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TMB E11: Alok Appadurai, Zachary J Bickel, Jeff Hatfield

May 23, 2019 by angishields

Business RadioX® Community

TMB E11: Alok Appadurai, Zachary J Bickel, Jeff Hatfield

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Guests

Alok Appadurai
www.Alok.Life
SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter |

Alok is a business coach, public speaker, & workshop leader on a mission to end financial fear in families. He helps parent entrepreneurs acquire clients, close deals, and increase revenue so they provide their families and leave a legacy that matters. Alok is the former founder of Fed By Threads, a Tucson-based clothing company that fed over half a million meals to Americans in need. He has given a TEDxTalk, been nominated for the Gifted Citizen Award, was a panelist at the Social Enterprise Summit in Phoenix AZ, has built 3 companies, and is a proud father to his son Sequoia (Se-coy-uh) and partner to his girlfriend, Caitlin.

My company provides sales & client acquisition coaching for parent entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses, acquire higher quality clients, and close better deals. Like great athletes, every entrepreneur goes further faster in their business with a private coach. I work 1:1 with my clients, run group training, and hold workshops.

Zachary J Bickel
www.strongpointresearch.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook| LinkedIn | Twitter |

From large data sets to perceptions mapping, Research Director Zack Bickel helps his clients understand the story behind the numbers. He does this by creating a research plan — a clear path for his clients to identify and understand what motivates people to purchase a product or service, keep their membership with an organization or vote in an upcoming election.

His clients range from major companies and business start-ups to alumni associations and campaign committees. Zack’s research has won elections, successfully launched new products and helped communities structure services and infrastructure investments for their residents. He is the client’s guide to ensure the right questions are asked in the right way, making the information collected is both reliable and valid.

Zack’s research tools include the creation of surveys, focus groups, depth interviews, and product testing. He earned his BS in Business Economics from the University of Louisville and his MS in Resource Economics from the University of Arizona. He is also married to University of Arizona researcher Ashley Bickel.

Business info

Conducting market research for clients since 1999, StröngPOINT Opinion Research is today a unit of NüPOINT Marketing. StröngPOINT Opinion Research builds long-term relationships with our clients. We consider repeat engagements the most coveted measure of success. Our work is featured monthly in the Arizona Star’s community polls and can be found at www.tucson.com.

Jeff Hatfield, Branch Manager-Tucson
AAA Landscape
4742 N. Romero Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85705
Email: j.hatfield@aaalandscape.com
Phone: 520-696-3223
http://aaalandscape.com/
Other: https://www.instagram.com/aaalandscape1975/

SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Jeff Hatfield is the Tucson Branch Manager for AAA Landscape. Jeff is a member of AAA’s Landscapes Executive Committee which includes their CEO, CFO, President, Vice President and the Executive Director of Operations. Jeff also Chairs AAA’s “Excellence in Operations” Strategic Planning Focus Group which advocates employee involvement in company planning involving Safety, waste elimination, workforce development, recruiting and retention. Jeff is a graduate of the Greater Tucson Leadership class of 2018. Jeff is an Arizona Certified Landscape Professional, has a certification in Sustainable Landscape Management and is certified by the Arizona Department of Agriculture; Office of Pest Management.

When he is outside of work, he spends time with his 5-year-old daughter, catches up on yard work and tries to get as many rounds of golf in as he can. He works in the community to help develop a workforce for the trade industries, building employment soft skills and training existing employees.

AAA Landscape, an Underwood Brothers Company, was started over four decades ago, with an old borrowed pickup and a thousand dollars cash, brothers Robert and Richard Underwood started the Company. Their father, a county extension agent, had raised them to care deeply about the land and its keeping. They applied this passion on behalf of their clients and a new business was born.

Today, AAA Landscape, founded in 1975, is ranked in the top 50 of the largest commercial landscape contractors in the United States with over 500 employees and offices in Phoenix, Tucson and San Antonio. The company holds General Engineering Licenses in Arizona, California, and Nevada along with a Texas Irrigators License. AAA Landscape has established a great reputation, known for its excellent working relationships with clients, product knowledge, and project delivery. The size and scope of our projects/properties have expanded throughout the years, ranging from ½ acre sites to upwards of 300-acre sites.

Forty-Niner Golf & CC – Tucson’s Hidden Jewel

Connor Kimball with AVOXI, Baha Zeidan with Azalea Health and Robin Gregg with RoadSync

May 14, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Connor Kimball with AVOXI, Baha Zeidan with Azalea Health and Robin Gregg with RoadSync

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Connor Kimball is the Sr. Marketing Manager at AVOXI, a global cloud telecom provider that services companies over 75 countries. Since taking over AVOXI’s inbound marketing efforts, the company has seen new customer acquisitions improve by over 500% in less than 12 months. In his own words, Connor is “obsessed” with all things SEO, content creation, and marketing strategy.

Originally from Southern California, Connor spent much of his childhood traveling between Newport Beach and Cobb County. Initially unsure of where he wanted to start his career, Atlanta became the obvious choice after he attended TechBridge’s Digital Ball, an annual fundraiser for Atlanta’s technology community, and became aware of this promising industry.

When not at the office, you can usually find Connor at one of Atlanta’s many Jiu Jitsu academies.

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Baha Zeidan is the leading force behind new technology development and is responsible for driving the strategic direction for Azalea Health. In collaboration with his team, he ensures the company is on track to meet its product development, customer service, sales, and community goals.

He is a strong proponent of health IT, cloud computing, mobile development, device computing, and big data analytics. Zeidan proactively cultivates strategic relationships with partners and shareholders who can aid in the advancement of Azalea Health and its mission.

Zeidan is a Valdosta State University graduate and received the GOLD Award Alumni Award. He is an active board member in several local academic and regional chamber groups.

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Robin Gregg is the CEO of RoadSync, a financial platform for the logistics industry. She has over fifteen years of experience building and launching financial solutions to consumers and businesses.

Prior to RoadSync, Robin held leadership roles at FleetCor, alternative payment provider Revolution Money (sold to Amex in 2010), and Capital One. Robin started her career in management consulting at Charles River Associates and holds her MBA from Harvard Business School.

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About Your Host

Joey Kline is a Vice President at JLL, specializing in office brokerage and tenant representation. As an Atlanta native, he has a deep passion for promoting the economic growth and continued competitiveness of communities in and around Atlanta, as well as the Southeast as a whole. He has completed transactions in every major submarket of metro Atlanta, and works primarily with start-ups, advertising/marketing agencies, and publicly-traded companies. With a healthy mix of tenacious drive and analytical insights, Joey is a skilled negotiator who advises clients on a myriad of complex real estate matters.

With a strategy and business development background, Joey is first and foremost a pragmatic advisor to his clients. Most recently, he was the Director of Business Development for American Fueling Systems, an Atlanta-based alternative energy company. While at JLL, he has become a member of the Million Dollar Club, and has built a reputation as an expert on the intersection of transit-accessibility and urban real estate. With intimate involvement in site selection and planning/zoning concerns, Joey approaches real estate from the perspective of the end user, and thus possesses a unique lens through which to serve his clients.

Joey holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a founder, board member, and the treasurer of Advance Atlanta, and also sits on the Selection Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth’s Fast 40 event. In addition, he is a member of CoreNet and the Urban Land Institute. Finally, he is part of LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2019.

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CEO Exclusive Broadcasting Live from the Conscious Capitalism 2019 Conference with Raj Sisodia

May 9, 2019 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

CEO Exclusive Broadcasting Live from the Conscious Capitalism 2019 Conference with Raj Sisodia

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CEO Exclusive was live at the Conscious Capitalism 2019 Annual Conference in Phoenix! Listen to our interview with Co-Founder Raj Sisodia below!

Raj Sisodia is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College in Wellesley, MA. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He was previously Trustee Professor of Marketing, the Founding Director of the Center for Marketing Technology and Chairman of the Marketing Department at Bentley University. Raj has a Ph. D. in Marketing & Business Policy from Columbia University, where he was the Booz Allen Hamilton Fellow.

Raj has written ten books and over 100 academic articles. He is the co-author (with John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market) of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (Harvard Business Review Publishing, 2013), a New York Timesand Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is also co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family(Penguin/Portfolio 2015), named as the Best Leadership and Management book of 2015 by 800-CEO-READ and one of 15 best books of 2015 by Forbes. His most recent book is Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business (Berrett-Koehler, 2016). His book Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose is considered a foundational work in explaining the precepts and performance implications of pursuing a conscious approach to business. It was named one of the best business books of 2007 by several organizations, including Amazon.com. Raj’s next book The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide (with Timothy Henry and Thomas Eckschmidt) will be published by Harvard Business Review Publishing in 2018.

In 2003, Raj was cited as one of “50 Leading Marketing Thinkers” and named to the “Guru Gallery” by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Bentley University honored him with the Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2007 and the Innovation in Teaching Award in 2008. He was named one of “Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010” by Good Business International, and one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. In 2013 and 2015, Raj as named to the Thinkers 50 list of business and management thinkers from India. Raj has published over one hundred articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Strategy, Journal of Business Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing Management and California Management Review. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Economic Times, and numerous other publications, along with radio shows and television networks such as CNN, CNBC and Fox. In 2016, Raj was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Raj serves on the Board of Directors of The Container Store.

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NFTC Talks K-12 Education in Tucson: NFTC Ep 6

May 8, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

NFTC Talks K-12 Education in Tucson: NFTC Ep 6

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From Left to right: Greg D’Anna, Dustin Williams, Arlene Benavidez, Amber Smith (Chamber), Michael Guymon (Chamber)

  GUESTS:

Dustin Williams

Superintendent
Pima County Public Instruction
(520) 724-8213
schools@schools.pima.gov
Website: http://www.schools.pima.gov/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter|

Dustin Williams is a lifelong Native Tucsonan.  He graduated from Amphitheater High School in 1992 and began working with local youth- coaching youth softball in the Frontier Little League- a job he maintained throughout his university studies. He entered the University of Arizona in 1992 and began studying business and accounting and considered joining his grandfather’s accounting firm.

Ultimately, Dustin’s coaching experiences lead him to the epiphany that he wanted to work educating Tucson’s youth thus inspiring him to change his major to Education.  While completing his degree in education at the University of Arizona he continued working with students and the community in Flowing Wells 21st Century after-school programs.  Dustin described his involvement in the program as, “truly the best way to get first-hand teaching experience.”

Dustin began his career teaching elementary education in Tucson. During his tenure, several accomplished leaders and administrators mentored Dustin and encouraged him to pursue his passion for education and explore his natural ability to lead and inspire students. Dustin followed his heart and decided to become an administrator and enrolled in the Northern Arizona University program in Tucson where he successfully completed a Master’s in Education.

Upon the completion of the program, Dustin accepted a position as Assistant Director of a Native American Charter school called Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School. He accepted the position and began working to improve the school’s cultural diversity and academic test scores. In his first year as A.D., the school’s AIMS scores showed a 30% combined increase in the areas of reading and writing and an increase of 8% in mathematics. During his time at Ha:san, he truly learned about the beautiful culture of the Tohono O’odham people and will forever be grateful that the community embraced his leadership.

Dustin has traveled full circle and most recently taught 6th-grade math at Mansfeld Middle School in the Tucson Unified School District.  His passion for Public Education has energized him to take the next step in his life. Dustin Williams was elected the Pima County Superintendent of Schools and is excited about the future. He is committed to improving the public education systems throughout Pima County. Dustin invites you to contact him to discuss ideas about student achievement. He needs input from you. Together, “we can do better.”

Arlene Benavidez, Executive Director
Metropolitan Education Commission
(520) 670-0055 x11
Arlene@metedu.org
Website: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/metedu
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | LinkedIn |

Arlene has a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education with a Student Affairs concentration from the University of Arizona; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management with a minor in Spanish from Arizona State University.

Arlene’s career in higher education began in 1996 as the senior regional coordinator for Northern Arizona University’s Office of Admissions in Tucson, where she was responsible for the recruitment of high school students from the southern region of Arizona. She then moved to The University of Arizona in the Office of Early Academic Outreach where she managed the Academic Preparation for Excellence program in 42 middle and high school sites serving over 2000 students. During that time, she was on the implementation team for two GEAR UP educational grants for the Dreams Come True (Amphitheater School District) and Building the Future (Tucson Unified School District) college preparation projects.

Currently, Arlene is serving as Executive Director for the Metropolitan Education Commission, where she oversees operations and programming; and works alongside government, educational, business and community leaders to advocate for a quality and affordable education from pre-school to post-secondary; and offer programs that promote youth leadership, civic engagement, workforce development, and higher education pathways.

During Arlene’s 23-year tenure in higher education, she has gained the reputation of being a consummate professional and a mission-driven, service-oriented leader. She sees herself as a catalyst for systemic change and she looks for opportunities that will lead to greater impact and improve the lives of all people from all backgrounds.

Greg D’Anna
Director of Public Relations, JTED
(520) 209-2407
gdanna@pimajted.org
https://pimajted.org/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook| LinkedIn | Twitter |

Greg D’Anna is the Director of Public Relations for the Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED). For the past 11 years, he has helped build Pima JTED’s brand in Southern Arizona, sharing student and teacher success stories, as well as program information, during live presentations, in printed publications, and on the web. Greg started his career in public relations and marketing 32 years ago. He has worked for the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Pima Community College and the Sunnyside School District. He and his wife Lori are both native Tucsonans. Greg earned his degree in Journalism, Media Arts, and English at the University of Arizona.

About Your Hosts

Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

Amber Smith, the president, and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber, Amber Smith leads the Tucson Metro Chamber in implementing the goals and visions of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to champion an environment where business thrives, and the Tucson community prospers. Focusing on growing business through workforce development, talent attraction, and public policy, the Tucson Metro Chamber helps make Tucson the ideal destination for business success.

Amber serves in several leadership positions including as President and a founding board member of the Southern Arizona Defense Alliance, a board member on the Pima Community College Foundation, Advisor on Startup Tucson and Board Member on Cradle to Career. Amber’s mission is to bring together the right groups to have a collective impact.

Amber graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public administration from Eller College. Amber began her career working for Senator McCain where she became adept at retaining professionalism and decorum when discussing controversial matters. Government relations professional by trade, Amber skillfully navigates challenging policy matters while finding common ground. Collaborative by nature, she continues to build relationships between the public and private sector to achieve mutually beneficial goals.

Connect with Amber on LinkedIn.

Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

A native Tucsonan, Michael Guymon’s twenty-one-year professional career has primarily centered on political strategy, business development and advocacy, and organizational management. As Vice President for the Tucson Metro Chamber, Michael is responsible for developing and implementing the Chamber’s local public policy and workforce development/attraction programs and initiatives.

Michael’s previous positions include Vice President of Regional Partnerships for Sun Corridor Inc.; Executive Director of Metropolitan Pima Alliance; Chief-of-Staff to Tucson City Council Member Fred Ronstadt; Asst. Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; and political consultant to The Bridges, a 360-acre mixed-use, infill development that will include Tech Parks Arizona, GEICO’s regional headquarters, housing, and a 111-acre commercial development.

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona.

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Dr. Roshawnna Novellus and Tiara Zolnierz with EnrichHER, John Adcox with Gramarye Media and Noelle London with Invest Atlanta

April 22, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus and Tiara Zolnierz with EnrichHER, John Adcox with Gramarye Media and Noelle London with Invest Atlanta

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Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, is a gender equality advocate who believes in economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Dr. Novellus holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, with a Minor in Finance, a Masters of Science in Information Technology. Roshawnna was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, as a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact, and as one of the Top 25 Innovators & Disruptors in Tech.

Tiara Zolnierz, Chief Business Development Officer of EnrichHER, is a dynamic, results-driven creative sales strategist with a 12-year record of exceeding sales quotas in Human Capital Management. Served as Director of Acquisition focused on buying and selling financial products as well as lending capital to various organizations. Her experience includes proven results in B2B sales, business development, account management, structuring highly complicated deal terms, negotiations, and underwriting to mitigate risk.

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Over the course of a 20-year career in advertising, marketing, and new media, John Adcox has held a number of titles including Executive Producer, Vice President of Digital Media, Creative Director, Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services, and CEO. A few of his clients have included AT&T, Mercedes-Benz, Holiday Inn, Coca-Cola, UPS, SCANA, AutoTrader.com, Time Warner, Disney, Delta Airlines, 3M, Ford, and many more.

In addition, he has hosted a radio show, acted professionally (although not since age 15), designed and written scripts for games, written a play for a professional theatre company, taught university astronomy, and written articles on topics including mythology, psychology, technology, religion, and marketing strategy.

His many, many interests include books and literature, religion and philosophy, mythology, the Arthurian legends, travel, baseball, science fiction and fantasy, marketing communications, Celtic music and lore, new media, theatre, and politics, not to mention astronomy and cosmological physics.

John sits on advisory boards/boards of directors at the Blockchain Chamber of Commerce, Invest Atlanta, and the Georgia State University Library. He served for more than four years as the Lay Leader and Council Chair at Inman Park United Methodist Church.

John Adcox is the founder and CEO of Gramarye Media, the story incubator — a disruptive book publisher, film studio, game developer, and more. Gramarye is the first “mini-major” studio, complete with distribution, on the east coast, and the first funded by an SEC-compliant Security Token Offering.

Gramarye Media is a company incubated through Georgia Tech’s prestigious Flashpoint program, which advocates rigorous process for reliable innovation. Gramarye applies that same “Silicon Valley” incubation approach to content innovation, building and vetting engaged audiences before a single frame of film is shot. That process, along with proprietary technology and the Georgia business environment, allows Gramarye to reduce both the risk and costs of developing original event tentpole franchises.

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Noelle London leads Invest Atlanta, the Economic Development Authority of Atlanta’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship efforts. Here she supports building Atlanta’s technology ecosystem and has launched a toolkit of resources providing Atlanta’s entrepreneurs support to gaps in funding, customer access, and tech talent.

Prior to joining the Invest Atlanta team, Noelle London was with 1776, a global incubator and seed fund, in Washington, DC. There, she launched and managed 1776’s second incubator in Crystal City, Virginia. She later moved on to lead the DC Region team and launch industry-focused challenges to improve corporate innovation pipelines.

Noelle completed her masters in Global Policy at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. During graduate school, she worked as a researcher with IC2 Institute studying innovation policy and entrepreneurship globally, including projects focused on Ecuador, Indonesia, and South Korea.

Noelle served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua training the Ministry of Education in a new entrepreneurial development curriculum as well as helping to build women’s artesian cooperatives. She holds a BS in Economics and Latin American Studies from the College of Charleston.

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About Your Host

Connect with Joey on LinkedIn.

NFTC Talks Soccer and Hockey in Tucson: NFTC Ep 5

April 3, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

NFTC Talks Soccer and Hockey in Tucson: NFTC Ep 5

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Jon Pearlman
FC Tucson
jonathan@fctucson.com
520-440-3855
Website: https://www.fctucson.com/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn |

FC Tucson announced that former FC Tucson head coach Jon Pearlman has been named the Director of Soccer Operations. Pearlman will oversee day-to-day operations of the club as well as help run operations of the Mobile Mini Sun Cup in Tucson. Pearlman was most recently head coach of the Oklahoma City Energy FC U23s, an amateur club in USL League Two (formerly the Premier Developmental League). Prior to 2018, he was the head coach for then-PDL side FC Tucson and compiled a 9-2-3record en route to a division title. Pearlman’s ties to FC Tucson go all the way back to its founding as a PDL franchise. Pearlman acted as a general manager, technical director, and co-owner of the club.

Bob Hoffman
Tucson Roadrunners
bob.hoffman@tucsonroadrunners.com
(520) 777-6674
Website: http://www.tucsonroadrunners.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin |

Bob Hoffman joined the Tucson Roadrunners in August of 2016and soon thereafter, was elevated to Team President. He brings a wealth of sports business and marketing experience to his leadership role with the franchise.

The Northeast Ohio native (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) has spent the past two decades working within the sports industry including with several hockey clubs. Hoffman served as the Executive Vice President of the Quad City Mallards (ECHL) during the 2015-16season and has previously worked in the American Hockey League with both the Utah Grizzlies and Louisville Panthers.

From 2007 through 2014, Hoffman worked at the League level serving as the Director of Operations for the Central Hockey League (CHL). While there, he oversaw all-league and team operations including sales, marketing, communications, advertising, and game operations.

Hoffman has earned several honors during his career including recognition as one of Utah’s top 50 marketing executives (Deseret News) and as the CHL’s Communications Executive of the Year. He also prides himself as being a “community servant” as he volunteers a good deal of his time to non-profit organizations.

Luchie Javelosa, Sports Sales Manager
Visit Tucson Sports
115 N. Church Ave. Ste 200 Tucson, AZ 85701
www.visittucson.org/sports
SOCIAL MEDIA: Linkedin | Visit Tucson Sports Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @tucsonsports

A graduate of the University of Arizona, Luchie obtained her degree in Marketing from the Eller College of Management with a minor in Psychology in May 2013. She is currently the Sports Sales Manager at Visit Tucson, the city’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB). Luchie joined Visit Tucson in July 2015, starting out as the Sales & Conventions, Services, and Sports Admin Assistant. Over the past few years, while gaining more experience in the tourism industry, she has taken advantage of the opportunities within Visit Tucson to fully transition over to the Sports Department.

Prior to joining Visit Tucson, Luchie worked for Enterprise Holdings where she participated in their Management Trainee Program. She was promoted to her first Assistant Management position in less than a year of being with the company and was on the fast track to excel and keep moving up. During her time at Enterprise, Luchie gained valuable sales and customer service experience which has contributed to her success at Visit Tucson.

In her current role, Luchie is responsible for marketing the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and Southern AZ as a premier sporting destination. Some of Visit Tucson Sports’ top accounts include local, national and international organizations such as Fort Lowell Shootout, Cactus Classic Volleyball, Tucson Invitational Games, MLS Pre-Season (FC Tucson), USA Rugby, USA Shooting, Professional Korean & Mexican Baseball teams, just to name a few. Luchie’s primary focus is to work with a variety of sporting events/organizers and local venues, while keeping existing relationships, to bring events and sports-related meetings to Tucson.

About Your Hosts

Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

Amber Smith is the president and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber. In her role, she leads the Tucson Metro Chamber in implementing the goals and visions of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to champion an environment where business thrives and the Tucson community prospers. Focusing on growing business through workforce development, talent attraction, and public policy, the Tucson Metro Chamber is a strong community partner focused on making Tucson the ideal destination for business success. Amber’s goal is to lower the amount of poverty in Tucson by growing businesses.

Government relations professional by trade, Amber’s strength is building relationships between the public and private sector while identifying ways to collaborate and partner to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Amber began her career working for Senator McCain where she became adept at retaining professionalism and decorum while navigating difficult and controversial policy matters.

Amber represented the real estate and land use industry on policy matters first as a lobbyist for homebuilders and developers and then for Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA). MPA’s foundation is creating balanced land use policies that stimulate economic development and reasonably preserves our natural environment. Amber has continued that philosophy of finding common ground through her work at the Tucson Metro Chamber.

A Texas native, Amber moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from Eller College. Married to a second-generation Tucsonan, Amber’s husband Robert is a Tucson Fire Department Captain, who also owns a small business. Amber and Robert have three young sons, 11 goats, four dogs, three donkeys, and some chickens and they enjoy the quiet life on their small ranch.

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Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona.

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Jon Wittenberg, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs

April 2, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jon Wittenberg, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs

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Jon Wittenberg, Owner, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs

**Jon Wittenberg, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs**

Jon Wittenberg is the Owner of Minuteman Press Sandy Springs. Minuteman Press Sandy Springs is a full-service professional printing company located in vibrant Sandy Springs, GA. “Full service” is exactly that, offering a full range of products and services for business marketing, from traditional printing like business cards, flyers and brochures, to yard signs, window vinyl and promotional products. While part of an internationally renowned franchise network, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs distinguishes itself from other printing companies by combining best in class products and services with a best in class customer experience. It does things that most other printers don’t do, including asking probing questions to make sure customers get at least what they expect, if not more, and double checking proofs before going to production. Little things can make all the difference when image matters!

To contact Jon and his team at Minuteman Press Sandy Springs, go to https://www.sandysprings.minutemanpress.com/ or call (678) 691-9100.

Andrew Leba with Fanaticus, Lynn Perry with Haste and Andrew McConnell with Rented

April 1, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Andrew Leba with Fanaticus, Lynn Perry with Haste and Andrew McConnell with Rented

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Andrew Q. Leba is a co-founder of Fanaticus, Inc., a VR, XR, e-sports start-up based in Atlanta, Georgia. Fanaticus, Inc. encourages people to “Dream with Your Eyes Open” and seeks to unite great story-telling with VR.

By day, Andrew is an intellectual property attorney, where he works with innovative companies to protect their ideas and defend against copy-cats. He manages all facets of intellectual property for his clients, enforcing patents, conducting freedom-to-operate analyses, managing trademark portfolios, handling patent licensing issues, and drafting and negotiating intellectual property transfers and assignments.

Outside of work, Andrew represents unaccompanied immigrant children in asylum proceedings stays active in civic life. He is currently President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association Georgia, Board Member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Co-Chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, and an alumnus of Lead Atlanta 2019.

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Lynn Perry joined gaming network company Haste, as CEO in May 2018. Prior to Haste, she held sales, marketing and service leadership roles for Sage Software, marketing automation company Salesfusion, and Cloud Sherpas, which was acquired by Accenture in 2015.

An Atlanta native, Lynn is a graduate of The University of Georgia and has a Masters degree from Georgia Tech.

Connect with Lynn on LinkedIn and follow Haste on Facebook and Twitter.

Andrew McConnell is the Founder and CEO of Rented.com, the largest marketplace in the world helping property owners find the right property manager. With an expansive network and the ability to guarantee rental income, Rented.com facilitates a relaxed short-term rental experience for second home owners while simultaneously helping property managers grow and scale more easily.

Andrew holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Cambridge University, and has worked with some of the world’s largest public and private entities as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., and as a Director, Solutions Design at Axiom Global, Inc. In addition to speaking and writing about vacation rentals and the sharing economy, Andrew also contributes more general business insights and advice to publications like Inc.com, Forbes, and Huffington Post.

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn, and follow Rented.com on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About Your Host

Connect with Joey on LinkedIn.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 59

March 20, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 59

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 59
“Disruption, Plastics Manufacturing and Risk Mitigation”
Live broadcast from the offices of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Learn more here: https://www.agg.com/

Jeff Frankish serves as Managing Director for KRAIBURG TPE Corporation (USA). As Managing Director, Jeff has been responsible for KRAIBURG TPE’s North American division and business operations since January, 2008. After earning his college degree in Marketing from Miami University in Oxford, OH, Frankish began his career in plastics in the early-1980’s working for one of the major US chemical companies progressing through positions in sales, financial planning, product management and commercial development.

His first involvement with the TPE industry began in the early-1990’s when he accepted a business development position with a joint venture company which was spun off from the parent chemical company. Frankish subsequently hired on with one of the major North American plastics compounders in 1997 where he advanced through several different commercial management roles, ultimately to the position of commercial director for engineered compounds just prior to his joining KRAIBURG TPE in August, 2007.

With over 35 years of professional experience in the plastics industry, Frankish brings a diverse business background into his management role. Based out of KRAIBURG TPE’s regional headquarters in Buford, GA, he now manages a cross-functional staff of over 80 employees with the responsibility of expanding KRAIBURG’s business throughout the Americas as well as providing critical support to many of the largest OEM customers on a global basis. Connect with Jeff Frankish on LinkedIn and learn more about KRAIBURG TPE here: https://www.kraiburg-tpe.com/

Jeffrey “Jeff” Y. Lewis is a partner in the Business Litigation Practice at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. Mr. Lewis practices in both state and federal courts, doing both trial and appellate work. He practices dispute resolution for large and small companies and individuals, both in the United States and abroad, in widely diverse industries.

Mr. Lewis focuses his practice on all manner of business disputes, the subject matters of which range from a breach of contract for renovation of a chemical storage tank, breach of contract for hospital linen services, indemnity claims on shipping contracts, real estate disputes, assisting a foreign manufacturer in a product recall with the U.S.  Consumer Product Safety Commission, representing a franchisor in disputes over franchise and guaranty agreements in the fast food industry, trade secrets for proprietary yeast strains in the ethanol industry, pharmaceuticals license agreements, defense of manufacturers in product liability cases, defective construction products, beer distribution rights, and representing a foreign manufacturer of equipment for the cable television industry. Other matters include a claim against a client’s health insurance provider over reimbursement obligations, inter-generational estate litigation over a will in Georgia, a defamation and tortious interference claim arising out of the World Trade Center disaster on Sept. 11, 2001, and numerous restrictive employment covenants.

In addition, he has represented a company accused of negligent inspection in wrongful death/personal injury cases arising out of an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery. Mr. Lewis has litigated cases and handled mediations and arbitrations in areas including healthcare, biosciences, pharma, logistics, building materials, business defamation and tortious interference, class action defense, commercial paper, computer hardware sales, computer software licensing, construction disputes, estate litigation, family business, false labeling, fast foods, global commerce, insurance coverage claims, labor and employment and non-competition agreements, letters of credit, secured transactions, trade secrets / computer theft and the Uniform Commercial Code.

Mr. Lewis was also a professional actor from 1985 to 1992. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and served on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Playwrights’ Project and the Georgia Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Lewis has performed in the “A Courthouse Line” charitable productions of the Atlanta Bar Foundation. Mr. Lewis also served on the Vincent J. Dooley Library Endowment Fund Committee at the University of Georgia and participated in Leadership Georgia. He is a panelist on the “Neil ‘Hondo’ Williamson and The Georgia Bulldog Allstars” radio program. He is a member of the Alumni Board of the Westminster Schools, and is an elder and Sunday school teacher at First Presbyterian Church. He has also participated in the Liberty Fund, and in YMCA Indian Guides/Princesses, and as a football coach for the Northside Youth Organization. Connect with Jeff Lewis on LinkedIn and learn more about Jeff & AGG here: https://www.agg.com/Jeffrey-Lewis/

Will Haraway is Founder & Lead Evangelist at Backbeat Marketing. Will has 20 years of executive experience in B2B Technology Marketing. Will is a certified analyst relations practitioner by the Knowledge Capital Group and has helped companies including Manhattan Associates, Aptos, Atlantix Global Systems, American Software and Rubicon Global improve their brand reputations with marketing results that help increase sales. Will also serves as a member of the APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board.The Backbeat team includes lead generation, digital marketing, media relations and content marketing specialists with a combined 50 years of experience in their chosen disciplines. Connect with Will on LinkedIn and learn more about Backbeat Marketing here: www.backbeatmarketing.com

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential.

As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

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