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MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: John Mamon with mPowered IT

March 28, 2017 by Mike

Mastermind Your Launch

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: John Mamon with mPowered IT

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John Mamon/mPowered IT

John Mamon, CEO of mPowered IT, has 20+ years of experience in I.T. Engineering/Sales/Executive working in startup companies and divisions. He helped build a successful MSP in Atlanta which was acquired in 2011. His technology related specialties include service design, team creation and oversight, increasing operational effectiveness. and harnessing cloud and data center services.

Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch

Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.

Brian Herbert with Apex Veteran Staffing, Ash Brown with Ash Said It, Tim Gorisek with Summit Systems, and Richard Rice with Mutual Engineering

February 3, 2016 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Brian Herbert with Apex Veteran Staffing, Ash Brown with Ash Said It, Tim Gorisek with Summit Systems, and Richard Rice with Mutual Engineering

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Tim Gorisek, Brian Herbert, Ash Brown, Richard Rice, Dom Rainey

Brian Herbert/Apex Veteran Staffing

Apex Veteran Staffing is a minority and disabled veteran owned staffing agency that focuses primarily on putting military veterans to work in careers that encompass administrative, warehouse, hospitality, and information technology. They have teamed up with First Advantage Consulting Firm, another disabled veteran consulting firm that focuses on Affirmative Action to organizations with 50 or more employees, forming “Veterans 2 Civilians 2 Entrepreneurship.” Although V2C2E focus is military veterans and transitioning veterans, they realize that many individuals, including established businesses, are unaware of the necessary requirements needed to solidify state and/or government contracts.

Ash Brown/Ash Said It

Ash Said It is a full service public speaking boutique. They host red carpets and receptions as well as upscale soirees. They can customize their services for your specific event needs.

This company is the brainchild of Ash “Ashbeezy” Brown. With over 12 years experioence as a radio announcer and 10 years as a promoter, Ash is far from a rookie. Her vision is officially in MOTION!

Tim Gorisek/Summit Systems

Summit Systems operates 6 distinctive, but complementary individual business units as a single source provider of corporate communication and infrastructure systems including: Network Infrastructure & Wireless, IP Telephony, Access Control & Security, Lighting and Energy, Pro Audio Visual, & Audio Visual for Classrooms for K12 school systems.

Richard Rice/Mutual Engineering

Since 1997, Mutual Engineering has provided civil/structural design and forensic engineering services to legal, insurance, construction and private clients throughout the United States.

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P Marshall and Associates

December 15, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

P Marshall and Associates

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PM&A — Brett Davis explains distributed antenna systems

P Marshall and Associates

On this week’s episode I featured long-time acquaintance, Carrie Dimino, and Brett Davis, of P Marshall and Associates, an Atlanta-based engineering firm. The company initially started with a focus in telecommunications, providing services around antenna systems and other telecom needs.

As their relationships with their clients grew, their happy customers were frequently asking if the firm could provide engineering support for needs in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and others, prompting P Marshall and Associates to expand their repertoire to include experts in these areas as well.

With Atlanta currently placing focus and energy on becoming a Smart City, and many builders and commercial property owners looking to integrate technology into their buildings, the firm is uniquely positioned to play a key role in helping to achieve these goals.

Brett explained how PM&A is able to design and install distributed antenna systems that integrate with existing structures and architecture as well as new construction. So, they’re able to make a cellular antenna that becomes part of a light pole, for example, but is essentially unnoticeable.

We also talked about how the company places great attention to the culture of the company. They have purposefully maintained a low-key, fun work environment to maximize employee satisfaction and creativity. Carrie shared some of the characteristics the firm is looking for in engineering experts who are looking to join their growing, innovative company.

Special Guests:

Carrie Dimino, Catalyst, P Marshall and Associates

Brett Davis, Director of Wireless Initiatives, P Marshall and Associates

Engineering Integrity and Secret Shoppers

August 1, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Engineering Integrity and Secret Shoppers

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Morgan Consultants — Lara Hodgson and Traci Morgan talk Engineering Integrity

Lisa van Kesteren of Mystery Researchers

Engineering Integrity and Secret Shoppers

This week I was joined by guest co-host, Lara Hodgson, CEO of NOWaccount. She introduced us to Traci Morgan, founder of Morgan Consulting, Inc., and Lisa van Kesteren, CEO/founder of Mystery Researchers. Morgan Consulting focuses their expertise on the food and beverage processing and manufacturing industries.

Traci Morgan is a senior process engineer who has been in consulting engineering for over 30 years, with 25 years being focused on Food, Beverage, and related Consumer Products industries. Ms. Morgan’s industry experience includes beverage, dairy, brewery, biscuit, bread, and snack baking, meat and poultry, sauces and dressings, fresh cut produce, consumer household products, personal care products, tobacco, and injectable pharmaceuticals. She holds a BS of Chemical Engineering from Ohio University.

In addition to experience as a design engineer, Ms Morgan has expertise in the plant operations environment, as well as in product and process development. She has a high level of experience in operations management, production, maintenance, sanitation, quality assurance, and regulatory requirements, and a working knowledge of the Product Development process. Ms Morgan has the ability to bring people together from a wide variety of roles and backgrounds and develop proactive and synergistic teams.

Traci spent the early part of her career working for large consulting engineering firms. As a field engineer in large food manufacturing operations, she developed an appreciation for the importance of digging into more than just the engineering aspects of an operation. Through her comprehensive approach to projects, Ms Morgan has demonstrated the ability to fully integrate all aspects of manufacturing from concept development through the delivery of consumer products to the shelf.

She saw an opportunity to develop a more hands-on, practical, and relationship-based approach to consulting. And Ms Morgan recognized a niche for bringing together experts with the ability to address every facet of product manufacturing. Most importantly, she emphasizes the importance of understanding the client’s culture and fully developing the customer/supplier relationship.

Traci’s aspirations of finding a more effective way to serve manufacturing clients were realized with the inception of Morgan Consultants, Inc in 1997. Morgan Consultants, Inc provides specialized engineering, management, and consulting services to manufacturing companies. Morgan Consultants, Inc has the ability to assist clients and help shape their business direction by 1. Working upstream in the areas of product, process, and equipment development, 2. Executing traditional design, build, and startup projects, and 3. Analyzing and recommending improvements to current operations.

Morgan Consultants, Inc leverages their impressive group of industry experts to drive operational excellence and bring innovation to their clients in a cost-effective manner. Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients include PepsiCo and Frito-Lay, Famous Brands and Mrs Fields, Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s, Clorox, Sara Lee, Pinnacle Foods, Chiquita Brands and Fresh Express, Anheuser-Busch, Beam Global Spirits, RJ Reynolds, Coca-Cola, General Mills, McCormick, ConAgra, Kroger, Energizer, Unilever, Monsanto, Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble, and HJ Heinz.

Owner and operator of Mystery Researchers, Lisa van Kesteren, has more than 25 years of experience in the mystery shopping industry. She began her career in the early 90’s and over the course of the next 15 years established mystery shopping divisions for two large global corporations. During this time, Lisa was one of the founding members of the industry association, Mystery Shopping Providers Association, which was created in 1997. She served as the Chairperson of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee, and in this role she was responsible for the creation of the original Code of Ethics for the industry. In addition, she earned an MBA from Kennesaw State University.

In 2008, Lisa decided to go out on her own and so established her own mystery shopping company, Mystery Researchers. Since that time Mystery Researchers has grown rapidly, nearly doubling in revenues each year. In 2014, Lisa was able to raise the capital necessary to make two acquisitions, both also in the mystery shopping industry. Her company is now one of the largest privately held companies in the industry.

Special Guests:

Lara O’Connor-Hodgson, CEO of Nowaccount Network Corporation

MBA Harvard Business School
Former Adjunct Professor of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology
Board of Directors, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Owner, Insomnia Group
Chairman of the Board, Atlanta Heights Charter School
Second Language–Japanese

Traci Morgan, Principal, Morgan Consultants, Inc.

BS, Chemical Engineering, Ohio University
Former Lead Engineer, Lockwood Greene
Previous Senior Project Leader, Cadence Technologies

Lisa van Kesteren, CEO/Founder, Mystery Researchers

MBA, Business, Kennesaw State University, Michael J. Coles College of Business
Previous Vice President, Field Research Division, Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations
Former SVP, Mystery Shopping Division, TNS US Custom

Harm Scheffer and Chris Abbey with Reliant Building Solutions, and Geoffrey Sperback with EnVision EES

June 3, 2015 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Harm Scheffer and Chris Abbey with Reliant Building Solutions, and Geoffrey Sperback with EnVision EES

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Harm Scheffer, Chris Abbey, Geoffrey Sperback, Nikole Toptas

Harm Scheffer & Chris Abbey/Reliant Building Solutions

Reliant Building Solutions designs and executes engineered repairs for the structural components of buildings. RBS performs: Concrete Repairs and restoration (spalls, cracks, etc.); Barrier Cable repairs; Parking Garage repairs and restoration; Carbon Fiber strengthening; Epoxy crack injection; Steel and Concrete column repairs; Site concrete placement (curbs, gutters, equipment pads); Slab openings for stairs/escalators/elevators; Expansion joint replacement; Stair demolition and slab closures; Joint sealant and leak repairs; Waterproofing; Driveway and walkway repairs (Residential and Commercial).

Geoffrey Sperback/EnVision EES

Through EnVision EES‘s partners and company intel, they develop a strong customized plan for any corporation that is looking for a more leading edge approach. They are the leaders for those manufacturers who partner with them and a solution for those corporations who seek their services.