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Ashley Nicole Jones with Shutter Sweet Photography and Mike La Sage with Bone Lick BBQ

December 4, 2013 by angishields

Meeting Pros Radio

Ashley Nicole Jones with Shutter Sweet Photography and Mike La Sage with Bone Lick BBQ

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Ashley Nicole Jones/Shutter Sweet Photography

Ashley Nicole Jones loves capturing the world around her and telling stories to create change. As a graduate from Clemson University, Ashley first discovered her passion for storytelling as a documentary photographer in Ukraine during the summer of 2005. Even though she was studying graphic communications, she continued to pursue photography studying under prfoessionals like David Cook, Lindsay Adler, Lou Freeman, and Jeremy Cowart. After a brief break for motherhood, she started two companies to serve both of her strengths in photography and marketing/graphic design. Shutter Sweet Photography focuses on telling stories through weddings and portraits while giving back to the community. Skylight Creative Group serves small to medium size businesses through corporate photography, marketing and graphic design.

Mike La Sage/Bone Lick BBQ

Bone Lick BBQ started as a pop-up restaurant concept by Executive Chef Mike LaSage at P’cheen, on Monday Nights, in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. For one night a week, P’cheen transformed into a BBQ restaurant that quickly gained popularity in and out of the city. People driving from all over the greater Atlanta burbs to get a sampling of that delicious, smoky goodness. Atlanta Magazine named it #4 in the state and #1 in the city limits.

Recently, Bone Lick BBQ has been fielding requests to bring their deliciousness to the masses. Special event catering and appearances at regional festivals has drastically helped to expand their business.

14th Annual Women of the Year in Technology Award Winners

December 3, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

14th Annual Women of the Year in Technology Award Winners

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Sandy Hofmann/Legacy Award Winner

Sandy Hofmann is a “gadfly” – acting as a constructively provocative stimulus to build the Atlanta technology community and serving as advocate for women achieving in STEM. She applies experiences as a C-suite executive through her service on numerous boards. She has been recognized for her leadership as Georgia CIO of the Year and was first recipient of the GCLA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. GSU selected her as 2011 Distinguished Alumni. In 2013 Sandy was the recipient of Women in Technology’s Legacy Award. She is the co-editor of CLIMB: Leading Women in Technology Share Their Journeys to Success.

Kitty Chaney-Reed/Enterprise Award Winner

Kitty Chaney Reed is the Global Leader of Quote to Cash for NCR Corporation. NCR is a 5.7 billion dollar global consumer technology company with 26,000 employees. Ms. Chaney Reed leads the Order Management, Billing, Dispute Management, Collections and Cash Application functions that supports NCR operations in over 120 countries around the world. Her team consists of over 400 retained and outsourced resources. Accenture serves as the Business Outsourcing Partner to NCR.

Additionally, Kitty is the business leader of a multi-year, multimillion dollar enterprise continuous improvement initiative for NCR. This enterprise initiative involves technical and process improvements that are targeted to reduce cost and improve ef ciency. This effort is to enable the company to achieve its 2015 aspirational pro t and revenue targets.

Previously Ms. Chaney Reed worked for Radiant Systems, Inc. for 18 years. Radiant was acquired by NCR in August of 2011. While she was with Radiant she was the Vice President of Shared Services. Her responsibilities included all quote to cash functions, payroll and accounts payable. Ms. Chaney Reed has over 20 years of executive level experience in technology, including nance, human resources, consulting, technical support and relationship management. She is af liated with the National Society of Human Resources, National Help Desk Institute, the Boys and Girls Club of America and various other church and civic organizations. Her passion is building high performing teams and helping others develop into successful leaders.

Kristine Nagel/Mid-Market Award Winner

Kristine Nagel is Associate Vice-President of Educational Technology Development and Evaluation at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), where she has a leading role in planning and coordinating activities related to the design, development and implementation of new academic and instructional tools at the newest four-year institution in the University System of Georgia (USG). She works with faculty and staff to improve the learning environment through the appropriate use of new technologies. Kristine coordinates the college’s technology-evaluation activities with the other evaluation and assessment agencies in the college and the USG. She also manages the development resources of the Office of Educational Technology and provides guidance and design assistance in the development and deployment of technologies throughout the college. In addition to her administrative role, Kristine teaches Introduction to Programming (Java), and her current research explores how decentralized communication and other innovations affect the student experience in higher education. She also leads campus outreach initiatives to bring underrepresented populations into computing and to graduate, through focused mentoring programs and secondary school outreach activities.

Kristine earned her Ph. D. in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006, her master’s in computer science from the Florida Institute of Technology, her master’s in secondary school supervision and curriculum from the University of Miami, Florida, and her bachelor’s in mathematics from Georgia State University. She has taught in higher ed, as well as K-12 and worked in software development for our space program, housing management, and teaching innovation.

Amy Baxter with MMJ Labs and Aly Moler with Frozen Pints

December 3, 2013 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Amy Baxter with MMJ Labs and Aly Moler with Frozen Pints

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Amy Baxter, MD/MMJ Labs

Amy Baxter is the CEO of MMJ Labs LLC. Amy is an Inventor, engineer, educator and enthusiast in chief to eliminate needless pain. Running the company, lecturing, and working to spread the Buzz are her primary duties, but she also has been known to break down the ever-accumulating boxes.

Aly Moler/Frozen Pints

Aly Moler is the co-founder of Frozen Pints craft beer ice cream. Launching just over a year ago, Frozen Pints is the first product to market of its kind and can be found in more than 130 retail spots and restaurants in metro Atlanta, Macon, Peachtree City, Sewanee, Woodstock and Athens, Georgia, and is now available at the Georgia Dome. Using the finest craft beers and freshest local ingredients, Frozen Pints manufactures five distinct flavors out of Atlanta, Georgia: Peach Lambic, Honey IPA, Brown Ale Chip, Malted Milk Chocolate Stout, and Vanilla Bock and offers specialty and seasonal flavors throughout the year. Frozen Pints also unveiled branded ice cream carts and single serve portions that come with a spoon that are available for events and venues to order.

Special Edition: TiE Atlanta

December 2, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Special Edition: TiE Atlanta

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Raj Rajan/TiEAtlanta

Palaniswamy “Raj” Rajan is currently the co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Virima Technologies, Inc., an IT Operations and Datacenter software developer serving the fortune 5000 companies. He brings more than 15 years experience in the technology industry and combines a deep understanding of current technologies with the ability to articulate the application of these technologies in various business contexts and models. A highly versatile and proven entrepreneur, he has co-founded several ventures including, Vigilar, Inc, a leading network security technology firm; eLaunchpad, LLC, an early stage venture capital firm/incubator focusing on Internet infrastructure and network security technologies; and Resourcis, an executive recruiting firm. During his tenure at Vigilar, he conceived the company’s business plan and methodology, raised venture capital funding, recruited a talented management team and grew annual revenues from $0 in 2000 to $32M in 2005 in probably the most difficult technology industry climate. Another previous success, VerticalOne, a financial aggregator; was sold to S1 in 1999 in a deal valued at $166 million.

Mr. Rajan serves on the Board of Directors of the above companies and as well on the advisory boards of several early stage technology firms around the country. A leader in the business community, he is also involved in several professional and community related organizations. Mr. Rajan was instrumental in establishing the Atlanta CEO Council, a non-profit networking group of more than 1000 CEOs, CxOs, and investors in the Southeast. Mr. Rajan served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CEO council from 1999 through 2011 and is currently one of its Board members. Mr. Rajan also co-founded and is the current President of the Atlanta Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), a national mentoring organization for entrepreneurs.

Karen Robinson/NanoLumens

Karen Robinson is the EVP – Business Development with NanoLumens. Karen leads the sales team and oversees all new business development and marketing at NanoLumens, a privately held corporation engaged in the research, product development, marketing and sales of unique flexible and fixed large-format LED displays that address a yawning technology gap in the $14 billion digital display industry. NanoLumens technology is not constrained by standard sizes and shapes, or by the weight, noise and cost issues traditionally associated with commercial LED products. Robinson has been instrumental in the planning, strategy and growth of NanoLumens.

Karen is a serial entrepreneur who has been CEO of four different high-growth, venture or angel-backed companies over the last 20 years. Most recently, Karen was president and CEO of Prime Point Media, one of the largest alternative out of home advertising companies in the United States which she successfully led to a lucrative exit when it was acquired by a publicly traded company in 2006.

In 2012, Karen received the Inspiritor Award presented by Turknett Leadership Group. She has been recognized by Atlanta-based Women in Technology when she won its Woman of the Year in Technology Awards in 2000, and is the incoming President of the Atlanta chapter of TIE, an organization that fosters entrepreneurship globally. Karen also serves as the Governors Chairman and board member for Opportunity International, the largest faith-based microfinancing organization serving over 20 countries.

Karen is also an investor and board member at numerous private and public companies in the United States and Canada. Her passions are her family and her involvement in micro-lending in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America.

Diana Younts with First Advantage Consulting Firm

December 2, 2013 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Diana Younts with First Advantage Consulting Firm

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Diana Younts/First Advantage Consulting FirmÂ

Diana Younts is a subject matter expert on affirmative action and equal opportunity. She has a B.A. in Behavior Sciences, a certificate in mediation. DianaYounts is a member of the Atlanta Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), Cobb Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Board of the Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia.

After 27 years working in different Departments/Agencies and areas of the Federal Government, she retired from the United States Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in July 2011. As a United States Department of Labor (US DOL) with Office of Contract Compliance Programs (US DOL OFCCP), her duties included auditing affirmative action plans and conducting investigations of alleged discrimination.

As the Managing Partner of First Advantage Consulting Firm, LLC, her goals are to protect clients from costly financial violations, avoid issues with the US DOL OFCCP and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), along with providing the industry leading affirmative action plans.

Baha Zeidan – Azalea Health and Stuart Bracken – Bioscape Digital

December 1, 2013 by angishields

Growth Matters

Baha Zeidan - Azalea Health and Stuart Bracken - Bioscape Digital

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Baha Zeidan – Azalea Health

Baha Zeidan, co-founder and CEO, provides the strategic direction for Azalea Health. Mr. Zeidan’s leadership ensures goals are both achieved and surpassed in the areas of customer service and experience, sales, profitability, and the overall company objectives. As the leading force behind new technology development, Mr. Zeidan acts as an ambassador; enabling the Azalea Team to forge ahead of industry standards and exceed expectations. He is also a strong proponent of Health IT, cloud computing, mobile development, device computing, and big data analytics. Additionally, Mr. Zeidan cultivates quality relationships with partners and shareholders that aid in the further advancement of Azalea Health. Though fostering external relationships is important, Mr. Zeidan also works to provide an upbeat work atmosphere where team members are empowered, enthusiastic, and driven to deliver top-notch results in their respective fields. He received his BS in Computer Science from Valdosta State University, and is currently pursuing his Masters degree in Information Technology Management with a focus in healthcare.

Website: www.AzaleaHealth.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/azaleahealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/azalea-health

Twitter: https://twitter.com/azaleahealth

Stuart Bracken – Bioscape Digital

Stuart Bracken guides the strategic vision of Bioscape Digital, a next generation healthcare company fixing healthcare through cutting-edge tablet technology.

A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Bracken’s career to date includes co-founding four separate successful companies. With experience in Mobile, SAAS, and License models, Bracken previously co-founded CallMe!, a built for purpose human capital management company. Previously, Bracken was an early employee at Firethorn, a startup in the mobile commerce space, which was acquired by Qualcomm (QCOM). Bracken holds a Bachelors Degree in Business and Information Systems and a Masters in Accounting from Wake Forest University as well as an MBA from The Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Mr. Bracken is currently President of Goizueta’s Alumni Entrepreneurship Network and serves on the Goizueta Alumni board at Emory.

Website: www.bioscapedigital.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shbracken/

ATL Film Talk launches on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 11:30am EST!

November 30, 2013 by angishields

Join host Krista Berutti at 11:30 am EST on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, for the launch of ATL Film Talk, a show spotlighting local film industry professionals and sponsors about their business/services, event, organization, or production.

Berutti leads an informative discussion with industry experts who share tips, tricks, and the process of different stages in a production. Listeners are encouraged to submit topics or guests they would like to hear on the show.

Diabetes and Eye Disease

November 28, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Diabetes and Eye Disease

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November is Diabetes Awareness month. Did you know that diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new, irreversible blindness in adults from industrialized nations for people aged 20-74? Globally, 93 million people suffer from Diabetic Retinopathy alone. Four primary eye diseases are linked to diabetes: cataracts, glaucoma, macular edema and the most common- diabetic retinopathy. Duration of diabetes, poor glycemic control and hypertension are the highest risk factors for diabetic eye disease. Diabetes affects the eye in specific ways.

First, high blood sugar can cause swelling in the lens of the eye. This can be a temporary condition. Over time, diabetes damages the tiny blood vessels in the retina and can cause blind spots, blurred and double vision, “flashing lights”, floating spots and decreased vision. Visual acuity can also fluctuate. Decreased vision, however affects daily living. There are four stages of Diabetic Retinopathy and eye exams for diabetics include more specialized test than a routine annual comprehensive eye exam. There are no treatments available to restore lost vision. However, there are treatments that can minimize further damage and aid in coping with the damage including: lasers, medicine, surgery and vision-related rehabilitation.

In this segment and as part of Diabetes Awareness Month, Dr. Janelle Davison, a local optometrist that specializes in clinically complex eye care will provide a general overview of how diabetes affects the eye, diabetic eye diseases, treatments and preventive strategies for diabetic patients to maintain their vision. Listeners can visit: www.brillianteyesmarietta.com, www.visionaware.org or www.diabetes.org for more information.

Dr. Janelle Davison

BS in Biology from Xavier University in LA
Doctor of Optometry from Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Specialist in clinically complex eye disease
Currently in private practice at Brilliant Eye Vision Center in Marietta, GA

Living, Long Term Care and Legacy – It’s Never Too Late to Make a Plan

November 26, 2013 by angishields

Eugeria

Living, Long Term Care and Legacy - It's Never Too Late to Make a Plan

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Tim Madison retired once already. In fact he retired twice – once from General Electric, and once from Coca Cola. One would think he’d done his duty! A New England native, Tim earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Vermont. He later moved to the DC area and earned a graduate degree from American University. He spent career in information technology, working for GE and Coke. Along the way, he developed an interest in financial planning, and earned his Certified Financial Planner designation in his spare time. Though he moonlighted as a certified financial planner for seven hears, in 2000 Tim decided to retire from Corporate America, and become a financial planner full time. About five years ago, Tim found Money Concepts, and decided to put out a shingle under their name. Money Concepts has more than 2500 certified financial planners worldwide, and provides consistency of service across all 50 states and dozens of countries.

Tim tells us that he does not sell a product of any kind. Rather, Tim is an educator. His goal is to get his clients to consider three things:

How they will live in retirement,
How they will manage the cost of long term care, and
What legacy, if any, they will leave behind.

Regardless of the level at which any of these three are funded, Tim wants to make sure that his clients have choices, and that each client understands the choices, and deliberately plans for them. For more information, check out his website here, or call him directly at (678) 679-6473.

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.