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Cameron Marmolejo, Owner of ImagiNation Construction, Dan Smith of Insperity & Rick Strawn, President of Paradigm Security

June 17, 2022 by Amanda Pearch

Forsyth Business Radio

Cameron Marmolejo, Owner of ImagiNation Construction, Dan Smith of Insperity & Rick Strawn, President of Paradigm Security

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Hosts Amanda Pearch and Dimtriy Teplinskiy joined in Studio by:

Cameron Marmolejo, Owner of ImagiNation Construction LLC, Dan Smith of Insperity &

Rick Strawn, President of Paradigm Security Services

Cameron Marmolejo and his team at ImagiNation Construction LLC aim to make your design ideas a reality! Imagination really is the first step. With nearly two decades of commercial and residential construction experience, the team will implement your precise vision or collaborate with you to create something new. ImagiNation uses cutting edge technology to draft, design, construct. Veteran owned and active within Forsyth County and surrounding areas, giving back to the community is one of their CORE values.

Dan Smith is a Business Advisor for Insperity HR Solutions. They specialize in providing businesses with a package of HR solutions that truly fits their specific needs. With access to better benefits, time-saving technology and the first-class service – Dan and the Insperity Team are completely dedicated support. With a full scope of resources to meet a wide range of needs, they are ready to assist companies with 5 to 5000 employees.

Rick Strawn is a retired veteran of the Atlanta Police Department. His experience with detective work involving both blue and white-collar crimes gives him a unique perspective. innovative consulting and executive protection services. He and his ALL STAR Team eliminate the guesswork involved in securing your operation and stay ahead of the threats. While each client has unique security needs, professionalism is the common thread that runs throughout every effort they undertake. The management team at Paradigm Security Services, Inc has more than 200 years of combined professional experience.

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Solve Problems, Don’t Contribute to Them! E85

December 22, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

Solve Problems, Don't Contribute to Them! E85

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Solve Problems, Don’t Contribute to Them! E85

In this episode, host Austin Peterson welcomes guest, JJ Levenske, President of Bluewave General Contracting to the show. JJ Levenske is a seasoned construction executive with over 30 years of experience in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Bleuwave General Contracting is a full-service commercial general contractor that specializes in holistic solutions for their clients.

Tune in to hear how JJ Levenske’s company got too big too early and how they picked themselves up and got after it being more successful than ever. Listen in to hear JJ Levenske explain what holistic deliverables are and how being successful doesn’t come from “eating the elephant in one bit” but taking several bites one after another.

Bleuwave General Contracting is a full-service commercial general contractor that specializes in holistic solutions for their clients. Typically bringing many facets together to provide a facilities based solution for their clients.

A typical project will include capital, development, construction, design assist, and some other ancillary solution that brought the client and Bleuwave together in the first place.

In other words, Bleuwave’s clients come to them when the conventional solutions have been exhausted. Bleuwave typically takes an equity position within the project (either tangibly or via intellectual capital).

JJ Levenske is a seasoned construction executive with over 30 years of experience in the commercial and industrial sectors. From pre-construction services to complex construction solutions, he brings a commitment to delivering the highest levels of professionalism and customer service.

J.J.’s dedication to construction has allowed him to become an industry expert which he aims to share with customers and subcontractors alike. J.J. does not believe in mediocrity and strives to see the “end at the beginning” for each project, effectuating a timely and on budget approach for the entire team and the client.

Early on in his career, J.J. worked as a cost engineer conducting feasibility estimates, strategic capital estimates, cost planning, and analysis of value engineering for the technology, petrochemical, and food industries. He went on to develop and implement a variety of systems for estimating, scheduling, resource management, and cost tracking while holding Project Manager and Senior Management Positions.

During his tenure, JJ has been involved in approximately $1 billion worth of construction services. His in-the-field experience is coupled with a strong financial acumen, allowing for seamless conversations about Bleuwave’s unique value-added solutions.

Connect with JJ on LinkedIn.

About the Show

Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.

He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.

After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.

Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.

Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”

Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.

In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.

Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

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Todd & Zach Walker, SELECTBUILT Construction

May 18, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Todd & Zach Walker, SELECTBUILT Construction

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Todd & Zach Walker, SELECTBUILT Construction (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 355)

Father and son duo Todd and Zach Walker of SELECTBUILT Construction joined host John Ray to debunk myths about the construction industry, discuss their residential general contracting business, share client success stories, and assess the effect of the pandemic on residential construction projects. North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

SELECTBUILT Construction

Family Owned & Operated, the SELECTBUILT staff has years of experience within the construction and insurance industry.

As a general contractor and project management specialist, they use their knowledge and expertise to make recommendations and provide helpful, detailed consultations that prove crucial to the success of a client’s project. Their team is constantly training on the industry’s latest standards in order to deliver the highest quality finishes on time and within budget.

SELECTBUILT is a State-Licensed General Contractor, HAAG Certified, IICRC & Mold Certified, and an EPA Lead-Safe Firm. They offer 24/7 emergency services, free Residential Exterior Assessment and free Commercial Project Consultation.

Company website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

Todd Walker, Co-Owner, SELECTBUILT Construction

Having spent over 3 decades in leadership positions within the restaurant industry, Todd knows that a quality product and great customer service are the foundations for success, and in an industry where these attributes are often missing, he brings this same commitment to the SELECTBUILT team. Todd’s role is to create Raving Fans that trust in our company and return project after project to work with a team that truly cares about the work they perform, and most of all, the customer.

Zach Walker, Co-Owner, SELECTBUILT Construction

As a Licensed Residential-Light Commercial General Contractor, Zach has 15+ years of experience within the construction industry. Prior to forming SELECTBUILT, Zach’s previous experience includes Commercial Project Management, ADA-Compliant Build-Outs, New Construction Residential Homes, Building Envelope & Moisture Intrusion Failures, Exteriors, and Roofing. Zach is committed to providing our SELECTBUILT Guarantee to all customers regardless of project size.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Tell me about what you do as a General Contractor, how do you serve the Atlanta market?
How did you get started in business, what was your journey?
The price of lumber has been all over the news lately, what are your thoughts on building material costs and when we might see some easing in price?
What are some of the common issues homeowners experience that you address in your work?
So you have a success story you would like to share?
How would your past customers describe you?
What is one common myth about your profession that you would like to debunk?
What does success look like for your business?
Where do you see your business in 5 years from now?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray, and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

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 over $13 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 because they work and live alongside you every day.

Steve Cooper with Cooper & Co. and Jackie Martin & Jennifer Gross with BMore Learning

April 15, 2021 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Steve Cooper with Cooper & Co. and Jackie Martin & Jennifer Gross with BMore Learning

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Jackie Martin, Steve Cooper & Jennifer Gross

Steve Cooper/Cooper & Co.

Founded by Ted Cooper in 1967, Cooper & Company General Contracting is a full-service commercial construction firm. Their foundations are built upon serving clients in Georgia and throughout the South. Because of this commitment, Cooper has successfully completed over 600 projects in all division of construction totaling over a billion dollars.

Jackie Martin & Jennifer Gross/BMore Learning

BMore Learning is a life and workforce readiness program for students on their journey to independence.

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Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

April 10, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

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Todd Fine/Wintellect

Wintellect is a software development, cloud, and developer training company founded by a team of technology experts renowned in the industry, with the goal of providing the highest level of custom software development, training, and architecture expertise to their clients. Wintellect’s mission is to help customers “build better software, faster,” and to do this they have structured their company as a dedicated team of technology experts accompanied by the top tier of software engineers. Their employees have published over 30 software technology books and hundreds of articles, and along the way have won a host of accolades, including the Worldwide Microsoft Channel Partner of the Year Award in 2018. Wintellect is one of the top trainers on the Microsoft platform in the U.S., including for Microsoft itself where they train their product team developers in Seattle and around the world. On the Consulting side, Wintellect is recognized as a leader in mission critical software design and development, and continually work with major companies on large enterprise systems around the country and worldwide.

Emily Bridges/Choate Construction Company

As one of the largest general contractors in the Southeast, 100% employee-owned Choate Construction Company considers its Reputation as its number one asset, with future success founded upon the strength of its client relationships. Choate Construction excels in both base and interior construction with office locations in Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, and Savannah. Choate strives to lead the industry in financially viable, functional solutions and continually invests in the tools to do so, promoting advances in safety, virtual construction, sustainability, and risk mitigation. Please visit www.choateco.com for more information.

Jason Haner with Leapley Construction Group and Alessio Urso with LightSmarts

February 14, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jason Haner with Leapley Construction Group and Alessio Urso with LightSmarts

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Jason Haner, Leapley Construction Group

Jason Haner is a Vice President with Leapley Construction Group. Leapley Construction is a twenty-year-old, woman-owned interior renovation General Contractor that exists to build spaces where people thrive. Leapley has a robust staff of 17 Project Managers and 29 Superintendents focused on Office, Higher Education and Healthcare projects. Key Leapley clients include in the office market include Coca-Cola, Norfolk Southern, Equifax, and Newell Brands. Higher education clients include the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Emory University, and Kennesaw State University. Key Healthcare accounts include Piedmont Hospital, Kaiser, Northside Hospital and Emory Clinic. Leapley construction has grown 65% in the last 3 years, recording revenues of $88 million in 2018.

For more information, go to http://www.leapleyconstruction.com/.

Alessio Urso, LightSmarts

Alessio Urso is the Founder and Principal of LightSmarts. Alessio creates great visual experiences while promoting health and well-being in commercial lighting design by working cohesively with architects, interior designers, and property owners.

Alessio helps his clients achieve their vision within budget, on schedule and without increasing the complexity of the project. His over fifteen years of experience in both lighting design and lighting controls enables me to provide a complete turnkey solution precisely fitted to each client’s particular needs.

The custom lighting and controls designed by LightSmarts take into account both quantity and quality: the right quantity of lighting needed to perform in a specific space plus the right quality of light that will create a comfortable and healthy environment. When it comes to creating a lighting and controls design (whether for interior lighting or exterior lighting), every detail is attended to and every element fully executed to meet the highest standards.

For more information, go to https://www.lightsmarts.com/, or contact Alessio Urso with LightSmarts directly at aurso@LightSmarts.com or (470) 265-1292.

Bill Bland with Choate Construction, Chris Lamm with A-LIGN Consulting, and Casey Robinson with Envision Office Solutions

April 17, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Bill Bland with Choate Construction, Chris Lamm with A-LIGN Consulting, and Casey Robinson with Envision Office Solutions

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John Ray, Bill Bland, Chris Lamm, Casey Robinson

Bill Bland/Choate Construction

Choate Construction Company is one of the largest general contractors in the Southeast specializing in Preconstruction, Design-Build, LEED Programming / Implementation, and Construction Management services for multiple market sectors. Choate is a 100% employee-owned company and proud to hold an 85% rate of repeat clients. Due to financial strength and depth of expertise Choate’s annual volume has continued to grow, topping $1.2 billion in 2017. Additionally, Choate has received many notable distinctions including being named the 2017 Southeast Contractor of the Year by ENR magazine. Choate’s employees are members of various professional and personal organizations with a strong backbone of charitable involvement. Choate is continually recognized as one of the top corporate fundraisers for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation having raised over $3 million to date.

Chris Lamm/A-LIGN Consulting

A-LIGN was founded in 2009 with the corporate headquarters located in Tampa, FL. A-LIGN provides data security consulting and professional services, including SOC Attestation, PCI Compliance, HIPAA/HITRUST Assessments, ISO Certification Services, FISMA Certification, FEDRAMP Authorization, NIST 800-171 Assessments, GPDR Assessment Services, EU-US Privacy Shield Services, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Assessments, Penetration Testing Services, and Social Engineering Services. A-LIGN employs approximately 150 professionals throughout the United States. A-LIGN provides industry leading advisory services with a customer-service focus.

Casey Robinson/Envision Office Solutions

Envision Office Solutions is a small commercial office furniture business going on 30 years this year. The company was established in 1988 as a scratch and dent office furniture company. Over the years they have established strong lasting relationships with clients that value the small business aspect but understand that Envision can grow with them as they grow. Envision Office Solutions can help you with your office furniture needs large or small. They handle the process from the “Envision” or design, all the way up to the install of finished product. They specialize in businesses from two employees to over 200. How can Envision help your office?