Pensacola Business Radio- Spotlight Episode Guests: Alex Charwin with vTECH io

August 10, 2016 by Danny

Alex Charwin / vTECH io – Regional Sales

vTECH io is a Premier Dell Partner dedicated to personalizing your Dell experience and Optimizing your IT environment! The mother company of vTECH io was founded in Naples, Florida in 1993. From humble beginnings, vTECH io is rapidly growing a national footprint, including a local rep right here in Pensacola. vTECH io’s goal is to get to know you, your business, and your goals, in order to give you the information and expertise necessary to stay on the cutting edge of technology.

Alex recently joined vTECH io a little over 2 months ago and has taken over as the North Florida Account Executive covering everything from Pensacola to Jacksonville. During these 2 shorts months Alex has become certified in many different areas of Dell’s portfolio and with the help of vTECH’s engineering staff has assisted organizations in dozens of projects, ranging from picking the right laptop for the job to completely restructuring entire data centers.

Alex graduated from Florida Southern College in April 2015 with degrees in Economics, Advertising, and Public Relations. While at school Alex founded Florida Southern College’s first ever Relay for Life, founded the charitable organization Feed the Need, served as a part time admissions councilor, and worked in several different marketing and PR roles. This background allows Alex a unique prospective, approaching technology with a holistic view of each and every business he works with.

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight – Guests: Jenny Clark with Solvability

August 10, 2016 by Danny

Your Coach for DCAA Compliant QuickBooks Boot Camp ♦ Veterans Advocate ♦ PodCaster

JENNY W CLARK: Solvability, i4GovCon Community and Summit, DCAA Compliant QuickBooks Boot Camp, Florida GovCon Podcast

As a small business owner in federal contracting, you need to focus on business development, recruitment, program execution and proposals, not worrying about your financial reporting and accounting. Dealing with billings, payroll and expense reporting takes up more of your time than it should. You don’t get your financial statements on time, the numbers keep bouncing around, and your banker keeps asking questions. You need to set up budgets and you need an indirect rate model for running “what-if” scenarios. How do you get your accounting processes streamlined, so you can get back to the real work?

Your options are:
Do It Yourself: Keep searching for answers online or relying on friends for templates.

Done for You: Get an outside group to “re-do” your system, and rely on them to take care of you.

DONE WITH YOU: Review the reporting you have and tweak it so your reports are more accurate and more current. Create a plan that builds on your current systems, shows you how to get more out of it, and focuses on best practices for federal contract accounting. Join live sessions and online courses as a member of a mastermind group, with access to advanced sessions specifically designed for small businesses in federal contracting.

For federal contractors, your accounting system shouldn’t be holding you back, but it will if you can’t pass DCAA audits or prove to a prime that you understand FAR 31 and follow CAS (even though you’re exempt as a small business.)

If you are ready to learn about a fresh approach to getting your accounting system on track – let’s talk. We offer training and support for small businesses in federal contracting including government contract accounting workshops, webinars, boot camps and conferences.

E-mail me at …jwclark@solvability.com…or call me right now at **256-882-6276** to get started.

Paul Masters with Birch Communications

August 10, 2016 by Danny

Paul Masters / Birch Communications
SVP Alternate Channels

Paul Masters serves as Senior Vice President of Alternate Channels and is responsible for planning, developing and implementing a strategic roadmap for future growth which includes sales, marketing, partner development, sales engineering, and client implementation. Paul Masters has over 20 years of demonstrated accomplishments in the telecommunications industry and in developing multi-channel operations, as well as leading Sales and Marketing teams focused on aggregating voice and data telecom solutions for enterprise firms. Prior to joining Birch, Mr. Masters served as the co-founder and President of Ernest Communications, a nationwide carrier focused on the distributed Enterprise. Mr. Masters hold a Masters of Business Administration degree from Emory University.

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Tim Kinsey with Verizon Telematics

August 10, 2016 by Danny

David Adelman and Tim Kinsey

Tim Kinsey / Verizon Telematics
Senior Manager, Learning & Development

Tim Kinsey is known as an innovative and resourceful Learning & Development leader, providing both strategic and creative direction for all aspects of training organizations: design, delivery, knowledge management and communication. Currently with Verizon Telematics, Tim has over 16 years’ experience in the L&D world, in the areas of retail, insurance, call center, technology, and senior leader coaching. He’s originally from Mobile, Alabama and has called Atlanta home since 1989.

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Reducing Chronic Diseases In Georgia

August 10, 2016 by Danny

Jean O’Connor talks chronic diseases

Reducing Chronic Diseases In Georgia

This week I sat down with Dr. Jean O’Connor of the Georgia Department of Public Health to talk about efforts to reduce occurrence of numerous chronic diseases in Georgia. Chronic diseases – such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease – cost Georgia approximately $40 billion dollars each year, contribute to increased absenteeism among students and employees, increase health care costs for Georgia employers, and result in more than 200,000 thousands of years of life lost. Chronic diseases in Georgia are preventable and controllable.

Through better nutrition, increased physical activity, eliminating tobacco use and providing access to high quality health care delivery practices, Georgia can improve population health, support better educational outcomes and economic development, and improve the quality of life for the state’s families and communities. Physicians and other health care providers can use a common risk factor approach to control chronic disease in Georgia by encouraging behavior change, providing guidelines-based care and creating healthier communities.

Specifically, physicians can implement three overarching strategies into their patient care protocols to identify, control and prevent chronic diseases:

1. Use the 5As to address tobacco use with patients – ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange
2. Recommend physical activity and healthy eating using the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines
3. Utilize electronic health records (EHR) technology to quickly identify potential cases of undiagnosed
hypertension and diabetes to rescreen and monitor those patients regularly

The Georgia Department of Public Health provides resources and tools to support providers interested in engaging in these best practices.

Jean O’Connor, JD, MPH, DrPH, is the Chronic Disease Prevention Director at the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). Since joining the agency in 2013, Dr. O’Connor has held responsibility for developing and managing statewide public health programs related to cancer screening and treatment, heart disease, diabetes, tobacco use prevention, adolescent health, nutrition, physical activity and asthma.

She also serves as the principal investigator on chronic disease-related federal cooperative agreements that provide funding, technical assistance and evaluation to Georgia health systems, local health departments and other partner organizations. In subsequent years, Dr. O’Connor served as a state deputy health director; a health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and a health policy advisor.

For the past 12 years, she has also taught public health law and policy as an affiliate professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. O’Connor earned her Juris Doctor and Master of Public Health degrees from Emory University, and a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD).

Special Guest:

Dr. Jean O’Connor, JD, Chronic Disease Prevention Director, Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH)

Pensacola Business Radio: FoodieLife Radio- Hungry Brothers going Boneheads!

August 9, 2016 by Danny

Foodie Life is a Culture Brand who’s mission is “To Seek the Flavor of Life through Food, Culture and the Human Experience.”

Foodie Life people—lovers of flavor, food, adventure, culture, night life, travel and —are a true community of their own. Our first move was to tap into the strength of that community by telling Foodie Life stories and uniting them around a lifestyle. Next, we are building the ecommerce program, launching with a fresh Foodie Life website design and a strategic email marketing plan to fuel online shopping. Introducing visuals and messaging giving the brand an edge that matches the energy of Foodie Life.

Foodie Life Radio Hour is a platform for Fellow Foodies to share some of their passions and experiences in the Hospitality and Culinary arena. A collection of funny stories, cultures, flavor and human experiences!!!

Brothers hungry for food,fun and knowledge. If you’re interested in good food, good conversation and fun times we are here for you. Join Hunger Nation.

ORDER BONEHEADS ON GRUB NINJA

Steve Hornyak and Terrell Tuten of Trax Image Recognition

August 9, 2016 by Danny

Steve Hornyak / Trax Image Recognition

Steve Hornyak is the CEO, Americas at Trax Image Recognition. Steve is responsible for Trax’s strategy, sales, marketing, business development, and customer success (project management, professional services and support) for North and South America.

Steve has over 27 years of global software and technology experience with a focus in the retail market segment. Prior to joining Trax, Steve has served as EVP Sales and Marketing at Brickstream (Nomi), a leader in physical world customer behavior analytics. Steve has also been on the executive leadership teams of two companies that successfully executed IPOs on NASDAQ.

Steve has a strong background in bringing disruptive technologies to market for fast growing technology companies. He has a consistent track record of helping customers maximize return on investments through operational efficiency savings and revenue uplift.

Steve holds a Bachelors Degree in Engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Virginia Tech.

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Terrell Tuten / Trax Image Recognition

Terrell has worked in the Information Technology space for over 16 years. During this time, he has served in Management positions at Radiant Systems, BlueCube Software, Qmatic Corporation, and Trax Image Recognition.

His career includes oversight of the Operations team focusing on deployment execution, including project management, software development, customer support, and business process improvement. Additionally, Terrell has experience in startup operations, having worked with the founders of BlueCube Software and overseeing the relocation of the North American headquarters of Qmatic Corporation to the Atlanta area prior to joining Trax.

Terrell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from Murray St. University and a Master’s Degree – Information Technology from American Intercontinental University.

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Veterans Connect Radio Episode 012

August 8, 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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Sheb True / KSU

Sheb is a Professor of Marketing and Sr. International Officer in the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Georgia. He is also the Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives, the Founder and Director of the Georgia Advancing Veterans Education (GAVE) initiative, the Director of the Paul D. Coverdale Fellowship program for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, and the Director of the United Nations PRME program in the Coles College. He joined the faculty at KSU in 1998 and has served as the Associate Dean of Graduate Business Programs, and as the Director of the MBA the program that went from never being ranked to # 22 in the country by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. He has published over 50 articles and edited 4 books, and created and edited the Journal of Executive Education. He has led and participated in international programs for students and faculty in 53 countries. He serves as a consultant to organizations in the area of marketing strategy and customer orientation. Sheb received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi, an MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and a BBA from Stephen F. Austin State University. He has been certified as a Master Teacher, completed programs at the Harvard Business School for teaching the case method and at the American Graduate School of Business (Thunderbird) for teaching international marketing, and was a a tenured faculty member at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Terry W. Loe PhD University of Memphis; MBA Mississippi State University; BS Mississippi State University

Professor, Kennesaw State University

Director, Center for Professional Selling

Executive Director, National Collegiate Sales Competition

Terry spent 11 years in industry in sales, marketing and management and has over 20 years of experience in sales research, training and consulting. His recent sales training and consulting clients include NCR, Arch Chemical, AIG, and WellStar Health Care Systems, among others. In 1996, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Memphis and is currently a tenured Full Professor at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Loe is the Director of the Center for Professional Selling, Executive Director and founder of the National Collegiate Sales Competition and is on the Board of Directors for PlayPro Media, an Entertainment and Promotions Marketing company. Terry is also on the Editorial Review Boards for several international academic journals.

Terry has published more than 40 research articles in numerous national and international academic conferences and academic journals and also authored The Instructor’s Role-Play Guide used by sales faculty and instructors around the country. His research has won several awards including the “Journal of Business EthicsCitation Classics” award for publishing one of the top 12 cited articles in the JOBE over 30 years and over 100 volumes, as well as other awards.

Dr. Loe is quoted in numerous regional, national, and international newspapers and trade journals and spoken on sales, sales ethics and sales management topics to organizations and conferences around the United States and globally. Terry is the Founder and Executive Director of the National Collegiate Sales Competition, the oldest and largest university sales role-play competition in the world that includes the top university sales programs in the country, and has included universities from Mexico, Canada, Belgium and other European countries. The NCSC has contributed more than $5 million to university sales programs and sales education. Terry has also been recognized by the American Marketing Association for his contribution to the sales discipline and sales education for his development of the National Collegiate Sales Competition. He has consulted numerous universities in the U.S. and abroad in developing sales education programs, curriculum and sales role-play competitions and is past President of the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA), a consortium of the top U.S. University Sales Centers that assists in mentoring developing sales centers and sales faculty in the U.S. and abroad. He is also on the board of directors for PlayPro Media, a millennial marketing and promotions company.

Dr. Loe and his wife, Robin, have been happily married for over 29 years and have two children, Rachel (25) and Nathan (23). Terry and Robin are members of Cedarcrest Church.

Terry was an All-SEC catcher and team co-captain at Mississippi State University and participated in the College World Series in Omaha, NE in 1979 and in 1981. Miss State finished 5th in the country both years.

Robin is a Family Practice physician in the greater Atlanta area and rated one of the top family practice physicians in patient satisfaction in the country for the past 10 years. Rachel is a graduate of the University of Alabama and currently a salesperson with the international logistics company, DHL, in Charlotte, NC. Nathan is a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi, an entrepreneur and professional weight lifter with California Strength in San Ramone, CA.

Richard J. Welke, Ph.D. with Georgia State University and Andrew Hamilton with Parkmobile

August 8, 2016 by Danny

Richard J. Welke, Ph.D. / Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University /
Director

Richard J. Welke has been an academic and professional entrepreneur (“pracademic”) throughout his professional career beginning in 1962 at General Motors Research Laboratories.

He was founder of Methodsworks, Inc. (in Burlington, ON) and owner/president of Meta Systems, Ltd. (Ann Arbor, MI), the first CASE (computer-aided software engineering) repository and interactive development environment for software development. Both were sold to LBMS, Inc. in the UK. Beyond this, he has been CIO/CTO at Atlanta-based companies including AMTEC, H.J. Russell & Company and Parkmobile, when it introduced its first mobile app.

Dr. Welke has been a professor or visiting professor at McMaster University (Hamilton/ON, CA), Erasmus University (NL), Delft University (NL), and Auckland University (NZ), among others, over the past 50 years of his academic career.

At Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Dr. Welke led the Department of Computer Information Systems (CIS) to national prominence, started a number of centers and institutes within the college including the e-Commerce Institute, Center for Process Innovation and now the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute. He initiated the business process management stream offered by the CIS Department along with other major modifications to its course offerings.

Outside the Robinson College of Business, Dr. Welke served as interim CIO for Law Companies Group, Inc. (the largest engineering and environmental services company in the U.S., now part of AMEC-Foster-Wheeler). He also co-founded Brainworks and AppsNmotion.

Dr. Welke received his Ph.D. in management systems from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management, his MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his B.S.E. from the University of Michigan.

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Andrew Hamilton / Parkmobile
CTO

Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in Software Engineering and Executive Management most recently as CTO for Cardlytics, the leader in Transaction Based Marketing. He began his technology career as a Research Developer with IBM in 1988, progressing to the role of Senior Architect working on government and corporate projects in the USA, New Zealand and the UK. Andrew left IBM to join promising start-up WebMD. Andrew was WebMD’s Technical Director responsible for managing the development of the flagship consumer page content management and news syndication.

On a personal level he lives in Buckhead and is married to his beloved wife of 15 years and has 2 wonderful children.

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