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Al Edwards and Marcus Reese, Co-Founders – Corporate Environmental Risk Management

February 28, 2014 by angishields

Growth Matters

Al Edwards and Marcus Reese, Co-Founders - Corporate Environmental Risk Management

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Al Edwards is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Corporate Environmental Risk Management, LLC (C.E.R.M.)

Al Edwards has a Bachelor’s Degree of Science from Mississippi Valley State University in Industrial Technology, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Technology Management from Southern Polytechnics State University. Mr. Edwards served 8 years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Quartermaster Officer, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Officers Basic Course. Mr. Edwards has received various post graduate training in business management from Dartmouth College.

Marcus L. Reese is the Co-Founder of Corporate Environmental Risk Management, LLC (C.E.R.M.)

As Co-Founder and Principal of C.E.R.M., Marcus provides leadership, corporate and project planning, and project costing for the firm. His responsibilities include Executive and Management Committee activities, proposal development, project accounting/ finance and managing the project operations/ execution function of the firm. Mr. Reese also heads the firm’s Remediation and Contracting Business Group.

C.E.R.M. is a is a minority-owned and operated professional environmental, engineering and consulting firm that provides a broad array of specialized consulting services to its corporate, governmental, institutional, transportation and real estate clients. C.E.R.M.’s operating philosophy is to place the client’s goals and objectives at the center of each project.

The company was formed in 1995 with one employee and has grown to over forty (40) engineers, scientists, managers, and technicians. The firm provides program management and technical services to governments, transportation entities, education organizations, and corporate interests throughout the southeast.

Our clientele consists of municipalities, and county governments, transportation authorities, financial institutions, real estate organizations, contractors, and select state and federal agencies. Our services are focused and provide solutions beyond the scope of traditional engineering firms.

Legacy Leaders Radio with Karon Cook and John Barrow Talk About Redemption

February 28, 2014 by angishields

Legacy Learners Radio

Legacy Leaders Radio with Karon Cook and John Barrow Talk About Redemption

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Legacy Leaders Radio was all about redemption today, with guest host Karon Cook and John Barrow of Better Way Ministries. Better Way Ministries is a place of refuge for men with drug and alcohol addictions and other life controlling issues.

John Barrow spoke about his journey from a troubled youth to a blessed life helping young people become productive citizens. In his book, appropriately named A Better Way, John tells his story.

John says that one of the loneliest, most painful places a man can find himself is in a cold and dark prison cell. Young boys dream of growing up to be policemen, firemen, cowboys—anything but convicts or inmates. But, because some of us could not stay within the boundaries, we found ourselves in too deep.

For more information on John Barrow, his book, and Better Way Ministries, please visit: www.abetterwayministries.com

Business Radio Interviews: This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs February 24 – 28, 2014

February 28, 2014 by angishields

This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs

February 24 – 28, 2014

Featuring Business Radio Interviews with Executives and Entrepreneurs from our Sandy Springs Studio

High Velocity Radio

Sander Biehn Interviews Van Baird with Relational Equity

Justin Tomczak with State Farm Insurance

Eugeria

More Time, Less Stress: Simply Organized! What’s not to like?!

Meeting Pros Radio

Atlanta International Special Events Society

Atlanta Business Radio

Tim Quinn with HoneyBaked Ham, Mikhail Avady with SmartUp, and Deborah Westphal and Sherle Brown with IREM GA

The Doctors Roundtable

Dental Implants

Atlanta Technology Leaders

Louie Bernstein with Izenda and Mike Slawson with Lumense

Growth Matters

Al Edwards and Marcus Reese, Co-Founders – Corporate Environmental Risk Management

Melannie Pate with Alzheimers North Carolina and Jim Fish with Brunswick Senior Resources Inc

February 28, 2014 by angishields

Cape Fear Seniors

Melannie Pate with Alzheimers North Carolina and Jim Fish with Brunswick Senior Resources Inc

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Melannie Pate- Alzheimers North Carolina

Melannie Pate is the Program and Services Director for Alzheimers North Carolina in the Wilmington office. She received her Master of Science in Gerontology from UNCW and is a doctoral candidate in Health Services Research at UNCC. She specializes in Alzheimers and related dementias research, family programming and counseling, and education. She has been published in gerontological journals and has presented her research at national scientific conferences.

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James M. Fish, B.A., M.M.H.C.A- Brunswick Seniors Resources Inc.

Jim Fish is the President/CEO of Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. Since 1993, Jim has worked with human service organizations. Jim began his professional career as a court and medical interpreter after performing missionary service in Port-au-Prince Haiti. The experience of working with the people of Haiti allowed him to gain fluency in Haitian Creole and French. As an interpreter he was able to work with non-profit organizations, government agencies, advocates, community leaders, social workers, medical professionals, and volunteer groups in the Boston area.

Jim went on to work as a health care administrator at Boston Medical Center for 8 years and managed 2 departments with over 100 employees. Following graduate school, Jim worked as the Director of Operations for Dental Growth Partners and was responsible for procurement of oral surgical, endodontic, periodontal, and general dental practices.Since moving to Brunswick County in 2007, he has been involved with the community and sits on the Board of Directors for the Waccamaw Athletic Association, Calabash EMS, and is a Committee Member for Scout Troop 731 in Shallotte.

Jim earned his BA in Management from Eastern Nazarene College in Boston Massachusetts, and a Masters in Health Care Administration from Cambridge College in Cambridge Massachusetts.Jim is originally from Forsyth County Georgia where he grew up in a large family as the eldest of 7 children. He is currently married and has 4 children who attend Waccamaw School and West Brunswick High School. He and his family live on a tree farm in Ash, North Carolina.

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Louie Bernstein with Izenda and Mike Slawson with Lumense

February 27, 2014 by angishields

Atlanta Tech Leaders

Louie Bernstein with Izenda and Mike Slawson with Lumense

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Louie Bernstein/Izenda

Louie has been successfully selling B2B products and services for over two decades. His first job was at the age of 10, working at a hot dog stand in Skokie, Illinois. It’s where he first learned the value of, “you want fries with that?”

Louie is the Chief Sales Officer (CSO) at Izenda. Last year his team increased sales contract value 104%, compared to 2012. Since joining Izenda sales have grown an average of 52% per year, over the last three years.

Louie is the recipient of the Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professional award for 2013. Over 1,000 nominations were received and I was among the 25 selected. This is a peer-nominated award.

Louie has won sales awards with every company he has been associated with, or has run. In 2002 his company, MindIQ, was included in the INC. 500 list for one of the fastest growing private companies in America, over a five year period.

Louie is the author of “How to be a Professional Salesperson” a comprehensive and daily sales training course that is sold around the world. The lessons in this course pull from a career of real-world selling experiences.

Mike Slawson/Lumense

Mike Slawson is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta-based Lumense, a Georgia Tech spinoff commercializing real-time chemical and biological sensor technology. At Lumense Mike oversees all aspects of the company’s development, including business strategy and fundraising. Prior to Lumense, Mike was the founding CEO of Qualtré, Inc., another Georgia Tech spinoff commercializing MEMS inertial sensors. While at Qualtré, Mike was instrumental in licensing the company’s intellectual property from Georgia Tech, developing the business model and strategy, establishing relationships with key customers, partners and suppliers, hiring team members, and raising $5 million in equity capital and $2 million in debt and grant capital from top-tier investors. Mike has served as Advisory Board Chairman at Qualtré since relocating the company to Boston in late 2009.

From 1998 until 2011 Mike was also a general partner at Alliance Technology Ventures, a $250 million Atlanta-based venture capital firm focused on developing early-stage companies in information technology and life sciences. For several years, Mike was responsible for the firm’s information technology investment strategy. Mike either managed or assisted other partners with the management of the firm’s successful investments in several companies, including SecureWorks, Novera, Telaxis, SyChip, Digital Furnace, Mindlever, and OmniGuide. Prior to joining ATV, Mike was a Kauffman Fellow at Chicago-based ARCH Venture Partners.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University, a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Mike also held engineering and engineering management positions with Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, and Alcatel, and holds three US patents. Mike lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children and, in his spare time, enjoys creative writing, coaching youth sports, and hiking.

Today’s show is brought to you by Band of Coders.

Tim Quinn with HoneyBaked Ham, Mikhail Avady with SmartUp, and Deborah Westphal and Sherle Brown with IREM GA

February 27, 2014 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tim Quinn with HoneyBaked Ham, Mikhail Avady with SmartUp, and Deborah Westphal and Sherle Brown with IREM GA

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Tim Quinn/HoneyBaked Ham Corporation

Tim Quinn has been Vice President of Retail and Business Development since January 2011. He joined HoneyBaked in February 2004 and was responsible for the sales, execution and operations of retail stores for most of the company’s territory. He has served a number of roles, including Senior Director of Franchise and Business Development, Director of Business Development, and Director of Sales. Tim created and implemented new sales and customer data tools, and staffing models, which reduced overhead and increased efficiencies.

Prior to joining HoneyBaked, Tim served as a Regional Retail Manager in the Central Division of Circuit City Stores Inc. He has extensive industry experience in operations, retail leadership and executive development. The Management Development Program at Circuit City recruited Tim after graduating from the College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee.

Mikhail Avady/SmartUp

Mikhail directs the sales and marketing strategy of SmartUp®. Prior to SmartUp, Mikhail was leading Sales and Marketing Analytics at First Data, the largest payments provider in the world. He is currently working on his MBA at Emory University and Received his BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. You can either find him at your local tech events or browsing Kickstarter campaigns for a new gadget.

Deborah Westphal and Sherle Brown/IREM GA

Deborah Westphal, CPM®, ARM® the Executive Director for the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) for the GA Chapter. Westphal brings to IREM expansive knowledge and background of the real estate industry from personal experience of more than twenty years.

Deborah is presently serving on the IREM Executive Council as the VP of Education and was the 2013 VP of Communications, was at the national level as the 2012 Chairperson for the Income and Expense Committee. She has served as the Chapter’s VP of membership in 2012, VP of Communications in 2011, VP of Finance for 2008, and the VP of Membership for 2007 . She has received numerous honors: from IREM, including the Presidential Award, Certified Property Manager® (CPM®) of the year, Accredited Resident Manager (ARM®) of the Year, membership team awards with the Atlanta Apartment Association, and a previous company of fourteen years, Lane Company. As a Pillars of the Industry finalist for Regional Manager of the Year, she was also a Real Estate Owned Portfolio Regional awarded the Annual Highest Effective Rent Growth when the company had over 30K units, three time Business Manager award, and received over 12 perfect shoppers reports!

Westphal has a refreshing personality that combines the serious nature of her profession with the joy of helping others and favorably impacting the bottom line. Deborah is a professional trainer, motivational speaker, and an operational efficiency analyst.

Sherle Brown, Chief Learning Officer for Winthrop Management, has held leadership positions in all areas of the multi-family industry. Her roles have included include Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Asset Manager, Director, Consultant, Mentor and Coach.

Sherle is on the staff of NAAEI as an Advanced Instructor Trainer and chairs committees for NAA and IREM. She is an adjunct instructor and subject matter expert for Georgia Piedmont Technical College and Kennesaw State University and is a subject matter expert and author for The Training Factor.

Sherle is a summa cum laude graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College with a BS in Accounting and is completing her MA at Lewis University in Organizational Leadership. As a national speaker and trainer, Sherle combines her commitment for training with her strong analytical abilities and extensive practical experience to share information with others. Her passion is helping organizations and individuals reach their full potential.

Dental Implants

February 27, 2014 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Dental Implants

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Millions of Americans suffer from tooth loss and the usual culprits are tooth decay, gingivitis and injury. There is evidence dating back 4000 years to the Chinese using bamboo dental implants, the Egyptians using metal implants and Mayan cultures using shells for implants. So although the practice of using dental implants is not new, innovative surgical techniques and technologies now make dental implants better ever for helping patient achieve the benefits of an improved appearance, speech, eating, oral health and self esteem.

Dental implants provide anchors or “teeth roots” that serve as a foundation for orthodontics, permanently fixed dentures or total teeth replacement. Although there are different types of implants, most are made from titanium. Implant material is designed to fuse to bone, over a period of months, during a process called osseointegration. Dental implant surgery can be performed immediately following a tooth loss, delayed (2 weeks-3 mo) or late (>3 mo. post tooth loss). Most people are candidates for the oral surgery with the biggest criteria for success being healthy bone and gums. Heavy smokers and people with chronic diseases may need careful consideration. Like any surgery, there are potential complications such as bleeding, infection, and tissue necrosis. However, today’s success rates are 96-68%.

For expertise in this segment, we local oral surgeon and dental implant expert, Dr. Robert Wunderle to lend his expertise and experience to educate listeners and followers about dental implants. Listeners can find more information at www.atlantaoralsurgery.com.

Dr. Robert Wunderle

Dental School completed at The Ohio State University
Residency program completed at Emory University
Board-certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Founding member of Atlanta Oral and Facial Surgery private practice

Dr. Paul “PJ” Schaner

Dental school and residency completed at University of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr
Fellowship in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery obtained from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC
Special interests include:
dental implants, aesthetic surgery and dental trauma surgery

More Time, Less Stress: Simply Organized! What’s not to like?!

February 27, 2014 by angishields

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More Time, Less Stress: Simply Organized! What's not to like?!

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Heather Rogers, a Georgia girl who graduated from the University of Georgia, successfully climbed the corporate ladder. Three years ago Heather decided to get off of the “hamster wheel” of sales. She tapped into her type A personality and used her organizational skills to help others. Heather focuses on helping people find peace in this hectic, always more to do, world. Simply Organized was founded to help people simplify their lives.

Organizing is not about getting rid of everything you own; it’s about making the things you use more easily accessible to you so you don’t waste time and money. “We will set up a system that works for you and keep you focused to realize your goals, making your life easier. We can make your home and work into a place that is peaceful, clutter-free and stress-free!”

Simply Organized serves clients in Atlanta metro area including Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, North DeKalb, Forsyth, North Fulton, Gwinnett and Hall counties.

Listen in as Heather describes how she helps the overwhelmed find more time in their day and less stress in their lives. To contact Heather directly, you can call 404-825-2105; email her at Heather@simplyorganizedyou.com or visit her web site at www.simplyorganizedyou.com.

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 20 years.

Special Edition: Atlanta International Special Events Society

February 26, 2014 by angishields

Meeting Pros Radio

Special Edition: Atlanta International Special Events Society

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Today’s episode of Meeting Pros features the Atlanta International Special Events Society (ISES). The board is in the studio to talk about what makes the chapter the go-to for the special events community and the people behind the board.

Bill Goode/A Celebration with Music!

DJBGoode is the owner and resident Celebration Specialist at A Celebration with Music! and Peachy’s Portable Drive-In in Atlanta. Spinning tunes since his senior year of high school, DJBGoode worked as a mobile and club DJ while also working as the Promotion and Marketing Director for stations in New York and Georgia including WFAS AM/FM in White Plains, NY, WRNN-TV/Regional News Network in New York City, and WGAU/WNGC in Athens, GA. If you are a TV junkie, you will see him in the final episode of I’ll Fly Away and in an episode of In the Heat of the Night, and in a few segments from the early days of Regional News Network!

Julie Anne Neill/Julie Anne Wedding Photography

Julie Anne is a wedding photographer for bold, whimsical and romantic brides, who believes that every woman deserves a fairy tale and should never settle for less than Prince Charming! She is a fearless romantic who developed her passion for photography and weddings into a full time career. As a Florida native, her love of all things water and whimsy are reflected in her photography and her personality. Upon completion of her MBA from Rollins in Winter Park, Julie Anne moved to Atlanta to pursue her dream, and fell in love along the way. While not photographing weddings for the clients she truly adores, you can find her gallivanting across Europe or road-tripping the East coast with her husband Brent, and her beautiful pup, Bella.

Claudette Bouton/Goldner Associates

Claudette Bouton is a National Account Executive with Goldner Associates, Inc. Working with a broad base of clients; Claudette creatively extends corporate branding through the effective use of promotional products and corporate apparel. With a degree in Marketing and over 20 years in the special events industry her expertise is equal as both the vendor and the buyer. Having this balanced skills portfolio allows Claudette to perfectly assist her event industry clients with branding needs for their own client’s programs. Originally from Florida, Claudette now calls Georgia home as she’s been based in the Metro Atlanta area for more than 20 years. Claudette has worked at The Fox Theatre, A Legendary Event, and was the Corporate Event Planner for AGL Resources, a natural gas utility company. An experienced speaker, she has presented at The Special Event, ISES EventWorld and Plan Your Meetings LIVE. She has been an active member of the International Special Events Society for over 15 years, having served both in local and international roles. Most recently Claudette served as the Event Chair for ISES Live 2013 in Nassau, The Bahamas. In August 2013, at ISES Live, Claudette was recognized by the ISES Board of Governors as “2013 Volunteer of the Year”.

Kelly Treadway/EventCurious

With 15 years in the special events industry Kelly Treadway has seen her career curiously come full circle. Her experiences in sales and marketing led her into the areas of events entertainment, venue management, catering sales and equipment rentals. In early 2013, after a year of ghost writing, concept building and strengthening connections, Kelly took the leap and launched EventCurious – a micro agency specializing in online marketing and public relations for special events and hospitality companies. EventCurious balances a corporate image with grass-roots style efforts as they service clients by being their online listeners. Kelly is currently the President for the International Special Event Society (ISES) Greater Atlanta chapter. She has a natural passion for connecting event profs and the dots that build a stronger industry.