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Existing and aspiring business owners come to the UGA Small Business Development Center for professional business consulting to help them start and grow their businesses with maximum advantage. UGA SBDC provides consultants with a successful track record in entrepreneurship and/or corporate management and a Master’s degree in business. Consultants use premium database and information systems to supply facts, statistics, and analyses for intelligent strategies and decisions. UGA SBDC’s services are provided at no cost to its clients.


Reno has over 30 years of experience in Accounting and Finance. After an internship as a staff accountant in a CPA firm, Reno began his career in Healthcare services in 1982, with a proven track record of accomplishments. Beginning as a Staff Accountant with one of the nation’s largest and leading healthcare providers, Beverly Enterprises, and progressing upwards to a Director of Finance and Management Information Services position. Reno joined with some close Beverly colleagues and spun off a new affiliate of Beverly, called ADVINET, introducing the first national preferred-provider network of sub-acute healthcare providers coupled with a nurse-staffed patient case management service. Successful in its market entrance, ADVINET was acquired by an insurance firm within just 4 years of operation.
Reno Jr has shown an interest in accounting since high school. During his high school career, he took all business classes offered! Reno Jr graduated with a BBA in Accounting from the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. By year-end 2015, Reno Jr completed the additional thirty hours of post-degree credit required to sit for the CPA exam, and continues to work towards that goal. Reno Jr joined the firm in January 2016, and handles monthly accounting services, sales and property taxes, and personal and small business income taxes.

Jennifer Rusz has a long career working for both corporations and as an entrepreneur. Rusz began her career, in the 90’s in market intelligence, business operations and management for companies such as Mid America Research/Fact in Focus, Lucent Technologies, Kyocera Wireless, ARS/ Current Analysis and Websense Software Solutions before starting her first company in 2004. She has since been a business consultant and now Founder and CEO of 


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A thirst for knowledge and genuine interest in people led her to where she is now; a certified trainer with over 30 years of corporate, small business and personal development training. Cindy’s has a wide range of experience as a district manager, national trainer , project manager, marketing specialist and system sales specialist for both National and International corporations. Ten years as a small business owner of a local coffeehouse and special event planner. Her desire to help others succeed stemmed from her role as a corporate trainer in corporate America. Cindy is a certified trainer and her personal journey as a advocate for health and wellness lead her to use her passion as a trainer to become “

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