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Malinda Foster with Courtyard by Marriott Mall of Georgia and Steve Kendrick with Infiniti of Gwinnett

December 19, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Malinda Foster with Courtyard by Marriott Mall of Georgia and Steve Kendrick with Infiniti of Gwinnett

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Mike Sammond, Malinda Foster, Steve kendrick — Mike Sammond, Malinda Foster, Steve Kendrick

Malinda Foster/Courtyard by Marriott Mall of Georgia

The Courtyard by Marriott Mall of Georgia is an award-winning hotel located in Buford, GA. Host hotel to the Gwinnett Braves, this Marriott hotel offers corporate and leisure travelers a place to call home while in the area. The hotel offers guests an exceptional facility, convenient location and outstanding customer service.

The Courtyard by Marriott Mall of Georgia is owned and operated by Hotel Equities which is a full-service hotel development and management company with headquarters in Atlanta. Hotel Equities collaborates with hotel brand representatives, institutional investors, high net-worth individuals and joint venture partners to build and grow world-class hotels. Visit our website at www.hotelequities.com for more information.

Steve Kendrick/Infiniti of Gwinnett

A new car is where need meets desire. Anything that runs can get you from Point A to Point B. But you’re not just anyone and you don’t want just anything. That’s where they come in at Infiniti of Gwinnett. The expert sales staff at ttheir Atlanta Infiniti dealership will help you pick the new car, truck or SUV with the options, and at the price, that make this vehicle right for you. Treating you with courtesy and ensuring your satisfaction is important at Infiniti of Gwinnett. With a large inventory and competitive prices, they’re confident that they can meet your automotive needs and desires. They welcome the opportunity to add you to the long list of satisfied customers who’ve shopped at the Infiniti dealer in Duluth, GA.

Joseph LaRocco with Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration

December 18, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Joseph LaRocco with Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration

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Joseph LaRocco/Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration

Eagle Carpet Care is a second generation, family owned business started in 1985. They proudly serve the metro Atlanta and North Georgia areas including Alpharetta, Athens, Buford, Cumming, Johns Creek, Lawrenceville, Gainesville and everywhere in between.

Eagle Carpet Care uses only truck mounted hot water extraction, often referred to as “steam cleaning”. They clean tile and grout, air ducts, upholstery and oriental rugs. They also offer carpet repair including stretching, patches and re-seaming. For life’s scary moments, Eagle Carpet Care’s Restoration Division is just a phone call away to clean up water damage, fire damage, mold clean up, flood damage and bio-hazard or trauma situations. They offer fee estimates and same day service.

The mission of Eagle Carpet Care is to set the industry standard for quality cleaning, employee training, and customer satisfaction, while maintaining environmentally sound business practices and a community focused work ethic.

Tary Drouault with Keller Williams Realty, Neil Scott-Barbour with The British Voice Talent and Shaun Boyce with Ankle Biters Tennis

December 17, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tary Drouault with Keller Williams Realty, Neil Scott-Barbour with The British Voice Talent and Shaun Boyce with Ankle Biters Tennis

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Mike Sammond, Tary Drouault, Neil Scott-Barbour, Shaun Boyce

Tary Drouault/Keller Williams Realty

A top agent in Georgia with over 20 years experience, Tary Drouault is with Keller Williams Realty. Since becoming a Realtor in 1990, helping others create wealth through real estate and turning houses into homes has been her passion! One of the marks of a great agent is their past success. It’s not enough to just have special awards – although she has many. The real measure of a great agent is how many past clients they have successfully helped purchase and/or sell a home… and she has helped hundreds! Picking the right agent to represent you can be the difference between getting what you want or not. Call her today at 770-277-2166 to find out more. Let’s get started!

Neil Scott-Barbour/The British Voice Talent

Scott Barbour & Associates (dba The British Voice Talent) was a company formed to exploit Neil’s voice talent (authentic & distinctive British voice plus many “character voices and accents). He records voice-overs, on-hold voice messaging, corporate narrations for promotional, educational and training audio and video presentations. His special passion or “niche” is to bring joy and laughter as an Expressive Reader (Voice Actor) to citizens of senior care communities and children in day care centers. Neil also acts as a Master of Ceremonies and Announcer for special corporate and social events.

Shaun Boyce/Ankle Biters Tennis

Ankle Biters Tennis offers weekly tennis programs for local tennis facilities, preschools and elementary schools. Ankle Biters Tennis is a great way to introduce young children to the game of tennis. Ankle Biters Tennis offers clinics on location, age specific lesson plans, new tennis racquets, and special events all in a flexible and safe environment.

Joe Moss with Embassy National Bank and Chris Horne with AtlantaPBX

December 13, 2013 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

Joe Moss with Embassy National Bank and Chris Horne with AtlantaPBX

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Chris Horne, Tess Turrin, Angel Nowlin, Joe Moss

Joe Moss/Embassy National Bank

Embassy National Bank is a community bank located in Gwinnett County dedicated to the success of local and regional small businesses.

Chris Horne/AtlantaPBX

AtlantaPBX provides affordable telephones to small businesses. They provide features normally only available to large-scale companies like call-queuing, interactive voice response (IVR) menus for transferring calls to appropriate departments, and more.

Debbie Faulkner with Carrington Real Estate Services, Tary Drouault with Keller Williams Realty and John Ragland, Jr. with Supreme Lending

December 11, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Debbie Faulkner with Carrington Real Estate Services, Tary Drouault with Keller Williams Realty and John Ragland, Jr. with Supreme Lending

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Debbie Faulkner, John Ragland Jr., Tary Drouault, Kate Schermerhorn

Debbie Faulkner/Carrington Real Estate Services

Debbie Faulkner is with Carrington Real Estate Services, a national, full-service residential brokerage firm with licensed agents in 33 offices across 23 states. Through its parent, Carrington Holding Company, the company has direct access to Carrington’s family of businesses, and by leveraging those connections has transformed from a start-up to one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the U.S. While its initial focus centered largely on the distressed market, the company has evolved into a recognized leader in all aspects of the market today, with more than half of its transactions comprised of traditional residential resale.

Tary Drouault/Keller Williams Realty

John Ragland, Jr./Supreme Lending

Supreme Lending has a strong and genuine belief in the “customer for life” principle of doing business: it is what fuels the company. Referrals from previous customers and local real estate professionals have always delivered the majority of Supreme’s production.

John Ragland Jr. is a mortgage banker with Supreme Lending. He graduated with a degree in Finance from The University of Georgia. He loves to help clients determine the best financing options for their home purchase.

Phil LeBlanc with ProTech Home & Property Inspection, John Ragland, Jr. with Supreme Lending and Johnny Phelps with Harry Norman, Realtors

December 11, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Phil LeBlanc with ProTech Home & Property Inspection, John Ragland, Jr. with Supreme Lending and Johnny Phelps with Harry Norman, Realtors

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Phil LeBlanc, Kate Schermerhorn, John ragland Jr., Johnny Phelps — Phil LeBlanc, Kate Schermerhorn, John Ragland Jr., Johnny Phelps

Phil LeBlanc/ProTech Home & Property Inspection

ProTech Home & Property Inspection is a full-service inspection company offering new construction and re-sale residential inspections as well as commercial property assessments. ProTech provides same day report delivery, radon monitoring, septic evaluations, mold sampling, pool assessments and termite reports.

John Ragland, Jr./Supreme Lending

Johnny Phelps/Harry Norman, Realtors

Johnny Phelps has been a realtor for almost 11 years, the entire time with Harry Norman, Realtors. He works with buyers, sellers and families who are relocating. He has three (3) designations: ARS (Accredited Relocation Specialist), ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative) and GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute). Johnny also has a broker’s license. For listing purposes, he concentrates on the counties of Gwinnett, North Fulton, South Forsyth and South Hall although he has helped buyers all over the metro Atlanta area.

William “Billy” Hall with NewFields Companies and John Carter with Carter Brothers Security Services

December 11, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

William "Billy" Hall with NewFields Companies and John Carter with Carter Brothers Security Services

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Dominick Rainey, William "Billy" Hall — Dominick Rainey, William “Billy” Hall

William “Billy” Hall/NewFields Companies

Founded in 1995 to provide an effective alternative to large institutional environmental consulting firms, NewFields Companies emphasizes a solution-oriented approach to their consulting assignments.

John Carter/Carter Brothers Security Services

As one of the largest privately held, family-owned, security and electrical services firms in the industry, Carter Brothers comprises two operating divisions: Carter Brothers Security Services and now Carter Brothers Electrical Services. These two often work jointly as one entity to provide integrated expertise as a leading provider of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management systems, general and specialized electrical installation services, with an expertise in project management.

Joel Levinson with Dynasty Jewelry & Loan and Sonnie Norris with TNS Properties

December 6, 2013 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

Joel Levinson with Dynasty Jewelry & Loan and Sonnie Norris with TNS Properties

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Joel Levinson, Angel Nowlin, Tess Turrin, Sonnie Norris

Joel Levinson/Dynasty Jewelry and Loan

Dynasty Jewelry and Loan has been a trusted name in pawn for over 25 years, but president Ben Levinson’s family pawn history goes all the way back to 1923, when the family first opened for business in Richmond, Virginia. In 1941, Jack Friedman established the Bonded Loan Office in Columbia, South Carolina, which has been family owned and operated ever since.

After learning the business from the best pawnbroker Ben knew, the Bonded Loan Office’s owner (and Ben’s father-in-law) Sig Friedman, Dynasty Jewelry and Loan opened its doors in 1987. After 12 successful years at the original Buford Highway store, Dynasty moved to its current location on Jimmy Carter Boulevard, where it has continued to build a reputation for great customer service, great quality and most of all, great deals.

At Dynasty, they offer a variety of services and inventory, and they value the relationships with both their customers and the community. They are committed to providing the best customer service and giving back to the community through involvement in the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce and numerous national and local charities, as well as the Future Business Leaders Scholarship Fund. They are also proud supporters of the National Pawnbrokers Association and the Pawnbrokers Association of Georgia

Sonnie Norris/TNS Properties and SAAG Investments

TNS Properties is a real estate investment firm specializing in buying and selling residential real estate in the metro Atlanta market. They then provide quality housing for families in their targeted areas.

Angeline Kelly with Caliber Home Loans and Jimmy Lin with The Network

December 5, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Angeline Kelly with Caliber Home Loans and Jimmy Lin with The Network

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Angeline Kelly/Caliber Home Loans

Caliber Home Loans is a full-service national mortgage lender and agency direct seller/servicer taht offers a variety of loan programs for purchase and refinance such as conforming, jumbo and government products. Caliber also offers innovative servicing solutions for both conforming and non-conforming loans. Caliber is not a bank and they provide a superior service experience for their customers, a fulfilling work environment for their employees, and a track record of quality.

With the numerous regulatory changes that have occurred in recent years, technology has never been more important within the lending industry. In response to this reality, Caliber has made a substantial investment in building their own proprietary, end-to-end loan origination system. H2Online is a single sign-on system that allows you to complete a loan from start to finish with a paperless process designed around today’s mortgage banking industry. They employ a veteran team of mortgage banking technologists to enhance and maintain H2Online. While most national mortgage bankers are struggling to change processes supported by multiple outdated legacy systems, H2Online allows them to gain a competitive advantage through their agility.

Caliber is dedicated to preserving the entrepreneurial spirit of a mortgage bank while ensuring the necessary operational controls to originate and service quality loans and create a company with longevity

Jimmy Lin/The Network

The Network, based in Norcross, is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by the research firm GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry, and leverages the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and re-mediates non-compliance and unethical conduct.

The Network offers integrated solutions for policy management, training and communications, Code of Conduct, surveys and assessments, and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. The Network is privately held and established the first whistleblower hotline in 1982 and today serves thousands of global organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500.

Jimmy Lin is the Vice President of Product Management & Corporate Development at The Network and leads corporate and product strategies for the company’s Integrated GRC Solutions. He is responsible for defining long-term product strategy and managing the product portfolio for the company. Jimmy has more than 15 years of experience in and around software and technology, from implementing software to analyzing new markets and leading product strategies for organizations like Oversight Systems, Manhattan Associates, UPS Supply Chain Solutions and IP2Biz. Jimmy is a Certified GRC Professional (GRCP).