Pensacola Business Radio: Pure H2O Series Ep 3 brought to you by Emerald Coast Keeper

August 17, 2016 by Danny

Executive Director/Coastkeeper

Emerald Coastkeeper

As a member of Waterkeepers Alliance, we strive to maintain drinkable, fishable, swimmable waters for our community.

You can start tuning in to “PURE H2O” every Wednesday at 9AM CST on Pensacola Business RadioX. Every Wednesday there will be a local discussion on important environmental points of interest. From clean energy to healthy water to environmental justice, education and much more.

For our first podcast, Laurie Murphy, Executive Director of Emerald Coastkeeper will be interviewing local educators and a non-profit organization “Harnessing Opportunity and Power of Education (HOPE) about the importance of supplemental STEM education and art/cultural education in underserved communities.

For more information on how you can be a guest, contact Laurie Murphy at laurie@emeraldcoastkeeper.org.

Founded in 1999, Emerald Coastkeeper is one of 240 (and counting) member organizations of the Waterkeeper Alliance. We are a grassroots organization that monitors four main watersheds in the Florida Panhandle. Our mission is to investigate, educate and protect our right to swimmable. fishable and drinkable water. We believe that healthy waterways are directly connected to healthy communities and healthy people.

In our four watersheds, you will find many springs, creeks, rivers, bayou’s, bays and of course, the Gulf of Mexico.

Pollution can happen anywhere, not just from large industries. Some of the greatest concerns in our region stem from residential pollution.

Some of the more common culprits are septic system failure, erosion and sedimentation, nutrient loading from fertilizers, red tide, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, (PCBs) lead, mercury, animal wastes, industrial paint source discharge, oil spills, commercial vessel pollution, residential development, and household garbage.

Protecting our waterways and drinking water from contaminants is everyone’s responsibility. We can’t do it alone…we need your help!

Feel free to contact us if you want to volunteer or to report a problem. We look forward to creating a healthy community with you!

Ryan Stuart is President of Wellness Water Company. Wellness Water Company currently serves thousands of satisfied residential & commercial customers, and specializes in whole-house water filtration/purification, as well as customized commercial solutions for restaurants, hotels, and buildings of all sizes. For more information, you may contact them at 844-944-PURE, or online atwww.wellnesswaterpurification.com. Wellness Water Company, where the difference is clear!

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Kevin Nolan and Luke Tauscher of Nolan Transportation Group

August 16, 2016 by Danny

Kevin Nolan / Nolan Transportation Group

Kevin Nolan founded Nolan Transportation Group in 2005 with a small office, a box of cash, and two employees. NTG was built on a service promise and Kevin’s open communication style quickly earned the trust of both carriers and shippers. After five years in operation, NTG opened additional offices and began to take off, adding nine more offices between 2011 and 2016. Today, NTG has 12 offices nationwide and employs over 500 people from all backgrounds. In 2015, NTG was recognized on the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. NTG is ranked #461 on the 2016 Inc. 500 | 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

Kevin received his B.S. in Business Administration from Presbyterian College while playing college football, developing the competitive spirit he runs business with today. After finding early success as a freight broker for C.H. Robinson, Kevin left the industry and went on to manage multiple Waffle House stores. He finished his career as the top sales manager across the company, honored with the Top Waffle Award. Kevin went on to earn his MBA at Mercer and completed the degree with a business model focused on the freight brokerage industry. With experience and education under his belt, Kevin was able to form the foundation for NTG.

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Luke Tauscher / Nolan Transportation Group

Luke Tauscher is the General Manager of the Atlanta branch of NTG. A 2011 graduate of Texas Christian University, Tauscher moved to Georgia after accepting a job with NTG.

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AGLCC Extreme Small Business Makeover

August 16, 2016 by Danny

Emma Foulkes, Rick Kern, Bruce Logue, Gabrielle Claiborne, Linda Herzer, Dwayne Keller, Brian Ettelman

Gabrielle Claiborne, Linda Herzer, Dwayne Keller, Brian Ettelman

Gabrielle Claiborne and Linda Herzer

Emma Foulkes, Rick Kern, Bruce Logue

AGLCC Extreme Small Business MakeoverAGLCC Extreme Small Business Makeover

AGLCC’s Emma Foulkes and Bruce Logue host one of the winners of the AGLCC Extreme Small Businessman Makeover presented by First Data, Gabrielle Claiborne, and Linda Herzer, of Transformation Journeys Worldwide. Also featured were InterContinental Hotels Group Buckhead’s Dwayne Keller and Brian Ettelman, and AGLCC Small Business of The Year Award winner Rick Kern, of MixIt Marketing.

More info soon!

Minimally-invasive Gynecologic Surgery

August 16, 2016 by Danny

Tanya Mack and Dr. Hugo Ribot of Cartersville OB-GYN

Minimally-invasive Gynecologic Surgery

The field of women’s health has had some remarkable advancements in recent years – well even recent
months! Although there have been many advancements in women’s health, today’s show will focus on
three areas we have additional resources for here in Georgia: Laparoscopic Surgery, Maternal Fetal
Telemedicine in the OB office and Zika virus recommendations for pregnant women.

In this US, 1:9 women are expected to have a hysterectomy in their lifetime, mostly for benign disease. Technology advancements have now made it possible for MFM specialists to bring high risk care directly into the OB office vs. the patient traveling to a tertiary care center and well – the Zika virus has come to our communities in the US. Dr. Hugo Ribot has been a premier Georgia OB/GYN for over 20 years and has continued to be a top GYN surgeon and forward thinking obstetrician outside of the metro Atlanta area.

Time to get informed on what’s new in women’s health!

Special Guest:

Dr. Hugo Ribot, MD, Cartersville OB/GYN Associates

Dr. Hugo Ribot

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-Sal Rehmetullah/Fattmerchant

August 15, 2016 by Danny

Revolutionizing the payment solutions industry by offering a transparent subscription based merchant services model that offers financial and strategic value to the every day business owner. Why get FATT? Fast access to funds, affordable, secure transactions, and supportive customer service. Frustrated with your current credit card processor? We completely understand. Trust us, we’ve been there. Just like you, we’ve checked the mail and let our merchant service statement sit on the desk for days, avoiding it at all costs. It’s a dreadful, confusing, and frustrating part of being a business owner or handling a company’s finances. Seeing your hard-earned money sucked up by countless fees and surcharges is never easy, but saving money with fattmerchant is. We’re not here to make merchant services seem like rocket science. We’re here offering you the exact opposite experience. With fattmerchant you’ll never dread your merchant service statement again. In fact, you’ll probably be anxious to open it and see how much you’ve saved!

Specialties

Merchant Services, Financial, Small Business Growth

Website
http://fattmerchant.com/
Industry
Financial Services
Type
Privately Held
Headquarters
100 S Orange Ave Suite 400Orlando, Florida 32801 United States
Company Size
11-50 employees
Founded
2014

Graduating early from the University of Florida with a major in Finance, Sal has always had the entrepreneurial spirit. He founded his first startup at the age of 19 and spent time learning the ins and outs of business planning, marketing, finances and operations. Sal was recruited to work for Morgan Stanley in 2010 as the company’s youngest Financial Advisor managing assets and portfolios for clients and companies net worth of $10M+. Shortly after, he was recruited as a Client Director in the Customer Success Division at Anaplan, a Cloud Based SaaS Company, responsible for the west regions services team. At Anaplan, he led and delivered a multitude of customer success packages from the sales side, down to implementing a diverse group of use cases to Fortune 50 technology companies from Facebook to Tesla. Sal was one of the first 50 hires at Anaplan and worked his way to leading a team of 60 under his direct supervision.

Currently, Sal is focused on Strategic Alliances as well as helping drive the current vision of creating a streamlined Merchant Services process as COO and Co-Founder of Fattmerchant. His vision is to lead the team to excellence in industry standard, and to scale Fattmerchant to merchants nationally and internationally.

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Veterans Connect Radio Episode 013

August 15, 2016 by Danny

Veterans Connect Radio

A spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio and powered by Business RadioX. Co-Hosted by Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Brandon Skolnick with Gathering Of Angels. Featuring veteran entrepreneurs, support organizations, outreach groups and more in the Atlanta area continuing to serve our families, our communities and our country.

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Ryan Redhawk and Brandon Skolnick

Mike Brennen / Disgruntled Vets
Editor

Mission Statement

We are a group of American loving patriots and Veterans who are Disgruntled with the status quo. We aim to create a high standard for our products through motivation determination and a little bit of whiskey.

Who are we

After coming home from Afghanistan, a group of three friends decided to create a Facebook page to help vent our frustrations and problems with living a civilian life again. After a year of being home, we went from three friends venting, to a disgruntled community.

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Terri Denison with U.S. Small Business Administration, Kris Vaughn with GeorgiaForward and Josh Stephens with Georgia Department of Economic Development

August 15, 2016 by Danny

Terri Denison / U.S. Small Business Administration
District Director

Terri Denison is the Georgia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role since May 2002, she is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the SBA’s financial, counseling/training and business development programs for small businesses throughout Georgia. Terri began her SBA career in 1987 as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Agency’s Washington, D. C. District and Headquarter Offices. Other positions included working with the Agency’s Minority Enterprise Development and One Stop Capital Shop programs and Office of Field Operations. In 1994, she served as the SBA representative on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Interagency Task Force. In the fall of 2000, she was one of seven individuals nationwide selected for the SBA’s District Director’s Candidate Development Program. Assignments included serving as the Acting Deputy District Director in the Los Angeles District Office and the Acting District Director in Wisconsin. As Georgia District Director, Terri has been recognized by the Atlanta Business League, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Microenterprise Network, Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Who’s Who in Black Atlanta. Terri holds a B.A. Degree in American Government from Cornell University and an M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Terri currently serves as the Vice President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta and a member of the Cornell University Council. Other personal interests include ballroom dancing and travel.

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The Georgia Forward Young Gamechangers story was made possible because of the generosity of Tim O’Connor with Terraform Group. Learn how you can help tell a story like this one here.

Kris Vaughn / GeorgiaForward
Executive Director

Kris Hattaway Vaughn serves as the Executive Director of GeorgiaForward, a statewide nonprofit working to unite Georgia through strengthened young leadership focused on community and economic development. Kris is no stranger to GeorgiaForward and its leading program, Young Gamechangers. She was in the inaugural class of Young Gamechangers and served as Program Director for its second class. Prior to joining GeorgiaForward, she served Senior Executive Assistant of Strategic Planning at the Macon Water Authority, an award winning water and sewer utility in Macon, Georgia. For five and half years before that she was the Director of Place for NewTown Macon as a leading member of the development team transforming downtown Macon. Kris is an active volunteer with the Junior League of Macon and the Macon Rotary Club. Kris is a 2008 graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism. She is a 2010 graduate of Leadership Macon as well as the Georgia Academy of Regional Economic and Leadership Development.

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Josh Stephens / Georgia Department of Economic Development
Project Manager

Enterprising and service-minded professional with experience in economic development, public relations and policy, project management, relationship building and business development.

Specialties: Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Economic Development, Business Development, Project Management, Relationship Building, Public Relations, Public Policy, Government Relations

KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

August 11, 2016 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 and Ted Jenkin.

Ted Jenkin, John Boykin and Chris Hanks

John Boykin / Business Golf International
Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO, John W. Boykin was elected to PGA of America membership in 1979. His nearly 40- year career has followed a diverse and accomplished path. John has been a PGA head golf professional, General Manager and golf facility owner, an author, broadcaster, noted international instructor and corporate spokesman. Here are a few of the highlights:

 Over 7 years as Editor and Publisher of Golf Industry Magazine.

 Credentialed US PGA Tour and European PGA Tour Instructor for 6 years.

 Has had tips and instruction published in Golf Digest Magazine, Golf Magazine and Senior Golfer Magazine.

 Has appeared as a featured instructor on the Golf Channel's Academy Live.

 Creator of The Scoring Academy, a "short game" learning program that is the result of working with more than 100 world class players on every professional tour. This program has been taught to corporate executives and their guests both in the US and abroad.

 Creator of the Secrets of Scoring, a 50-minute DVD presentation of tour-proven stroke saving techniques.

 Various radio and television broadcasting credits, including; 14-years as the voice for a 6-city radio network for The Masters highlights, on-course commentator for multiple PGA Tour and Champions Tour events for One-On- One Radio Network, color commentator for Sunshine Sports TV Network's Dodge Celebrity Golf Tour Championship and 2-season radio color voice for Jacksonville University (FL) basketball.

 Member, Crail Golfing Society, the world's 7th oldest golf club originating in 1786, 8-miles from St. Andrews, Scotland and the St. Andrews Golf Club (formed in 1843) adjacent to the 18th fairway of the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland. In the game and business of golf, PGA Professional John W. Boykin and BGI are the unique partner your firm deserves.

WIT Atlanta features Stephanie Espy author of STEM Gems

August 11, 2016 by Danny

Sandy Welfare and Stephanie Espy

Stephanie Espy / author of STEM Gems and founder of MathSP

Stephanie Espy, local author of STEM Gems and MathSP Founder. Stephanie graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering. She has worked as a chemical engineer both in the U.S. and in England. She is the founder of Math Strategies and Problem-solving (MathSP), and the author of a new book, STEM Gems: How 44 Women Shine in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, And How You Can Too!

The White House states that women and minorities comprise 70 percent of college students but less than 45 percent of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) degrees, representing a largely untapped talent pool. Experiencing this first hand herself compelled Stephanie Espy to do her part to encourage and inspire girls’ interest in STEM.

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Sandy Welfare / WIT

Sandy D. Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman.

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