Justin’s guest is Professor Olivier Oullier, neuroscientist and strategist, Fortune Magazine – Your Brain on Business.
Biz Radio U Featuring Sven Cowart with Traxion
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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson
Sven Cowart / Traxion
Head of Design & Engineering
Sven Cowart is the co-founder of Traxion, a business accelerator that focuses on supporting start-up companies by harnessing the collective power of our community by bringing local governments, corporations, educational institutions and individuals together to provide a solid foundation for early-stage companies to establish themselves, gain traction and thrive.
Karly Venuto with WeWork
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Karly Venuto / WeWork
VP of Events
As WeWork’s director of events, Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Based in New York, Giaramita has overseen events for the company since 2012, when she was hired to plan its first summer conference, known as the WeWork Summer Camp. The remote event turned into an annual conference, which in 2015 brought more than 2,000 members and staff to Raquette Lake Camps in the Adirondacks for three days of classic camp activities combined with networking events, educational sessions, and festival-style concerts from acts including The Weeknd.
Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition
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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.
Christina Beyer / WIT
Director of Programs and Events
Joining WIT (Women in Technology) as Director of Programs and Events, Christina serves as a primary leader in the organization with oversight of programs, volunteer services and events. Christina is a personable, detail-oriented manager with experience demonstrating improvements in sales and marketing efforts, operations, customer service ratings and team productivity.
Kathryn Finney / digitalundivided
Founder and Managing Director
Kathryn Finney is the founder and Managing Director of digitalundivided (DID), an organization that invests in the success of Black and Latina women tech founders by providing them with the network, coaching, and funding to build, scale, and exit their high growth companies. DID runs the BIG Innovation Center, home to the BIG accelerator program, a 16 week program for high potential startups led by Black and Latina Founders. She is also a General Partner in the Harriet Fund, the first pre-seed venture fund focused on investing the untapped potential of high potential Black and Latina women led startups.
One of the first social media “stars”, in 2014 Kathryn sold her site, The Budget Fashionista, to a midwest media company and later was the editor at large at BlogHer (sold to Sheknows), a platform representing 40MM+ women influencers.
An honors graduate of Yale University, and Rutgers University, Kathryn received the Champion of Change Award in 2013 from the White House for her work increasing inclusion in the tech industry and is an Eisenhower Fellow. She’s also listed in Marie Claire’s 10 Women to Watch in 2016, Entrepreneurs Magazine’s “Woman to Watch in 2016”, New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award, SXSW Black Innovator Award, The Grio 100, Ebony Power 100, Black Enterprise “40 under 40” list, and inducted into Spelman College’s “Game Changers Academy.”
On February 26, 2015 she was honored by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer with the “Kathryn Finney Appreciation Day.”
Talking About Bad Outcomes
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Dan Huff
Talking About Bad Outcomes
All medical malpractice cases involve bad outcomes that generally involve significant damages.
In addition to the patient and their family, bad outcomes often devastate the physician and other
care providers. Unfortunately, bad outcomes are unpreventable in many cases.
How a physician handles a bad outcome with the patient and their family is critical when it comes to avoiding litigation, and how a physician responds to a bad outcome can say more about them than the fact that the bad outcome occurred. In the event of a bad outcome, the interest of the patient must be first and foremost.
A physician must put his or her pride aside and do what is best for the patient under the circumstances – and the patient’s needs and timeliness should always govern the decision-making process. Good communications and documentation are also important factors when a bad outcome occurs.
All medical malpractice cases involve bad outcomes that generally involve significant damages.
In addition to the patient and their family, bad outcomes often devastate the physician and other
care providers. Unfortunately, bad outcomes are unpreventable in many cases. How a physician handles a bad outcome with the patient and their family is critical when it comes to avoiding litigation, and how a physician responds to a bad outcome can say more about them
than the fact that the bad outcome occurred.
In the event of a bad outcome, the interest of the patient must be first and foremost. A physician
must put his or her pride aside and do what is best for the patient under the circumstances – and
the patient’s needs and timeliness should always govern the decision-making process. Good communications and documentation are also important factors when a bad outcome occurs.
Matt Ethington with ChronicCareIQ, Darrell Tyler with Steller Creative, Imen Ben with Fashino and Alex Pollak with ParaDocs Worldwide
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Matt Ethington / ChronicCareIQ
CEO
Matt Ethington is a successful serial entrepreneur and seasoned professional with nearly two decades of experience in the healthcare and IT space. Prior to ChronicCareIQ, he founded and led the award-winning simplifyMD, which grew from concept to managing more than 45 Million electronic medical records for doctors on two continents, including the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere.
Darrell Tyler / Steller Creative
Digital Marketing Strategist
Darrell Tyler is a dedicated entrepreneur born and raised in New York, NY. He became obsessed with entrepreneurship after taking a class on it the very last semester of his senior year in high school. From that moment on he became hyper-focused on educating himself on business fundamentals, marketing, and sales. His first day out of high school was spent going door to door selling kitchen products. A few months later, his would-be business partner introduced him to internet marketing. Since then, Darrell has gone on to create massive success for himself in e-commerce and now helps other businesses do the same.
Darrell’s favorite hobbies include reading, meditating, and socializing. Although he spends a lot of time on social media, he is passionate about getting people to connect organically, in real life. His current interests include bio hacking and the saxophone, which will probably change in 6 months because he gets bored easily.
Imen Ben / Fashino, LLC
Founder and Fashion Designer
Imen Ben is the Founder of Fashino. Born in Canada, Imen graduated from ESMOD Paris, one of the most reputable academies of fashion design in the world, with a degree in Fashion Design. She then pursued further studies at the University of Quebec where she received a Masters in Arts and Graphic Design.
In 2004, Imen started her own fashion and graphic design studio, Fashino.net, where she has successfully delivered high end 3D clothing lines for customers all over the world. With Fashino.net, Imen was able to fulfill her dream of showcasing her design skills.
In September 2015, Imen started crafting and developing her first clothing line “Relentless by Fashino”. It was two years of hard work, perseverance, and commitment to creating unique styles and ideas for her new clothing line. Relentless by Fashino is a clothing line comprised of creative and limited edition styles made with high quality performance fabric that was designed for athletes and gym goers.
Alex Pollak / ParaDocs Worldwide
CEO
Alex Pollak has been a paramedic since 1998 and worked for 911 throughout his undergrad and graduate studies. He received an MBA in Finance in 2008, and after he left his job at a hedge fund, he began working for a national ME company in their finance department. It was there that he saw a niche market for event medical services. Most festivals at the time would call to have ambulances stationed at the event, but never any proper on-site services.
Alex Pollak, created his company about 5 years ago and will hit about $3 million in revenue in 2017.
James Marlow and Jamie Porges with Radiance Solar
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James Marlow / Radiance Solar
President and Co-Founder
Marlow has over 30 years of high tech sales and marketing experience with Computerland, Lotus Development, IBM, and Yahoo!. He is the founder of Internet startup, AnythingSouthern.com, a candidate for United States Congress in the 10th District of Georgia and a Georgia Southern University graduate. He is on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Solar Energy Industry Association, Georgia Chamber of Commerce Energy and Environment Committee, and has been a founding Board Member and Vice Chairman of the Georgia Solar Energy Association. He is also a founding board member of the Technology Association of Georgia Smart Energy Society, a member of The Metro Atlanta Chamber CleanTech Leadership Council, and a board member of The Environmental Fund for Georgia and The Savannah Riverkeeper.
Jamie Porges / Radiance Solar
CEO and Co-Founder
Mr. Jamie Porges serves as Chief Executive Officer at Radiance Solar. He is also the co-founder of the firm. Mr. Porges leads the company’s financial and strategic planning efforts and oversees the design, engineering and construction on all solar photovoltaic and thermal installations. Prior to Radiance Solar, Mr. Porges founded Riverview Properties. Before that he served as an executive at Turner Broadcasting for more than 13 years. Mr. Porges launched and managed new ventures across multiple divisions, including publishing and licensing. He holds a BA from Emory University.
Elizabeth Crook with Orchard Advisors
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Elizabeth Crook / Orchard Advisors
CEO, Founder and Author
Elizabeth Crook is the author of LIVE LARGE: The Achiever’s Guide to What’s Next. As the CEO of Orchard Advisors for the past twenty-plus years, Elizabeth has helped CEOs and entrepreneurs think and act strategically to grow their companies and find greater personal satisfaction. She has shown countless individuals of all generations how to invent and reinvent themselves. Crook knows how to inspire people to gain a fresh sense of what they can accomplish in their lives, think about themselves with compassion, develop a sense of humor about their challenges, and ultimately take action.
Elizabeth holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MS from Tennessee State University. She lives on Music Row in Nashville.
Culinary Atlanta Series Featuring Jay Bandy with Goliath Consulting Group and Eric Leland with DTT
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Jay Bandy / Goliath Consulting Group
President
As President of Goliath Consulting Group, Jay Bandy has built a broad foundation of expertise in the restaurant industry.
Jay’s record of achievement ranges from McDonald’s USA to RTM to BLIMPIE and now to full service restaurants. He has opened more than 300 restaurants; developed supply chain systems, strategic plans and restaurant operating systems; and trained area developers, franchisees and staff in all facets of the restaurant business. At each of his prior stops, Jay has been recognized for his contributions with several internal awards.
Through Goliath, Jay is now offering a full array of consulting and management services to the industry.
Jay’s broad-based background gives him the know-how to bridge the critical areas of strategic planning, operations, marketing, supply chain, and restaurant development. Restaurants are a complicated puzzle with many moving parts. Jay knows how to put the puzzle together and make it work.
At Goliath, Jay works with restaurant management to assess current conditions – both financial and brand-related. After developing an action plan, Jay directs all members of the Goliath team to deliver results that exceed client expectations. As an expert in understanding how the components of restaurant operating systems tie together, he will make sure that the team maximizes sales opportunities and profit and unit growth based on each client’s vision.
Over the years he’s developed expertise in communications, marketing and developing and rolling out new products. Jay has overseen operations at hundreds of restaurants, written training manuals and coordinated operations. Jay has done a lot of everything in each of his industry positions. He’s also a results-oriented people person, which gives him the skill to bring teams together to achieve their goals.
Before taking the step into consulting, Jay was the McDonald’s Atlanta region deployment manager and a member of the region leadership team. He was responsible for implementing new products and procedures in 755 restaurants throughout the Southeast. He was project manager for McDonald’s specialty coffee and drive-thru initiative — a $70 million project involving 650 restaurants.
Through Goliath, Jay continues to work with regional chains and franchisees but also has successfully consulted with multiple full-service restaurants in the Atlanta area.
Jay has a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Louisville and earned CFM certification from the International Food Service Executives Association. He’s also a graduate of McDonald’s Hamburger University.
Eric Leland / DTT
Regional Sales – DTT Surveillance
Eric Leland is the Regional Account Executive for DTT Surveillance. He has over 10 years of restaurant experience in sales, marketing and promotion. He lives in Cumming GA with his wife, his two boys and his dog.
