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AGLCC Hosts AAA Travel Agency and The GPF Group LLC

March 28, 2017 by Danny

Bruce Logue, Dawnmarie Mannino, Marilee Feliciano, Glenn Paul Freedman, Hector Lopez, Dan Dunlop

AGLCC Hosts AAA Travel Agency and The GPF Group LLC

The GPF Group, LLC – offers consulting services that focus on clients’ most critical issues and
opportunities: * Political Campaign Logistics, * Operations & Compliance Management, * Financial
Services, * Political Event Planning, * Governmental Affairs, * Executive Management Services, * Project
Management, * Travel & Event Management Clients: * Georgia House Democratic Caucus, Democratic Party of Georgia & House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, * GeorgiaNext, Inc., * Grady Health System, * The LMB Group, LLC, * Upfront Megatainment Special Projects & Non-Profit Organizations: * Atlanta Pride Committee, * State Committee, Democratic Party of Georgia, * Georgia Equality, * Victory Fund, * Atlanta Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

AAA Travel is a full service travel agency that has been around over 100 years. We specialize in cruises,
tours, and packages. AAA members receive benefits that you can receive no where else, including personalized service, travel advice, and more.

Hector Lopez is a recently-joined new Allied member of AGLCC, and founder of Lopez Construction Inc. A long-time expert in real estate, Hector saw an opportunity to meet the needs of his clients to renovate their properties. In 1990, he apprenticed under 2 master builders, learning the in’s and out’s of the business of being a general contractor over several years, ultimately starting his own company in 1997.

Kim Eaton and Jack Walsh with Aptean

March 28, 2017 by Danny

Kim Eaton / Aptean
CEO

Kim Eaton is Chief Executive Officer of Aptean, a global leader in mission critical enterprise software solutions. Widely recognized as a change agent, Kim specializes in steering both mature and early-stage companies through complex periods of growth and restructuring. Her ability to see the “big picture” and drive results stems from career experience that spans all aspects of a business, including sales and marketing, global business development, product development, customer relationships management, implementation and support.

At Aptean, Kim has led the successful M&A strategy execution of eight acquisitions, adding more than $40 million revenue growth. She was lauded for her companywide transformational initiative that, over just eighteen months, resulted in tremendous revenue and profit growth alongside significant strides in employee engagement and positive customer satisfaction scores.

Kim started with Aptean in August 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, with a primary focus on improving the customer experience, establishing better disciplines in product management, product development and professional services, and creating a culture of collaboration and accountability. She was promoted to CEO in January 2015.

Prior to joining Aptean, Kim was the President and General Manager of the $700 million Hospitality & Travel business at NCR. She assumed this role after serving as head of Marketing, Strategy and Integration for the Radiant Systems business, which was acquired by NCR in August 2011. Kim has also served in senior management roles for BlueCube Software and RedPrairie. She began her career with Accenture.

Kim is an active mentor and is involved with several philanthropies, including the Pathbuilders Achieva program, and the Young Men’s Service League. She mentors several young women professionals in the Atlanta technology community as well. In 2016 Kim was recognized as a Women of the Year finalist by Women in Technology. She received her B.S. at Iowa State University, where she played on the Women’s Golf team. Kim and her husband reside in Alpharetta, Georgia. They have two sons, Carter and Chandler.

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Jack Walsh / Aptean
CFO

Jack Walsh is responsible for the global financial, accounting, legal and IT functions at Aptean. He joined Aptean in July, 2016 and has over 35 years of strategic, financial and operational management experience in technology businesses.

Prior to joining Aptean, Mr. Walsh was CFO of Sovos Compliance, CFO at SRSsoft and SVP of Corporate Development and Strategy at IMS Health. Earlier in his career, he held financial executive positions at MCI Communications and the Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Walsh earned his MBA from University of Chicago and BBA from Notre Dame.

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Pat Falotico with The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, Yves Neidlinger with CulinaryLocal and Drew Dawson with The Headshot Truck

March 27, 2017 by Danny

Pat Falotico / The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
CEO

Patricia Falotico is the CEO of the Robert K Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Founded in 1964 by Robert Greenleaf, the Center advances the philosophy and practice of Servant Leadership which enriches individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a better more caring society. The ultimate measure of success for a servant leader is how those served grow.

Pat retired from IBM following 31 years leading a broad range of projects including technical sales, sales management, service business development, software distribution, marketing and development of business partner relationships on the local, regional, national and international level. She served as IBM’s Senior State Executive for Georgia and Senior Location Executive for Atlanta; providing leadership for IBM in the community and across the state, linking Corporate Citizenship and Employee Engagement activities with strategic IBM initiatives.

Pat is active is several civic organizations and is committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to get a high quality education which enables them to becoming contributing members of society. She currently chairs on the United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Community Engagement Council and is an active alumn and volunteer of Leadership Atlanta. Pat mentors emerging women leaders through Pathbuilders’ Achieva program.

Pat holds a B.S. in math and computer science from Manhattan College. Originally from New York, Pat now lives in Marietta, Georgia with her family.

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Yves Neidlinger / CulinaryLocal
President and CEO

Yves Neidlinger has worked in sales and marketing for technology companies for the past twenty years. He is an amateur chef and has 11 years experience working in the hospitality industry, including as the founder and CEO of CulinaryLocal.

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Drew Dawson / The Headshot Truck
Photography Director

Drew Dawson is a Georgia native from Coweta County. Sharpsburg to be exact, which is where the The Walking Dead is filmed. Drew pursued a career in photography for 8 years in Los Angeles, learning and working with the top photographers in the business.

Drew mentored with, and learned to shoot from Adam Hendershott, a close friend and Co-Founder of the Headshot Truck. Drew joined The Headshot Truck after years of working for other photographers and freelancing in some pretty fantastic locations, like Hawaii, Alaska, and… Delaware. Drew left his home in rainy Seattle for sunny Los Angeles and has been with the Truck ever since, partnering up with the company to have a third truck brought to Atlanta.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Lee Kantor and Stone Payton with Business RadioX

March 24, 2017 by Danny

Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Lee Kantor / Business RadioX
Founder

Lee founded Business RadioX out of frustration with traditional media’s cronyism, onerous gatekeepers and anti-business bias. Business RadioX is a disruptive media platform that helps companies of all sizes get the word out. Now the dominant business radio network in the Atlanta area Lee has put Business RadioX on an aggressive national and international growth path.

Most recently, Lee helped Business RadioX successfully launch its Radio In My Booth product – giving companies an innovative way to drive tradeshow booth traffic and authentically engage with prospects to boost lead generation.

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Stone Payton / Business RadioX
Managing Partner

For over 25 years, Stone Payton has been helping organizations and the people who lead them drive their business strategies more effectively.

Stone literally wrote the book on SPEED ® – Never Fry Bacon In The Nude: And Other Lessons From The Quick & The Dead (2nd Printing Book Logix, 2012), and has dedicated his entire career to helping others produce Better Results in Less Time.

As managing partner for Business Radio X ® and co-host for the network’s most popular shows, Stone is constantly learning from innovative, passionate, driven people who have chosen to live into their dreams, and serve others who wish to do the same.

His career began with the change management consulting firm, Conner Partners (formerly ODR), and has included sales, marketing, design, and delivery roles for some of the most respected training and consulting firms on the planet.

Stone is a popular radio personality, published author, accomplished speaker, and trusted advisor to business owners, sales leaders and senior executives.

Stone, his wife Holly and daughters Katie and Kelly, make their home in suburban Atlanta. His leisure interests include boating, hiking, and travel. Stone’s Personal Mission: Helping businesses Get The Word Out about the great work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center The Shrimp Tank Featuring Hanuman Nandanampati with SVK Systems

March 23, 2017 by Danny

Where can a young entrepreneur figure out how to turn their dreams into reality? Just take a step into the Shrimp Tank. The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

Hosts of The Shrimp Tank Chris Hanks, Ted Jenkin and Lee Heisman

Hanuman Nandanampati / SVK Systems

Hanuman Nandanampati came to USA in 1993 as a student to complete his master’s degree at the University of Massachusetts. After graduation, Hanuman worked with several companies, including Inrange, ADC Telecom, and Regions, as a Software Engineer.

Hanuman started SVK Systems in 2003 providing Computer IT Solutions to various mid-range companies, primarily for help desk solutions. Today SVK has nearly 550 consultants working all over the USA for large companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Wells Fargo, FedEx, and Verizon.

SVK is a Gold certified partner for Microsoft and Oracle companies. SVK provides and supports IT solutions in business intelligence, data management, cloud and CRM applications. SVK is the fastest growing company in Georgia, and has been an Inc. 5000 certified company for the last several years.

SVK has nearly 50 million dollars in revenue with many branch office locations, including Fremont, CA, St Louis, MO, Houston, TX, and Rochelle Park, NJ.

Neighborhood Business Radio Episode 2

March 23, 2017 by Danny

Jalal Lewis / Rolling Shades Painting

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Jalal Lewis was taught to be a leader at a young age. Jalal always considered himself to be an opportunist, and sold candy and mowed lawns in middle school to make money. In high school, he picked up painting and his ambition developed and transformed into an entrepreneurial venture that inspired him to start Rolling Shades Painting with his own capital.

The company’s goal is to make their clients happy and satisfied through their excellent service. With their commercial and residential painting services, Rolling Shades Painting gives your home and business establishment a new shade of color, and makes it a comfortable place to stay in.

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Stephanie Carvajalino / Cookies and Cookies

Stephanie Carvajalino is a young Colombian entrepreneur, author, trainer, motivational speaker, practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming, and investor. She started doing business with her sisters with $15 when she was 6 years old and founded Chococar, a home-based company that produced and sold chocolates.

When she was 9 years old, Stephanie gave her first lecture in a private university and started her career as a motivational speaker. She discovered a strong passion for fostering entrepreneurial spirit in young people and energizing individuals to achieve their best potential. Stephanie and her sisters also founded Quality Line, a groundbreaking speaking and training company that serves corporations, educators, students, parents and entrepreneurs. They have been able to reach and impact the lives of thousands of people with their message of success, leadership and entrepreneurship.

In 2009, at age 13, Stephanie, along with her sisters, published Parents and Coaches, a book that provides parents with very helpful and essential information on how to raise an entrepreneur. In 2012, they created a family investment group that operates in different industries. Today, Stephanie is 20 years old, and in addition to running her businesses, she is a crafting a revolutionary entrepreneurship education program for high school students that will be launched in the near future.

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Fauzia Burke with FSB Associates

March 23, 2017 by Danny

Fauzia Burke / FSB Associates
Founder and President

Fauzia Burke is the Founder and President of FSB Associates, an online publicity and marketing firm specializing in creating awareness for books and authors.

She’s the author of Online Marketing for Busy Authors. A nationally recognized speaker and online branding expert, Fauzia writes for Huffington Post, MariaShriver.com and MindBodyGreen.

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Brandon Smith On March Madness Businesses Should Embrace the Bracket

March 21, 2017 by Danny

Brandon Smith / Emory University’s Goizueta Business School
Professor, Workplace Health

Brandon Smith is a leading expert in workplace health and dysfunction. He currently serves as faculty at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School where he teaches and researches on topics related to healthy workplace dynamics, leadership and communication.

He is the founder of www.theworkplacetherapist.com – a resource dedicated to eliminating dysfunction at work, improving workplace health and restoring a sense of optimism and hope in the workplace.

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Andrew Wells with Aspirent and Kathy Chiang with Wunderman Data Management

March 21, 2017 by Danny

Andrew Wells / Aspirent / Monetizing Your Data
CEO

Andrew is the CEO of Aspirent, a management consulting firm focused on analytics. He has extensive experience building Analytical Solutions for a wide range of companies, from Fortune 500s to small non-profits. Andrew focuses on helping organizations utilize their data to make impactful decisions that drive revenue through monetization strategies. He has been building analytical solutions for over 25 years and is excited to share these practical methods, tools, and techniques with a wider audience.

In addition to his role as an executive, Andrew is a hands-on consultant, which he has been since his early days building reporting solutions as a consultant at Ernst & Young. He refined his craft in Silicon Valley working for two successful startups focused on customer analytics and the use of predictive methods to drive performance. Andrew has also held executive roles in industry as Director of Business Intelligence at Capital One where he helped drive several patented analytical innovations. From consulting, to startup companies, to being in industry, Andrew has had a wide variety of experience in driving growth through analytics. He has built solutions for a wide variety of industries and companies including The Coca-Cola Company, IHG, The Home Depot, Capital One, Wells Fargo, HP, Time Warner, Merrill Lynch, Applied Materials, and many others.

Andrew lives in Atlanta with his wife, Suzannah, and he enjoys photography, running, and international travel. He is a co-owner at Michael Andrews Bespoke. Andrew earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia.

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Kathy Chiang / Wunderman Data Management / Monetizing Your Data
VP, Business Insights

KATHY WILLIAMS CHIANG is an established Business Analytics practitioner with expertise in guided analytics, analytic data mart development and business planning. Prior to her current position as VP, Business Insights, at Wunderman Data Management, Chiang consulted with Aspirent on numerous analytic projects for several multi-national clients including IHG and Coca-Cola, among others. She has also worked for multi-national corporations including Telecommunications Systems of Trinidad and Tobago, Acuity Brands Lighting, BellSouth International and Portman Overseas.

Chiang is experienced in designing and developing analytic tools and management dashboards that inform, matter and drive action. She is highly skilled in data exploration, analysis, visualization and presentation and has developed solutions in Telecom, Hospitality and Consumer Products industries covering customer experience, marketing campaigns, revenue management and web analytics.

Ms. Chiang, a native of New Orleans, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, summa cum laude with University honors (4.0), from Louisiana State University, as well as a MBA from Tulane University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa. Among the first wave of Americans to enter China following normalization of relations, Ms. Chiang lived in northeast China under challenging conditions for two years teaching English, learning Mandarin Chinese and traveling extensively throughout China. Over her career, she has worked in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Latin America, and China.

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