Dr. Kimberly Birds/Creekland Middle School
Creekland Middle School is located in the Gwinnett County Public School system. It is a school that serves a very diverse community and roughly about 2000 students, grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. They focus on teaching and learning by serving their students through quality education and focusing on reaching the total child. At Creekland Middle School they seek to do this with Every Child, Every Classroom, and Every Day.
Wayne Hauenstein/Learning Curve Consultants
Learning Curve Consultants® was founded in 2012 on the premise that, in order for an organization to be successful, it must have a skilled workforce. It is, therefore, the responsibility of both an employee and their manager to identify developmental needs and opportunities. That’s where Learning Curve Consultants® come in…
The focus of Learning Curve Consultants® is to partner with organizations to understand business needs and identify ways to make skill set development and improvement a part of their fabric. Learning Curve Consultants® is committed to identifying needs, uncovering gaps and making recommendations, taking appropriate action and assessing an initiative’s impact. Self-improvement is a team effort and a continuous process, not a one-time event.
Brian Whelan/Atlantic Capital Bank
Atlantic Capital is a $2.8 Billion Bank focused on serving locally owned, middle market companies in metro Atlanta, throughout GA and southeast TN. A true business to business bank, the company started in 2007 by raising $125 million in capital, the largest capital raise for a de novo bank in the country. Due to several acquisitions, ACB Leadership sought to fill the void for a home town business bank, with local owners and local decisions. In addition to serving locally owned commercial businesses, ACB has several specialty business areas including a national SBA program, Franchise Finance, Payments, Non-Profit, Private Equity, Private Banking, Mortgage and Treasury Management.
Amici Pizza & Wings Gainesville
Experience what the city of Gainesville and the square have to offer! The Chicopee Mill area also offers many activities. Right across the street from Amici are Chicopee Woods Park, Golf Course, Mountain Bike Trails, Elachee Nature Science Center and the new Highlands To Islands Trail…. Also Left Nut Brewing Company is only 1 mile away. There is always something goin’ on at Amici!
Hosted by Scott Henrichsen, the President of the Atlanta Gladiators’ ECHL hockey team, “Power Play” introduces you to the team’s sponsors and partners, while sharing much of the team’s exciting news and promotions throughout the upcoming season. The show airs live at 1:00 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month during the 2018-19 season.
Melissa Gunderson/Morsels by Melissa
Melissa Gunderson, Chef and Owner of Morsels by Melissa, moved her company to Atlanta in 1999. She provides expertise to her clientele in the planning and implementation of corporate and private parties and events, wedding receptions, and intimate dinners with full range menu items including specialty cakes and sweets. Allow Melissa to design and fulfill all aspects of your next event.
Some of the finest caterers in New York – including Abigail Kirsch, Karen Lee, Taste and Robins Wolfe – helped to carefully train Melissa in her craft. She served as a Private Chef for Four Star Chef Works and The Pavilion Agency. She’s also been Party Chef and Event Coordinator for Bold American Food Company, and Proof of the Pudding in Atlanta, GA.
Bill Schindler/Hyperbaric PHP
Bill is a dynamic speaker who shares his experience and knowledge to educate groups and individuals across the country regarding the potential benefit of increasing oxygen to the body at the cellular level through the utilization of mild HYPERBARIC Therapy (mHBT), portable mild Hyperbaric Chambers . He presents at seminars, conventions and functions from those involving former, current and future professional athletes, trainers and sports health care providers to individuals interested in improving or maintaining their health, anti-ageing and those with specific diseases and conditions. Bill works with more professional athletes from a variety of sports than anyone else in the country and integrates the relationships he builds to bringing attention to his passion… working with adults and children with “special needs”. Bill started one of the first mHBT clinics in the country over 18 years ago and is now working with many of today’s leading doctors.
At Hyperbaric PHP, they believe in making hyperbaric therapy accessible to those who can benefit from increased oxygen as part of an affordable personal health and wellness program. Due to major advances in the science and technology of hyperbaric chambers, they can offer this treatment in their clinic at a reasonable cost.
Marsha Anderson Bomar/Gateway85 CID
The CID is a special benefit district that works to increase property values, promote economic development and improve the overall quality of life in the southwest portion of Gwinnett County, including portions of Norcross and Peachtree Corners.
The Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID) is the largest single CID in the state of Georgia. They are a public-private partnership funded by commercial property owners in the 14-square mile area spanning the I-85 corridor in southwest Gwinnett County. Formed in 2005, the formerly named Gwinnett Village CID represents more than 550 owners, accounting for more than $1 billion in commercial property value. Three thousand six hundred businesses employ almost 40,000 workers within the CID, making the district one of metro Atlanta’s most important employment centers.
Gateway85 is the threshold between the city of Atlanta and its largest suburban county, Gwinnett. They work to increase commercial property values in the district by promoting redevelopment and new business, investing in infrastructure improvements that enable safe travel by bike or on foot, enhancing public safety with sidewalks and crosswalks, and creating an attractive roadside landscape that makes traveling, living and working in our district a pleasure.
In part 2 of the Innovation discussion Ben and Duffie are joined by Roger Spoelman SVP, Strategic and Operational Integration, Trinity health, CEO Mercy Health, and interim CEO Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. (Roger is Ben’s executive coach). In part 1 of this 2-part Innovation series, Roger can be seen in the Mercy Health video explaining why all great transformations have necessitated innovation. Under his leadership, the Innovation Hub was born as a renaissance zone for Trinity Health, and the Innovative Primary Clinic was born based upon the innovation thinking and application of human centered design by the Innovation Hub team.
In part 2 we pick up where we left off discussing how success is truly on the far side of failure. Roger shares how the innovation process encourages people to think outside of the box to achieve break-throughs. How appropriately messy the process can be, and how it is essential to any organization positioning themselves for the future.
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About SOAR Vision Group
The SOAR Vision Group mission is to: Align People with Purpose to Achieve Exceptional Results. SOAR provides best practice strategy execution, business process optimization services, and a structured organizational development approach for organizations to effectively implement the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. For more information, contact SOAR Vision Group at (888) 294-3303 or visit soarvisiongroup.com.
About the Baldrige Foundation
The mission of the Baldrige Foundation is to ensure the long-term financial growth and viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and to support organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is presented annually by the United States President to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. For more information, contact the Baldrige Foundation at (202) 559-9195 or visit baldrigefoundation.org.
Anita Davis/Business2Banker Connection
Business2Banker Connection is a funding strategy consulting firm. They Educate | Rehabilitate | Navigate & Matchmake clients into safe funding solutions with safe partners. Using twenty plus years in banking and lending experience the firm knows the Inside Scoop on Funding options and resources.
Anita Davis has said too many companies are declined for Access to Capital because they simply don’t understand how to properly position themselves for a funding solution. The second reasons they are not successful is they don’t realize that every source has different risk criteria. There needs to be a match between the customer and the source.
Melanie Brown/Seacoast Commerce Bank
Seacoast Commerce Bank is a $1 Billion-dollar boutique National SBA lending institution out of San Diego CA. The company is currently #15 out of 3,000 participating SBA lending banks in the US funding over $276 million as of FYE 2017 and is on track to exceed that amount in 2018. They have loan officers in multiple states across the country and Melanie Brown is the first hire east of the Mississippi River, having joined the bank in September 2018.
David Wilkins/Sterling Rose Consulting Corp
Dave Wilkins has over 30 years experience working for companies such as E&Y, Whitridge Associates, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM in business and technology management and consulting. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp and the Business Unit Manager for the Business Technology Division of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Originally from Michigan, he has a BBA and MBA from the University of Michigan, and he has been a resident of Gwinnett County, GA for over 20 years. In his 30 years in business and technology, he has worked with clients in multiple business sectors including finance, manufacturing, energy, healthcare and government, among others.
About “Strategic Insights Radio”:
“Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategic_radio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.
Marc Bell/Tavern 53
More than just restaurant. Tavern 53 is a Destination! Offering great good, entertainment, and incredible friendly service! The best small music venue with food worthy of Paula Dean! Tavern 53’s culinary staff is specialized in fine dining, southern style dishes, and is lead by a 20+ year Soul Food Chef, that is eager to excite your pallet!
