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LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Rachael Boomershine, Ameris Bank

August 11, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Rachael Boomershine, Ameris Bank

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 490)

Rachael Boomershine, HR Business Partner Manager at Ameris Bank, joined John Ray LIVE at SOAHR 2022 to chat. They talked about Ameris Bank, Rachael’s role at the company, her experience at SOAHR 2022, and more.

This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Ameris Bank

At Ameris Bank, their bankers are empowered at the local level to make decisions, so you don’t have to jump through hurdles or endure endless red tape. This empowerment, combined with their strength, means that they can get things done right.

In person, on the phone, or on a screen, they provide seamless — and personalized — interactions so you can choose how, when and where you interact with Ameris.

From corporate banking to personal finances, they treat every deal and every account like it’s the most important. At Ameris Bank, you’re a priority, not a number.

Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Rachael Boomershine, SHRM-CP, HR Business Partner Manager, Ameris Bank

Rachael Boomershine is HR Business Partner Manager at Ameris Bank. She manages the HR Business Partner team. Rachael has been a member of SHRM-Atlanta for ten years.

She has a degree in Human Resources Management from Auburn University.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

About Ameris Bank
Rachael’s role at Ameris
Rachael’s experience with SHRM-Atlanta

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Workplace MVP LIVE from SHRM 2022: Shari Arends, Rollout Systems

August 10, 2022 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Studio

Workplace MVP LIVE from SHRM 2022: Shari Arends, Rollout Systems

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Workplace MVP LIVE from SHRM 2022: Shari Arends, Rollout Systems

At her third SHRM conference, Shari Arends visited with Jamie Gassmann in the R3 Continuum booth. Shari is Human Resources Manager for Rollout Systems and has been in HR for seven years. She talked with Jamie about her journey in HR and her passion for it, her work with SHRM, the sessions she attended, and much more.

Workplace MVP is underwritten and presented by R3 Continuum and produced by the Minneapolis-St.Paul Studio of Business RadioX®.

This show was originally broadcast live from the 2022 SHRM Annual Conference held at the New Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Shari Arends, SHRM-CP, aPHR, Human Resources Manager, Rollout Systems

Shari Arends is the Human Resources Manager at Rollout Systems. She has been involved with HR for seven years.

Currently, she sits on the board of the Human Resource Association of Southern Maryland (HRASM), her local Chapter which is an affiliate of SHRM, and the MD SHRM board as the MD State HR Conference Committee Chair.

She volunteers at her church, the local rescue squad as a fundraiser, and manages the squad store.

Rollout Systems

Rollout Systems is a California, Maryland-based, highly regarded information technology and training solutions provider specializing in Cyber Security, Application Development, Network Operations, Cloud Services, and Mission-Focused Training Support. Rollout Systems is an agile government technical services provider; delivering cost-effective solutions in rapidly changing technology and warfare landscapes.

They continue to provide innovations through in-depth experience in global and complex enterprise environments and their mission-critical technical capabilities.

Founded in 2001, Rollout Systems has operating offices nationwide (Northern VA, San Diego CA, PAX River MD) with approximately 65 employees throughout the U.S.

Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

About Workplace MVP

Every day, around the world, organizations of all sizes face disruptive events and situations. Within those workplaces are everyday heroes in human resources, risk management, security, business continuity, and the C-suite. They don’t call themselves heroes though. On the contrary, they simply show up every day, laboring for the well-being of employees in their care, readying the workplace for and planning responses to disruption. This show, Workplace MVP, confers on these heroes the designation they deserve, Workplace MVP (Most Valuable Professionals), and gives them the forum to tell their story. As you hear their experiences, you will learn first-hand, real-life approaches to readying the workplace, responses to crisis situations, and overcoming challenges of disruption. Visit our show archive here.

Workplace MVP Host Jamie Gassmann

**Jamie Gassmann, Host, “Workplace MVP”**

In addition to serving as the host to the Workplace MVP podcast, Jamie Gassmann is the Director of Marketing at R3 Continuum (R3c). Collectively, she has more than fourteen years of marketing experience. Across her tenure, she has experience working in and with various industries including banking, real estate, retail, crisis management, insurance, business continuity, and more. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communications with special interest in Advertising and Public Relations and a Master of Business Administration from Paseka School of Business, Minnesota State University.

R3 Continuum

R3 Continuum is a global leader in workplace behavioral health and security solutions. R3c helps ensure the psychological and physical safety of organizations and their people in today’s ever-changing and often unpredictable world. Through their continuum of tailored solutions, including evaluations, crisis response, executive optimization, protective services, and more, they help organizations maintain and cultivate a workplace of wellbeing so that their people can thrive. Learn more about R3c at www.r3c.com.

Company website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter

TRANSCRIPT

Intro: [00:00:02] Broadcasting live from SHRM 2022 at the New Orleans Convention Center, it’s time for Workplace MVP. Brought to you by R3 continuum, a global leader in helping workplaces thrive during disruptive times. Now, here’s your host.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:00:19] Hi, everyone. Your host, Jamie Gassmann here, coming to you from SHRM 2022’s Exhibit Hall and I am in R3 Continuum, our show sponsor’s booth. And joining me is Shari Arends from Rollout Systems. Welcome to the show, Shari.

Shari Arends: [00:00:35] Hi. Thank you. It’s good to be here.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:00:37] So, tell me a little bit about your background in getting into H.R. and a little bit about Rollout Systems, the company that you work for.

Shari Arends: [00:00:46] So, I’ve been in H.R. for a little over seven years. My husband was about to retire from the Navy and I was a stay-at-home mom and it was like, “Okay, it’s time to do something else now. Time to go back to work.” And kids were in school full day, and a friend of mine worked for a company that was looking for an H.R. generalist. So I got talking with her and she became my mentor and the company hired me on and I’ve been with them since, Rollout Systems, a government contractor. We have 66 employees today working in seven states.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:01:17] Wow! That’s an interesting story because I can totally relate. I grew up an Army brat and so my mom was that stay-at-home Army mom and, and then went into banking. You know, my dad wasn’t retired, but went into banking when we got into grade school. So, that’s very interesting. So, now you’re here at SHRM. So, is this your first time coming to the conference or is this – have you come multiple times or?

Shari Arends: [00:01:39] This is my third conference. I went last year, we were in Vegas, it was just in September. And then, a few years ago we had the conference in D.C. So that was my first time. That one was overwhelming. You’ve got to experience it once, just like eyes open, deer in headlights, kind of like, wow.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:01:53] Yeah.

Shari Arends: [00:01:55] It’s huge with just thousands of people and hundreds of exhibitors and all of these things to learn. And so, being here now, it’s like, okay, they have the app that makes it a lot easier. You walk around, you meet people. I’ve connected with people from my home state here that I’ve never met before and met people from all over the country.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:02:16] Yeah. And you’re really involved in SHRM if you wear several hats within the SHRM community. So, tell me a little bit about some of the different things that you’re involved with and that you do for the organization.

Shari Arends: [00:02:29] So, I work with my local chapter in Southern Maryland, Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert County. We’re in a group called HRASM. It’s a lovely acronym, Human Resource Association of Southern Maryland. And I am the membership director with them. I sit on the board. So, I help, you know, drag in people to come and and sit with us and hang out with us and learn and network. And we recently had a conference too for that, so that was awesome. And then, I also work with the State Council as the chairman for the state conference for Maryland SHRM.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:03:04] You seem very busy in that SHRM kind of H.R. space, which is great.

Shari Arends: [00:03:08] I do, yeah. It’s a lot of fun. I get to work with amazing people from all over the state and we put on a great conference in October, so really looking forward to it.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:03:20] So now, obviously, at SHRM, there’s like so many different types of sessions, lots of different topics in between benefits and FMLA and DE&I and mental health. So, what are some of the challenges that you’re here to learn more about for your organization?

Shari Arends: [00:03:38] So, I sat through earlier today a really good conversation on influence, how to speak and how to direct the conversation to focus on the positives rather than the negatives. You can do anything from choosing a new platform service, you know, to having communication with an employee who may be not doing so well in their work. You know, why? Why are they – why is it that way? Have conversations, dig deeper and show empathy. And so, a lot of things that we do, my company right now, is mostly remote. So then, there’s engagement, keeping people engaged, keeping people involved, keeping them connected, not just to us but to one another with their teams when they’re working from home in various locations.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:04:28] That remote work, you know, making sure they’re coming into a meeting on your Zoom call and prepared and productive.

Shari Arends: [00:04:34] Yes, absolutely.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:04:36] So along with influence, are there other areas that you’re exploring here at the show? Because there’s so much.

Shari Arends: [00:04:44] Yeah. So, I have several different types of sessions that I’ve selected to attend, and it’s everything from FMLA to, you know, communicating better and trying not to be too dry, but, you know, following the laws, right? You gotta follow the laws.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:05:07] Yeah. Well, and they keep changing over the last three years.

Shari Arends: [00:05:07] It’s important, right?

Jamie Gassmann: [00:05:07] Yeah.

Shari Arends: [00:05:08] There’s a special session just for California employees, which we have. And so, you know, it’s just important to keep up to date on all of those things. And with employees living and working in eight states total but contracts in seven states, it’s a lot to keep track of. It’s a lot to manage. It’s a lot to do. But I love it. Yes, it’s a great work every day. And then, my volunteer work on top of that, it’s just – it’s very satisfying.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:05:37] Yeah. You find your passion and work. Yeah.

Shari Arends: [00:05:39] Yeah, yeah.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:05:39] Very cool.

Shari Arends: [00:05:40] One of my swag badges says I heart H.R.

Jamie Gassmann: [00:05:43] Love it. Yeah. That’s awesome. You know, it’s a great badge to have it sounds like. And we’re so excited that you joined us on the show today and shared your expertise and your background and what you’re excited for here at the show and all that great involvement that you do. Thanks for joining us.

Shari Arends: [00:05:58] Thank you. I appreciate being here.

Outro: [00:06:04] Thank you for joining us on Workplace MVP. R3 Continuum is a proud sponsor of this show and is delighted to celebrate most valuable professionals who work diligently to secure safe workplaces where employees can thrive.

Felix Soto and Mariana Gattegno, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

August 10, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Felix Soto and Mariana Gattegno, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 489)

Felix Soto, CFO, and Mariana Gattegno, Director, Quality and Patient Safety with Wellstar North Fulton Hospital joined the show to celebrate the achievement of the Oglethorpe Award earned by the hospital. Mariana explained the years of work, the intense application process, and the verification process that took place during the height of the pandemic. Felix discussed the elements that comprise the award, from processes to employee practices, to patient safety. The award is a hard-won achievement given to only a few organizations in the state of Georgia yearly. Congratulations Wellstar North Fulton!

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

Felix Soto is Chief Financial Officer at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital. Mariana Gattegno is the Director of Quality and Patient Safety at the Hospital.

Equipped with the latest technology and medical expertise, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital is committed to delivering quality, personalized care, tailored to you.

From their convenient Roswell location, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital offers the most advanced stroke care and leading therapies, specializing in complicated and complex cases. Count on their dedicated neuro team, state-of-the-art imaging technologies, and neuro-trained intensive care unit (ICU), to treat all types of strokes, including ischemic strokes, intracerebral hemorrhages, and subarachnoid hemorrhages.

Wellstar North Fulton’s team of neurosurgeons, neurocritical care physicians, and neuroradiologists perform thrombectomies, aneurysm treatments and cerebral bypass procedures. In addition, our dedicated hybrid neurovascular suite is equipped with innovative bi-plane technology. This allows neurosurgeons to view highly detailed images of brain vessels, so our experts can customize treatments in real-time. That means you don’t have to go far for expert stroke treatment.

From diagnostic testing to life-saving emergency care to physical rehabilitation, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital provides comprehensive stroke care so you can get back to life, faster.

Company Website | Facebook | Twitter | Felix Soto LinkedIn | Mariana Gattegno LinkedIn

The Georgia Oglethorpe Award

Due to its high standard for excellence, the Georgia Oglethorpe Award represents one of the most significant levels of recognition an organization can receive. Recipients of the Georgia Oglethorpe Award are examples for excellence for other organizations. This award is presented after a rigorous evaluation to recognize organizations that have achieved management and operations performance excellence. The examination process consists of an Organizational Profile and a formal 50-page application responding to the Sterling Criteria for Performance Excellence. A formal external assessment consists of off-site and on-site assessment of how well an organization’s processes are defined, aligned, deployed, evaluated, and improved.

Only 89 organizations have earned awards since 1992 from the Florida Sterling Council—the organization that administers the Georgia Oglethorpe Award. The awards are “presented annually to high performing, role-model organizations, both private and public, that demonstrate superior management approaches and role model results,” according to the Florida Sterling Council.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

I hear you won a big award recently. What exactly is the Sterling Oglethorpe Quality award and what is it given for?
What was the evaluation process like and how long did it take?
Why is it important for the community to know the hospital won this prestigious award?
How many hospitals in Georgia won it for 2022?
How exclusive is this award?
Why should people choose Wellstar North Fulton for care?

LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Sofia Sharpe, Sofia Sharpe Studios

August 9, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Sofia Sharpe, Sofia Sharpe Studios

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LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Sofia Sharpe, Sofia Sharpe Studios (Organization Conversation, Episode 31)

Sofia Sharpe, of Sofia Sharpe Studios, is from Oakland California and was attending her second HAVEN Conference. She joined host Richard Grove LIVE from HAVEN 2022 to discuss her work. Sophia creates wire jewelry, murals, installation art, DIY projects and more. She and Richard talked about how she got started, her HAVEN experience, her DIY projects, organization, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from the 2022 HAVEN Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.

Organization Conversation is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Sofia Sharpe, Artist, Sofia Sharpe Studios

Sofia Sharpe is a multi-disciplinary artist specializing in mural painting, stop-motion-animation, jewelry making, installation art, and DIY.

Her DIY journey began as a child helping her Dad remodel the family home and learning his trade as a full time blacksmith.

For the past 10 years Sofia has been applying her DIY skills to her small 900 square foot home, a California Bungalow, built in 1919. Some of these projects have included:

Renovating the second bedroom
Designing a full bathroom remodel and the backyard deck
Building a wrap-around outdoor couch and lounge
Grinding a new garage floor surface
Many gardening projects!

In addition to her art practice and DIY life, Sofia is a full-time art teacher. She received her MFA in visual arts from Mills College and studied fine arts at the Universitat de Barcelona.

Website | Instagram

About Organization Conversation

Organization Conversation is hosted by Richard Grove and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

About Richard Grove

Richard Grove, Host, *Organization Conversation*

Richard Grove‘s background is in engineering but what he enjoys most is brand building through relationships and creative marketing. Richard began his career with the Department of Defense as an engineer on the C-5 Galaxy Engineering Team based out of Warner Robins. While Richard found this experience both rewarding and fulfilling, he always knew deep down that he wanted to return to the small family business that originally triggered his interest in engineering.

Richard came to work for the family business, Dekalb Tool & Die, in 2008 as a Mechanical Engineer. At the time Wall Control was little more than a small ‘side hustle’ for Dekalb Tool & Die to try to produce some incremental income. There were no “Wall Control” employees, just a small warehouse with a single tool and die maker that would double as an “order fulfillment associate” on the occasion that the original WallControl.com website, which Richard’s grandmother built, pulled in an order.

In 2008, it became apparent that for the family business to survive they were going to have to produce their own branded product at scale to ensure jobs remained in-house and for the business to continue to move forward. Richard then turned his attention from tool and die to Wall Control to attempt this necessary pivot and his story with Wall Control began. Since that time, Richard has led Wall Control to significant growth while navigating two recessions.

Connect with Richard:

Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

About Wall Control

The Wall Control story began in 1968 in a small tool & die shop just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The first of three generations began their work in building a family-based US manufacturer with little more than hard work and the American Dream.

Over the past 50+ years, this family business has continued to grow and expand from what was once a small tool & die shop into an award-winning US manufacturer of products ranging from automobile components to satellite panels and now, the best wall-mounted tool storage system available today, Wall Control.

The Wall Control brand launched in 2003 and is a family-owned and operated business that not only produces a high-quality American Made product but sees the entire design, production, and distribution process happen under their own roof in Tucker, Georgia. Under that same roof, three generations of American Manufacturing are still hard at work creating the best tool storage products available today.

Connect with Wall Control:

Company website | Facebook | Instagram

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Cynthia Thompson, HR Professionals Magazine

August 9, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Cynthia Thompson, HR Professionals Magazine

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 488)

Cynthia Thompson, Editor and Publisher of HR Professionals Magazine, joined host John Ray live at SOAHR 2022. Cynthia discussed the wide range of topics her publication covers for HR professionals, including compensation, training, payroll, employment law, recruiting, and talent management. The magazine is distributed to HR professionals in nine states in the Southeast U.S. and has 23,000 digital subscribers and 40,000 readers. Cynthia also discussed why she started the publication, the webinar series offered every Thursday which provides credits for certified HR professionals, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

HR Professionals Magazine

HR Professionals Magazine is a regional HR trade publication distributed to SHRM members and HR professionals in nine Southeastern states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The mission of the publication is to inform and educate HR professionals.

HR Professionals Magazine is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.

Website | Facebook

Cynthia Y. Thompson, MBA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Editor and Publisher, HR Professionals Magazine

Cynthia Y. Thompson, MBA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is the Principal and Founder of The Thompson HR Firm LLC, a human resources consulting firm in Memphis, TN. The Firm is an HRCI and SHRM-approved provider specializing in HR strategic leadership. Cynthia is also Publisher and Editor of HR Professionals Magazine, a regional HR trade publication distributed to SHRM members and HR professionals in nine Southeastern states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The mission of the publication is to inform and educate HR professionals.

Thompson is a senior human resources executive with more than twenty years of senior human resources experience concentrated in publicly traded companies. She has an MBA and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by SHRM and HRCI. Cynthia received the Human Resources Management Professional Excellence Award presented by the Tennessee SHRM State Council in 2002. She served as President of SHRM-Memphis in 2006 and founded the SHRM-Memphis Executive Roundtable. Cynthia was the recipient of the SHRM-Memphis HR Executive of the Year in 2018 and received the HR Lifetime Achievement Award from SHRM-Memphis in 2019.

She is a member of the faculty at Christian Brothers University in Memphis and teaches Human Resource Management. She also teaches online certification exam prep classes for SHRM and HRCI. She is a frequent speaker on HR leadership at SHRM conferences and HR events.

Cynthia Thompson LinkedIn

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

HR Professionals Magazine and its reach
How Cynthia started the magazine
Essential topics it covers
Educational programs

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Charity Worthy-Dargan and Kinsee Owens, Genuine Parts Company

August 8, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Charity Worthy-Dargan and Kinsee Owens, Genuine Parts Company

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 487)

Charity Worthy-Dargan and Kinsee Owens, both with Genuine Parts Company, joined host John Ray on this episode of North Fulton Business Radio LIVE from SOAHR 2022. Charity and Kinsee shared their journeys to HR, a bit about Genuine Parts, including career opportunities with this Fortune 500 company, their experiences with SHRM-Atlanta, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Genuine Parts Company

Genuine Parts Company, founded in 1928, is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. The Company serves hundreds of thousands of customers from a network of more than 10,000 locations across North America, Europe, and Australasia and has approximately 53,000 employees.

The Automotive Parts Group distributes automotive replacement parts, accessories and service items across North America, Europe, and Australasia.

The Industrial Parts Group is represented by Motion Industries in North America and Mi Asia Pac in Australasia.

In 1928, Carlyle Fraser founded GPC with the purchase of Motor Parts Depot in Atlanta, Georgia for $40,000. He then renamed the parts store Genuine Parts Company. The original GPC store had annual sales of $75,000 and had only six employees. In relationship with NAPA, GPC grew its automotive business to become the largest automotive aftermarket network across the globe.

From the beginning, GPC has focused on providing its customers with quality products and swift, reliable service. The Company has grown organically and through acquisitions, including the addition of Motion Industries, a leading industrial distributor, in 1976. Today, Genuine Parts Company is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts with approximately 50,000 employees and over 10,000 operations in 15 countries across North America, Europe and Australasia.

Website | LinkedIn

Charity Worthy-Dargan, PHR, Regional Human Resources Business Partner, Genuine Parts Company

Charity Worthy-Dargan is Regional Human Resources Business Partner for Genuine Parts Company. She joined the company in 2015.

Charity holds a Masters in Human Resource Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. She lives in Atlanta.

Kinsee Owens, SHRM-CP, PHR, MBA,

Kinsee Owens is Corporate Director of Human Resources for Genuine Parts Company.

Kinsee has an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and has been a committed leader in Human Resources for two decades.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

About Genuine Parts
Charity and Kinsee’s HR journeys
Their involvement in SHRM-Atlanta
Opportunities at Genuine Parts Company

Daniel Larson, Kyros

August 8, 2022 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Daniel Larson, Kyros

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Daniel Larson, Kyros (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 39)

CEO and Founder Daniel Larson created Kyros to help people suffering from addiction connect with the resources they need for recovery. On this episode of Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Daniel joined host John Ray and discussed how his own journey with substance abuse informs his work, the importance of technology in addressing the opioid epidemic, how Kairos is working to improve access to care, and much more.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

Kyros

The goal of Kyros is to remove barriers along the recovery pathway for clients, providers, and organizations alike to facilitate a simplified approach to drug rehabilitation with one platform.

They know the treatment industry is messy and confusing, they’ve experienced it. This is the impetus to create the Kyros platform. It gathers resources in one place, allowing clients easy access through a self-serve menu, and providers a simplified approach to processing client information.

Kyros gives the client access to progress monitoring, rewards, and tracking. They can measure progress and begin to truly develop new lifestyles in their long-term recovery.

For providers, Kyros values quality over quantity. Work when you want, and as much as you want and track your impact on clients as you work alongside them.

For organizations, the platform was created to help simplify processing on all levels through functions aiding in proper workforce management, and automated billing.

Company website | LinkedIn | Faceb00k

Daniel Larson CEO and Founder, Kyros

Daniel Larson is an entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in technology and labor market solutions. In previous roles at SHI One Platform and Field Nation, where he served as Program Manager and Director of Strategic Business Development respectively, Daniel successfully built two nine-figure revenue programs from the ground up, resulting in eight-figure revenue streams for each company during his tenure.

This year he launched Kyros, the first of its kind digital platform for recovery services, which harnesses the power of technology to connect and empower clients, providers, and organizations. Daniel is two years into his recovery and developed Kyros after encountering obstacles on his own journey with substance use disorder. The company’s mission, to increase positive outcomes for the millions of Americans managing their own recovery, is already proving itself by seeing 90% percent growth quarter over quarter since launching.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Can you tell us more about Kyros?
What motivated you to start Kyros?
How can it help people that are undergoing recovery?
What services do you provide for organizations and specialists dedicating their time to helping people manage their recovery?
How can people undergoing recovery start using the platform?
How can organizations and specialists start using Kyros?

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Quick Tips for Time Well Spent: Focus on the Bigger Picture

August 8, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

Quick Tips for Time Well Spent: Focus on the Bigger Picture

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Quick Tips for Time Well Spent: Focus on the Bigger Picture

In this Quick Tips for Time Well Spent, host Julie Hullett discussed how to focus on the bigger picture of your priorities when managing all the tasks of daily life.

Julie’s commentary was taken from this episode of Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett.

Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett is presented by Julie Hullett Concierge, LLC and produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®.

About Time Well Spent

Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett features stories from busy professionals who have created more time to do what they love. Every other week, your host and personal concierge Julie Hullett speaks with entrepreneurs, community leaders, and influencers to answer the question: What would you do if you had more time?

The show is produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® and can be found on all the major podcast apps. The complete show archive is here.

Julie Hullett, Host of Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett

Julie Hullet, Host of *Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett*

Julie Hullett is the host of Time Well Spent with Julie Hullett.

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LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Stephanie Cantillo, ThreePoint Consulting and SHRM-Atlanta

August 5, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Stephanie Cantillo, ThreePoint Consulting and SHRM-Atlanta

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Stephanie Cantillo, an HR Professional and consultant at ThreePoint Consulting, is the 2023 President-Elect for SHRM-Atlanta. She joined host John Ray during SOAHR 2022 to discuss her history with SHRM-Atlanta, her work at ThreePoint Consulting, highlights of SOAHR 2022, looking ahead to 2023, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

**Stephanie Cantillo, President-Elect, SHRM-Atlanta, and Consultant, ThreePoint Consulting**

Stephanie is a collaborative and solutions-focused HR leader with sixteen years of experience in Hospitality, Education, and the Non-Profit sector. With a strong background in Operational Excellence, she is recognized for her ability to streamline and improve processes while driving positive organizational change. Stephanie strives to influence, lead, and deliver exceptional results in Talent Management, Leadership Development, and Continuous Improvement.

Stephanie has held roles including Chief Human Resources Officer, and Human Resources Manager in Education, and Non-Profit organizations. In her most recent role as CHRO at Pace Academy, she provided leadership in developing and executing human resource strategy that supported a progressive K-12 independent school with approximately 300 full and part-time employees. In addition to compensation, Stephanie spent much of her time focusing on issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within her school communities.

Stephanie is very involved with the HR and Atlanta business communities at large, with over seven years of volunteer leadership experience with SHRM’s Atlanta Chapter. Her leadership roles have included New Member Orientation Chair, EVP of Special Programs, and now President-Elect for 2022. She loves giving back and received the chapter’s Exemplary Volunteer Award in 2018, 2020, and 2021.

Stephanie served on the NBOA HR Council and has spoken at several conferences including SAIS and MISBO, as well as Teacher of Color Recruiting Fair. In addition, she has led HR training for the National Guard and Volunteer Leadership training for Junior League of Atlanta.

Born in Colombia, South America and raised in New England, Stephanie has lived in Atlanta since 2006. She is a graduate from Florida State University, where she double majored in Multinational Business Operations and Hospitality Administration. Stephanie earned her PHR certification in 2019 and her areas of expertise include: employee relations, recruiting, compensation, benefits administration, compliance, and payroll. Her professional experience also includes time at The Atlanta Opera and Four Seasons Hotels.

Others describe Stephanie as friendly, curious, and outgoing. Stephanie builds meaningful relationships through credibility, energy, and trust. In her free time, Stephanie enjoys spending time with her family, horseback riding, and being in nature. Stephanie’s son, Sebastian, is entering his last year of middle school, and her husband, Thomas, is a private chef, pastry chef, and chocolatier.

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SHRM-Atlanta is one of the largest chapters of SHRM and shares its purpose of elevating the HR profession. As a leader in the Atlanta metro business community, SHRM-Atlanta strives to be the premier resource for those working in and supporting the human resource function. SHRM-Atlanta’s predominant goal is to be the voice of HR in metro Atlanta and be the first contact for those seeking information and solutions.

This will be achieved through the growth and diversity of members, education, and delivery of content, and by strengthening partnerships with organizations that share its vision.

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