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Mia Hubbard with Regions Bank and Amy Greiner with Kingsview Wealth Management

February 11, 2021 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mia Hubbard with Regions Bank and Amy Greiner with Kingsview Wealth Management

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Mia Hubbard/Regions Bank

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE.RF), with $144 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of Consumer and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, and Mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers cross the South, Midwest, and Texas, and through its subsidiary. Regions Bank operates approximately 1,400 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member of FDIC. Additional Information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.Regions.com.

Amy Greiner/Kingsview Wealth Management

Kingsview Wealth Management provides personalized, confidential financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, trusts and small businesses. Advice is provided through consultation with the client and may include: determination of financial objectives, identification of financial problems, cash flow management, tax planning, insurance review, investment management, education funding, retirement planning and estate planning.

Amy is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ with over two decades of experience in financial services.

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Enrique Alvarez with Vector Global Logistics and Shaun Collings with Regions Bank

January 14, 2021 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Enrique Alvarez with Vector Global Logistics and Shaun Collings with Regions Bank

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Enrique Alvarez/Vector Global Logistics

You need a logistics and supply chain partner that can not only provide you with a good price, but a great value. Vector Global Logistics works with you to find efficient, cost-effective solutions for moving the products you care about from point A to point B. When you don’t have to worry about a successful arrival, you can focus on changing the world.

Shaun Collings/Regions Bank

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $144 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,400 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.

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Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

December 17, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

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Casey Clark, Rich Dobbs and Eric Alimena

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs/Capital Restoration

Capital Restoration, headquartered in Marietta, GA is a General Contractor that specializes in commercial emergency restoration services such as fire, smoke, water, storm damage and Covid disinfecting for Atlanta and the entire Southeastern U.S. Their motto is “Problem Solved!”

Eric Alimena/Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation is an elite provider of professional, reliable, luxury transportation services worldwide, whose mission is to make a difference one person at a time by making life easier, creating peace of mind and generating unforgettable experiences.

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New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus

December 15, 2020 by John Ray

Alpharetta Tech Talk

New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus

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New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus (“Alpharetta Tech Talk”, Episode 21)

Monique Mills of TPM Focus joined host John Ray to discuss her entrepreneurial journey, how she helps start-ups and other businesses with new product launches, why everyone’s own future involves entrepreneurship in some form, and much more. “Alpharetta Tech Talk” is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Monique Mills, CEO, TPM Focus, LLC

Monique Mills is a degreed electrical engineer turned serial entrepreneur. She attended Rochester Institute of Technology for her engineering degree and completed her MBA, with a concentration on Management of Technology, at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed Realtor(R) as well as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Monique began her career in the semiconductor industry then went on to hold positions in the energy, aviation, real estate, and technology industries. Monique’s earliest entrepreneurial experience began while simultaneously working in her engineering career. As a result of her love of real estate, construction, and desire to manage her personal investment transactions, she became a licensed Realtor and launched a real estate sales and consulting business to assist other investors in strategic planning and execution of their real estate ventures. Monique has expertise in buying, selling, leasing, and construction management of both residential and commercial properties. She is a Member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.

Monique has founded four companies, one of which was a SaaS technology startup targeting the commercial real estate and retail industry. Currently, she is the CEO of TPM Focus, a strategy consulting firm providing revenue-focused strategy and execution services to startups and SMB’s launching new products.

Monique lends her talents to startup incubators and accelerators around the country including serving as a Mentor for Founder Institute, a Startup Coach for the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech, and serving as an Advisory Board Member for Stem to Market, a Kauffman Foundation-funded accelerator of the Association for Women in Science that supports STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) entrepreneurs seeking commercialization of their research and technology. She is an advocate for the diversification of STEM careers, expanded leadership, and equitable entrepreneurial opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities.

Monique is an Adjunct Instructor of Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University in the College of Business as part of the University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute teaching students how to apply evidence-based entrepreneurship methods to go from an idea to a sustainable business model.

Company website

Monique on LinkedIn

Question/Topics Covered in this Interview

Taking an electrical engineering experience, adding an MBA, and leveraging it as tech startup founder.
Tech startup founder as a Black person and as a woman.
Facing burnout.
The addiction to the torture of entrepreneurship even though you have other “safer” options.
Connection to Georgia Tech and desire to be helpful in whatever capacity in higher education (especially STEM and even teaching entrepreneurship at GSU)
The challenges encountered with established small businesses.
The challenges encountered with startups.
How the future is entrepreneurship, in some capacity, for everyone.

About “Alpharetta Tech Talk”

“Alpharetta Tech Talk” is the radio show/podcast home of the burgeoning technology sector in Alpharetta and the surrounding GA 400 and North Fulton area. We feature key technology players from a dynamic region of over 900 technology companies. “Alpharetta Tech Talk” comes to you from from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® and is hosted by John Ray.

Past episodes of “Alpharetta Tech Talk” can be found at alpharettatechtalk.com.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with approximately $12.9 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you.

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

December 10, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

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Dawn Kirk/BestU4Life

Thump-thump. How healthy is your leadership? Thump-thump. How engaged is your team? Thump-thump. Is your organization thriving? Not sure? It’s time for a heart check-up. Dawn S. Kirk, owner and founder of BestU4Life, reveals her unique, people-first approach that has help countless leader build real-world influence and impact. No matter the problem, it can be solved through people. Let the Six Pulses of Heartbeat Leadership position you to empower yourself, engage your team, and impact your organization starting right now!

Zachary Bennett/Reformation Productions

Reformation Productions is a full-service marketing agency located in the North Atlanta metro area of Gwinnett County. They use a more scientific, proven approach to business communications and marketing. Partnering with companies to help them accomplish effective and efficient marketing by providing fresh ideas, creative design, and effective strategies that are designed to work against a backdrop of proven success in the traditions of business. No winging it. No guessing. No trying things out.

They are led by author and marketing executive B. Zachary Bennett (bzacharybennett.com) who also offers fractional chief marketing officer services, one-on-one consulting, and business coaching in addition to the services of the agency. He is also a partner with SCORE and the SBDC, providing for speaking engagements and workshops around the Southeast.

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Connected Vehicles: What the FCC Ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

December 4, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Connected Vehicles: What the FCC Ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

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Applied Information recently presented a webinar – Connected Vehicles: What the FCC ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

This special edition of “TravelSafely with Bryan Mulligan” offers a replay of that webinar hosted by Bryan Mulligan, President and CEO of Applied Information, and Peter Ashley, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing with Applied Information.

The pace of change today is the slowest it will be for the rest of our lives. This webinar explores this topic and what’s ahead for transportation technology. Bryan and Peter highlight the reallocation of the 5.9 Mhz spectrum and help clarify how the changes impact current DSRC deployments and future CV2X deployments. They also discuss the sunset timeline for DSRC and how Applied Information’s CV2X solutions support agencies pursuing CV.

John Waldrop and Wendy Cunningham with Titan Electric Georgia

October 29, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

John Waldrop and Wendy Cunningham with Titan Electric Georgia

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John Waldrop and Wendy Cunningham/Titan Electric Georgia

Titan Electric Georgia is a full-service, commercial electrical contractor in the metro Atlanta area. They have a new construction group that partners with many of the large General Contractors to complete projects in the industrial, hospitality, high-rise multifamily/retail, medical, education and entertainment vertical markets. They have a team of seasoned superintendents that deliver a first-class experience to their clients.

In addition to the new construction division, they have a Small Projects/Interiors group, Service Department as well as in in-house Low Voltage team that handles the voice/data and AV equipment installations all over the United States.

Their jobs are currently located at various sites around Atlanta. The Charleston, SC office is a satellite office of Titan Electric Georgia that houses the team that is expanding their reach into the Charleston market.

Alyssa Davis with Sugarloaf Community Improvement District

October 28, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Alyssa Davis with Sugarloaf Community Improvement District

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Alyssa Davis/Sugarloaf Community Improvement District (CID)

The Sugarloaf Community Improvement District was formed in 2016 to ensure the long-term success of Gwinnett County’s premiere business and entertainment district. It is located in one of the region’s top ten employment centers and is also home to the Infinite Energy Center, a regional destination that attracts over a million visitors a year. The CID is a self-taxing district that leverages property tax dollars to make improvements in our area. Property owners who are members have the opportunity to voice their opinions, while the CID works on their behalf for specific initiatives to increase connectivity, ensure security, promote a more attractive environment to live work and play. Visit www.sugarloafcid.org to learn more about our projects and initiatives.

CLICK HERE to watch the video of this show.

Cole Porter with Porter Steel and Cathy Smith with Cachet Corporate Gift Services

October 22, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Cole Porter with Porter Steel and Cathy Smith with Cachet Corporate Gift Services

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Mike Sammond, Cole Porter, Cathy Smith, Steven Julian

Cole Porter/Porter Steel

In business since 1983, Porter Steel is one of Atlanta’s premier providers of structural steel, miscellaneous metals, and architectural metals to General Contractors and other fabricators in the area. Additionally, they have a custom manufacturing division where they partner with other manufacturers in completing the steel portion of their product.

Cathy Smith/Cachet Corporate Gift Services

Cachet Corporate Gift Services is a custom gift and marketing design company that works exclusively with businesses to help them express gratitude, and build better relationships with their customers, clients, and employees, in an authentic and thoughtful way.