeed with the tremendous challenges facing businesses today. Your success is my success is Sue’s motto and her passion is always contagious, whether she’s speaking at an event, coaching current and future leaders, or training individuals to create success with their clients. By partnering with Sue, customers have collectively recognized hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue gains and operational efficiency improvements. Sue wields her organizational acumen, technological expertise, business experience, and trademark sense of humor, to effect lasting, positive change for clients. As an Intelligent Leadership Certified Executive Coach (IL), and as a dynamic speaker with Creative Business Coaches, Sue brings more than 30 years of business experience, and a special focus on intergenerational dynamics, to leaders who are committed to unlocking and unleashing their uniquely greatest potential and to organizations that have identified an area in need of improvement, experienced change, seek to develop future leaders, desire greater employee engagement, and are working to attract, train, and retain high-performing employees. Sue has led sales teams to consistently deliver results-driven and record-breaking performance for more than 15 years. As an IL Executive Coaching Master Trainer, she brings her unique 360º organizational perspective to develop talented coaches so they too can partner effectively with all levels of an organization to deliver successful results-driven performance. Sue joined John Mattone Global in June of 2017. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation and is certified in neuro-linguistic programming. Committed to continuing education, Sue recently earned her Master of Arts degree in communications, with concentrations in new media and marketing, from Southern New Hampshire University, where she graduated at the top of her class.
Jasmine Ford is with HerWebDesign.
Peter Antonets is the Co-Founder at Sellsay. Follow Peter on LinkedIn.
Tim Visconti is the Founder at PeopleLift. Follow Tim on LinkedIn.
Christeene Alcosiba is the UX Researcher and Engineer at InfoTycoon. Follow Christeene on LinkedIn.
J.R. McNair is with The Container Box, Inc. Follow J.R. on LinkedIn.
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David F. Golden is a partner at Troutman Sanders LLP. David’s work includes planning, compliance, transactions, and civil tax controversies. He is involved in a variety of matters relating to state and federal taxation of corporations, partnerships, individuals, tax exempt entities and industrial development bonds. He also provides a full range of trust and estate planning services.
BarryKlein is a partner at Carr Riggs & Ingram. With more than 35 years of accounting experience, Barry provides auditing, benefit plan auditing, tax, and consulting services to companies in the technology, manufacturing, multi-unit retail, healthcare, professional services, and wholesale distribution sectors. By being a trusted and proactive business partner, Barry advises his tax and audit clients on how to improve their operations, increase their profits, and improve internal controls – as well as how to minimize their tax burdens.
Barry is active in the business community. He is the treasurer and board member of the Atlanta chapter of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA). He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA), the Clarity Business Group, and VirtualBoard.
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Robert Hatcher is an MBA student in the Robinson College of Business and CEO of Soundcollide. Before his MBA program Robert worked in the DELTA Lab studying industrial-organizational psychology and work with his brother small audio production company for over a decade which lead him to start his venture Soundcollide.
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Jennifer Sherer is the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Georgia State University. The Institute is focused on expanding an innovative and entrepreneurial culture inclusive of all students, faculty and staff at Georgia State as well as engaging alumni and the external community to advance innovative ideas, create new enterprises and transform existing businesses and organizations. Jennifer’s entire professional career has been dedicated to driving innovation and supporting entrepreneurs. Prior to joining Georgia State, Jennifer was the Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. There she led the launch of numerous initiatives to promote collaboration in the innovation community, support high growth entrepreneurs and elevate Atlanta’s status as a globally recognized innovation hub. Earlier in her career, Jennifer served as the Executive Director of Southeast BIO (SEBIO), a regional non-profit organization that fosters the growth of the life sciences industry in the Southeastern U.S. SEBIO’s mentoring programs, designed to prepare entrepreneurs for fundraising and cultivate new start-ups from universities, have benefited over 200 companies in the Southeast. Companies participating in SEBIO activities have gone on to raise over $2.5 billion in public and private funding. After finishing graduate school, Jennifer joined the Office of Technology Transfer at Emory University as a licensing associate. She was responsible for assessing intellectual assets for advancement, developing marketing strategies, and generating commercialization plans for technologies generated by university researchers. She also aided faculty members in developing strategic partnerships with industry. Jennifer serves on the Emory University Center for Ethics Advisory Board, the Southeast BIO Executive Committee and is a graduate of Leadership Gwinnett. She earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics at the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Biochemistry at Lehigh University. She was also a collegiate athlete as a member of the Lehigh University Women’s Basketball team. Jennifer lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Todd, and has three stepdaughters and twin boys.
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Jackie Davis is the Associate Director for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENI) at Georgia State University where she contributes to the Institute’s vision, strategy, marketing and co-curricular efforts. In her tenure, Jackie has helped to grow Georgia State’s entrepreneurship programs beyond the classroom. She established and oversees the planning and facilitation of 60+ events a year including: co-curricular workshops, guest speakers, business consultations, university-wide competitions, and several co-sponsored events with notable industry partners. Today, with a Major, Minor and MBA Concentration in Entrepreneurship, as well as three interdisciplinary degree programs (Social Entrepreneurship, Media Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Enterprise) ENI enrolls 600+ students a semester. Jackie is also the advisor for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (Georgia State Chapter) and the E-House Living Learning Community. She also assisted in the development of the LaunchGSU Student Incubator, a 3,000 sq. ft., idea-stage incubator designed to foster an entrepreneurial and innovative culture across campus. Prior to her role with ENI, Ms. Davis supported the development of signature experience programs including, the WomenLead Center and the Advancement of Women – Women’s Mentoring Program. As an intrapreneur, Jackie enjoys building signature programs that support entrepreneurship, women, and economic empowerment. Ms. Davis holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, a Master of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and International Business, all from Georgia State University. She lives in West Midtown with her husband, three children, and dog.
Kristy West is a Certified Applied Improv Practitioner, Speaker, and Founder of BraveSpace. She has been performing, studying and teaching improv for almost two decades. Along with her improv experience, Kristy spent over 15 years in B2B Sales and Corporate Training. Today, she blends her unique experience in improvisational comedy, corporate sales, and training to help teams and individuals practice critical communication skills and team collaboration in a brave space using the methodology of improvisation. After spending many years witnessing first hand how work environments and teams can suffer when there is a lack of human connection, interpersonal skills, civility and collaboration, Kristy’s improv and professional life collided (in a good way). She developed a driving need to share the power of improvisation with the business world to help shift mindsets and cultures, and in 2009 she entered the world of Applied Improv, where she is now a Certified AI Practitioner Kristy’s work at BraveSpace is taking improv off the stage and into corp environments to help foster innovation, creativity, collaboration, new mindsets and a whole slew of critical communication skills needed in today’s ever evolving, tech driven, chaotic work climate.
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Joe Norton is the co-founder of Helium Services. Specializing in software design and development, Helium has served organizations such as Emory, Terminus Software, and The Georgia Music Educators Association. In 2018, Helium was recognized as one of the Top 3 Software Development Companies in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast. As Joe puts it, “there are two things I love; solving problems and helping people. I love what I do and I am so lucky to work with such an amazing team every day.”
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Create The Life You Deserve with Clarissa J. Sparks. She is an author, speaker, brand strategist, and the founder of The She Sparks Agency. Clarissa has been featured in the Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Albany Herald, seen on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and heard on The Peoples Station V-103; where she has given tips and tools to her audience to gain clarity, develop a strategy and execute and authentic brands.
She’s Clear, She’s Strategic, She’s Confident, and She Sparks.
Clarissa combines the power of brand clarity, strategy, and design to support multi-passionate entrepreneurs, emerging and executive leaders to discover their purpose, define their passions, design a clear action plan, and deliver with spark – their unique gifts that can be used to literally change the world.
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