Greater Gwinnett Championship

April 8, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Greater Gwinnett Championship

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Greater Gwinnett Championship

This week we talked about the Greater Gwinnett Championship and MileiQ. The Greater Gwinnett Championship, a Champions Tour event of the PGA started it’s annual schedule 4 years ago at TPC Sugarloaf. The course was previously known as a PGA Tour stop as the ATT Classic TPC from 1997-2008. This popular event has been able to draw top Champions Tour pros, ranking #1 and #2 over the last couple of years for Strength of Field.

Michael Chapin, Director of Marketing for the Greater Gwinnett Championship shared how, as a golfer, he finds it gratifying to serve in his role for this PGA event. He gets to interface with business leaders of small to large companies around the area to get them set up as sponsors for the tournament. He talked about the variety of pro-business functions they host in addition to a range of hospitality offerings that afford sponsors the opportunity to meet the players along with spending amazing quality time with existing and prospective clients in an experience they’re unlikely to forget.

Michael talked about the charities, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Gwinnett Medical Center’s Concussion Institute that benefit as a function of the tournament’s being held here in the Gwinnett area. So, not only can sponsors build their client relationships through the platform of sponsorship, they’re also able to know they’re helping important charitable initiatives in the community.

I also spoke with Chuck Deitrich, CEO/Co-founder of MileIQ. This is a COOL mobile app for iPhone/Android that automates tracking of drives, allowing users to classify them as business or personal with the swipe of a finger. Just as easily, they’re able to categorize them for business dinner, business meeting, etc. The app produces IRS-compliant reports that can be used to accurately report business miles for company reimbursement or for tax purposes.

Chuck talked about the fact that for many business people who try to manually report miles, MANY under-report, costing them hundreds of dollars or more annually in unreported mileage. I’ve used the app for a few days now and it’s quite impressive and easy to use. Midtown Business Radio listeners can go to www.mileiq.com/promo to find out how to use your listener code: RadioX for a discount on a subscription (40 drives per month are free).

Special Guests:

Michael Chapin, Director of Marketing for Greater Gwinnett Championship

BS, Communication, Broadcasting, and Marketing, Western Carolina University
Former On-air talent, IPS Sports
Previous Account Executive, 790 The Zone
Former collegiate golfer, Western Carolina University

Chuck Deitrich, CEO, Co-founder, MileIQ

MBA, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
Previous General Manager/VP, Salesforce
Former CEO, SlideRocket
Previous General Manager, VP of Applications, vmware

James Franklin, Vish Narendra and Leo Martinez Talking TechBridge 4/08/2015

April 8, 2015 by angishields

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Booth 61 with Ricky Steele

James Franklin, Vish Narendra and Leo Martinez Talking TechBridge 4/08/2015

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Booth 61 welcomed James Franklin, CEO of TechBridge, Vish Narendra, CIO of Alstom Integration at GE Power and Water and Leo Martinez, Community Education Coordinator and Youth Advocate at Caminar Latino. I hope you will listen to this powerful show highlighting the continued success and growth at TechBridge and how they impact the community through over 300 not for profit organizations. If you are not familiar with Techbridge, I hope you will visit their website to see the amazing life changing outreach of this organization. Through the hard work of a very dedicated staff and hundreds of volunteer leaders, over 7 million people were served last year by organizations supported by TechBridge.

Enjoy!

Ricky

Booth 61 with Ricky Steele is sponsored by Kanga, On Demand Local Delivery

Special Edition: Emprendedores Latinos USA

April 7, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Special Edition: Emprendedores Latinos USA

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César Restrepo / Emprendedores Latinos USA

César Restrepo, from Colombia is one of the founders of Emprendedores Latinos USA (Latino entrepreneurs of USA). His background and education in the arts has made of him a person with creativity and enthusiasm. In 2012, his life takes an unexpected turn when he decides to risk everything to become an entrepreneur. Since then, his vision has been to integrate the fragmented community of Latino entrepreneurs in the U.S. César has founded two companies since. One Voice Language Solutions, a company dedicated to the interpretation and translation of documents in over 80 languages. His latest business venture is Gourmet Wonders, an import product for distinguished Gourmet supermarket chains, restaurants, chefs, etc. In January 2013, César, with a group of innovative entrepreneurs decided to start a grassroots movement: Entrepreneurs Latino USA, an organization that seeks to inspire, educate and connect the Latino entrepreneurs. In addition to his business activities, César is an opera singer, and passionate about agriculture, kitchen and family.

Keren Granados / Emprendedores Latinos USA

Keren Granados, born in Salamanca, Guanajuato,Mexico is a bilingual entrepreneur whose passion is to inspire entrepreneurship, facilitate business training and cultural integration in the US. After having completed her degree in business administration at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico, Keren immigrated to America in search of her master’s degree from which she holds a Master business administration (MBA) from National University, La Jolla, California in 2011.

Keren is also President and CEO of One Voice Language Solutions, a company of interpretation and translation that develops and implements strategies for companies in the field of health, legal and corporate, connecting them with new markets. Keren is also vice president of Latino Entrepreneurs USA, a nonprofit organization that aims to inspire, educate and connect the Latino in order to stimulate the creation of new businesses in Latino communities in the United States. Within their roles in the organization is the anchor for “Emprendedores” in internet TV channel. Also, she is the President of Casa Guanajuato – Georgia a nonprofit organization where impacts the largest immigrant community from Mexico of the state of Guanajato in the state of Georgia where it creates programs to support communities in need in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Keren has over 10 years of practice in accounting and currently she is focusing on domestic and international franchises. Expert in industries such as food and beverage, interpretation and translation, import and export business creation and development, Keren also has over seven years of experience as a certified tax preparer.

Jeremy Lefkovitz / Andi’s Way

Jeremy Lefkovitz, from Venezuela, is the founder and co-owner od Andi’s which for a year was a simple planting wheat grass project in the basement of Lefkovits in Atlanta, and is now a success venture with twelve employees in an area of two hectares, in Forsyth Co, Georgia . Andi’s Way is since 2011 a company with a growing business whose main customer is Whole Foods. In its premises (Whole Foods) you can order freshly squeezed wheat grass juice by one of its employees. Among Whole Foods and other stores, such as Earth Fare, Andi’s Way has over a hundred outlets to the public, especially in the Southeast. Jeremy and M’Lee, his wife, work long hours devoted to the vicissitudes of the business. She used to be a pharmaceutical sales representative company, and now she is the one in charge of the technical process of planting and experimenting with different vegetables in order to expand the product line; he, with his training in business and finance, handles marketing, promoting the brand in the Southeast of the U.S.

ABOUT EMPRENDEDORES LATINOS USA.

Emprendedores Latinos USA is a grassroots organization that exist with the purpose of inspiring, educating and connecting the Latino entrepreneur in the U.S. with a Local and National footprint.

Visión. To create an organization that is driving-force for Latinos by forging paths that transcends language, culture and geographic barriers in order to inspire the entrepreneur spirit in Latino communities throughout the United States.

Misión. To create unique experiences and events that will offer inspiration, opportunities and professional development for Latino entrepreneurs in order to create new business and foster development and economic growth.

ABOUT #VIVAMYBUSINESS.

VivaMiNegocio or VivaMyBusiness is THE largest & most anticipated Business Forum for Latino entrepreneurs and decision-makers in Atlanta and surrounding areas. At the #VivaMiNegocio EXPO, the audience can learn about products & services offered by more than a hundred companies. At the same time, the event will help these business owners exceed their goals networking with other industry professionals, attending informative and cutting-edge WORKSHOPS, and most important: being exposed to a large audience ready to learn about their services, products, and ideas. Latino business owners, entrepreneurs and companies eager to connect with the Latino business community will be part of this joint effort. The COCKTAIL & GALA event aims to honor business leaders in the Hispanic community who have blazed a trail for entrepreneurship as well as up and coming small businesses who’ve achieved success in the following categories: Innovation, Creativity, Perseverance and Community Service.

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Stephen Wright with New View Innovation and Steve Rothschild with RRB Business Services

April 7, 2015 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Stephen Wright with New View Innovation and Steve Rothschild with RRB Business Services

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Stephen Wright / New View Innovation

Stephen Wright is the President and CEO of New View Innovation, an Atlanta-based innovation ideation and implementation company. With a management career running companies with both a local and global footprint, his experience includes turning around an American division of a global company, merging radio groups in New Zealand, as well as launching new divisions and brands in many markets around the world.

Stephen has worked with businesses in many B2B and B2C sectors helping them take the inventory, resources, staff and market they already had; and innovating new service and product offering that ultimately create new sub-sectors. He has a passion not just for the idea, but to see innovation fully executed right down to the implementation, evaluation and training to make sure that the resulting product or service fully delivers on the value and profitability that was intended.

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Steve Rothschild / RRB Business Services

Steve is a 1976 honors graduate of Babson College, Boston, MA with a degree in accounting and finance. Over the past thirty-seven years, he has been working as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner specializing in financial and businesses consulting as well as tax planning and financial reporting.

Steve first worked for Ernest & Young. For the next eight years, he remained in public accounting, performing consulting and tax work for many profit and nonprofit entities. Steve also worked for the US government as an Auditor supervising and performing the Medicare audits of hospitals and outpatient facilities.

In 1987, Steve founded his current accounting and consulting practice which is now part of the firm RRB Business Services, LLC. As a partner with RRB, Steve works with privately held businesses and their executives helping them with management systems designed to improve profitability and ease of operations. In addition to Mr. Rothschild, RRB has two other partners and seven staff.

Steve lives in the Northlake area and is married with three children.

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Neil Scott-Barbour Show Co-Host, Pam Currie with Franchise Intellect, Kevin Donovan with Renaissance Sports, Steven Eisenstein with Classic Tents and Events, Justin Walker with Friendly Human, and Dr. Bruce Salzinger w/ Chiropractic Healthcare of Buckhead – Buckhead Business Radio

April 7, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Neil Scott-Barbour Show Co-Host, Pam Currie with Franchise Intellect, Kevin Donovan with Renaissance Sports, Steven Eisenstein with Classic Tents and Events, Justin Walker with Friendly Human, and Dr. Bruce Salzinger w/ Chiropractic Healthcare of Buckhead - Buckhead Business Radio

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Bruce Salzinger, Justin Walker, Steven Eisenstein, Kevin Donovan, Pamela Currie, Neil Scott-Barbour (Show Co-Host) — Bruce Salzinger, Justin Walker, Steven Eisenstein, Kevin Donovan, Pamela Currie, Neil Scott-Barbour

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Neil Scott-Barbour/Scott-Barbour and Associates LLC

Founder (Show Co-Host)

Neil is a successful Business Development Executive with over 27 years of sales and management experience in major sports event corporate hospitality and tour creation including 5 Olympic Games, Has also run conferences, meetings and seminars. Now using his authentic and distinctive British voice, Neil offers the following voice services: Voice-Over, Voice Messaging, Voice Performance/Voice Acting, Voice Presentation.

Neil Scott-Barbour is a trained voice actor who uses his authentic British voice in many different ways including corporate voiceovers, audio and video promotions, on-hold messaging and audio-book recordings. But his most “rewarding” work is sharing his passion for joy, love, humor and inspiration by “expressively reading” to residents of senior care communities. He also reads to children. During his performances Neil uses both quirky facial expressions and movements along with a gift for unique character voices and accents from around the world.

TheBritishVoiceTalent.com | LinkedIn | Facebook

Pam Currie/Franchise Intellect, Inc

Founder

Pam Currie has over 20 years in franchising and traditional corporate America; She has acquired business acumen from multiple perspectives of the franchise business model, starting at the franchisee level, then as a franchisor business support & trainer, to a franchisor launch & system developer, all of which included creating strategies for sales development and implementation of relevant training programs.

Her experience puts her in the role of training other franchise advisors. She founded Franchise Intellect and offers franchise consulting to individuals who are interested in pursuing franchise ownership and to franchisors that are looking to receive assistance in developing a franchise growth strategy and/or a training strategy. She specifically enjoys guiding her client’s in making a knowledgeable decision in selecting the best franchise based upon their criteria, with the objective of achieving financial health and life enjoyment.

FranchiseIntellect.com | Linkedin | Twitter | Facebook

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Kevin Donovan/Renaissance Sports and Tour of America

President and Founder

Kevin Donovan is the President of Renaissance Sports and the founder of the Tour of America, a women’s multi-stage cycling race planned for June of 2016. Prior to starting Renaissance Sports in 2014, Kevin was a sports marketing consultant with Helios Partners, where he worked on several host city bids for the Olympic Games, and played a lead role in helping Golf become an Olympic sport.

www.Renaissance-Sports.com | Twitter | Facebook

Steven Eisenstein/Classic Tents and Events

President

WOLFGANG PUCK CATERING (Compass Group North America) Atlanta

Assistant Director of Catering, The Georgia Aquarium 2008 to 2010

OMNI HOTEL AT CNN CENTER Atlanta, Georgia

Catering Sales Manager 2004 to 2008

P2 PRODUCTIONS, PLANNED TO PERFECTION Atlanta, Georgia

Owner/Operator 2003 to 2004

WESTIN ATLANTA NORTH AT PERIMETER (Starwood Hotels & Resorts)

Catering Sales Manager 2000 to 2003

WYNDHAM MIDTOWN & WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL PERIMETER (Wyndham International) Atlanta, Georgia

Catering Sales Manager 1999 to 2000

EDUCATION:

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY Providence, Rhode Island

Bachelor of Science, Food & Beverage Management 1995

Associate Degree, Hotel & Restaurant Management 1993

www.Classic-Tents.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Justin Walker/Friendly Human

Chief Operating Officer

Managing business operations for the friendliest video marketing company worldwide! Friendly Human specializes in persuasive storytelling for human centric brands. We Shoot People!

www.FriendlyHuman.com | Twitter | Facebook

Dr. Bruce Salzinger/Chiropractic Healthcare of Buckhead

Doctor and Founder

In 1974 Dr. Salzinger experienced a serious skiing related injury. After 3 months of traditional drug and physical therapy treatments for a herniated disc and bilateral severe sciatica he was scheduled for a low back surgery. Fortunately a good friend who was going to New York Chiropractic College at the time suggested he come in for a consultation and exam as “I could always go ahead with the surgery”. The explanation of my condition from the chiropractic perspective just made sense. I proceeded with a regimen of regular subluxation based chiropractic adjustments and the rest is history.

1974-1989 Vice President of the National Bolt & Nut Co. Inc.

1993 Graduated Life Chiropractic College, Marietta, GA with a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree.

2001 Diplomate, Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP) program sponsored by Palmer Chiropractic College

2001 Member Medical Team at Central American Games, Guatemala

2001 First Physician in the United States certified in Functional foot Orthotics by the United States Sports Academy

2001 Member Medical Team at Costa Rica National Olympics

2006 Member Medical Team, Auburn Track & Field Team, NCAA Division 1 National Championships

Member of Buckhead Rotary, Buckhead Business Association, Americian Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, Georgia Chiropractic Council, Chiropractor’s Without Borders.

www.DrSalzinger.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Trial Education & Preparation

April 7, 2015 by angishields

BRX National

Trial Education & Preparation

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Chris S, Heather B, Meredith R, Harmon C, & Alvaro A (Host)

Chris Stombaugh w/ Stombaugh, Smith & Company

BALTIMORE, Md. (February 23, 2015) – Two of the nation’s leading trial lawyers today launched a new firm, built around cutting-edge research, which will give real people an edge in court. “It’s about telling their stories more effectively and making sure they are truly heard by jurors,” said co-founder, Christoher Stombaugh, “we can use innovative research to help them find justice at a difficult time in their life.”

Named Stombaugh, Smith & Co., the new firm will be a joint venture of Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC and blend the talents of Wisconsin trial thought leader Chris Stombaugh with one of Maryland’s leading litigators, Michael Paul Smith. The alliance will also include Next Research, LLC, (NR), which will use cognitive, social, and behavioral research to create predictive models and personalized trial strategies, as well as Next Trial Innovation, LLC, (NTI) which will train and educate trial lawyers in how to use this advanced research. Stombaugh, Smith & Co. LLC (SS&C) will apply these methods into trial, negotiation and legal consulting services.

“We will teach lawyers how to bring all of the elements together while keeping the focus on the people they are trying to help,” said Stombaugh, “through the research we will better understand what jurors “hear” at critical points so we can reach them on a more engaging, one-to-one level and tell them more.”

Both Stombaugh and Smith have been highly successful in difficult cases in difficult times which has drawn the interest of other trial lawyers nationwide. Their successes have helped countless plaintiffs pursue justice when it’s become increasingly difficult to take a single case to court.

Stombaugh has pioneered many of the cognitive neuroscience techniques the consortium will focus on. As a trial lawyer, Stombaugh has obtained several record jury verdicts, often seven and eight figure, in a variety of diverse cases. The Wisconsin native’s professional passion is to allow deserving people to have their stories be heard by real juries in contemporary courtrooms across America.

A Drake University Law School honors graduate, and faculty member at the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. Stombaugh was, until recently, a partner at the Keenan Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stombaugh has earned “Super Lawyer” ratings from Thompson Reuters since 2010, and has a perfect 10/10 rating from the Seattle-based AVVO legal rating service. His practice has concentrated on the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and medical negligence.

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Heather Brown w/ Brown Law LLC

With more than 14 years of experience, Heather D. Brown is the perfect choice for landlords, financial institutions, and other businesses needing legal assistance with creditors’ rights and bankruptcy matters. Her practice is primarily concentrated on the representation of landlords (retail, industrial and office) and financial institutions in connection with distressed real estate and commercial loans. In addition, Heather represents all creditors in every facet of bankruptcy, workouts and other financial restructuring matters.

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Meredith Ragains w/ Georgia Lawyers for the Arts

Ms. Ragains is the Executive Director of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. GLA is a non-profit organization that provides legal assistance to artists to ensure that their life’s work is legally protected. Ms. Ragains is the Bloom Sugarman Everett Fellow at GLA. Through her position at GLA, Ms. Ragains is responsible for every aspect of the organization’s operations.

Ms. Ragains is a former member of the commercial litigation practice group of Bloom Sugarman Everett, a boutique litigation firm. She was formerly a member of the commercial litigation practice group of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, a national law firm, for 11 years.

Ms. Ragains has a deep well of experience in a variety of subject matter areas including, in part: Employment Law; Insurance Defense and Subrogation; Business Torts and Trade Secrets; Restrictive Covenants; Class Action Litigation; Health Care; Securities and Financial; Workout and Lender Liability; Partnership Disputes; Trademark Infringement; and Consumer Protection litigation.

Ms. Ragains represents Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, business owners, developers, contractors, builders, property owners, landlords, tenants, real estate brokers, technology companies, and manufacturers.

Ms. Ragains has significant experience in managing and overseeing associates and staff, as well as litigation management.

Ms. Ragains has provided pro bono assistance over the past 10 years to the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in areas ranging from employment advice to insurance matters.

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Harmon Caldwell w/ Caldwell & Watson

As an Atlanta native, I’m currently managing partner at Caldwell & Watson specializing in family law. In my career, I have tried over 150 civil jury cases through the State of Georgia to a verdict and handled over 70 reported decisions in the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals. I have spoken regularly at seminars and have served as an expert witness on the issue of attorney’s fees in a number of cases.

I have recovered numerous verdicts in excess of $1 million, have represented more than 1,000 high net-worth individuals in divorce and have obtained favorable settlements in hundreds of cases.

My accomplishments in law include:

-In 1996, I recovered what was at the time the highest verdict ever in Hall County, Georgia.

-In 2012, I obtained a record settlement in a divorce case after a two-week jury trial in Dougherty County, Georgia.

-In 2012, I obtained a $5,000,000 settlement after a two-week trial in Fulton County, Georgia.

-I obtained the first ever award of punitive damages in a Probate Court case in the United States. The case involved the breach of a fiduciary duty by the executors of an estate.

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Alvaro A. Arauz w/ 3a Law Practice Management (Host)

“We challenge ourselves with complex assignments of all kinds – it requires us to constantly evolve, which in turn allows us to give better advice. If you’re a brave attorney putting up your own shingle, a small firm adding more associates and staff, or a mid-size firm that needs infrastructure re-engineering, we can help. We promote progress through productivity. It’s about results, not effort.”

In 1997, Alvaro began helping lawyers by teaching them how to achieve the holy grail of greater profits for less work. Now, Alvaro’s clients ask for his counsel in every facet of their business growth.

He believes lawyers should do two things: represent clients and foster new clients. Anything that takes them away from that needs to be delegated. He also believes law firms should inherit the two do-wells: Do Well By The Client & Do Well By The Employee. To do so, his clients receive a comprehensive and streamlined set of solutions organized and funneled through a central database. This lets attorneys spend less time on administration details or capturing time and more emphasis on clients or at home.

These days he shares his knowledge by speaking at frequent CLE seminars, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference on Law Practice Management or at solo practitioner boot camps. Fluent in Spanish, he can assist Latin American attorneys here and other countries. Aside from helping many of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia’s Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, he is proud to claim top tier lawyers recognized globally by Chambers, 7 of the Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers and 3 of US News Best Law Firms in America as clients. They are also frequent experts on CNN and other national news sources.

When not saving lawyers from inefficiencies, Alvaro would rather spend time with his loved ones, helping his home community or expanding his photography portfolio by traveling around the world. His literature studies in Cambridge, England and creative writing degree allowed him to teach graduate students and help start a screenwriting program at USF in Tampa. He also contributes his time serving on four operating boards of non-profit organizations here in Atlanta and in his hometown of San Francisco.

“I teach my kids they have to give forward to receive. If I don’t lead by example, my kids – much less clients – will pay me no mind.”

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Once you have great trial education and prep, it may be time to think about office space convenient to the courthouses. Peachtree Offices has great Downtown Atlanta office space that caters to attorneys.

HIMSS 2015 in Chicago

April 6, 2015 by angishields

This Just In

HIMSS 2015 in Chicago

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This half hour, Justin continues to get ready for HIMSS 2015 in Chicago. Justin talks to Howard Burde, Esquire, about the upcoming conference and The Venture+ Forum.

Howard Burde (@BurdeLaw) is a nationally recognized health lawyer, who provides general counsel and health law advice to health information technology and health care businesses, providers and payers.

Mindfulness – Top Docs Radio

April 4, 2015 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

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True North Partnering — Peter North talks Mindfulness on Top Docs Radio

Mindfulness

This week I sat down with Peter Vajda. He’s a Certified Professional Coach and PhD in Education and Cognitive Psychology. We talked about how we can apply the practice of meditation and mindfulness to bring about a more centered “You”, becoming better able to handle conflict and reduce one’s over-all level of anxiety. Peter is an astute observer of the human condition and is a passionate pioneer in the field of mind-body-spirit integrative functioning and development. Dr. Vajda is dedicated to supporting individuals and groups to enhance their understanding of how to live consciously – from the inside out – which deeply supports an individual’s ability to change, grow and evolve.

Peter brings a diversified base of professional expertise – as an entrepreneur, an educator, a facilitator, and a manager. He is sensitive to the diverse perspectives, demands and dynamics of relationships. Since 1981, he has facilitated individuals, couples, groups and organizations.

His life and the orientation he brings to coaching, consulting, facilitating and writing are deeply influenced by his understanding of, and his experience in, the psychology of personal growth and development.

For over thirty years, Peter’s has been committed to his own personal and spiritual development. His experience in working with the “whole body” is based on his studies of psychodynamics, ego development, bioenergetics as well as energy healing.

Peter earned his Ph.D. in Education and Cognitive Psychology from Fordham University. His post-graduate work is in organizational behavior at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

For six years, Dr. Vajda has written a weekly column – “Know Thyself” – for the widely-acclaimed international Management-Issues website.

His book– Becoming a Better You, Who You Are vs. Who You Think You Are – was published in October, 2013.

Special Guest:

Peter Vajda, Phd, CPC, True North Partnering

PhD, Education-Cognitive Psychology, Fordham University
Former Director, Academic Services, Information Technology Institute, New York University
Previous Manager, Instructional Design Dept. , Gulliver Ritchie Associates
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Georgia Business Radio April 3rd: Matt Andrew with Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint, Jim Silverman with Vienna Beef Ltd, Melissa Bunnen and Helen Cleveland with Piece Of Cake Inc, Denise Romeo with Atlanta Food Bloggers’ Society – Buckhead Business Radio

April 3, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio April 3rd: Matt Andrew with Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint, Jim Silverman with Vienna Beef Ltd, Melissa Bunnen and Helen Cleveland with Piece Of Cake Inc, Denise Romeo with Atlanta Food Bloggers' Society - Buckhead Business Radio

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Featuring Food Industry Leaders

Melissa Bunnen, Helen Cleveland, Denise Romeo, Matt Andrew, Jim Silverman and Host Ryan McPherson

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Matt Andrew/Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint Franchise System

Founder, Chairman, President & Chief Pizza Maker

Matt Andrew founded Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint in March 2008, and serves as the companys Chairman, President & Chief Pizza Maker. Prior to founding Uncle Maddios, Andrew served as the Moes Southwest Grill President. Andrew was one of the original five founding members of Moes Southwest Grill having joined the company ten months after the concept was launched.

About Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint. With more than 1,000 Pizza Makers making more than 2,000,000 gourmet pizzas a year, Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint is category leader of the create-your-own premium fast casual pizza restaurants, operating 34 locations in 14 states. With 225 units in development, Uncle Maddio’s earned a 300 percent growth rate over the last three years and is projected to double in size in 2015. Uncle Maddio’s pizzas are customizable, made-to-order, and served up fast for under about $7. With four pizza sizes; three types of crusts, including gluten-free; six sauces and 48 fresh toppings, many vegan, organic, and hormone-free, Uncle Maddio’s has the freshest and largest menu in the category. The restaurant’s unique fast bake ovens offer the most throughput in the industry and can produce 200 pizzas per hour. Uncle Maddio’s also serves toasted paninis and gourmet salads – all prepared with locally sourced ingredients (when available) and salad dressings and 30 other menu items that are made on-site daily. Uncle Maddio’s ‘Served with Love’ philosophy and restaurant is for everyone -children and families, college students, the young and the young at heart – and serves the guests and communities it is a part of. Based in Atlanta, the Uncle Maddio’s management team has 50 years combined experienced in the fast casual category. Markets are available nationwide for franchise partner development including Florida, Ohio, and Massachusetts.

Andrew was responsible for running the company, overseeing operations, marketing, financial, franchise support, customer service and training departments. He has held various positions within the company acquiring skills and providing leadership. Since 2004, Andrew held the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Services for Raving Brands Holdings, which included Moes, Mama Fus, Doc Greens, Boneheads and Monkey Joes. Andrew was responsible for managing the financial, legal, human resources and corporate administration functions for Raving Brands. Prior to this position, Andrew held the position of Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services for Moes. He provided leadership in building these departments from their inception.

Andrew earned an undergraduate degree from University of Florida. Matt enjoys traveling, fishing, golfing, mountain biking and studying American history. Matt lives in Atlanta with his wife, Esther.

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Jim Silverman/Vienna Beef Ltd

Director Multi – Unit & Foodservice Sales, East

Jim is a Foodservice Industry veteran working in Restaurant operations, Franchise Sales and Foodservice Sales. Jim started his career at 14 years old as a part-time dishwasher at a Howard Johnson’s in Philadelphia. Since this time, he has never left the Foodservice Industry.

www.ViennaBeef.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Twitter (Jim) | Facebook

Melissa Bunnen/Piece Of Cake Inc

Owner

Melissa Bunnen started Piece of Cake Inc. when she moved back to Atlanta from New York City in 1985, and found herself without a job. When living in NYC,Bunnen remembered reading an article that stated, More and more things will be delivered to homes and office instead of just Chinese food. Melissa Bunnen remembered this article and decided delivering cakes to offices would be a successful business. Bunnen and her business partner, Helen Cleveland, started with $500 and threw a launch party. The two women made cakes and delivered them one at a time, out of Bunnens tiny Atlanta apartment. After a year, Bunnen and Cleveland bought a storefront location in Howell Mill. Since then, Piece of Cake Inc. has expanded to 10 locations in the Atlanta area, including one in the airport. Bunnen has always taken pride in encouraging women leadership and the development of young women. Piece of Cake Inc. has won Atlanta Magazine’s, Best Of Atlanta many times and has been featured on CNN, TBS and Atlanta Business Chronicle.

www.PieceofCakeInc.com | Twitter | Facebook

Helen Cleveland/Piece of Cake Inc

Co Founder

Since 1985, Piece of Cake has been baking gourmet cakes from scratch, wrapping them beautifully, and delivering them to our customers’ doors. Over the years, we’ve delivered tens of thousands of mouth-watering cakes all across the country. We’ve delivered to birthday parties, office parties and holiday parties. We’ve baked for clients, family and friends. And each cake is carefully made from scratch with only the finest, all-natural ingredients, just like you’d use at home. And that’s when we got to thinking. If we can make delicious homemade cakes, what about delicious homemade cookies? And sumptuous cheese straws? And what about cupcakes? The rest is baking history.

www.PieceofCakeInc.com | Twitter | Facebook

Denise Romeo/Atlanta Food Bloggers’ Society

President

Denise Romeo is the founding editor and primary author of the award-winning blog: We Like To Cook! Five years ago, Denise and her husband started chronicling all the recipes and tricks they used in their home kitchen for their boys to have when they were grown; making memories and creating traditions with their own families. Needless to say the project snowballed.

Known in the Atlanta area for her communications skills, Denise has turned her attentions to the Atlanta Food Bloggers Society for whom she serves as President with the goal of promoting all things food in the city of Atlanta.

Speaker At TECHmunch Atlanta; Voted “Best Atlanta Food Tweeter” By Creative Loafing readers; New member of the Atlanta Press Club; serve as occassional Food Editor for the Virginia-Highland Civic Association.

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