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Dr. Johnetta MacCalla with Zyrobotics and Gene Norman with WeatherCall

March 2, 2016 by rhondachale

Dr. Johnetta MacCalla / Zyrobotics

Dr. J. MacCalla is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Zyrobotics, responsible for corporate management and implementation of Zyrobotics’ strategic plans. Dr. MacCalla is a serial entrepreneur and has a 35-year executive track record managing technology companies as well as extensive project management experience in high-tech projects with BART, Port of Los Angeles, TRW, NASA, and the U.S. Military. Prior to Zyrobotics, she was the CEO of Automated Switching and Controls Inc., a communications & controls company with over $8M in annual contracts with city & state transit. Before that, Dr. MacCalla was President of Advanced Systems Concepts Inc., overseeing approximately $3M in DOD contracts for military communications and control systems. As Chairman of the LA Metropolitan Transit Authority Foundation she managed their $100M endowment, and was a board member of the California High Speed Rail Commission. She has been a member of the California Council of Science and Technology and the National Office Advisory Panel, member of the Independent Review Panel for the Public Interest Energy Research Program, and is currently a member of the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Review Board. She has also held positions as an Associate Professor at the California Polytechnic University in Pomona, Ca. and Adjunct Professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, University of Southern California, and West Coast University in Los Angeles, Ca.

Gene Norman / WeatherCall

Gene Norman is a veteran, award-winning broadcast meteorologist, having worked at CBS 46 in Atlanta, Houston and Birmingham. He currently represents WeatherCall, a nationwide weather service provider. He has extensive experience explaining cost-effective methodologies for safety planning to businesses and community groups. Prior to entering the broadcast arena, he worked on a NASA team providing weather support for the space shuttle program. He earned a M.S. in Meteorology from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in Earth and Planetary Science from M.I.T. Gene holds the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society.

The Shrimp Tank Featuring Jason Smith with Mr. Mister Mosquito Control

March 1, 2016 by rhondachale

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.

Jason Smith is the owner of Mr. Mister Mosquito Control, and a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BS in Finance.

Career Achievements

Jason Smith is a professional and philanthropic leader in the Atlanta community and beyond. Prior to founding Mister Mosquito Control, which is now the 2^nd largest mosquito control company in Metro Atlanta, Smith had a successful career in the branded apparel arena. Here, he was responsible for the acquisition, management and fulfillment of nationwide accounts such as: Circuit City Uniform Program, Georgia Aquarium, Turner Broadcasting and many others.
Smith was head of social media for Ian’s Friends Foundation for four years.
Smith created concept for Turner Broadcasting of sports specific poker sets–created sets personally for Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Braves on-air personalites, NCAA on air, and PGA on air.
He is currently on the board of directors for the Billi Marcus Foundation
The philanthropic component has been an integral part in the organic “word of mouth” growth of Mr. Mister. As the fastest growing (and the 2^nd largest) mosquito control company in Metro Atlanta, Mr. Mister boasts an almost perfect online review record due to their unparalleled personal customer service, often provided directly by Jason Smith.
As the head of sales for Mr. Mister Mosquito Control, Smith has exceeded all sales goals and established as well as maintained excellent relationships with customers. He proudly maintains 5 star ratings on Yelp! and Facebook. He is currently in charge of redevelopment of the company websitemrmr.biz which has been a huge revenue driver
Smith was most recently featured on CBS Better Mornings as a local expert. See clip here: http://www.cbs46.com/story/25748324/have-you-mosquito-proofed-your-yard?autostart=true

Community Involvement

Mister’s pro bono work is integral to the surrounding community. They continually treat schools, parks and more complimentary for the betterment of the residents. Recent recipients of pro bono services include Weinstein Preschool, Camp Twin Lakes, Morningside Elementary, GA Autism, and Dunwoody’s Brook Run Dog Park. Personally, Smith’s charitable contributions continue. In his “downtime”, he can be found coaching The Epstein School’s boys and girls tennis teams and building houses for the important organization “Habitat for Humanity.” He is also highly invested in advancing pediatric brain tumor research by supporting Ian’s Friends Foundation.
Today, Smith marries his career with philanthropy with Mr. Mister. As an outdoor enthusiast with children of his own, Jason is personally invested in protecting families from disease carrying mosquitos. So much so he has incorporated a philanthropic component to his business and its bottom line. With every new customer, Mr. Mister donates a life-saving mosquito net through Nothing But Nets to help combat the epidemic of malaria and other mosquito-borne illnesses across the world.

Awards and Recognition

Invited to be part of Leadership Epstein.
Member of LEAD class 2005
Graduate of Dale Carnegie sales class where he was recently invited back as a keynote speaker.

Linda Brenner with Designs on Talent and Casey Smith with Wiser Wealth Management

February 29, 2016 by rhondachale

Linda Brenner / Designs on Talent

Linda started Designs on Talent in 2003 with the vision of helping organizations improve talent acquisition and talent management results. She then founded Skillsify, Inc. in 2012 as a way to speed and improve hiring and retention.

Today, a team of consultants and process improvement experts make up the Designs on Talent and Skillsify teams. What’s unique about the team is the fact that many previously led HR, TA, TM or Finance teams for large corporations before banding together to form a consulting firm like none other.

Linda’s practical, real-world approach, coupled with a bias for action and high quality results, is reflected throughout both organizations. The firms’ clients include great companies like Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, TJX, L’Oreal, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Turner Broadcasting.

Over the years, Linda has demonstrated a unique ability to break complex problems into manageable pieces, and has led many teams to drive results in a timely, effective and cost efficient way. She works closely with business leaders and HR partners to create the business case, consensus and tactical plan for change.

Linda holds a Master of Arts degree in Labor and Employment Relations and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Judaic Studies, both from University of Cincinnati. She and her family live in Atlanta.

Casey Smith / Wiser Wealth Management, Inc.

Casey Smith is a fiduciary fee-only financial advisor in Marietta, GA. Casey earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Finance from Berry College, Rome, Georgia. Unhappy with the traditional brokerage product pushing agenda, Casey became a Registered Investment Advisor and formed a fee only financial services firm in June 2001, which later became Wiser Wealth Management, Inc.

Casey serves on the board of the Laona M. Kitchen Foundation, The Berry College Campbell School of Business Executive Advisory Committee, Berry College Board of Visitors and Atlantic Southeast Airlines Airline Pilots Association (ASA ALPA) Retirement and Insurance Committee as a “401k Specialist.”

Casey and his team were awarded the Cobb County Chambers Top 25 Small Business of the Year award in 2015. Past awards are Cobb Magazines Top 20 Under 40 and Atlanta Magazines Top Wealth Manager of the Year in client service for the last 5 years in a row.

This Just In Broadcasts Live from the HIMSS16 Annual Conference

February 29, 2016 by rhondachale

Join Host Justin Barnes and his circle of peers as theThis Just In Radio Show broadcasts live from the HIMSS16 Annual Conference in Las Vegas starting on March 1st at 1:30pm PT. Listen live or join us at HIMSS booth #951 and hear healthcare’s leading CEOs, CIOs, entrepreneurs, policy leaders and even a few surprise celebrity guests share actionable intelligence on healthcare innovation, strategy, leadership, administration and public policy.

Pensacola Business Radio Features Women in Leadership Sharing the Uncommon Commons – Business RadioX

February 18, 2016 by rhondachale

PENSACOLA, FL–(Marketwired – February 18, 2016) – Pensacola Business Radio hosted a special episode to spotlight Women in Leadership. Host Keith Hoffert sat down with Kolleen Chesley, Founder and Co-Director of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast.

Chesley was present to kick off the new series of Women in Leadership, “We all rise or we all sink,” she said as a charge for the series. Joining her in the studio was Amie Remington, General Counsel of Landrum Human Resource Companies, Inc., which consists of Landrum Companies, Inc., Landrum Professional Employer Services, Inc., Landrum Consulting, and Landrum Staffing Services. Combined, these companies serve over 600 clients and 10,000 employees.

Also in the studio was Barbara Barber, owner of East Hill Academy, a school that focuses on educating children grades 1-12 with autism and other related disorders. Barber is a successful business owner that has grown her business to a location in Pensacola, Milton and opening a Century location this year. East Hill Academy was awarded an IMPACT grant last year to expand their Pensacola location to accommodate even more students, and they continue to operate with a waiting list of students wanting to get into their schools.

Joining in the discussion was Kim Hannan, a visual artist and a corporate team-building consultant with a specialty in staffing and personnel strategies. With over 30 years of team building experience in both the corporate and volunteer worlds, she embraces and teaches the value of communicating a clear message of goals and culture to a team, then leading from a servant-leader position, always seeking to facilitate the achievement of team initiatives. Hannan believes that clear communication and staffing a team with the RIGHT individuals are the primary keys to achieving success.

To learn more about the Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast, listen to the entire interview on Pensacola Business Radio.

About Pensacola Business Radio:

Broadcasting live from DeVilliers Square, we interview the city’s best and brightest Business Owners, Community Leaders and Budding Entrepreneurs. Pensacola Business Radio is brought to you by the good folks at Warren Averett, FloridaWest, IT Gulf Coast, and a host of local pro-business organizations committed to Economic Development in the West Florida region.

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Business RadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get the Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. Business RadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: https://businessradiox.com.

On The Money Radio on Gwinnett Business RadioX Spotlights Job Creators Network – Business RadioX

February 17, 2016 by rhondachale

DULUTH, GA–(Marketwired – February 17, 2016) – On The Money Radio welcomed to the studio Alfredo Ortiz and Elaine Lutz with Job Creators Network. Host Joe Moss led these guests in a discussion regarding educating employers and employees.

Job Creators Network (JCN) is a nonpartisan organization founded by entrepreneurs like Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus who believe the best defense against bad government policy is a well-informed public.

“Bernie Marcus started with one store in Atlanta,” explained Ortiz. “He was a small business owner. He believes that if he ever tried to recreate Home Depot today, he wouldn’t be able to be successful in this environment of over-regulation and over-taxation. He founded JCN because of his concern that small business owners wouldn’t be able to repeat the success he had.”

JCN’s nonpartisan E2E program is strictly focused on empowering individuals through basic public policy education. JCN strongly supports the right of every employee to empower themselves with as much public policy information as possible, and more importantly the right of every individual to think for themselves and make their own private decisions regarding what to do with that information.

The JCN E2E program gives employers simple tools to talk to their employees about government policy. They break things down with easy to understand videos, blog posts, infographics and social media posts. All of it can be easily viewed at InformationStation.org.

To learn more about the Job Creators Network, listen to the entire interview at On The Money.

About On The Money:

On The Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On The Money introduces listeners to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market. Hosted by Joe Moss and sponsored by Embassy National Bank, On The Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM Eastern from the Gwinnett Business RadioX® studio.

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Perry Benson with Manhattan Associates

February 10, 2016 by rhondachale

Perry Benson / Manhattan Associates

Perry Benson, the Training Delivery Manager at Manhattan Associates joins Learning Insights Radio to discuss the considerations a leader must take when faced with leading a Global Training Organization. Not only does a leader have to consider the cultural differences in regions of the world, but the design of training must be scalable, sustainable, and reproducible.

Perry Benson is a Manager at Manhattan Associates utilizing leadership skills in Global Program Management and Business Reengineering to lead strategic initiatives, develop and support key B2B relationships and evangelize best-in-class commitment to customer success; expand company’s footprint with scalable training programs; and initiate best practices, processes and standards to optimize performance, increase profit margins and exceed profitability targets.

Spotlight on Digital Marketing

February 10, 2016 by rhondachale

Don Dodds / M16 Marketing

Don Dodds is a Managing Partner and an innovative digital marketer with more than 18 years of experience demonstrating his idiosyncratic combination of creative, technical and business acumen. He has managed and delivered successful projects for large corporations like AT&T, the Southern Company, John Deere, Heidelberg, the state of Georgia and hundreds of small businesses.

Dodds is a serial entrepreneur and founder of 3 multi-million dollar corporations and has a keen understanding of how to grow a business. He holds a registered trademark and patent as the creator of Frand® WiFi, a wifi marketing automation system that allows traditional brick and mortar businesses an opportunity to generate leads, automate engagement, market, analyze and monetize campaigns using WiFi. Mr. Dodds shares his marketing expertise both as a speaker and writer for online publications like the Huffington Post.

Bonnie Mauldin / The Mauldin Group

Bonnie Mauldin aka “The Rainmaker” is a Senior SEO Specialist who has helped countless small and medium size business owners propel their business to greater heights. She is also a top-notch sales marketing copywriter who has published four bestselling books and has been featured on CNN, Fox News, The Huffington Post and The Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Bonnie is also the founder and CEO of The Mauldin Group, a North Fulton based company that specializes in providing world class yet affordable online marketing services designed to elevate small and medium sized businesses to the next level of success.

Ankit Patel / K-3 Technologies

Ankit Patel is the CEO and Co-Owner of K-3 Technologies. A local Atlanta based web design and internet marketing firm.

CEO Exclusive Radio on Business RadioX Spotlights TIGER 21 – Business RadioX

February 3, 2016 by rhondachale

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – February 03, 2016) – On January 12, 2016, CEO Exclusive Radio welcomed to the studio Dr. Klaas Baks and Steve Freedman with TIGER 21. Host Soyini Coke sat down with these guests to discuss how to ensure children are ready to effectively manage wealth when the time comes, learning responsible philanthropy, as well as expanding investment potential.

Dr. Baks is the Atlanta Chair of TIGER 21, North America’s premier peer-to-peer learning network for high-net-worth investors. TIGER 21’s approximately 380 members collectively manage more than $27 billion and are entrepreneurs, inventors and top executives focused on improving investment acumen, as well as exploring common issues of wealth preservation, estate planning and family dynamics. In addition to working with TIGER 21, Baks is a professor at Goizueta Business School at Emory, and Freedman is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and had successful exits from a number of companies.

One of the things that stood out in the interview was the attention TIGER 21 gives to family dynamics. In general, children are not taught how to be financially successful. There aren’t classes in most schools on how to be wealthy. When you’ve gone through all the time and trouble to become a multi-millionaire, how can you be sure your kids are ready for the responsibility to inherit and nurture your legacy?

According to Dr. Baks, “One of the key things in order to help the next generation be financially successful is to have them understand wealth and what comes with it, the responsibilities that come with it…it’s one of the things that successful families do.”

Also discussed were the ways the newly wealthy can learn from one another about investments. Most people have one basic way they know how to invest. Having close-knit, honest relationships with other people in similar financial situations can expand knowledge and comfort with different styles of investment, allowing true diversification.

Philanthropy is also a learned skill for those who have successfully built companies from the ground up, and who are stepping back from their CEO roles. TIGER 21 members support each other as they learn to target the causes they are passionate about, and find responsible organizations who are capable of utilizing funds to make a difference in those areas.

To learn more about TIGER 21, listen to the entire interview on CEO Exclusive.

About CEO Exclusive Radio:

CEO Exclusive Radio : Emerging Trends from CEOs and their most Trusted Advisors brings insights to CEOs that they need to stay current and run their businesses. Every show features an expert who serves as an advisor to CEOs while running their own business. For CEOs by CEOs. The show airs Tuesday mornings at 8AM Eastern and is hosted by Soyini Coke, the Founder and Managing Principal at Annona Enterprises. For media inquiries, to requests to appear on CEO Exclusive, contact angi@ceoexclusiveradio.com.

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