David Nour with The Nour Group, Inc. helps leaders connect with their teams by using the right strategy, pictures, and behaviors. His tenth book is Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration. He is also a popular speaker.
Rashawn Johnson‘s mission is to power business success with extraordinary HR through TriNet. Small and midsize businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy but they can’t drive their business if they lose precious time doing things they’re not good at. TriNet manages HR for SMBs, relieving them of many of the complexities of HR, so they can more intently focus on their business goals. TirNet assumes many employer responsibilities and helps companies contain HR costs, minimize risks and relieve the daily grind of HR. Tailored by industry, their products provide payroll, benefits, risk mitigation, employment law compliance support, and HR expertise. More than thirteen thousand companies with over three hundred thousand employees have engaged TriNet so they can focus their energy and passion on what they do best: running a successful business.
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Joe White is the Chief Technology Officer and has been with Brightlink IP since inception in 2009. Joe built the original network and his organization is responsible for sales and network engineering, product design and development and product marketing. Prior to joining Brightlink IP, Joe spent 10 years in other lead technology roles including Commvault where he led the team of sales engineers in the Southeast designing complex data protection solutions, CTS/Agilysis where he was a lead sales and service engineer for storage and data retention solutions for Dell EMC customers and also Troutman Sanders where he was a senior systems engineer and a Microsoft certified consultant.
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Deke Cateau is the Chief Executive Officer at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, a nonprofit organization providing therapy and rehabilitation services, short-term recovery and long-term care at three metro Atlanta locations. Cateau is responsible for an operating budget of approximately $40 million and approximately 600 employees. A.G. Rhodes can accommodate more than 400 residents and patients, and serves more than 1,100 elders each year.
Cateau has worked in the long-term care industry for more than 15 years. Prior to becoming the CEO, he served in various roles at A.G. Rhodes including the Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Strategic Implementation, and he was the Administrator for seven years at the organization’s flagship location in Grant Park. Before working at A.G. Rhodes, Cateau worked at Five Star Quality Care, Inc., a national senior living communities and services provider. He served in many capacities including Area Operations Manager for Georgia, where he oversaw three skilled nursing facilities, eight assisted living facilities and one continuing care retirement community. In addition to running nursing facilities in metro Atlanta, Cateau has also managed a 200-unit continuing care retirement community in Savannah.
Cateau has published two articles on long-term care: Act as Though Your Customer is Right, Nursing Homes Magazine, May 2005; and Skilled Nursing Facilities and Hospice Providers: Bridging the Gap, Nursing Homes Magazine, November 2006. In 2013 and 2014, Cateau won the American College of Health Care Administrators Facility Leadership Award, and he won the Georgia Health Care Association’s Leadership Excellence Award in 2015.
In addition to being a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Cateau is certified by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners as a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Care Dementia Trainer. He is also a Certified Eden Alternative Educator and a Certified Virtual Dementia Tour Facilitator for nursing homes. Cateau serves on the Board of Directors for LeadingAge Georgia.
Cateau holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, and a certification in Global Leadership Development from the University of the Virgin Islands.
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Ginny Helms is President and CEO of LeadingAge Georgia. LeadingAge Georgia is the statewide association that represents the key not-for-profit and other mission-driven organizations dedicated to providing quality housing, health care, and community-based services that people need, when they need them, in the places they call home. Their members offer the full array of aging services in Georgia: adult day services, home & community-based services, senior retirement housing, assisted living communities, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and hospice care. These providers are committed to advancing the vision of healthy, affordable and ethical long-term care for older Georgians.
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Luis Bello is the Owner of ADC Media Productions. His company specializes on, Social Media Management, Video Productions & Off/Online Marketing Strategies. Mr. Bello is an EMMY award winner, Former CNN National Marketing Manager and Former European Union Marketing Chief. Producer, Educator & Strategist with more than 30 years experience on Media and Marketing. Mr. Bello has worked on Radio, Newspapers, Tv and Social Media form a early age. He has created several viral videos, successful TV shows and promotions for several companies. He is an entrepreneur, visionary and media guru.
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Wendy Kirkpatrick is the President and Founder of Kirkpatrick Partners. As a global driving force of the use and implementation of the Kirkpatrick Model, Wendy leads companies to measurable success through training and evaluation. Wendy’s results orientation stems from over two decades of business experience in retailing, marketing and training. She has held positions as a buyer, product manager, process manager and training manager,which leveraged her ability to organize multifaceted projects and yield rapid results. Wendy and Jim Kirkpatrick have written four books, including Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation. They also served as the subject matter experts for the United States Office of Personnel Management’s Training Evaluation Field Guide.
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Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere is the Head of North America at GSMA. Connect with Ana on LinkedIn. Follow GSMA on Twitter.
Nigel Zelcer with Jabian Consulting. Connect with Jabian on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Connect with Nigel on LinkedIn.
Daniel Dodson with Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc. has a passion for kids, and when Aimee Prainito approached he and his wife a few years back they were both a little hesitate. Daniel had coached kids in various sports throughout his life but had never been involved with children with disabilities. After much deliberation with his wife Serrah, they decide to come on board. Daniel is currently the Vice-President of the organization. This has become one the best things he has done in his life.
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Dionna Walker is born and raised in Dayton Ohio, she is a mother, wife, sister and devoted woman of God. Dionna is passionate about giving back to her community she is the Founder of Dionna Helping Hands. She is also the author of Diary of an Entrepreneur. In this book, Dionna illustrates her own struggles in business and how she has been able to overcome, stay determined, motivated and successful in all endeavors, good and bad, by the grace of God. If you thought she couldn’t get anymore impressive, Dionna is the Founder of Business Mom Inc., a support group for mom business owners. Business Mom Inc. provides support, connections, collaborations, and partnerships.
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To know KP Reddy with KP Reddy is to experience boundless enthusiasm for creating new ventures. Reddy’s multidisciplinary career spans the innovation continuum. Over 25+ years, he has been a technologist, subject matter expert, founder, CEO, advisor, investor, professor, author and coach. K.P. effortlessly combines expertise in advanced technologies with critical, in-the-trenches experience as an entrepreneur. He is a globally recognized authority in AEC environments, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, collaborative communication, mobile applications and cloud computing. His passion is in launching game-changing startups, raising substantial investments, and leading organizations to meaningful acquisition and IPO exits.
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Pete Canalichio with Licensing Brands, Inc. is the author of Expand, Grow, Thrive, a brand expansion and licensing expert, expert witness and TEDx speaker. Connect with Pete on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Mr. Jeff Cohen was appointed Odyssey, Inc. Executive Director in March 2014. Odyssey’s mission is to expand the ambitions of Atlanta students and empower them on a successful journey to college and a fulfilling career. Odyssey, a summer program with a proven track record, works with motivated public school students to help improve their school performance and instill a love for lifelong learning. Targeting Atlanta Public Schools students in rising grades 1 to 12 from disadvantaged communities, Odyssey offers an educational six-week summer camp experience for nearly 400 students, focusing on STEAM and project-based learning. Odyssey encourages students to embark upon a quest for knowledge and a journey toward higher education. his time at Odyssey, Jeff has spearheaded and executed Odyssey’s five-year strategic plan that has resulted adding first and second grades, increasing enrollment by 20% and redesigning the curriculum with a STEAM, project-based learning focus. Prior to joining Odyssey, he served as executive director of C5 Youth Foundation of Georgia. He was responsible for guiding a comprehensive youth development leadership program, spearheading C5’s fundraising efforts, managing staff and board recruitment and engagement. Mr. Cohen has more than 20 years of youth development experience and has served in a variety of leadership capacities. Prior to relocating to Atlanta in 2004 to launch Camp Coca-Cola (now known as C5 Georgia), he was executive director of Mentors Inc., the largest high school mentoring program in the District of Columbia. He also served as director of Jewish Experiences for Teens for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and as senior regional director for B’nai Brith Youth Organization. Cohen earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University. He serves on the advisory council of Atlanta Education Fund College Success Network and as a representative for Otwell Middle School Title One. He is also a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and American Institute for Managing Diversity.
