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Tuesdays with Corey Episode 3

December 13, 2017 by angishields

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Tuesdays with Corey Episode 3

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Linda Gabbard with Vistage International is the Vistage Master Chair leading Chief Executive, Senior Executive, and Vistage Inside Peer Groups and coach and trainer for other Vistage Chairs. Vistage is an international membership organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOs and Executives. Vistage Works – Become better leader, make better decisions, achieve better results. She is the President, Framework Initiatives Company, Inc. specializing individual and team leadership development, change management, and executive coaching. She is known for driving positive change, growth, and results in her own ventures and those of her clients. She’s worked with mid-sized privately held businesses, large global companies, start-ups, and turnarounds. She leverages 25+ years experience in the manufacturing space, with experience in product marketing, sales, general management, leading international business units, and change management. She has a passion for excellence and learning, and is dedicated to the success and impact of each individual client. She loves bringing a creative strategic approach and a wide diversity of experience and worldview together to resolve complex issues in dynamic environments.

Connect with Linda on LinkedIn.

Jane Gentry with Jane Gentry and Company has had a successful 30-year career in Sales, Sales Management, Consulting, Executive Coaching and Keynoting. Since forming her practice in 1999, Jane has partnered with her clients to improve sales, profitability, client retention, employee retention and leadership capabilities.

The world’s most successful organizations have brought Jane on board, including Assurant, The Home Depot, Milliken, Philips, Coca-Cola, Leidos Healthcare, Mercedes Benz, Stryker and GlaxoSmithKline.

Today, Jane is bringing her expertise to leaders in mid-market organizations and providing them the resources they need to drive growth. She uses rigorous, data driven, validated diagnostics that provide a clear strategy and results and her clients often experience 10x return on their investment.

Jane is also a regular on the speaking platform at high-profile meetings from Canada to the Czech Republic. She addresses topics from Relational Intelligence to Inspirational Leadership to Selling Value. Audiences and clients have described her as “a woman with a vision,” “energetic” and “inspiring”.

Jane holds a BFA from Kent State University and an MFA from The University of Pittsburgh. She also holds a CPI (Certified Professional Innovator) distinction from GA State University. Earlier in her career she was a professional stage actress. Jane lives in Atlanta, GA.

Connect with Jane on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Mindy Godwin is the president of her family owned and operated company, American Reprographics Corporation. ARC opened it’s doors in September 1978 when her father Steve Hamburger saw an opportunity in the toner and ink industry when Xerox lost an antitrust suit and had to divulge all of their patents and secrets about toner. At the time Xerox was in control of all of the ink on the market and this gave way to other companies to come in and market Xerox’s technology with a private label, saving company’s upwards of 40-60% on printer, copier and fax ink. Now this also opened the doors to a lot of inferior products as well and if you know the phrase toner pirate, this is where that came from. Bad products came out, ink that would open in your machines causing damage and it really gave so many companies who were doing the right thing, a bad name. Frankly people were scared to buy toner that wasn’t OEM, (Original Equipment Manufacture). Luckily American Reprographics always stayed ahead of the curve and they kept their name free of any bad publicity. Let’s face it, talk is cheap so for many years, and even today when they need to, they offer free evaluations on all of their compatible toner cartridges to prove that their word is valid. They not only have compatibles available but all name brands as well. They want companies to save money on ink when they can so ARC always offers an alternative if one is available for their toner. They steer clear from compatible color toner and never suggest buying compatible inkjet cartridges, even more they don’t ever suggest buying remanufactured toner unless you’re an environmentalist but if you are just wanting to save money, this isn’t the way. You’ll end up spending more on replacing your printers. They can thank Xerox for all of the printer and copier technology out there. HP, Lexmark, Canon, Brother, you name it, all the technology stems from Xerox.

Connect with Mindy on LinkedIn and American Reprographics on LinkedIn.

Michaela Underdahl was born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic and joined Nimble, a social sales and marketing CRM company shortly after moving to the United States three years ago. She started her journey in a customer care department where she gained profound knowledge of the product. She quickly moved onto a new role as a Community Engagement Manager which involves managing all of Nimble’s online communities. She leads Nimble community nurturing by managing the Nimble blog, all editorial content — including extensive advocate, author, and influencer outreach programs.

Connect with Michaela on LinkedIn.

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. (www.ltc-cltc.com) 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.

Kevin Greiner with Gas South and Milton Little with United Way Greater Atlanta

December 12, 2017 by angishields

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Kevin Greiner with Gas South and Milton Little with United Way Greater Atlanta

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Kevin Greiner, President and CEO of Gas South, is all about discovering what’s important to people – starting with never forgetting your name, whether you’ve been an employee since the beginning, or only worked there for a month, 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). Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, and follow Gas South on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Milton J. Little, Jr. was appointed as President of the United Way of Greater Atlanta after serving as President and CEO of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. He has devoted many of his 20 years in the public and private sectors to creating workforce and educational programs, building national partnerships to fund housing, and developing corporate philanthropy and community involvement strategies.

Prior to joining the United Way system, Little served as interim President and CEO of the National Urban League in New York where he launched innovative partnerships with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Labor and Commerce Departments, as well as with corporations. Little came to the League from Lucent Technologies, which he joined while it was still part of AT&T. The philanthropic strategies he developed at Lucent and AT&T became the forerunners of many programs that today are reducing disparities in education, employment, income and health in communities nationwide.

Little graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. in sociology. He earned an M.A. in urban sociology and social policy from Columbia University, and pursued additional post-graduate studies in public administration at New York University. Follow United Way of Greater Atlanta on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Neil Bedwell and Andrew Osterday with Local Industries, Joe Pusz with THE PMO SQUAD, Denise W. Grove with CFO Support Inc./Grove Solutions, and Matt Lanford with InComm

December 11, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Neil Bedwell and Andrew Osterday with Local Industries, Joe Pusz with THE PMO SQUAD, Denise W. Grove with CFO Support Inc./Grove Solutions, and Matt Lanford with InComm

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Neil Bedwell and Andrew Osterday with Local Industries often describe themselves as reformed marketers. They learned and honed their craft over the last 15 years at agencies and brands in the U.S. and Europe. Their experience at Coca-Cola navigating internal cultural barriers while leading global digital programs – including the 2014 FIFA World Cup global campaign – was the catalyst for the creation of Local Industries.

Over the last 18 years, Neil has led work, teams and businesses in London, Amsterdam and San Francisco. Most recently, at Coca-Cola driving global digital strategy across multiple brands, leading the digital program for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, developing new ways to create and publish content in real-time across multiple social channels, and managing global digital agency relationships. Neil is a regular speaker and advisor to multiple start-ups, and spends his spare time messing around with old racing cars.

Andrew began his career as a freelance artist, designer, and self-taught developer in the up-and-coming Atlanta agency scene. An original digital native, Andrew crafted campaigns for brands like the Atlanta Braves, The Home Depot, Delta, Porsche NA, Goldman Sachs, and Jack Daniels before moving to Coca-Cola’s Global group where he lead Cannes award-winning digital creative for Coke Zero. His work at Coca-Cola also included real-time social content and production for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, leading the world’s largest user-generated photo contest ever and crafting Coca-Cola’s employee engagement program spanning all 206 countries Coca-Cola serves. Andrew is a frequent mentor and people connector, and still taps his artist roots when he’s not chasing his kids around.

Connect with Local Industries on Twitter and LinkedIn.

As Founder & President of THE PMO SQUAD, Joe Pusz is the driving force and initial SQUAD member. Known as PMO JOE, he leverages his experiences from leading corporate PMOs to provide services which satisfy real world needs. He has lead Project Management functions in several industries including Aerospace & Defense, Aviation, Finance, Healthcare, and Technology organizations with budgets up to $600MM+. Joe is also a strong supporter of Veterans services which lead to starting the Veterans Project Management Mentoring Program.

Connect with Joe on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Denise W. Grove with CFO Support Inc./Grove Solutions provides customized business and personal financial coaching services to owners, leaders, employee groups and individuals with the “Heart of a Teacher.” Denise is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and completed Dave Ramsey’s Financial Coach Master Training (FCMT). Currently, she is excited to be working towards her Profit First Professional certification (completing Spring 2018). Denise’s vast experience helps to quickly identify financial report problem root causes, develop realistic budgets and key performance measures plus devise cost-effective finance and accounting models to achieve improved financial performance. Her background is an outstanding combination in large to small organizations, public or privately held companies and non-profits to offer broad based finance, accounting and organizational advice. An Auburn University accounting graduate, Denise is active with the Women’s Philanthropy Board, the Harbert Business School and supports future students with scholarship donations. A few business and professional activities include serving in national, state and local volunteer positions with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Journal of Accountancy editorial board, the Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA) and the Georgia Consortium for Personal Financial Literacy. A Georgia native, Denise and her husband enjoy travel, sailing, college football and time with their friends, family and two rescue dogs. She is passionate about “Doing Good”.

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Matt Lanford is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of InComm’s Financial Services team. He leads InComm’s consumer-facing VanillaTM brand, which produces prepaid consumer solutions like Vanilla Gift and OneVanilla. Lanford came to InComm from MasterCard Worldwide, where he was Senior Vice President – ESS, Processing and Network Solutions Lead, North America. Lanford has more than 25 years of experience in the payments industry. He joined MasterCard in 2006 and held a variety of different roles in the organization in both product management and strategy development. Before his latest role as Senior Vice President, he was a Vice President and Prepaid Product Lead in Europe and later joined the Investor Relations team. Prior to MasterCard Worldwide, he worked for Citigroup, first as a Vice President of Business Development in its global ATM and PIN POS debit transaction processing business and later as Director of Corporate Investment Bank Global Transaction Services. He has also worked internationally with Euronet Worldwide, Inc., holding positions in Budapest, Hungary and the U.S. He was named the Most Influential Figure in the European Prepaid Industry in 2012 and 2013, holding the top spot in the Prepaid Power 10 for consecutive years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Pensacola Business Radio-Women in Leadership Series, Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

December 9, 2017 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio-Women in Leadership Series, Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

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Cristina Chalanczuk was born in Argentina and raised in California. She has been married for 35 years, 25 of those years were lived in Argentina. Having to manage household finances in a foreign country opened her eyes to the importance of having a system and saving as much money as possible in order to enjoy the finer things in life. Cristina has a political science major and has had two other successful businesses: The Language Studio (teaching English as a second language) and VIP Travel Company (travel agency based out of Argentina). All her businesses have thrived due to her “systems in place” strategies. Best Coupon Club came about after finding herself back in the USA and with three college students. Since she was raised in the USA by her parents, who were immigrants, she saw the American dream from the bottom up and knew that it was alive and well today. She also saw that there were many resources that were unwisely used and immensely beneficial to people who had a household to manage, one of them being coupons. Her three part system to save you upto 50%+ has made a difference in many of her clients’ household. The system is devised in such a way to make saving money as effortless as possible.

She is in the process of designing a website for member use. Members will have access to not only coupons but where to go to get the best deals. The site will also have a page to help you decide what to do with the money you save as well as financial advice on a page that will be called “Ask Dan”.

Her motto is the ever true if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Laura Swann, Independent Consultant, Arbonne International

Born and Raised in Pensacola, Florida
Recently moved back to Pensacola after being away for over 30 years.
Graduated from Woodham High School when Woodham was Woodham!
Graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Moved to Virginia to work on Capitol Hill and eventually segued into a career in education.
Using strengths of teaching, coaching and training, I share my passion for health and wellness as an entrepreneur with Arbonne International.
Absolutely LOVE being back! Pensacola permeates with positive energy! To say I love being in and around the beautiful blue waters of the Gulf Coast is an understatement!

Arbonne International

Arbonne transforms lives through pure, botanically based ingredients in scientifically tested products: a pure, healthy lifestyle and the pure joy of helping others. Arbonne is a highly regarded premium brand with a Swiss heritage. The products are healthy, botanically formulated and inspired by nature.

Pure – Safe – Beneficial

We are botanically based, ph correct and hypo-allergenic, gluten-free, non GMO, Kosher, Vegan certified, cruelty free. We adhere to the standards of Europe, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Taiwan regulations.

We are formulated without: animal products or by-products, mineral oil, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, parabens, petrolatum, phthalates, synthetic dyes, talk, benzene, Bisphenol-a, carbon black, diethanolamine (DEA), formaldehyde-donating preservatives, hydroquinone, sodium laureth sulfates (SLES), sodium lauryl sulfates (SLS), triclosan, triethanolamine (TEA).

Our products deliver results. We educate, empower and inspire people to make better choices for the beauty, health and wellness of themselves, their families and their friends.

Our product categories include: sports nutrition, weight management, anti-aging skin care (women and men), vegan cosmetics, sun care, baby care, rescue and renew spa, personal care, and daily targeted health products.

I coach individuals through our 30 days to Healthy Living program which focuses on 1) eating clean, 2) eliminating acidic, allergenic and addictive foods, 3) increasing nutrient intake, 4) balancing blood sugar, and 5) supporting elimination organs.

Laura Swann, Independent Consultant, Arbonne International

Phone: (703) 868-0358

Email: Lauraswann5@gmail.com

Website: http://lauraswann.arbonne.com

Mia Bolden

“Beautiful You Studio is a place where ladies can go workout, dance, laugh and have fun without being judged for their sexy curves or loud laughter! The beauty of it is that it no longer became about fitness-it evolved into self-esteem building, letting go of your inhibitions and making friends with a bonus side effect of becoming fit!”

www.beautifulyoustudiofitness@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/pensacoladance/

http://www.beautifulyoustudio.fitness/

Kolleen Edwards Chesley has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and spent the majority of her career as a financial advisor. In that role, Kolleen was responsible for finding her own clients and quickly learned the value of networking, networking, and even more networking. It was in 2004 and during her sales career that she, along with two other professional business women met for lunch with the purpose of helping to motivate each other after Hurricane Ivan had blown through our area and changed not only the physical landscape of the area, but also impacted the business landscape as well. Out of that lunch was born what is now a thriving not-for-profit organization for business women.

Kolleen currently serves full-time as the Founding Director of what was originally called Women’s Business Lunch and is now known as Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast. The organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others and a spirit of charitable giving.

The mission of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business and the organization accomplishes these in a number of different ways.

– Monthly networking meetings in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. These are open to all women and are free to attend. We run a structured meeting with open networking, an educational segment, a sponsor presentation, an opportunity to hear about the businesses of all attendees, and a whole lot of fun. We frequently hear from attendees that these meeting are chock full of value and a great way to build new relationships to help support their businesses. The Pensacola meetings include lunch paid for by our sponsors.

– Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast Magazine. We have produced 4 editions of this print magazine. Each edition features interviewees of local successful leaders in business who share their honest thoughts on leadership, success, obstacles, and inspiration as it relates to women in business. We also include other articles on leadership, networking, and other skill development. It is geared for anyone in business or looking for business motivation and tips. Our goal is for this to be a quarterly publication, however the magazine is currently on hold as we explore graphic designers. Our latest edition can still be found on our website.

– Annual Pursue Your Passion Women’s conference. To help celebrate National Business Women’s Week, we hold a full day conference during the third week of October along with several other events leading up to the conference. We feature a national keynote speaker, several local successful leaders in business, along with Speed Networking, an Experience Hall, structured and unstructured networking exercises and plenty of laughter, relationship building and excitement. Our attendees are not only motivated by the conference but they leave with tangible tips they can take back and implement in their businesses to lead them to success. For 2018, our conference will be held on Wednesday, October 17^th and Thursday, October 18^th, 2018 at Sanders Beach.

– Power Up Challenge is a 12 week educational series where we hold classes once a week for two hours. Classes focused around four main areas of business: Networking, Marketing, Business Efficiency, and Sales Skills. Open to men and women and all classmates receive the full audio recording of each class along with class notes, expanded notes, and extra resources. Remote classes also available. Classes are affordable and attendees are elated with the amount and quality of the information that is shared.

– Women in Leadership radio podcast show – sponsored by Pensacola Business Radio X. We hold monthly shows featuring local community leaders and other men and women in business. We engage our guests in conversational style in-depth interviews. They share their advice on topics such as mentoring, keys to success, time management tools, personal mantras and favorite inspirations, and what men can do to help support women in business.

– Membership in Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is also available.

Contact directors@powerfulwomengulfcoast.com for more information or visit our website at www.powerfulwomengulfcoast.com or Facebook at “Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast” for all of our meeting information.

Marketing SuperHeroes Series Featuring Louis Gudema with revenue and associates

December 7, 2017 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Marketing SuperHeroes Series Featuring Louis Gudema with revenue and associates

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Louis Gudema with revenue and associates has helped companies from startups to the Fortune 5 create and deploy effective marketing and revenue growth strategies. For a dozen years he headed his own marketing agency which had such clients as IBM, The Boston Globe, Cognos, Endeca, and dozens of schools and colleges. After a successful exit he was VP of Business Development for two other mid-sized agencies before returning to consulting directly with companies. In addition to speaking and blogging regularly on marketing and business matters, Louis mentors MIT startups and heads up Boston’s Sales & Marketing Innovators group.

Connect with Louis on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Emerging Enterprise Series Featuring Bernie Burgener with Greenhouse Accelerator

December 5, 2017 by angishields

AppZoro

Emerging Enterprise Series Featuring Bernie Burgener with Greenhouse Accelerator

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The Emerging Enterprise Series is brought to you by AppZoro and hosted by Sam Agarwal and Marianna Velozo.

Bernie Burgener is the executive director of the Greenhouse Accelerator. The objective of this non-profit is to help create sustainable jobs through the support of early-stage green startups. Early in his career Bernie helped fund and grow businesses in various countries and industries in South America in a financial as well as a consulting function, working for a private investment company out of Lima, Peru. He then worked for over twenty years with a water treatment company in Atlanta, leading its international business development, including strategic planning, identifying, negotiating and executing acquisitions, and managing key raw material contracts. Bernie is an economist by education and a sustainability consultant by avocation.

Connect with Bernie on LinkedIn.

Sam Agarwal is an Innovative Applications Developer. Sam is the founder and CEO of AppZoro Technologies, Inc. – an experienced team of full-stack mobile app developers and web designers. He holds a BS in Computer Science and is working on his Master’s at Georgia Tech. Sam is an Advisor of Mobile App Technology for the Atlanta Tech Village, one of the U.S. leading co-working space entities located in Atlanta, Georgia.

From concept to market-ready digital product, AppZoro is your single-source for everything from complex programming and database development to payment integrations and front-end design. With AppZoro’s in-house team of Agile Coders and Inventive Designers, you’ll get consistent high-quality work at a startup-friendly price.

Sam is also an experienced businessman. In addition to the work he does with AppZoro, he is Vice President of Sara Hospitality – an international, family-owned furniture manufacturer based in India, serving the US hospitality industry. He has been materially involved since he was 18 and is responsible for procurement, marketing, sales, customer service and finance for the business. In this role, he has learned the key elements of “grind” to build a successful startup.

Through Atlanta Tech Village, and as a private consultant, Sam helps business owners develop sound digital strategies that leverage both current and emerging technologies to increase revenues, streamline productivity, attract investors, and nurture customer relationships.

Learn more about Sam and AppZoro on their website, and follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Dr. Bill Bogner and Melody Paris with Georgia State University, Taz Lake with Brightmill, Nathaniel Smith with Partnership for Southern Equity, and Tris Sicignano with Surge Television

December 5, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Bill Bogner and Melody Paris with Georgia State University, Taz Lake with Brightmill, Nathaniel Smith with Partnership for Southern Equity, and Tris Sicignano with Surge Television

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Dr. Bill Bogner is the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and an Associate Professor in the Department of Managerial Sciences at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. His research primarily focuses on the dynamics of industry competition and in particular seeks to explain the past and current competitive postures of firms, groups of firms, and whole industries. Increasingly Dr. Bogner’s research has focused on global industries and the technological trajectories that drive industry evolution. He has published in leading journals including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management Studies, International Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Long Range Planning and Advances in Strategic Management. In addition, he has made numerous presentations at the annual meetings of the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, and the Strategic Management Society, as well as at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels. Several of his articles have appeared as book chapters and in proceedings publications. He has published two books on the pharmaceutical industry. At Georgia State University Dr. Bogner teaches courses on Strategic management in the MBA, PMBA, EMBA and PhD programs. He has also taught on the Masters level in International Business. In addition to service as the Assistant Dean for of the J. Mack Robinson College’s over 6000 Undergraduate degree students, he currently is very active on the University level in assessment, accreditation and continual improvement of programs on the graduate and undergraduate level. He has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Studies, and the Journal of Management, as Treasurer of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, and as the Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer of the Strategy Research Foundation. Dr. Bogner is also an attorney and is licensed to practice law by the state of Illinois.

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Melody Paris is the Associate Director of the EMBA Program at Georgia State University. Connect with Melody on LinkedIn.

Taz Lake’s passion is making websites better. When his career began over two decades ago, he relied on a passion for web technologies to tear him away from medicine and science. Today, through Brightmill, he provides comprehensive health checks to measure and improve on-site web experience, leading to better outcomes from website investments. His company has provided website analysis and improvement solutions in multiple industries to companies of all sizes. Mr. Lake has also served in various technical and leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies, digital agencies and consultancies. He is a past Adjunct Professor at two Atlanta universities, serves on multiple professional association boards, and has been published in the Huffington Post, Advertising Week, CMS Wire, and more. His undergraduate degree is from Duke University and he holds an MA from Wheaton College and an MBA from Georgia State University.

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Nathaniel Smith serves as Founder and Chief Equity Officer (CEqO)/CEO of the Partnership for Southern Equity. Empowered by the unified vision and voices realized through its regional engagement efforts, PSE pushes for policies and actions that promote balanced growth and inclusive prosperity in metropolitan Atlanta and beyond. Among PSEs notable accomplishments where the creation the American Souths first equity mapping and framing tool the Metro Atlanta Equity Atlas (MAEA); The Atlanta Regional Commissions Equitable Target Areas (ETA) mapping index to promote and measure equitable land-use planning efforts; supporting the creation of the nations first Equitable Development Plan for a large scale neighborhood transformation project The Atlanta Beltline; convening the inaugural Equity Atlanta Forum on the equitable utilization of Federal Stimulus Funding in metro Atlanta as well as its supporting document, co-written by PolicyLink, Recovering Stronger: Building an Inclusive Metro Atlanta Economy. Mr. Smith is also the co-author of PSEs report, Moving to Opportunity: The Case for Transportation Equity in Metropolitan Atlanta and PSEs 2016 report Growing the Future: The Case for Economic Inclusion in Metropolitan Atlanta. In 2014 Partnership for Southern Equity led a coalition of diverse stakeholders and organizations to support the initiation and passage of a $13 million transit referendum that expands Atlantas metropolitan transit system (MARTA) into a new County (Clayton) for the first time in 45 years. Among his many acknowledgments, Nathaniel was selected for the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) 2000 Emerging Leaders Program; the Outstanding Young Person of Atlanta Award in 2003; Georgia Trend Magazines 40 under 40 list in 2006 (cover); The Atlanta Business Chronicles Up and Comers List in 2006; the 2007 Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Based Developers (AHAND) 2007 Affordable Housing Champion Award; the 2014 designation in the Whos Who in Black Atlanta publication as a Champion of Diversity and Inclusion and honored in 2014 by the Atlanta Business League as a Man of Influence. Nathaniel was designated a Notable Georgian by Georgia Trend Magazine in 2016 and 2017. Nathaniel has served as an advisor to several local and national organizations and policymakers among them: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, PolicyLink, and the South Eastern Council of Foundations and Kellogg Foundation to name a few. Nathaniel serves on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership. Nathaniel was recently selected to engage in a delegations of international thought leaders convened to support the efforts of the German Marshall Fund, Bertelsmann Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Open Society Foundations to engage the Cities of Boston Massachusetts and Athens Greece in creating a economic resiliency strategy for their respective justifications. Nathaniel resides in the Summer Hill Community of Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Alyshia, an educator and their daughter Alexia.

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Tris Sicignano is a New Orleans native,who began her career in television at the age of 16 working for the local PBS station. Tris has worked for several major cable networks during her career. She has worked both behind the scenes and in front of the camera in the film and entertainment industry. After taking a break from the industry to pursue other career goals, Tris has returned to her original career choice to co-found Surge Television.

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Scott Dockter with PBD Worldwide and Jan Jones with Freight Scouts

December 5, 2017 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Scott Dockter with PBD Worldwide and Jan Jones with Freight Scouts

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Scott Dockter joined PBD Worldwide in 1993 and is responsible for the overall operations and management. Since being named CEO/President in 2000, PBD has expanded to become an international provider of superior distribution, customer care and accounting services to associations, non-profits, educational publishers and corporations. Scott’s strategic vision over the years has resulted in multiple new service offerings for PBD including promotional products, digital distribution, enhanced reporting solutions and printing and mailing services.

PBD has been recognized for numerous awards under Scott’s leadership including being named one of Atlanta’s Top Workplaces for seven consecutive years, a Best and Brightest Company to Work For for six years and one of Atlanta’s Healthiest Workplaces for five straight years. In 2017, Scott was recognized as one of the Highest Rated CEOs for U.S. Small & Medium Businesses (less than 1,000 employees) based on the voluntary reviews submitted by current and former PBD Worldwide employees on Glassdoor.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia as well as his Logistics Certificate from Michigan State University’s Executive Education division and a Logistics Certificate from Georgia Tech University’s Executive Program. Scott is the past President of the University of Virginia’s Athletics Foundation and served as Chairman for the Atlanta Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships for 15 years. Connect with Scott on LinkedIn, and follow PBD on Twitter and Facebook.

Jan Jones joined the PBD team in 2007 and brings over seventeen years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry with a focus in business development, solution selling, project management and client relationship management. Jan heads PBD’s non-asset freight brokerage division, Freight Scouts, where she oversees strategic business growth and daily operations.

Prior to launching Freight Scouts in 2016, Jan served as Vice President of Sales for PBD where she was responsible for developing new channels of revenue within PBD’s focused markets of non-profits, associations and corporations and has successfully converted and welcomed over 25 new client programs to the PBD family of clients.

During her career at PBD, she has led teams and worked independently to develop partnerships that have helped PBD grow its client base and expand its service offerings. Specifically, Jan initiated a new client program that was the foothold for PBD’s printing and mailing services offering, PBD Ink.

Prior to joining the PBD team, Jan spent eight years with an Atlanta-based worldwide transportation company where she was responsible for managing teams of sales professionals focused on retaining and growing market share in North Georgia. She earned the Chairman’s Sales Excellence Award for exceeding business plan in consecutive years and was a top-ranked Sales Manager in business development results and employee satisfaction. Connect with Jan on LinkedIn and follow Freight Scouts on Twitter and Facebook.

Bill Piper with Two Roads

November 30, 2017 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Bill Piper with Two Roads

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Bill Piper is a Partner at Two Roads – a remote bookkeeping company that serves entrepreneurs running service based businesses focused on scaling to 7 figures and beyond. Two Roads was recognized by Intuit as the very first “Firm of the Future” due to their ability to provide a bookkeeping service that actually takes work off an owners plate and frees up hours of their time every month. Bill lives in Memphis, TN, but they serve clients across the nation.

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