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Nicole Siokis with Mom Corps Atlanta, Mark Molinari with 4th Source, Janelle Jolley with Sidewalk District and Blake Patton with Tech Square Ventures
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Nicole Siokis/Mom Corps 
Nicole Siokis owns and operates the Atlanta franchise of Mom Corps, Inc., a WBENC certified, national staffing and career development firm that matches progressive employers with top tier, professional level talent looking for flexible work arrangements. Media outlets such as the TODAY Show, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and Forbes have all recognized Mom Corps’ unique approach as a catalyst for changing the traditional workplace. Mom Corps has received awards from Ernst & Young, Working Mother, Inc. 500, the National Worklife Institute, Bulldog 100 Fastest Growing Companies and more.
Nicole began her professional career in the Army’s Signal Corps as an officer supporting United Nations troops during the United States’ presence in Somalia. After a career with the military, she spent nine years at BellSouth Corporation in the positions of Small Business Marketing Director and Director of International Carrier Relations responsible for managing relationships with service providers across the globe.
Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Clemson University on an Army ROTC scholarship. Currently, Nicole is an active board member for The Tritt Foundation and the Technology Association of Georgia’s Diversity Council. Previously, she served as an Executive Board Member for Dress for Success Atlanta. Nicole has been a featured speaker to several organizations including SHRM, The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Lee Hecht Harrison, The Women’s Mentor Network and Women in Newell (Rubbermaid).
Nicole enjoys being involved with her community, traveling internationally and raising money for organizations such as Susan G. Komen, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Dress for Success and The American Cancer Society. She lives in Marietta, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, with her husband and daughter.
Mark Molinari/4th Source 
Mr. Molinari is a co-founder of 4th Source. He was instrumental in establishing 4th Source’s delivery centers across Mexico and now onshore in the U.S. He is involved in company strategy, continuously introducing innovation into 4th Source’s delivery and solutions.
Prior to helping launch 4th Source, Mr. Molinari held key senior management positions with leading software and technology companies. He was vice president of North American professional services for Pegasystems, a leading provider of customer relationship management software for the financial industry. In addition, he was a regional vice president at Oracle Corporation, as well as a senior technology manager with MCI. Mr. Molinari holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Janelle Jolley/Sidewalk District
Janelle Jolley is originally from the DC metro area, and found herself in Atlanta in 2009 when she relocated for graduate school. It was in Atlanta that she serendipitously found herself in the tech world, because she was trying to solve a problem: make local shopping easy and convenient for everyone. It’s been a wild ride, but after more than a year of working on her startup full time, Sidewalk District will we be launching its private beta in February…answering the prayers of consumers everywhere!
Blake Patton/Tech Square Ventures 
Blake is a technology entrepreneur and investor with 20 years of experience in startup, venture backed, and publicly traded internet, software, payments, and financial services companies.
Prior to founding Tech Square Ventures, Blake was General Manager of theAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech – recently named by Forbes as one of the “Top 12 Incubators Changing the World”. Before ATDC, he served as President & COO of Interactive Advisory Software; CEO of iKobo; and EVP of iXL, an e-business consulting firm that he joined through the acquisition of Swan Media and was part of the executive team that grew the company from startup to over $300 million in annualized revenue and an IPO. Blake also founded, and later successfully sold, Siteman – one of the first application service provider (ASP) offerings in the online content management space. He started his career as an Associate at SEI Corporation.
Blake currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta CEO Council and Venture Atlanta and is aGeorgia Research Alliance (GRA) Industry Fellow. He earned a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering degree from Georgia Tech, where he was Captain of the Swim Team. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering’s Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni and previously served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
Courtney Moss with City Club of Buckhead, Rick Crain with Breakthrough Business Solutions, Doug Norwood with Swarm Agency, Jeff Waller with 7 Mindsets, Tamara Diahann with BOSSNews Atlanta – Buckhead Business Radio
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Tamara Diahann, Doug Norwood, Jeff Waller, Courtney Moss, Rick Crain
Rick Crain/Breakthrough Business Solution
Rick Crain (guest co-host) is the Founder and CEO of Breakthrough Business Solutions, an Atlanta based consulting firm specializing in Business and Leadership solutions for fast growth companies. His career stems from over three decades in leadership roles for the world’s largest employer services company where he was responsible for $300M in processing revenue. Rick has taken two startups to $15M and $45M respectively. He has won multiple industry awards for excellence in service and innovation.
Rick is one of the founding partners and co-developers of DrawSuccess, a fun and innovative process that transforms teams to high-performing based on playing a board game. He holds numerous certifications including Business Coaching, Executive Coaching, Master Executive Coach Trainer, Project Management, and Strategic Organizational Leadership. Rick plays Senior Men’s Baseball to keep his competitive edge.
Courtney Moss/City Club of Buckhead
Courtney Mercedes Moss is originally from Douglasville, GA the only child of Mignon and Gary. Courtney attended a small private school K- 12th . After high school, she attended the University of West Georgia for four years and graduated July 2013 with a degree in Public Relations and minor in Marketing. Throughout college, Courtney interned with Cumulus Media where she earned recognition on the Dean’s list and received the Professional Development Award. Courtney was actively involved on campus as a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority, American Marketing Association, and Public Relations Student Society of America.
After graduation, Courtney accepted a Concierge position with the City Club of Buckhead in September and was promoted to the Asst. Membership Director in December where she performs sales related activities, marketing, and hosting new member orientations and networking events. Courtney has been with CCB for six months and currently a member of Junior Chamber International and the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
City Club of Buckhead is a private fine Dining, Social, Business and Athletic Club that is located on the 18th and 19th floors of the Atlanta Financial Center in the heart of Buckhead. City Club offers exquisite cuisine, premiere service, a state of the art fitness facility with personal trainers, a private indoor pool and deluxe spa services. You also will always be amazed and impressed by the dining experience at City Club. Their menu changes seasonally and we offer a daily special at both lunch and dinner. Our many complimentary monthly networking events create exposure for you and your business while establishing both personal and professional relationships with Buckhead business leaders.
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Doug Norwood/Swarm Agency
Doug Norwood is an accomplished, innovative business development and marketing professional with more than 25 years of proven success in delivering revenue and building brands in highly competitive business environments. Carrying a diverse background of agency and corporate marketing, Doug has driven profitable successes in CPG, technology, telecom, hospitality and retail with particular focus in the areas of sports, entertainment, events and online marketing. With extensive experience across all disciplines of marketing, as well as ecommerce and business development, Doug has created and executed successful growth programs for powerhouse companies and brands such as General Mills, Pillsbury, InterContinental Hotels, Comcast, Best Buy, Miller Brewing, Rent.com, EarthLink, Sears, SC Johnson, Office Depot and many others.
Doug has earned a reputation for developing and growing long-term, high-value relationships while providing senior leadership and strategic management to the development of ideas that drive business and profitability.
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Jeff Waller/7 Mindsets
Jeff is a leading expert on youth achievement. He has dedicated the last decade to studying and understanding the critical elements that define high achievers. Jeff’s work is currently impacting over 50,000 students globally and coauthored The 7 Mindsets to Live Your Ultimate Life.
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Tamara Diahann/BOSSNews Atlanta
California born Tamara Diahann is the Founder and Editor of BOSSNews Atlanta the “Publication for the Female Over-Achiever.” While trying to expand her personal training company back in 2011, Tamara found it difficult to find one location for sound better business advice and resources. Taking the saying “be the change you want to see in the world” literally, Tamara launched BOSSNews in September of 2013. Its purpose is to become the hub of information for personal and professional development for female executives and entrepreneurs around the country.
The publication is released seasonally and features marketing articles, beauty advice, local female trendsetters, business operation tips, women’s health, recaps from local events, regional business news/climate, etc In the spring of 2014 Tamara, along with Executive Producer Sole Profit will be taking a portion of her publication “The BOSS Spotlight” beyond the pages of her magazine and turning it into a talk show called A-List Weekly “Where Entertainment Meets Business.” This hybrid of “Live with Kelly & Michel” and 106&Park offers entrepreneurs and entertainers a marketing platform unlike any other currently available.
Tamara prides herself for being a fearless trendsetter and believes the only thing standing in the way of who you are and who God wants you to be is… well you. “There’s nothing to it but to do it.” Is one of the many famous sayings of Tamara’s father Eugene Bradley, and words she lives by and hopes to encourage others to do the same. Her mantra is “Unapologetically live the life you were designed to live.” For more information please visit the listed links. BOSSNews Atlanta “The Publication for the Female Over-Achiever”
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Allen Quigley with Lawson Gray LLC and The Dixie Grill and Chris George with PNC Bank
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Allen Quigley
Allen Quigley grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY and attended Duke University. He is a retired US Naval Flight Officer on P3C anti-submarine aircraft. He has over 30 years as a sales and marketing professional experience in metropolitan NYC working in a diverse set of industries, primarily technology related. He has managed direct and indirect sales channels with focus on building strategic partnerships. Allen is also a co-owner of The Dixie Grill restaurant.
Allen currently owns Lawson Gray Consulting, LLC, a business broker and consulting firm. He works with profitable businesses to find qualified buyers in Eastern North Carolina, and innovative sales and marketing executive specializing in creating and executing new sales channels to accelerate revenue growth. Utilizing a “one-to-many” approach, mutually beneficial relationships are created that leverage the existing customer base while uncovering new business relationships. A strong business acumen through vast experience across many industries and disciplines. He is comfortable working from the field sales level up to the board room. The goal is to find new revenue streams where they didn’t exist before. Allen is a member of Rotary International, Wilmington Downtown Inc, and a Pilates instructor at the YMCA.
Connect with Allen Quigley on LinkedIn and with The Dixie Grill on Facebook
Chris George
Chris George, based in Wilmington, N.C., serves as senior vice president and Retail regional manager for PNC Bank, where he oversees consumer banking for more than 15 branches in Wilmington and surrounding areas. With nearly three decades of experience in the banking industry, Chris has served PNC Bank and its predecessors for more than 20 years in various leadership roles across North and South Carolina including Retail, Investments and Commercial Banking. He received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Montana. A long-time Wilmington resident with his wife and three children, he is actively involved in the local community, including leadership roles with the Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts, the Chamber of Commerce and other volunteer service projects.
Chris with Hope International and Joel Iverson with Monday Night Brewing
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Chris /HOPE International
Chris works for HOPE International, a faith-based microfinance organization. He is passionate about giving third-world entrepreneurs a hand up, not a hand out, by supplying them with a small loan and Biblical business training to improve their business. Connect with Chris on Twitter.
Joel Iverson/Monday Night Brewing
Joel is the guy the Monday Night Brewing crew turns to when something is broken. He built their pilot brewing system. He is also pretty good at cleaning a keg. Joel likes to invent random Standard Operating Procedures (“SOP’s” as he calls them) and then enforce them after the fact. He graduated from UVA and has a background as an operations consultant. His wife, Mary Stuart, has already qualified for sainthood, as she hosted Monday Night Brewing in her house for the first year of its existence. Follow the whole Monday Night crew on Twitter.
Business Radio Interviews: This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs March 17 – 21, 2014 – Business RadioX
This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs
March 17 – 21, 2014
Featuring Business Radio Interviews with Executives and Entrepreneurs from our Sandy Springs Studio
High Velocity Radio
Meeting Pros Radio
Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays and Katie Snyder with Katie Snyder Photography
Atlanta Business Radio
The Doctors Roundtable
Atlanta Technology Leaders
Brad Anderson with MapR Technologies, Chad Adam and Ben Walle with Hopintop
Growth Matters
Suzanne Burnes-Sustainable Atlanta and Arthur Frazier III-Spelman College
Suzanne Burnes-Sustainable Atlanta and Arthur Frazier III-Spelman College
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Suzanne Burnes, Executive Director – Sustainable Atlanta
An alumnus of the prestigious Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Suzanne Burnes brings two decades of environmental and sustainability experience to Sustainable Atlanta. Prior to joining as executive director, she served as the Assistant Director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Sustainability Division.
Sustainable Atlanta exists to advance the health, prosperity and quality of life for all people in metro Atlanta by nurturing a balance between environmental stewardship, economic development and social equity. As a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit, we connect and leverage the work of public, private and community organizations to create tools to facilitate engagement, accelerate progress and share our region’s sustainability stories.
Sustainable Atlanta Launches Look Up Atlanta – Look Up Atlanta is the new social good community developed by Sustainable Atlanta. It’s where metro Atlantans can now come together to strengthen communities, inspire action and enrich lives. By raising awareness about local sustainability efforts, connecting people, and sharing resources, Look Up inspires individuals and organizations to act for good — helping build a healthy and prosperous future for everyone in the metro area.
Arthur Frazier III, Director of Facilities Management & Services/Spelman College; Co-Chair of the Sustainable Spelman Committee
Art Frazier is the Director of Spelman College’s Facilities Management & Services Department. Over the past 9 years he has led an organizational transformation that commenced with a new vision and mission and a change in leadership style and philosophy. In addition to his primary responsibility of operating a 39 acre campus and managing a staff of over 60 employees, Art is responsible for all of Spelman’s non-curricular sustainability initiatives and serves as Co-Chair of the Sustainable Spelman Committee. Art has been very instrumental in establishing Spelman as a leader in sustainability among Historically Black Colleges.
Sustainable Spelman – The mission of the College’s sustainability initiative is to extend our reach and engage the Spelman community in authentic conversations that will increase awareness, knowledge and action on campus.
“Spelman has a choice to change the world. But before we can change the world, we have to change ourselves… Understanding our own environmental impact and seeking to reduce it is a choice that all of us can make every day.”
“The sustainability theme continues to be important as we continue our work as signatories to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. Our Sustainability Task Force, led by Art Frazier and Dr. Fatemeh Shafiei, is doing great work, and we will continue that effort this year as we look to reduce our carbon footprint and increase our stewardship of our natural resources such as clean water and clean air with the development of our Climate Action Plan.”
Sander Biehn Interviews Marc Zionts about Emerging Technologies and Services in High Growth Markets
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Marc Zionts
Marc Zionts, a telecom executive and entrepreneur for almost three decades, focuses on developing emerging technologies and services in high growth markets. Currently, Zionts is the President & CEO of Aicent, Inc. Aicent’s innovative mobile data services build a bridge between the IP world and the wireless world, delivering powerful wireless communications services to mobile operators around the world. Previously, Zionts was the VP, Strategic Mobile Service Providers at Allot Communications. Zionts came to Allot after they acquired Ortiva Wireless where he was the President & CEO. Prior to Ortiva, Marc was the CEO of FastMobile (sold to RIM), CEO of Cantata Technology (sold to Dialogic), CEO of Westell Technologies (Nasdaq: WSTL), and Founder and EVP of Communicate Direct, Inc., (sold to Softnet). Zionts began his career with GTE and Fujitsu/GTE Business Systems, serving in various sales and marketing capacities. Zionts earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology and remains active at Georgia Tech as an Alumni Mentor. Zionts is also an Independent Director for Pivot 3 based in Austin, TX and, an advisor to Allot Communications and Sckipio, both in Israel and to Vobi, also based in Austin, TX. Find Marc at www.aicent.com.
Legacy Leaders Radio Features FranklinCovey; 7 Habits 4.0 with Mark Josie and Doug Puzey
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Legacy Leaders Radio was all about greatness in people and organizations today with Mark Josie, General Manager, Southeast Region at FranklinCovey, and Doug Puzey, Area Director at FranklinCovey.
FranklinCovey is the global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution, customer loyalty, leadership and individual effectiveness. Clients include 90 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses, as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions.
Mark Josie is one of the primary developers, designers and delivery experts of the following programs: Focus and Execution Overview, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Leading in the Knowledge Worker Age, Leadership Greatness Overview, and Corporate University Summit.
Doug Puzey is a very accomplished, results-driven performance improvement specialist. He has worked with hundreds of organizations helping them identify what they need to accomplish and then building a world-class solution to close the gap.
Mark and Doug talked about timeless principles and new solutions that everyone in business should hear. To join FranklinCovey’s 170-city preview of the new 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Signature Edition 4.0 solution, please visit: http://www.franklincovey.com/7htour
