Chad Hagan, Hagan Capital Group and Author of Global Family Office Investing

August 29, 2023 by John Ray

Business Beat

Chad Hagan, Hagan Capital Group and Author of Global Family Office Investing

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Frazier & Deeter’s Business Beat: Chad Hagan, Hagan Capital Group and Author of Global Family Office Investing

Chad Hagan, founder of Hagan Capital Group and author of Global Family Office Investing, joined Business Beat and host Roger Lusby for a wide-ranging conversation about investing in the environment, his non-political definition of “environmentalism,” his views on the energy sector, the economy of the North Fulton region, and much more.

Business Beat is presented by Alpharetta CPA firm Frazier & Deeter and is produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®

Hagan Capital Group

Since the founding of Hagan Capital, the principals have advised on over $2,5 billion of transactions for funds, family offices, institutions, investment companies and wealthy individuals.

The partners are headquartered in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia with affiliated partners and companies in New York, Florida, Canada, and England.

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Chad Hagan, Founder, Hagan Capital Group and Author, Global Family Office Investing

Chadwick Hagan is an author, investor, and entrepreneur.

He is a managing partner of Wessex Investments and the founder of Hagan Capital Group.

Over his career he has advised nearly $2 billion dollars in M&A transactions and investments; including managing funds with an average annual return of 30%; leading the takeover and bankruptcy recapitalisation efforts of American Apparel – then the largest vertically integrated apparel company in the US – and managing investments in consumer goods and energy commodities. He is an investor and company director for numerous commercial concerns, funds, and entities in the US and Europe.

His most recent book, Global Family Office Investing, was published by Palgrave in 2021, and his economics blog, Chaganomics.com, was archived by US Library of Congress Economics Blogs Web Archive. He is an opinion columnist and has written for The Epoch Times, Fox Business, and ArtNews.

He is a director for the Hagan Family Foundation, founded by his father in the 1990s, where he focuses on fiscal policy, environmentalism, and art history.

Chad studied economics at Harvard and the London School of Economics. He married Emily Wheeler in 2008 and lives in Metropolitan Atlanta. He enjoys skiing, tennis and producing documentaries in his spare time.

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Frazier & Deeter

The Alpharetta office of Frazier & Deeter is home to a thriving CPA tax practice, a growing advisory practice and an Employee Benefit Plan Services group. CPAs and advisors in the Frazier & Deeter Alpharetta office serve clients across North Georgia and around the country with services such as personal tax planning, estate planning, business tax planning, business tax compliance, state and local tax planning, financial statement reviews, financial statement audits, employee benefit plan audits, internal audit outsourcing, cyber security, data privacy, SOX and other regulatory compliance, mergers, and acquisitions and more. Alpharetta CPAs serve clients ranging from business owners and executives to large corporations.

Roger Lusby, host of Frazier & Deeter’s Business Beat, is an Alpharetta CPA and Alpharetta Office Managing Partner for Frazier & Deeter. He is also a member of the Tax Department in charge of coordinating tax and accounting services for our clientele. His responsibilities include a review of a variety of tax returns with an emphasis in the individual, estate, and corporate areas. Client assistance is also provided in the areas of financial planning, executive compensation and stock option planning, estate and succession planning, international planning (FBAR, SFOP), health care, real estate, manufacturing, technology, and service companies.

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Mycal and Nicole Anders with Next Level Performance Consulting

August 22, 2023 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Mycal and Nicole Anders with Next Level Performance Consulting

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Mycal and Nicole Anders with Next Level Performance Consulting

Mycal Anders is Founder of Next Level Performance Consulting with 3700+ leaders coached since 2011. Mycal is a Performance Consultant, Marine Corps veteran, husband & father of two.

As a Marine Corps veteran with nearly 25 years of strategic leadership experience backed by multiple graduate degrees from Arizona State and Thunderbird School of Global Management, he realized the plight of leaders, people of influence, and high achievers is losing themselves in pursuit of momentous achievement.

In 2011 Mycal founded Next Level Performance Consulting to build the fittest leaders by empowering Next Level men & women to prioritize their health, eliminate stress and create alignment between their habits and behaviors! Making space to be present for the things that matter: health, wealth, relationships and time.

Mycal has been featured on the Radio Business X Podcast, Barbell Shrugged, Barbell Business, Gym Lords, Theta Wave, Paradise Valley Lifestyle Magazine, Team Red, White & Blue’s “The Eagle” Podcast, and is a regularly featured speaker for Charles Schwab and Amazon.

The Next Level mantra is “Progress Always” because the journey is ongoing and the greatest stories are told through the process that is life. The story is in the logo. Why the 4th Star incomplete? Firstly, the stars are representative of Mycal’s military roots and service to others before self. The highest rank one can achieve in military service is symbolized by 4 stars.

The Next Level stars also represent what we should all be trying to achieve: our highest and best self. Stacked upon the foundation of your physical body, emotional, mental and spiritual states of being. The 4th star is broken because we will forever be a work in progress. This is a never ending journey.

Nicole Anders, CEO of Next Level Performance Consulting, excels in leading the organizational process, coordinating the chaos, and assisting her husband and business partner to help executives and high performers make themselves a priority again by using the Next Level Method. Her value is in her exceptional attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to take a vision and project from the starting line to the finish line.

For the past 10 years in various executive and personal assistant roles, Nicole coordinated and managed everything from travel, corporate meetings and conferences to cocktail and dinner parties, to founder’s dinner’s for top donors at multi-million dollar charity galas, by executing a discovery process of a team’s ultimate vision and making it become a reality.

Nicole is a former Division 1 basketball athlete and graduate from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee with a degree in Elementary Education.

Connect with Mycal and Nicole on LinkedIn and Instagram, and follow Next Level on Facebook and Instagram.

Jeff Butterworth, Area Manager for Georgia Power & Brock Evans, Vice President of Property and Casualty for USI

August 29, 2022 by Amanda Pearch

Forsyth Business Radio

Jeff Butterworth, Area Manager for Georgia Power & Brock Evans, Vice President of Property and Casualty for USI

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Jeff Butterworth of Georgia Power & Brock Evans of USI

Brock Evans of USI

USI is a leading local and national insurance brokerage and consulting firm delivering customized property and casualty, employee benefits, personal risk, and retirement solutions throughout the United States. Brock’s team analyzes client business issues and challenges leveraging USI ONE™, a proprietary platform integrating analytics, networked resources and strategic planning to deliver highly customized solutions with economic impact.
Experience the USI ONE Advantage® and learn how our Select practice offers highly specialized solutions and services to identify, quantify and eliminate exposures for total cost of risk management. To learn more about USI, our capabilities, and our resources, please contact brock.evans@usi.com

Jeff Butterworth of Georgia Power

Jeff Butterworth currently serves as a Georgia Power Area Manager. In this role he is the lead manager of region operations, sales, customer service, economic and community development, and external affairs activities in Cherokee and Forsyth Counties. Jeff is actively involved in the community and feels fortunate to work for a company that has a passion for the communities they serve. At Georgia Power, he has served many years as a mentor for company employee resource groups and is a past president of a local Citizens of Georgia Power employee volunteer chapter where he led more than 100 member volunteers to raise funds and impact the community through service projects. Jeff’s almost 25-year career with Georgia Power began in the field as a meter reader. Since that time and across the state, he has held roles in leadership and increasing responsibility across external affairs, sales/key accounts, customer service, storm restoration, compliance, revenue protection, and training and development.

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Broadcasted LIVE from the Forsyth Business RadioX Studio in Cumming, Georgia

Hosted & Produced by Amanda Pearch

Exploring Sustainability in Arizona E20

February 17, 2022 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Exploring Sustainability in Arizona E20

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Exploring Sustainability in Arizona E20

Thanks for getting connected for this episode of STEM Unplugged. Host Kelly Greene the Chief Operating Officer of SciTech Institute, a collaborative nonprofit organization making STEM connections in Arizona and beyond and Kaci Fankhauser, who is working to build the Arizona STEM Ecosystem celebrate Sustainability in Arizona.

During the discussion, guests share about the importance of the work in our growing economy and commerce in Arizona, their career path and what got them interested in Sustainability.

Listen in to tips from industry professionals on ways to make an impact on the lives of others, mentor students and collaborate with other organizations to launch SciTech Festival Events! The discussion encourages events, tours, showcases, STEM career panels and more.

The Arizona Sustainability Alliance (AZSA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit action and advocacy alliance that aims to create and support cutting-edge, project-based sustainability solutions in Arizona through civic engagement, collaboration, and education within our four priorities: Sustainable Food Systems, Urban Forestry, Renewable Energy, and Conservation.

AZSA has three cross-cutting themes (Workforce Development, Education, and Youth) that transect the work that they do. All of their projects have an educational component and most focus on youth in vulnerable communities.

AZSA empowers Arizona citizens to work together toward more verdant, equitable, and sustainable communities. With the focus on youth, education, and workforce development, their projects go beyond impacting individuals and impact communities in the long term.

Michele Caporali is the Education Programs Manager at AZSA. Prior to this position, she was a high school science teacher for ten years in both Chicago and in Arizona.

She is currently working on her Ph.D in Sustainability Education at Prescott College. Prior to this she received a Masters in Environmental Science from Johns Hopkins, a Masters in Secondary Education from Roosevelt University, and a Bachelors in Nutrition Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.

** The American Tree Foundation that Michele mentions in the podcast is actually the American Forest Foundation for AZSA **

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The Center for the Future of Arizona brings Arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state. We listen to Arizonans to learn what matters most to them, share trusted data about how Arizona is doing in those priority areas, bring critical issues to public attention, and work with communities and leaders to solve public problems.

The Arizona We Want is a shared vision of success around what matters most to Arizonans that expresses their highest aspirations and hopes for the future. Arizonans want a world-class education for all, to live in healthy and vibrant communities, and to have rewarding jobs that use all our talents and help our economy thrive.

Arizonans are committed to stewardship of our state’s natural beauty and resources for generations to come, and believe in equity and justice for all. The Arizona We Want is based on the things that bring us together as Arizonans and on which we can all agree. CFA’s goal is to ensure that the public values we share are realized for all Arizonans.

Melanie Baca joined the Center for the Future of Arizona in 2020 to support the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant, including scheduling and logistics, communication and implementation support for schools, and support for the EIR Collaborative and the Project Management Team in order to ensure success of the project outcomes.

Before joining CFA, Melanie worked at Arizona State University on two U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) five-year education grants; a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) project titled Ready-for-Rigor and a Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) project titled iTeachELLs.

Melanie began as an administrative assistant on the Ready-for-Rigor project and on the most recent project, iTeachELLs held the role of Business Analyst. On both projects she led the project team and community partners through the application of improvement science, monitoring, measuring and assessing change in teacher classroom practices and communicating the broader social impact of grants to community stakeholders.

At the heart of each project was cultivating a shared purpose by curating a set of experiences and connections around three main skillsets: building relationships, project evaluation, and managing the human side of change.

Follow the Center for the Future of Arizona on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

At Arizona Public Service, their mission is to serve their customers with clean, reliable and affordable energy. As the state’s largest energy company, they power Arizona’s prosperity, serving more than 1.3 million homes and businesses in 11 of the state’s 15 counties.

They are focused on delivering an exceptional customer experience – with some of the best reliability in the country, resources to help customers manage their usage and extra support for those facing difficult times.

Arizona is a beautiful place to live. Together, we can keep it that way. They are committed to providing 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050 and are already halfway there with an energy mix that is 50% clean today.

Palo Verde Generating Station, the nation’s largest clean energy producer, is the foundation for their carbon-free energy future. Investments in solar, wind and energy storage are vital – as are continued advances in energy technology and efficiency. Collaboration with customers, regulators and other stakeholders is key to their plan’s ultimate success.

As an Arizona-based company with 6,000 employees throughout the state, the communities they serve are also where we live and work. They are dedicated to their success and to doing what is right for the people and prosperity of our state – working to make every day brighter.

Charlene Saltz is the Manager of ESG Reporting & Data Analytics in the Sustainability organization at Arizona Public Service. Her role at APS is to lead the Sustainability team in informing and engaging employees, stakeholders, and customers about the actions APS is taking to accomplish their vision of providing a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

In more than 20 years of work in sustainability, she implemented and marketed energy efficiency programs, developed customer tools for self-service initiatives, and lead the development of enterprise -wide ESG business practices and initiatives.

Prior to joining APS, she spent time developing workshops for teachers integrating urban ecology studies into their classrooms, being a classroom and outdoor educator, and finding ways to make the world a little bit better than she found it.

Connect with Charlene on LinkedIn and follow Arizona Public Service on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Dorie Morales is the Publisher and CEO of Green Living magazine, Arizona’s premiere eco-conscious lifestyle publication. The monthly publication aims to educate, inspire and empower readers to make eco-conscious choices for a healthy life and healthy planet. Our Vision is a world where we leave the earth a better place today and for future generations.

A magazine veteran, Dorie Morales has been in magazine publishing since 1997. She started at Apartment Guide magazine as a sales representative and was quickly promoted to publisher.

Dorie Morales left Apartment Guide in 2004 to embark on a new business venture: partner in the start-up print publication Apartment Showcase. Three years later, at the height of Apartment Showcase’s success, The Apartment Finder purchased the magazine, and Dorie Morales continued as publisher.

In 2010, Dorie Morales partnered in her second start-up magazine, Green Living Magazine. The magazine was met with warm reception when it debuted, as it provided a functional and fun approach to leading a sustainable life, and continues to do so today.

Dorie Morales is deeply rooted in the Phoenix “green scene.” She is involved in many organizations that focus on sustainability, including the Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Forward, Local First Arizona, Arizona Foundation for Women and USGBC Arizona.

Currently, she sits on the board of the USGBC Arizona chapter and was a past board member of the Green Chamber of Commerce and has been on the Phoenix Final Four sustainability committee. In previous years, she served on Arizona Forward’s Environmental Excellence Awards committee, sat on the Central branch of the USGBC and was co-chair of the trade show, membership committee, associate member council, and Big Hearts for Little Hands committees of the Arizona Multi-housing Association.

Dorie Morales received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona in 1993.

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About Our Sponsor

SciTech Institute™ was established as the Arizona Technology Council Foundation as the conduit for collaboration among STEM industry, academia, civic, and non-profit organizations in Arizona. Now, rebranded and named the SciTech Institute™ the goal centers around aligning assets and resources to motivate individuals to pursue STEM-related educational and career paths or find a passion while engaged in community events during the SciTech Festival.

The Chief Science Officer program highlights the 6th-12th graders that have been selected as leaders in their schools and communities to receive training to build a world-class community of diverse STEM-literate workers and knowledgeable, engaged citizens. Science For All allows for tax credit donations to provide engaging experiences for students while RAIN (Rural Activation Innovation Network) focuses on resources for the rural areas of Arizona.

As a STEM Learning Ecosystem, SciTech Institute™ focuses on collaboration and connecting individuals with opportunities! STEM Professionals are encouraged to engage with the future workforce by serving as a mentor, leadership coach, panelist, keynote and session trainer during a variety of conferences hosted or sponsored by SciTech Institute™ and The Arizona Technology Council.

Teachers and Administrators are invited to connect with the resources available while activating a large network of STEM champions for student projects, judges at events, volunteers, exhibitors and more. SciTech Festival Event Coordinators are supported during the planning and execution of community STEM events around the state by the SciTech STREET Team Members and the growing network of volunteers. The possibilities are endless! SciTech Institute™ looks forward to connecting with you today. Visit SciTechInstitute.org today for more information.

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About Your STEM Unplugged Hosts

After grow up in rural New York and joining the United States Army, Kelly Greene learned quickly to adapt to her surroundings to be successful. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio to earn her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.

She also enlisted in the United States Army and after graduating from training, Kelly traveled the world with the military. While stationed in Misawa, Japan, she fell in love with learning about cultures around the world. Even as a deployed Soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom for two tours, she found opportunities to connect with the local children to form the Victory Base Council Girl Scouts with her fellow servicemen.

In 2013, she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and traveled the country by air. During this deployment, she had the opportunity to utilize the most advanced technologies available to the tactical HUMINT operations in theater. Upon return from combat, she retired with 21 years of service and began teaching. From 6th grade Math to 7th grade STEM, Kelly used her enthusiastic nature combined with her strong classroom management to design curriculum based on the Engineering Design Process!

Now, as the Chief Operating Officer at SciTech Institute, Kelly is excited to serve the communities in Arizona and beyond to share their interest in STEM!

Claire Conway is the STEM Ecosystem Programs Manager at SciTech Institute.

Connect with Claire on LinkedIn.

Karianna Blanchard with Parents for Suicide Prevention Julie Gustafson with JMG Consulting Karen Nowicki with Phoenix Business RadioX and Kelly Lorenzen with KLM Consulting

January 17, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Karianna Blanchard with Parents for Suicide Prevention Julie Gustafson with JMG Consulting Karen Nowicki with Phoenix Business RadioX and Kelly Lorenzen with KLM Consulting

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Karianna Blanchard with Parents for Suicide Prevention Julie Gustafson with JMG Consulting Karen Nowicki with Phoenix Business RadioX and Kelly Lorenzen with KLM Consulting

In 2017, four moms founded the nonprofit Parents for Suicide Prevention (PSP). They were responsible for Senator Sean Bowie drafting the Mitch Warnock act requiring all school personal to have two hours of suicide prevention training every 3 years.

We are losing our teens at a high rate in Arizona and we learned our school staff was not trained in the signs of suicide to help watch out for the students and coworkers.

Karianna Blanchard is a wife and a mother to a daughter and son and spent years as an Early Childhood Director for an east valley church.

When one of their families became survivors of a suicide loss of a child, she began to become more aware of her misconceptions of suicide.

As Karianna began to learn more, she realized some things. No one is immune to suicide and suicide is preventable. One caring adult can change a child’s world and the Christian community needed to have real conversations about depression and immense pain and not make people feel their belief is wavering if they feel suicidal.

Karianna feels we have to work as a community to show one another HOPE. She has made it a personal mission to learn all she can to be of help to her community.

She has completed courses in Youth Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Risk Assessment and Management, SafeTalk, QPR GateKeeper Training, CALM (Counseling on access to lethal means), Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention, Locating and Understanding Data for Suicide Prevention, Spirituality and Mental Wellness, and Community Overdose Prevention, Naloxone Training and Koru Mindfulness, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Child Psychology, Stop the Bleed, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

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Julie Gustafson is a trauma mentor with JMG Consulting who guides people through regressive therapy. She had the fortunate opportunity to train with one of the best trauma professionals in Arizona, Wayne Johnson.

Knowing firsthand the staggering toll that anxiety and depression can have in our lives, Julie is passionate about helping others find peace in their lives.

The work Julie does focuses on personal growth by working through past and present traumas. There will be no attempt to physiologically diagnose, treat, fix, heal or change you as a person. Self discovery will act as the guide regarding behavior, thoughts, emotions and spirituality.

Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership™ and SoulMarks Coaching™. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen, and work-life balance.

Karen has been an expert guest on regional TV and radio shows, including Fox Phoenix Morning Show, Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona, The Chat Room, and Mid-Day Arizona. She has been a regular contributor to many print and online magazines – publishing articles and blogs for business and education.

In addition to working with private coaching clients, Karen is also the Owner & President of Phoenix Business RadioX. The Business RadioX Network amplifies the voice of business – serving the Fortune 500,000, not just the Fortune 500. Phoenix Business RadioX helps local businesses and professional associations get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, profession, and community.

Of all the experiences Karen has had the privilege of participating in over her vast career, she shares that Phoenix Business RadioX is a pinnacle adventure!

Connect with Karen on LinkedIn and follow Phoenix Business RadioX on Facebook and Instagram.

About Your Hosts

Along with being a Spartan racer, past animal trainer and magician’s assistant, Kindra Maples has experience working with diverse crowds of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds to support them with engagement opportunities.

Kindra is a dynamic and engaging community engagement specialist with 10+ years of proven excellence across senior leadership roles leading partnership development and community outreach and engagement.

As an ambassador of Phoenix Business Radio X she is able to continue supporting community engagement through connecting business professionals to others in the community.

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

Tim Echols with Georgia Public Service Commission

September 25, 2019 by Mike

Case In Point

Tim Echols with Georgia Public Service Commission

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Tim Echols/Georgia Public Service Commission

Tim Echols serves as the Commissioner for the State of Georgia Public Service Commission.

A younger Tim Echols was selected by the Atlanta Airport Rotary Club as “Student of the Year” from his high school in 1978. While at the luncheon, he met Truett Cathy, a member of the Atlanta Airport Rotary Club. After the meeting, Truett invited Tim to come by his Hapeville office and there gave him a set of motivational tapes and a challenge. Echols said the tapes changed his life and as a result of listening to Zig Ziglar and his teaching, Tim set a goal to be a statewide elected official.

Shortly after graduating from UGA, Tim and his wife Windy founded TeenPact, a training experience for conservative high school students. The program began at the Georgia Capitol and now operates in 42 states having training 50,000 students. After building TeenPact, Echols ran for and was elected to statewide office in 2010 serving as Public Service Commissioner.

The PSC’s primary job is energy regulation. When he took office, Georgia was 34th in solar power. Now, eight years later, the state is 10th in the nation in approved solar. Echols created the Clean Energy Roadshow that has traveled the state every summer for the last eight years. This educational event travels to cities around the state helping commuters, businesses and municipal governments evaluate alternative fuel for their transportation and residential use.

Tim has tried to lead by example. He added solar hot water heating to his Athens home just before being sworn-in. He bought a natural gas car, a propane van and now owns an electric car. Tim also led the effort to provide the Salvation Army and two other agencies with $5 million to help low income seniors in Atlanta with heating assistance. That program continues today. Tim created a pilot program to provide specially equipped IPADS to the hearing impaired to help them function more productively. That programs continues today as well. Most recently, Tim led the PSC to increase the number of pediatric hearing aids in a program the PSC oversees. Tim wants to keep rates low and he works hard with his colleagues to make sure Georgia has the energy it needs from diverse sources, including nuclear power. Tim supports recycling the nuclear waste and using the remaining energy resident in those fuel rods as the most sustainable course of action for the state and nation. He has represented the United States at the World Nuclear Exhibition for the last six years. Tim also has been at the forefront in fighting human sex trafficking. He created the “Unholy Tour” that helps policy makers see first-hand the harms of human trafficking. Tim has a weekly radio show called Energy Matters airing on Cox Media Group and back episodes can be found at WGAU Radio – Energy Matters.

ATDC Radio: Kell Canty with Verady, Anthony Maley with Vouch and Chris Maurice with Yellow Card Financial

September 18, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Kell Canty with Verady, Anthony Maley with Vouch and Chris Maurice with Yellow Card Financial

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Kell Canty has over 25 years of experience in technology development and building companies that capitalize on identity, audit, and payments utilizing advanced technology. Kell is Co-founder of Verady, a blockchain asset accounting and audit technology company, and leads its product direction and business development efforts.

Previously in the Blockchain space, Kell started Coinpliance in 2013 as one of the first ventures to advance regulatory innovation in Bitcoin particularly in the areas of KYC and AML. He has co-founded multiple Fintech startups including a market leading real-time identity, credit, and risk assessment company that was acquired by HNC Software Inc. which then merged into Fair Isaac Corporation(FICO.)

Kell holds a BS in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a licensed pilot, advanced scuba diver, and volunteers locally.

Connect with Kell on LinkedIn and follow Verady on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Anthony Maley is Co-Founder and CTO at Vouch.io where he also leads strategy for products and intellectual property. Anthony has 25 years of executive and leadership experience performing CTO or Chief Architect roles for Toyota Europe, AGCO, SunTrust in both the USA and Europe.

He has extensive expertise in building innovation and transformation teams as well as designing and implementing full end to end solutions within the Blockchain, Digital, IoT and Enterprise spaces.

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn and follow Vouch on Twitter and Facebook.

Chris Maurice is the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card Financial. Chris started his first company in High School sourcing clothing and metalwork from India and Pakistan, giving him his first experience with international markets, partnerships, and currency exchange.

While studying finance at Auburn University, Chris and his co-founder Justin Poiroux started selling Bitcoin with the mission of giving people access to financial resources in a scalable, efficient manner. They made many mistakes and founded Yellow Card on the back of everything they learned. Chris is an Eagle Scout and was a finalist for both the 2019 Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.

Follow Yellow Card on LinkedIn and Facebook and connect with Chris on Twitter.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Jennifer Fennell with Jackson EMC, Bill McDermott with McDermott Financial Solutions, and Gregg Burkhalter “The LinkedIn Guy”

August 23, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Jennifer Fennell with Jackson EMC, Bill McDermott with McDermott Financial Solutions, and Gregg Burkhalter "The LinkedIn Guy"

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Bill McDermott, Jennifer Fennell, Gregg Burkhalter, Al Simon

Jennifer Fennell/Jackson EMC

Jackson EMC was founded in 1938 on the belief that by working together, they could improve the quality of life for residents of Northeast Georgia through the power of electricity. That idea hasn’t changed, and a Jackson EMC membership still costs the same today as it did then: $5.

Today, the meters Jackson EMC serves has grown to more than 220,000, but their commitment to the members they serve, and their community, remains the same. As they look to the future, they rely on their vision, mission and values to keep them on track.

Bill McDermott/McDermott Financial Solutions

McDermott Financial Solutions helps business owners establish solid financial plans to get on a clear path to growth and profitability through their 6-step process called the McDermott Advantage. They also help business owners find funding for their business with McDermott Financial Solutions’ prior banking experience, expertise and contacts.

Gregg Burkhalter/”The LinkedIn Guy”

Gregg Burkhalter is a recognized authority on personal branding and LinkedIn. He has helped countless professionals in the U.S. and abroad define and grow their personal brand using LinkedIn.

Gregg spent the first part of his professional career behind the microphone at radio stations in Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, and Atlanta. Following his radio years, Gregg worked in national music marketing and distribution.

Today, Gregg is known by many as “The LinkedIn Guy”. He provides personal branding coaching and LinkedIn training via one-on-one and group training sessions, corporate presentations, and webinars. Gregg is also a frequent speaker at civic and chamber events and area universities.

Pensacola Business Radio – 12.08.15 / Guests: THRIVE – Karen Toth, Kevin Miller and Mike Findeisen

December 8, 2015 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 12.08.15 / Guests: THRIVE - Karen Toth, Kevin Miller and Mike Findeisen

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Kevin Miller

kevinmthrives.le-vel.com

email: canyon105@gmail.com

Mike Findeisen

mefthrives.le-vel.com

email: mfindeisen@coastalpaymentsystems.com

Karen Toth

email: ktoth@paradigmtelecom.com

The THRIVE Experience is an 8 week premium lifestyle plan, to help individuals experience and reach peak physical and mental levels. You’re going to live, look, and feel Ultra Premium like never before! Results from the THRIVE Experience are high impact, and can slightly differ for everyone – depending on which areas of your lifestyle need the most help – and depending on your 8 week goal. Whether your goal is to lose weight, get in the best shape of your life, or simply be the best you can be, we know the THRIVE 8 Week Experience will get you THRIVIN’ in all areas of your life! Individuals on the Experience will enjoy premium support and benefits in the areas of:

> Weight Management > Cognitive Performance
> Digestive & Immune Support > Joint Support
> Lean Muscle Support > Aches & Discomfort Relief
> Anti-Aging & Antioxidant Support

THRIVE by Le-Vel is something that’s hard to explain, and challenging to describe… it’s something that can only be experienced.

brand philosophy

Premium Level: Premium Lifestyle

Le-Vel was created and envisioned with a greater purpose, a premium plan. This plan is not to create a product, or a product line, but to build a global brand, a new icon. A brand that encompasses ultra premium products: premium product lines. The new brand, for the better lifestyle, premium-seeking consumers.

The largest and most successful companies in the world are extremely good at one thing. They build brands, not products. They are so good at this one focus, they can literally put their logo on anything and it is passionately accepted worldwide. As the Le-Vel vision is birthed with THRIVE, it will continue on with all of our brands and future premium products. Le-Vel will be a global giant; our logo will be on many different products, wherever you go, our logo will go with you. The quality, passion and efficacy with one product line, will flawlessly continue on to all product lines, because the true focus, our passion will always remain at its inception, The Brand: Le-Vel.

To build the Premium Lifestyle Company, we knew we had to look further than just a product, we had to envision a larger purpose, a deeper reason for what we were doing. We had to create the one and only Premium Lifestyle Brand.

Jason Camper and Paul Gravette share a vision for premium products that offer an opportunity to live a premium lifestyle.

With over 41 years of combined experience in the Health & Wellness industry, Jason and Paul’s vision was to create a company, a brand, a product line that had never been seen before. Their commitment and passion to Premium Grade raw ingredients and using a higher level of nutrition to formulate Thrive was the key to Le-Vel’s success from the beginning.