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Kay Dempsey is the CEO of the Dempsey Companies in Atlanta, Georgia. The Dempsey Companies, founded 31 years ago, provides unique planning solutions to insurance brokers, and investment advisors for their clients, specifically in life insurance, long term care, disability income, and fixed annuities. She holds the designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and Certified Long-Term Care (CLTC). Kay is a partner in Brokerage Resources of America, LLC.
Kay was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle with its DECA Award, honoring Atlanta’s Top Ten Business Women.
Kay is a member of the Atlanta Financial Planning Association, having received the Chapter’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is active on Capitol Hill through her involvement with the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting. She is past President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, past National Board member of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, and a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
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Laura Kahn Travis a Senior Vice President in the Commercial Banking Group of Bank of America. Laura earned a BBA at the University of Georgia & an MBA from Columbia University in New York. She has an extensive background in the financial services industry, specifically in Corporate & Investment Banking, having previously worked for SunTrust Banks and the Prudential. Laura is a Big Sister under the auspices of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlanta and a former member of the Executive Board of Yeshiva Atlanta High School (Atlanta Jewish Academy).
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Nancy J. Lewis is a leading motivational/inspirational keynote speaker, trainer, author, and registered corporate coach. She is the president of Progressive Techniques, Inc. based in Fayetteville, Georgia where the theme of her organization is “Developing a Better YOU!” She earned a M.S. degree from Georgia State University in Urban and Public Affairs with concentration in Human Resources.
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Tonni Bennett with Terminus is a sales leader who is passionate about building a unique, diverse and value-driven sales team.
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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.
Sean Murphy is the Chairman and Global CEO of Procurri Corporation Limited. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, and he is responsible for the strategic planning and overall management of the Group. Sean began his career in technology sales, and within 10 years, worked his way to the position of Vice President of International Sales at Sun Data Systems, Inc., overseeing sales in over 70 countries. In 1998, he, together with three partners, launched Canvas Systems, LLC (“Canvas Systems”), one of the world’s largest independent resellers of pre-owned, enterprise computer systems with offices in the US, UK and Netherlands. Canvas Systems was acquired by Avnet Inc. in 2012. Sean’s string of tech successes in the US also included co-founding Optimus Solutions Inc. in 2001, which was sold to Softchoice Corporation in 2008.
Sean received the Entrepreneurial Success Award by the US Government-SBA Division in 2002. In 2006, he was selected as one of Atlanta’s 40 under 40 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and was awarded the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Pinnacle Small Business Person of the Year in 2007. A native of Roswell, Georgia, Sean graduated from Emory University with a degree in Economics.
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Edward Flachbarth is Executive Director and Global President of Procurri Corporation Limited, and was appointed to the Board in April of 2017. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Group. Ed began his career in 1990 with Sun Data Systems, Inc. where he held various roles before his promotion to Wholesale Manager. In 1998, Ed, together with Procurri’s Chairman and Global CEO and another partner, launched Canvas Systems, LLC. With the acquisition of Canvas Systems, LLC by Avnet, Inc. in 2012, he went on to join Avnet, Inc. as a Channels Manager and Operations Manager, where he was responsible for channel sales.
Ed graduated with a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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An inspiring environment where ideas develop, businesses build and relationships evolve. Spaces is a creative place where you can work, check your email and meet with clients. A place you can pause to enjoy a really good cup of coffee or a healthy lunch, and where super-fast Internet ensures you can work efficiently. Stimulating and professional, Spaces makes your work life easier so you can simply focus on getting down to business. They offer memberships, designer meeting rooms and offices in a dynamic space.
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Michele Williams is the owner of Scarlet Thread Consulting and is a strategic business coach who is fiercely committed to guiding creative business owners in the understanding of complex business concepts and processes in a simplified way. She strives to help them be profitable which allows for a healthier work-life balance. With a degree from The University of South Carolina in Management Information Systems and Administrative Management along with a background in financial software design and development coupled with owning her own creative business for 17 years, Michele has been able to bring financial understanding and process development to creative business owners with much success. Michele has a degree in Coaching and is a Profit First Certified Coach.
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Arnaud Viviers is an immigrant from South Africa and arrived in 1996 on H1-B Visa. A tech entrepreneur that has founded four technology startup companies in Atlanta. Currently launching company #4 – SIGINT Software. This software is essentially a restart of proven advanced software technology (OrcaTec) that is used for the analysis of unstructured data like email, loose files, Texts, Social media. Advanced analytics with concept search and powerful visualizations. Also leveraging algorithms for unsupervised and supervised machine learning. This is Artificial intelligence (AI) for automated categorization of unstructured data. This software is used for Litigation support, Risk management, corporate investigations. Could also be used by almost every government agency. Arnaud is a Board member of a Non-profit based in Marietta, GA called The Center for Family Resources which is hosting a Tesla Raffle on February 24, 2018. Purchase your tickets here.
André Walters is the Chairman and CEO of The A. Shawn Group and majority owners of Duck Donuts in Atlanta.
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Brett Stephens was raised in a self employed family and learned at a very young age the value and reward of hard work and service to others. He has used that knowledge by holding multiple sales and leadership positions in Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 Companies, and currently serves on a team that is #1 in sales out of 3,500 retail stores nationwide. Although Brett has loved sales, he is an entrepreneur at his core and has been involved in many entrepreneurial endeavors to include music promotions and independent film production, where he and his production teams won several awards. Brett was introduced to LIFE Leadership by his father, Tim, and his mentor Paul Bragenzer. Through reading, listening, and associating with the correct information and people, Brett has found more than just financial results, but personal and professional results beyond what he could have ever imagined in the corporate world, or otherwise. Brett and his wife Stephanie have paid off over $55,000 of debt in a little over 3 years through the Financial Fitness Program, and his largest vision is to create a legacy his son, Jack, and many other men can utilize to restore the foundation of homes, businesses, churches, and communities all over the world.
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If 2017 had a theme at CEO Exclusive, it’s the concept of conscious capitalism as the newest business trend. Listen as host Soyini Coke discusses this and more in our year end wrap up.
This week’s podcast is a bit different from our other shows. Instead of the standard format, where we discuss emerging trends with noted business leaders as part of an ongoing dialogue, host Soyini Coke is making this week’s show more personal. It’s important for us at CEO Exclusive to do a better job of engaging with our listeners and readers—to really listen to what you have to say and address your needs and your goals. Enjoy!
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