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Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International

July 24, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International

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On this CEO Exclusive we talk with Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International, a coffee farm, about trends happening in the world of coffee and tea. We also discuss how they utilize the power of their business to make a social impact while still meeting the needs of stakeholders and shareholders.

About Thrive Farmers

We are in the business of impact. It is the most important thing we strive to make. From the start of a customer’s morning to the end of a farmer’s day, this is how we are measured.

Our farmers aren’t suppliers — they’re people. And what they cultivate isn’t a commodity — it’s a livelihood. It’s not just a supply chain, it’s a chain of values that guides everything we do. Integrity leads to transparency. Transparency to prosperity. And prosperity to quality. It’s a purposefully crafted product and process where all of us — from farmer to customer — thrive.

Tom Matthesen is a seasoned entrepreneur who has not only founded, built and sold several companies, but has also spent over 25 years financing and advising both development stage and more mature growth companies in a wide range of industries. He served as the founding Chairman of the Board for Thrive Farmers and took on the role of President in 2016. Since its inception, Matthesen has worked alongside the founders in the development of the company’s vision, strategic execution and capital formation strategies. Matthesen is passionate about helping businesses build purpose into their beverage programs and empowering the talented men and women who are responsible for growing world-class coffee – the individual farmers.

David Paparelli is Head of Product Development at Thrive Farmers International, where he builds innovative beverage solutions that give farmers the opportunity to earn more. Before his work at Thrive, David spent several years working with nonprofits in East Africa and Central America focused on economic development initiatives. He has a passion for helping entrepreneurs in the

developing world access new markets to better support their families and communities.

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Genna Brown and Brandon Black with GIVIN Charity Simplified, Joshua Silver with Patientco, and Kevin Greiner with Gas South

July 24, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Genna Brown and Brandon Black with GIVIN Charity Simplified, Joshua Silver with Patientco, and Kevin Greiner with Gas South

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Whether you’ve been an employee since the beginning or you’ve worked here a month, Kevin Greiner is all about discovering what’s important to people – starting with never forgetting your name. We’re not sure how he does it, but we’re glad he does. At the office Kevin won’t hesitate to chat with you about what you’re up to or the latest tennis highlights – he genuinely cares about every employee. He’s also passionate about strengthening our community. Under Kevin’s leadership, Gas South has committed to giving back 5% of profits to help children in need. He has built a culture of service while also creating exceptional career paths for employees. He wants to make sure Gas South is a place where people want to be, not a place you feel like you have to be. With more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, Kevin gained expertise in management roles with Southern Company. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s of science in natural resource policy, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University. Board work: United Way of Greater Atlanta (chaired the 2012-13 Workplace Campaign), Georgia Chamber, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, the YMCA of Metro Atlanta (Executive Committee), Atlanta Opera Interesting fact: Kevin speaks German and is fluent in Dekatherms (Gas South’s band where he plays the piano).
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Brandon Black is a Florida native that now calls Atlanta home. He graduated from North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs and began his Georgia State University education while in his senior year of high school. Brandon completed his undergraduate degree, BBA in 2015 and graduate studies, MS in Finance in 2016, at Georgia State University (GSU). While attending GSU Brandon was always active in campus life. He was a Resident Advisor (RA), Zumba Instructor, finance society participant, and Vice-President of the Big Brothers Big Sisters campus chapter. GSU is also where he met Genna Brown, his business partner and co-founder in GIVIN. Genna was Brandon’s instructor in his first finance course at GSU. These days Brandon is actively involved with the Greater Atlanta community. Brandon has volunteered for Aid Atlanta, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlanta, as well as the Atlanta Community Food Bank. He is also involved with his Southeast Atlanta Home Owners Association in an advisory capacity. He also works with Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU). Brandon sees GIVIN as a way to expand his volunteer activities and support numerous non-profits. In his free time, Brandon enjoys rollerblading, Zumba, and laughter. Genna Brown is an Atlanta native that has worked and taught finance for over twenty years in Atlanta and Miami, FL. Genna is a registered investment advisor, and manages wealth for a small number of clients in Georgia and Florida. She is a Senior Lecturer at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business. Genna teaches investment valuation, corporate finance and portfolio management. Genna met Brandon Black, GIVN’s co-founder when he was a student in a finance course Genna taught. Genna recognized his determination and drive to succeed that first semester. Several years later Brandon happened to drop by her office one afternoon and expressed frustration at the 9 – 5 corporate world. He said, “I wish I had ‘a big idea.’ I could run a business, but I need the idea.” Genna was ready with GIVN –Charity Simplified. That afternoon they began the collaboration that is the non-profit Black and Brown Corp., Inc. Genna received degrees from the University of Georgia (BBA) and University of Miami (MBA). She is the past president of Miami Society of Financial Analysts, and is involved in Atlanta Economics Club, ABDIACG (a financial services association), as well as the Southeastern Hedge Fund Association. Over the years Genna has assisted several nonprofits, either financially and/or through volunteer services. Atlanta Humane Society, American Red Cross, Center for the Visually Impaired, READ (Adult Literacy), her church, college sorority alumnae association, political party and others have been beneficiaries of her efforts. She lives in South Buckhead with her dog, Trez.
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Joshua Silver co-founded Patientco after seeing an opportunity to take his expertise in consumer-centric product design to the industry that needed it most. Today, as Chief Solutions Officer, Joshua helps craft Patientco’s technology strategy, set product direction, and works with key accounts. Prior to Patientco, Joshua was a member of the International Product Development team at CareerBuilder.com, specializing in product integration with major partners such as Virgin Media, AOL, and Lycos. Joshua holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he graduated with Highest Honors and was the recipient of the prestigious President’s Scholarship Award. Joshua has been recognized as a rising healthcare IT leader by Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review as well as named “CIO of the Year” by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA).
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Tucson Business Radio – Tucson Means Business ep. 5

July 23, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio – Tucson Means Business ep. 5

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On today’s Tucson Means Business, hosted by Mark Bishop

Amber Smith

CEO

Tucson Metro Chamber

http://www.linkedin.com/company/tucson-metropolitan-chamber-of-commerce

https://twitter.com/tucsonchamber

https://www.facebook.com/TheTucsonChamber

https://www.instagram.com/tucson_metro_chamber/

Amber has spent her entire career in government relations with your first exposure to government relations working for Senator John McCain in the late 90s.

Following graduate school at the UA, she worked for Racy Associates, a local lobbying firm largely representing land developers and home builders on entitlement and rezoning issues.

Leaving the firm when the recession hit, Amber began working for metropolitan Pima alliance first as government relations director and then as executive director eventually promoted to CEO after growing the organization 30%.

MPA is a real estate and land use membership-based organization that focuses on public policy issues in that industry and uses collaboration to resolve those issues.

Mitch Pisik

Executive Coach and Business Consultant

631-943-5275

mitch@pisik.consulting

Linkedin.com/in/mitchpisik

Twitter: @mitchpisik

Mitch has worked as an Executive Coach, Business Consultant, Keynote Speaker and Facilitator for the past twenty years; doing so in a full-time practice since 2016.

He leverages the award-winning successes of turning-around and substantially growing four diverse Private-Equity portfolio businesses as CEO (in New York, Texas, and Arizona) over fifteen years; and previously for seventeen years as a Senior Executive in strategy, business development, operations, finance, mergers and acquisitions, consulting, and finance at several of the world’s largest global companies – including Kraft, Newell-Rubbermaid, Novartis, and KPMG.

He has conducted business in over three dozen countries.

He is and has been, an active Board Member of numerous public, private, and not-for-profit organizations – including the Tucson Metro Chamber.

He also teaches the Strategic Leadership course at the University of Arizona.

A partial list of recent awards includes:

In 2016 winning the “Innovation in the Workplace” Award from the Society of Human Resource Management.

Finalist for the Copper Cactus “Business Leader of the Year” Award in 2016 and 2015.

In 2014 winning the Copper Cactus Award for the “Best Place to work in Southern Arizona”.

Humberto Stevens and Dominique Villela

Partners

Shot Ventures

info@shotventures.com

480.749.1081

www.shotventures.com

For the most updated information about Shot Ventures partners and news, please refer to LinkedIn profiles:

Dominique Villela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquevillela/

Humberto N. Stevens: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hnstevens/

Trent Lapinski: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentlapinski/

Thought Leader Radio featuring Alexandra Fasulo with Fiverr, SocialMe Media

July 20, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Thought Leader Radio featuring Alexandra Fasulo with Fiverr, SocialMe Media

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Alexandra Fasulo is the Co-Founder and Owner of SocialMe Media, a social media consultancy and content writing agency based out of Brooklyn, New York. SocialMe provides content writing and editing services for small to mid-sized businesses, as well as social media training and consultancy regarding content development, analytics, and branding. Recently, Alexandra opened InstaNews, a social media-based public relations newsroom for brands wishing to submit press releases and blogs from around the world. InstaNewsPress.com and InstaNewsBlog.com can be accessed through the SocialMe platform. Alexandra is also a full-time Top Level and PRO Service Provider on Fiverr.com, offering website content development, biography writing, press release writing + distribution, blog writing, Amazon product listing descriptions, and proofreading services. A recent graduate of SUNY Geneseo, Alexandra immediately went to work at the NYS Assembly as a Correspondence Coordinator and Press Coordinator. Functioning as Volunteer Coordinator for a local campaign during her first six-months at the Assembly, Alexandra went on to volunteer for multiple local New York State campaigns and this year, a major presidential campaign. After a two-year stint with the Assembly, Alexandra felt the pull of the entrepreneurial lifestyle and moved to the best city in the world for it: New York City. Aside from running her content writing business, blogging about social media trends and travel, and volunteering on local political campaigns, Alexandra is the Marketing Manager for Allegra Paris Active, an up-and-coming athleisure clothing and bathing suit brand. Lastly, Alexandra is a published blogger and blog contributor on Women In Digital, Social Media Today, and Business 2 Community. She is presently working on her personal lifestyle blog, Zandra Rose, and has begun influencer collaboration with travel brands.

Morgan Lopes with Polar Notion and Rani Shetti & Daniel Deedy with Southern Pedaler

July 19, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Morgan Lopes with Polar Notion and Rani Shetti & Daniel Deedy with Southern Pedaler

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Morgan Lopes is an entrepreneur who leads Polar Notion, a creative agency. They design and develop web and mobile apps for information, education, and event based businesses. While he reluctantly accepts the title CEO, his role is to identify and amplify the strengths of each person who chooses to join their team. As of 2016, Morgan has also been serving as CTO for New Story, a startup-minded nonprofit that is moving the needle on the global homelessness crisis. In just over 2 years, they’ve grown from one home in Haiti to over 800 homes around the world and have built the first 3D home printer in the US. Along with his work at Polar Notion and New Story, he sites his greatest adventure as fathering two daughters and working to improve the world they’ll eventually inherit.

Connect with Morgan on Facebook and Twitter.

Husband and wife team Rani Shetti and Daniel Deedy are both MBA graduates of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Rani moved to Atlanta from Cleveland, Ohio in 2007, and Daniel is born and raised in the Atlanta area. After 10 years in traditional corporate jobs in consulting and project management, they took the entrepreneurial leap in early 2018 by launching Southern Pedaler, as Atlanta’s only party bike tour service. They focus on creating unique customer experiences to help guests truly experience the city of Atlanta and support other local businesses.

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Mark Koski with NFHS Network and Michael Hellerstein with GeoVax, Inc.

July 19, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Mark Koski with NFHS Network and Michael Hellerstein with GeoVax, Inc.

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Mark Koski was announced as the Chief Executive Officer for the NFHS Network on September 1, 2017 after serving as the NFHS Director of Sports, Events and Development since he joined the staff in 2007. As the NFHS Network CEO, Koski is responsible for directing a team that delivers more than 50,000 live games per year on NFHSNetwork.com, via desktop, mobile and TV through its Apple TV app. The NFHS Network is the nation’s leader in live high school sports and activities. Koski also serves as the NFHS Director of Marketing and oversees the NFHS national #MyReasonWhy and #BecomeAnOfficial campaigns as well as the events and marketing departments. Prior to joining the NFHS, he was an Assistant Director at the New Mexico Activities Association and teacher and varsity football and track & field coach at 6A Manzano High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Koski earned his bachelor’s in physical education and master’s degree in sport administration from the University of New Mexico. While an undergraduate, he was a decathlete and 400-meter sprinter for the Lobo track and field team. He is in his final stages of earning his Ed.D. in Education.

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Michael Hellerstein serves as Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Systems at GeoVax, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing vaccines against infectious diseases and cancers. Initially trained as a molecular biologist, Mr. Hellerstein joined GeoVax in 2005 and has progressively expanded his job responsibilities. He has managed quality control since 2006, quality systems since 2007, outsourced manufacturing since 2008, regulatory affairs since 2014, and project management and government contracting since 2015. Prior to joining GeoVax in 2005, Mr. Hellerstein worked at several companies including Pfizer, Cell Signaling Technology, and Blue Sky Biotech, which he co-founded. Mr. Hellerstein obtained his A.B. in biology from Harvard University in 1999.

Jack Bergstrand with Consequent and Rich Leggitt with Black Tie Events Inc./DJ Songlist

July 18, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jack Bergstrand with Consequent and Rich Leggitt with Black Tie Events Inc./DJ Songlist

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“Success is no longer coming from being bigger and by focusing on the pieces, but by being faster and focusing on the big picture.” —Jack Bergstrand, The Velocity Advantage

Jack Bergstrand knows how to help teams with disparate talents work together to achieve big goals. A former executive at The Coca-Cola Company and the founder of Brand Velocity and Consequent consulting, Jack Bergstrand’s revolutionary ideas incorporate 35 years of research and experience across a broad range of companies and industries. Bergstrand specializes in business strategy and large-scale transformations for Fortune 500 companies with initiatives totaling more than $4 billion. After applying The Velocity Advantage, companies see better results in less time, and at lower costs. A Drucker Institute board member who also holds three master’s degrees, Bergstrand has earned a reputation for helping others improve speed, quality and outcomes at companies both large and small.

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Rich Leggitt is the owner of Black Tie Events Inc. which is a special event entertainment company with offices in Atlanta GA, & Dallas TX. He is also the creator of the music planning app DJ Songlist. Rich is also a contributing wedding expert for Martha Stewart Weddings and the Huffington Post.

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Women of Immersive Technology

July 18, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women of Immersive Technology

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This special episode of Atlanta Business Radio’s Women of Immersive Technology is brought to you by YOU ARE HERE and Media Frenzy Global.

Dana Xavier Dojnik is an idea-generator and energy creator. Much of her career success has been leading teams through a creative evolution, primarily focused on innovation and immersive technology. She understands that the 3D world is complex, and it is of utmost importance to look holistically at your company, goals, workflows and legacy systems as well as integration with other frontier technologies like AI, Machine Learning, Robotics and Blockchain in order to be successful as the current digital transformation is well underway. Dana’s an accomplished speaker and moderator most recently being featured at SXSW. She has 20 years of experience in the digital domain, from her early New York advertising days to consulting in Boston, owning her own design group back in NYC and now thriving in the Atlanta immersive tech scene.

Annie Eaton is the CEO of Atlanta-based future technologies company Futurus, where she creates immersive, engaging and interactive experiences in virtual reality, augmented reality and 360 capture. Annie earned her degree from Georgia Tech in 2010. She currently leads XR Atlanta and Women in XR Atlanta, and is a member of re:imagine/ATL Alliance, Oxford Center, LaunchPad2X and Young Entrepreneurs Council. Earlier this year, Annie received the Women in IT Rising Star award and was named the Technology Association of Georgia Young Professionals’ 2017 Technologist of the Year.

Gabriela Arp is an independent director and VR creator who is passionate about visual media, new technology and immersive projects that strengthen the human connection. Gabriela has produced short films, exhibits and interactive experiences for news organizations, non-profits, cultural spaces and commercial clients. Some of her clients include New York Times, Blue Chalk Media, CNN International, Univision, International Rescue Committee, the United Nations, The New Museum, LACMA, Sony, Canon, and JetBlue. Her most recent virtual reality film, Meeting a Monster, exploring the memories and motivations of former white supremacist Angela King, premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It has also been shown at Cannes NEXT and the Sheffield Doc Fest.

The Core Value and Culture Gap

July 17, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

The Core Value and Culture Gap

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About the Show

On this CEO Exclusive host Soyini Coke revisits a conversation about culture and core values. Listen in as she talks about the gap between the values that are espoused by management and what the actual culture is.

Mentioned in this Episode

Dana Spinola with fab’rik
PJ Bain with PrimeRevenue

If you’d like to find out more about how to measure the real values of your company and the gap in between what is being said and what’s actually happening, contact Soyini at soyini@ceoexclusiveradio.com or 404-436-8121.