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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 7

November 30, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 7

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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta

Scott Luton serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream and is a member of the ownership group. He brings more than 15 years of general management and business development experience to TalentStream. After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2000, he began his career as a database analyst in the United States Air Force. Luton later joined EmployBridge – a national specialty staffing provider based in Atlanta – where he was named to the President’s Club in 2007 and 2008. He has held leadership roles including Vice President of Business Development for Definity Partners and Director of Sales for Clairon Metals Corporation. More recently, Luton founded Riverwood Associates in 2013, a leading process improvement consulting and training firm in the Southeast. He formerly served as President of APICS Atlanta and currently is a member of APICS Southeast District Staff. A certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional, Luton also maintains active membership in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, the Transportation Club of Atlanta and SHRM Greenville. Follow TalentStream on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Greg White is the founder of Blue Ridge Global. Connect with Greg on LinkedIn.

Elba Pareja-Gallagher is the founder of ShowMe50 and Chair of the APICS Atlanta Gender Gap Task Force. Connect with Elba on LinkedIn. Follow ShowMe50 on Facebook and Twitter.

Albert Sorto is the Vice President of NMTA and is a member of the APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board. Connect with Albert on LinkedIn.

Cary Green, Everett Hill, and Greg Jungles with Twelve Oaks Advisors and Jennifer Levine Hartz with Corporate Hartz LLC

November 29, 2017 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Cary Green, Everett Hill, and Greg Jungles with Twelve Oaks Advisors and Jennifer Levine Hartz with Corporate Hartz LLC

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Twelve Oaks Advisors was formed to help the leaders of small and mid-sized businesses grow by optimizing their organizations’ business performance. Our team (including Cary Green, Everett Hill, and Greg Jungles) of former Fortune 500 senior executives, all with over 30-years experience, have a passion for helping others succeed. We take a very pragmatic and straight-forward approach to helping our clients solve their most vexing business challenges and we do this without any of the gimmicks other consultants like to talk about. Our tools are integrity, experience, expertise and commitment to your success.

Connect with Twelve Oaks Advisors here.

Jennifer Levine Hartz’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) role at The Home Depot, time with McKinsey & Company, experience at iXL Enterprises, and lifelong civic engagement came together in 2000 with the establishment of Corporate Hartz. The firm has two lines of business: Strategic CSR & Sustainability, and Philanthropy Services for Donor Advised Funds & Family Foundations. In the former, she leads with her head; in the latter, she leads with her heart. Strategic CSR covers a wide range of issues and opportunities from supply chain to diversity & inclusion, from new markets and products to company brand elevation. Clients are a variety of sizes, geographies, and industries. The goal is ethical profit via lower costs and higher revenues. Philanthropy Services involves a heavy component of personal & professional coaching, group facilitation, and nonprofit insight. The goal is to enable families to use their wealth to improve their relationships, broaden their networks, and to have meaningful impact on the causes and charities they care about. Atlanta clients include Chick-fil-A, Mercedes Benz USA, Baker Donelson, Novelis, Turner Broadcasting, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), PWC, Deloitte, PRGX, AGL Resources, and AT&T. She also serves some nonprofits, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Habitat for Humanity International, Atlanta Women’s Foundation, and the Clean Air Campaign. Hartz & Minds is the vehicle for Corporate Hartz’s research, opinions, and insights. Topics range from 6 Elements of a High-Value Volunteer Program, to The 7 Deadly Sins of CSR; from Garbology: Why Business Must Innovate to Reduce Waste, to Fast Food: A Community-Based Business Under Siege. Jennifer has a BA in industrial psychology from University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA, with a concentration in public policy from GA Tech. Though Jennifer serves clients around the world, she has been active in a number of nonprofits locally and nationally, including serving as the Advisory Council Chair for Hands On Atlanta. She lives with husband, Eric, and their four children between the ages of 16 and 20.

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Sarah Morrison with Shepherd Center and Executive Coach John Fenton

November 28, 2017 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Sarah Morrison with Shepherd Center and Executive Coach John Fenton

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Sarah Morrison, PT, MBA, MHA, is president and CEO of Shepherd Center. Since 1984, Morrison has served in various leadership roles at Shepherd Center, including vice president of clinical services, director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program, director of the medical/surgical and ICU programs, manager of the spinal cord injury day program, a physical therapy supervisor and a physical therapist.

Morrison is well known in the healthcare community, having written more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, presented more than 40 invited lectures to professional organizations and actively participated in eight funded research studies. In 2013, Morrison received the award for Clinical Excellence in Neurology from the Neurological Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Morrison’s career includes leadership roles as a surveyor of external rehabilitation hospitals for the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and chair of the APTA Special Interest Group for Spinal Cord Injury.

Morrison earned her bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Miami, where she graduated summa cum laude. She received master’s degrees in healthcare and business administration from Georgia State University, where she received the Max G. Holland scholarship for the highest grade point average in the graduate business program.

Morrison lives in Atlanta with her husband, Jeff, a visiting instructor at Emory University. Their son, Michael, lives in Houston, Texas, and works for Cigna Healthcare in process management. Their daughter, Susan, lives in Atlanta and works as an editor for an independent publishing company. Follow Shepherd Center on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

John Fenton helps CEOs and business leaders make better decisions, take bold actions and create meaningful results. He shows them how to lead more effectively, manage stress, energize their businesses, and improve their results through leadership self-mastery. John has worked with hundreds through one-to-one coaching, seminars and workshops to help them master the inner game and win the outer game in business and in life.

Formerly, John served as the Atlanta managing partner of one of the world’s largest accounting firms with 35+ years of experience working with small to mid-sized company CEOs and executives. He has led and been a part of successful teams in business and in athletics. Connect with John on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Sharon Macaluso with The University of Georgia SBDC, Casey Sanders with Jesus Spoken Here Ministries, Jackie Hutter with The Hutter Group, and Bryan Miles with BELAY

November 27, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Sharon Macaluso with The University of Georgia SBDC, Casey Sanders with Jesus Spoken Here Ministries, Jackie Hutter with The Hutter Group, and Bryan Miles with BELAY

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Sharon Macaluso is an Area Director for The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in metro-Atlanta. Sharon has been providing consulting and training services for Georgia businesses through the UGA SBDC since 1994, and has consulted with over 2000 entrepreneurs and business owners. Her areas of specialization are in strategic planning, marketing and sales, customer service, business plans, and leadership development. Sharon comes from a corporate, as well as, entrepreneurial background. She held various management, marketing, training and customer service positions with Eastern Airlines and with IBM. She grew up in a family-owned business, working for her father and grandfather in a hosiery manufacturing plant in North Carolina, and she has run a small real estate business. Sharon holds a Master’s of Business Administration Degree with an emphasis in Marketing and has written several articles and publications on marketing and marketing research, brand development, customer service, leadership and strategic planning. She also holds a special interest in women-owned businesses and has led development of several conferences and other initiatives for female entrepreneurs, including GWEN (Georgia Women Entrepreneur Network) Conferences and annual Woman-Owned Business Expos.

Connect with Sharon here.

Since 1999, Casey Sanders has provided leadership to men throughout the Atlanta area in a discipling “1 on 1” relationship via Jesus Spoken Here Ministries. In the mid-nineties as a Pharmaceutical Sales Executive, Casey discovered his identity in Christ and began to share the joy that comes from walking in intimacy with Jesus. Leaving a paycheck from the corporate world to walk by faith in discipleship ministry has been the most fulfilling thing he and his wife, Christi have ever done. They are the the very blessed parents of of 3 amazing sons; Travis (aka “Teddy”), Troy, and T.J. Casey, a business school graduate of Florida State University, spent 15 years working in sales and marketing with Motorola, Nursefinders, Johnson & Johnson, and CIBA Vision. He helped grow CIBA Vision Ophthalmics from small start up to a $100 million company as its first National Sales Director. He is one of the founders of Jesus Spoken Here Ministries which ministers to men, couples, business owners, companies, and churches. Ultimately, the goal of Jesus Spoken Here is helping believers fall in love with the Person of Jesus Christ. Casey has led (ISI) Iron Sharpening Iron, a monthly Christian Business Owners Forum, of 45 men for 12 years.

Connect with Casey here.

Jackie Hutter has been creating business value from IP for companies of all sizes at The Hutter Group since 2008. During this time, and probably not coincidentally, Jackie has been named by her peers as a top global IP Strategist. Prior to going out on her own, she was a senior IP lawyer at Georgia Pacific and a shareholder at an Atlanta IP law firm. She started her non-legal career as a research scientist at an innovative hair and skin care company. Jackie lives the Decatur area in a groovy Mid-Century house with her husband, daughters, and far too many pets.

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Bryan Miles is CEO & Co-founder of BELAY. Bryan (alongside his wife, Shannon) lead a US-based virtual solutions company that has over 550 people on payroll, all working from home, virtually. Prior to starting BELAY, Bryan worked for companies in the tech and construction industries. Bryan obtained his B.A. in Business from Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, OH, which is also where he met his wife, Shannon, who also co-founded BELAY.

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Emerging Enterprise Series Featuring Karen Rands with Kugarand Capital Holdings and Steve Schilling with Convergent Media

November 27, 2017 by angishields

AppZoro

Emerging Enterprise Series Featuring Karen Rands with Kugarand Capital Holdings and Steve Schilling with Convergent Media

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

Karen Rands with Kugarand Capital Holdings, LLC is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing and a nationally recognized expert on attracting angel investors AND making angel investments. She has been described as a Venture Catalyst, a Compassionate Capitalist, Economist, Investor, and Entrepreneur. She is the Leader and Advocate for the Compassionate Capitalist Movement. She brings over 15 years experience in working with entrepreneurs and investors, with over 2000 investors participating her investor education, and over 5000 have attended her events seeking to meet with entrepreneurs that have compelling investment opportunities. Furthermore, over 1000 entrepreneurs have benefited from Karen’s teaching and coaching, many of them applying that knowledge to their business strategy, and capital raise activities. Her clients have raised over $60 Million (est) combined and created hundreds of jobs, according to what we have been able to track. Karen believes entrepreneurism is the greatest source for wealth creation. According to Karen: “You don’t have to be a successful entrepreneur to create generational wealth if you can learn how to invest in those companies that have the potential to be the next big thing”.

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Steve Schilling with Convergent Media has been leading startups, turnarounds and high-growth businesses in highly competitive markets for 25+ years. He has been working in “the cloud” since the mid 90’s and creating “managed services” offerings even longer. The press and industry analyst have recognized him as an industry visionary, strategist and disruptor. He has twice put companies into Gartner’s Leadership and/or Visionary Magic Quadrant. He is an M&A veteran including twelve successful transactions and broad based experience in all aspects of M&A strategy, deal making and integration.

Specialties: Venture backed startups, turnarounds, high-growth technology, Software as a Service (SaaS/CaaS), Cloud Services, Product Development, Software Architecture, Telecommunication, Sales Effectiveness, M&A and perhaps most importantly – creating a culture of accountability!

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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.

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests- Next Exit History and Mistory Podcast

November 27, 2017 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests- Next Exit History and Mistory Podcast

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Ashley Roberts General Manager

www.nextexithistory.com

Jocelyn Evans, Host-Mistory

– Next Exit History is a product of Three21 Innovations that started at the University of West Florida and has since become a privately held company. We still have a relationship with UWF through special projects and the Innovation Institute.

– The App content covers the US and some sites in other countries. Content has been created by UWF affiliates through projects and our Partners, such at the Historic Pensacola Village, the Swan Valley Historical Society and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

– We see Next Exit History as a bridge for demographics as well as a way to provide for accessibility.

– Mistory is about true crimes (mainly unsolved historical murder mysteries) that occurred in our region. The first whole season is about crimes in Pensacola. Mistory is a collaborative effort involving faculty and students across multiple disciplines for every stage of the research and production process.

– The purpose of Mistory is not only to provide engaging listening entertainment for our audience but also to make public history come alive by rooting it in a site-specific familiar context.

– The first season covers Hank Killam who was implicated in the Kennedy assassination by conspiracy theorists, couples murdered in the 1920s and 1930s while “parking” in remote Pensacola spots, and the legendary Whitmire Ghoul.

– Mistory podcast is committed to pushing the boundaries of storytelling and technology. We experiment with different storytelling approaches on the show, with strategic circulation of archival documents on social media, and with beacon technology in the field to geolocate sites of interest. Each story is different, and we aim to make each one the best it can possibly be.

– Mistory is truly the result of a collaborative effort across wings of the UWF institutional family. It is supported through the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, the Innovation Institute, the Historic Trust, and Next Exit History. We appreciate the support of these partners and the enthusiastic support of our listeners.

http://mistorypodcast.com/

Wilson Tomala and Brad Grimes with Paul Davis of North Atlanta

November 27, 2017 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Wilson Tomala and Brad Grimes with Paul Davis of North Atlanta

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Wilson Tomala with Paul Davis of North Atlanta moved to Atlanta from New York in 1998. He studied engineering at Stony Brook University of New York where he received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He proceeded to attend NYU where he received his masters in Management Technology. With a passion for sales, marketing and engineering he later joined the team at Heatcraft as the Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning. With encouragement and support from his closest friends and family he decided to go into business for himself and joined the Paul Davis team by purchasing a franchise location in North Atlanta. He began this journey nearly 15 years ago and has enjoyed all of the new challenges that being a business owner have brought him. He is passionate about his business and has instilled his values into the company. The main company values consist of delivering what you promise, respect the individual, have pride in what you do and continuous improvement.

Brad Grimes was born and raised in Atlanta. He studied sales, marketing and business at Kennesaw State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Since then he has run his own entertainment business, worked in property management coordinating repairs for homeowners and to continue with his passion of helping people joined the Paul Davis team in 2016 where he has been the head of Business Development and Emergency Recovery for the past two years.

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Mike Michalowicz with Profit First

November 21, 2017 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Mike Michalowicz with Profit First

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By his 35th birthday MIKE MICHALOWICZ (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Among other innovative strategies, Mike created the “Profit First Formula”, a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward. Mike is now running his third million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal; is the former MSNBC business make-over expert; is a popular keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, which BusinessWeek deemed “the entrepreneur’s cult classic.”

Connect with Mike on Twitter.

Mitch Leff with Leff and Associates and J. Michael Moore with Goizuieta Business School

November 21, 2017 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Mitch Leff with Leff and Associates and J. Michael Moore with Goizuieta Business School

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Leff & Associates’ President Mitch Leff is a 30-year Atlanta public relations veteran, recognized as one of the strongest and most effective PR specialists in Atlanta. His expertise spans just about every category, including education, non-profits, business to business, entertainment, consumer products and healthcare.

He started his own agency in 2003 after spending many years working for large public relations agencies, including Cohn & Wolfe, Edelman and GCI Group.

In additional to national work, Mitch is the top choice for companies looking to market themselves in Atlanta and across Georgia. He also operates two online services to help businesses with their public relations.

Leff’s Atlanta Media (www.leffsatlantamedia.com), the only database of Atlanta media
Mitch’s Media Match (www.mitchsmediamatch.com), an online service that connects Atlanta reporters with local sources.
He also offers Mitch’s Media Musings, a regular blog that covers Atlanta’s media community.

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J. Michael Moore is Senior Manager of Communications at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

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