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Chamber Roundtable Radio Show! Spotlighting Presidents and CEO’s From 18 Chambers of Commerce – Buckhead Business Radio

July 1, 2015 by angishields

“Chamber Roundtable Radio Show”

Spotlighting Presidents and CEO’s From 18 Chambers of Commerce

Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce

Hans Appen, President & CEO

Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce

Casey Dudek, President & CEO

Buckhead Coalition

Sam Massell, President

Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

Pamela Carnes, President & CEO

Cobb Chamber of Commerce

David Connell,President & CEO

Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce

James McCoy, President & CEO

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce

Katerina Taylor, Interim President

Douglas County Chamber of Commerce

Kali Boatright, President & CEO

Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Beth Summers, Executive Director

Georgia Chamber

Chris Clark, President & CEO

Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

Brandon Beach, President & CEO

Henry County Chamber of Commerce

David Gill, President & CEO

Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce

John Bemont, President

Metro Atlanta Chamber

Hala Moddelmog, President & CEO

Midtown Alliance

Kevin Green,President & CEO

Paulding Chamber of Commerce

Carolyn Wright, President & CEO

Sandy Springs Chamber of Commerce

Tom Mahaffey, President & CEO

South Fulton Chamber of Commerce

Dyan Matthews, President & CEO

Stay tuned for upcoming show schedules etc.

Georgia Business Radio June 26th Host Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson: Guests David Martin with Veininnovations, Douglas Ceto with CetoLogic – Buckhead Business Radio

June 26, 2015 by angishields

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Georgia Business Radio June 26th Host Ryan "Redhawk" McPherson: Guests David Martin with Veininnovations, Douglas Ceto with CetoLogic - Buckhead Business Radio

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David Martin/ Veininnovations

President & CEO

David Martin, RN received his degree in Nursing in 1980, and since then has worked primarily in the field of cardiovascular medicine. After 10 years in Intensive Care Units and emergency rooms, he became board certified as a Registered Nurse First Assistant, and went to work with heart and chest surgeons as a first assistant both in the operating room and on the wards. One of his responsibilities was the harvesting of saphenous veins for use as conduit in coronary bypass surgery, and in 1994, he became the first in the State of GA to do this using a scope rather than the traditional open incision method. This method has become the standard of care in GA and is now used in virtually every operating room in the country.

In 2002, David founded VEININNOVATIONS as the first facility of its kind in Atlanta to offer every available technique for the treatment of venous insufficiency and varicose/spider veins. A decade later, VeinInnovations is widely regarded as the leader in office-based treatment of venous disease.

www.veininnovations.com Twitter Facebook

Douglas Ceto/CetoLogic

President and CEO

Douglas Ceto is the President and CEO of CetoLogic, which provides software and analytics for financial institutions and retaielrs. Douglas is responsible for the overall direction and software expansion of the company, overseeing the long-term strategy and positioning of the company.

Douglas Ceto is responsible for overseeing the company’s business development activities, operations and technology as well as consulting with the Firm’s clients. Prior to forming, CetoLogic, Mr. Ceto was president of Ceto and Associates, a national consulting firm in the financial industry. Additionally, he was a senior consultant of business development and project manager at Enterpulse, an Atlanta, Georgia based internet development company and an assistant vice president and project manager for numerous commercial bank and trust divisions of Sun Trust Bank, a $125 billion banking institution headquartered in Atlanta, GA. During his tenure as a banker, and as a consultant, Mr. Ceto has worked extensively in many phases of banking activities.

www.cetologic.com Twitter Facebook

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Georgia Business Radio Spotlight Episode with Bill Rancic; Small Business Author, Advocate and Co-Owner Of Xo, G Wine And Rpm Restaurant Group First Apprentice Winner, Author, Entrepreneur, Reality TV Star – Buckhead Business Radio

June 19, 2015 by angishields

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Georgia Business Radio Spotlight Episode with Bill Rancic; Small Business Author, Advocate and Co-Owner Of Xo, G Wine And Rpm Restaurant Group First Apprentice Winner, Author, Entrepreneur, Reality TV Star - Buckhead Business Radio

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Bill Rancic/Author, Entrepreneur, Reality TV Star

Award-winning personality Bill Rancic hosts the successful nationally-syndicated television show, America Now, and serves as co-executive producer with his wife Giuliana Rancic on the top-rated reality show, Giuliana and Bill. The duo will also share hosting duties for the upcoming NBC prime time program Ready for Love, scheduled to debut in December 2012.

Bill’s unique life experiences as an entrepreneur, best-selling author, television personality and restaurateur of the popular Chicago restaurant RPM-Italian chain have given him the opportunity to travel the world and experience different lifestyles and numerous cultures.

Nearly a decade ago, Bill burst on the scene as the first-ever winner of the NBC hit show The Apprentice. With tremendous experience that ranges from Main Street to Wall Street, Bill has had a first-hand look at peoples’ personal and professional codes, choices, values and behaviors. Addressing the many challenges individuals face, Bill directly relates his discussions to the corporate arena and explores important topics, such as working professional relationships and surviving the daily ethical challenges in business.

A published author of New York Times best-selling book, Bill wrote You’re Hired: How to Succeed in Business and Life and Beyond The Lemonade Stand, Most recently Bill and Giuliana co-authored the best-seller I Do… Now What where the duo share secrets to everlasting love and understanding.

Bill believes that it is necessary for successful people to give back to the community, and he demonstrates this in his volunteer work. He serves as a national spokesperson for the Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF) to help the organization on its mission to change the social consciousness of hearing and health care. Much of his efforts have been focused on helping those in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. In addition to SHF, Bill is a Spokesperson for the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, a Chicago-based organization that betters the lives of children and families in need.

Throughout his career, Bill has been blessed with opportunities to meet many leaders in business and politics and has seen the world through the eyes of others. He is a cultured man, with strong messages of leadership, entrepreneurship, dedication and volunteerism.

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Georgia Business Radio 06-19-15 Paul Macaluso with FOCUS Brands, Jim Squire with Southeast Franchise Forum – Buckhead Business Radio

June 18, 2015 by angishields

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Georgia Business Radio 06-19-15 Paul Macaluso with FOCUS Brands, Jim Squire with Southeast Franchise Forum - Buckhead Business Radio

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Paul M Macaluso/FOCUS Brands Restaurant Group

SVP Marketing, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Schlotzsky’s Bakery-Café

Marketing chair for Southeast Franchise Forum

Macaluso joined Atlanta-based FOCUS Brands in 2011 as chief marketing officer for Moes Southwest Grill, where he led the team to achieve 13 consecutive quarters of same store sales increases. In addition, he spearheaded the opening of 185 restaurants and entered seven new states and four new countries marking several significant achievements for the brand. In November 2014, he was named senior vice president of marketing for the Restaurant Group; he oversees the brand marketing and strategy processes for all brand-level marketing resources including culinary, public relations and creative services for McAlisters Deli, Moes Southwest Grill and Schlotzkys Bakery Café. Prior to his tenure at FOCUS Brands, he held executive positions at Sonic Drive-Ins, Taco Bell and Burger King. He has achieved numerous internal awards at FOCUS Brands and serves on the advisory board for the Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference.

He has just been appointed as Marketing Chair for the Southeast Franchise Forum, a regional organization established to foster professional relationships throughout the franchise community and to enhance the reputation of franchising through the exchange of information, ideas and solutions.

www.southeastfranchiseforum.com Twitter (Paul) Twitter (MoesHQ)

Twitter (Schlotzsky’s) Twitter (McAlister’s Deli)

Jim Squire/Southeast Franchise Forum

Chairman & CEO

Jim Squire, CFE, has been a long-standing and active participant in the International Franchise Association. He is currently executive vice president and chief development officer of Firestorm and a member of the IFA Educational Foundation Board of Trustees, IFAs Franchisor Forum, Franchise Congress and the Franchise Relations and Membership committees. Squire served as a member of the IFA board of directors from 1990 to 2001.

Prior to joining Firestorm, Squire was a senior executive with such well-known franchise brands as HoneyBaked Ham, Great American Cookies, Arbys, Days Inn and Howard Johnson.

He is chairman of the Southeast Franchise Forum, chairman emeritus of the Georgia Restaurant Association, a member of Georgia State Universitys School of Hospitality Industry Advisory Board and president of his Rotary Club. He was named Georgia Foodservice Industry Leader of the Year in 1990, and honored in 2003 with the prestigious Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association Chairmans Award. In 2014, he was presented the IFA Educational Foundation’s highest honor, the William Rosenberg Leadership Award.

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Georgia Business Radio June 12th, Special Episode with Chris Rupp Global Vice President for Amazon Prime – Buckhead Business Radio

June 13, 2015 by angishields

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Georgia Business Radio June 12th, Special Episode with Chris Rupp Global Vice President for Amazon Prime - Buckhead Business Radio

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Chris Rupp/Amazon Prime

Global Vice President

Energetic executive with 20+ years of experience successfully leading and scaling strategic business units for Fortune 100 companies. Demonstrated ability to drive accelerated revenue growth and profitability expansion for industry leading brands and retail businesses.

Prime is a one-of-a-kind, all-you-can-eat, physical-digital hybrid — in 2014 alone Amazon paid billions of dollars for Prime shipping and invested $1.3 billion in Prime Instant Video. We’ll continue to work hard for our tens of millions of Prime members around the world. This is why Prime continues to grow rapidly. In 2014 worldwide paid membership grew 54% year-over-year (50% in the US, and more in other countries).

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Georgia Business Radio June 5th: Scott Barnett Restaurateur, Founding CEO of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant, and author of Gumption – Buckhead Business Radio

June 5, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio June 5th: Scott Barnett Restaurateur, Founding CEO of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant, and author of Gumption - Buckhead Business Radio

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Scott Barnett/Scott Barnett Associates

Restaurateur, Founding CEO of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant, and author of Gumption

Scott Barnett is a well-known figure on the US and international restaurant scene. He was President and CEO of Rusty Pelican Restaurants, Inc. from 1992 until 1998 and led that troubled company through its reorganization and return to financial health.

As Founder and CEO of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurants from its inception, Barnett grew that internationally known brand to over 40 restaurants and $250 million in revenues. After selling the company in 2011, he worked as Senior Adviser with Pulo Run Capital Partners, an Asia-based Investment Bank and Private Equity firm in Hong Kong. He focused on the Consumer sector at Pulo Run.

Mr. Barnett is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a B.S. degree in Finance.

www.scottbarnettassociates.com Twitter Facebook

James Moss/US Global Marketing Group

President/CEO

We provide mobile marketing solutions for Really small businesses. Affordable marketing strategies and customer loyalty solutions to grow your business.

www.usgmg.com Linkedin Twitter Facebook

Georgia Business Radio May 29th; Ernie Feirer with LexisNexis Commercial Insurance, Matt Reiner with Wela-Online Financial and Investment Platform, Chris Economy with The Eye Gallery – Buckhead Business Radio

May 28, 2015 by angishields

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Georgia Business Radio May 29th; Ernie Feirer with LexisNexis Commercial Insurance, Matt Reiner with Wela-Online Financial and Investment Platform, Chris Economy with The Eye Gallery - Buckhead Business Radio

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Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson (Host), Chris Economy, Matt Reiner, Ernie Feirer

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Ernie Feirer/LexisNexis Commercial Insurance

Vice President & General Manager

Ernie Feirer is Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Insurance, for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. He is responsible for developing a suite of products and services for the commercial insurance market.

Feirer has been part of the insurance leadership team since 2000 and was named Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Insurance, in 2012.

In his previous role as Vice President Product Management and Analytics, Feirer was responsible for product management and analytics across the insurance product continuum. He also served as Vice President and General Manager, Claims, where he played the central role in building a claims-focused business to complement LexisNexiss data and underwriting business.

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Matt Reiner/Wela – Online Financial and Investment Platform

CFP, CFA, and Managing Partner of Wela

Bio of Matt Reiner, CFA, CFP® – As a founding partner and Portfolio Manager, Matt coordinates the Investment Committee and translates the decisions into trades and allocation adjustments within the Wela Models. Matt also serves as an Investment Advisor and the Chief Investment Officer for Capital Investment Advisors (CIA). Outside of work when Matt isnt spending time with his wife and their puppy dog, you can typically find him on the golf course or coaching his little league baseball team. An avid fan of the Georgia Bulldogs, you can also typically find him in Athens on Saturdays during the football season.

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Chris Economy/The Eye Gallery

Manager/ Optical Extraordinaire

Chris Economy has worked in the optical profession for over 10 years. Has lived in ATL for 3 years and worked for the Eye Gallery for 2 & 1/2 and has been the manager of the Perimeter location for a year.

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Georgia Business Radio May 22nd: Matt Slappey with Murphy Business Mergers and Acquisitions, Kate Gorinshteyn and Michael Gaudette with Medside Healthcare – Buckhead Business Radio

May 22, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio May 22nd: Matt Slappey with Murphy Business Mergers and Acquisitions, Kate Gorinshteyn and Michael Gaudette with Medside Healthcare - Buckhead Business Radio

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Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson (Host), Matt Slappey, Kate Gorinshteyn, Michael Gaudette

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Matt Slappey/Murphy Business Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

M&A Advisor

Matt Slappey is an Atlanta native. He provides solutions to business owners and those seeking to buy a business. Matt specializes in working with businesses with revenues between $1MM and $50MM in revenue. This size business is below the threshold of most “investment bankers” and more complex than the average “business broker” can handle.

Matt has been ranked Top Ten Percent Nationally in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014

President Georgia Association of Business Brokers 2013

and, In March of 2015 Matt was recognized as the #1 producing Murphy office in the United States out of over 200 offices.

www.MattSlappey-Murphy.com www.MurphyBusiness.com Facebook Twitter Twitter (Matt) LinkedIn

Kate Gorinshteyn/Medside Healthcare

Marketing Liaison

Kate Gorinshteyn has been working in metro Atlanta area for over 16 years, primarily in the Buckhead area. For 10 years Kate ran her own small business of medical deliveries. From there she moved on to a role in international finance and now she is happily back in health care industry as Marketing Liaison for Medside Healthcare. Medside Healthcare provides a range of services such as home health (skilled medical services at home), home care (personal care assistance at home), transportation, adult day care, and now opened Medside University that allows nurses with a Bachelors degree to get Masters of Healthcare Administration, utilizing grant money.

Working on a daily bases with families and providers: medical offices, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and similar health care organizations this allows her to be knowledgeable with current healthcare challenges.

Kate was born in Russia and at the age of 15 moved to Israel where she finished high school. She relocated to Georgia in 1998 and has been in Atlanta ever since.

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Michael Gaudette/Medside Healthcare

Marketing Liaison

Mike has spent over 20 years in Healthcare services in clinical, operations, and marketing. The majority of his experience is in outpatient rehab and home health. Mike’s current role is focused on marketing MedSide’s Home Health, Home Care, and Adult Day Health services to providers and case managers in Northeast metro Atlanta.

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Georgia Business Radio May 15th: Millard Choate with Choate Construction, Emily C. Bridges with Choate Construction, Trenton Spindler with GreenPrint – Buckhead Business Radio

May 15, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio May 15th: Millard Choate with Choate Construction, Emily C. Bridges with Choate Construction, Trenton Spindler with GreenPrint - Buckhead Business Radio

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Ryan McPherson, Trenton Spindler, Emily C. Bridges, Millard Choate

Millard Choate/Choate Construction

President

Millard Choate founded Choate Construction Company in 1989 from a basement office in his home. Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, Millard has led Choate Constructions continued growth. Today, the company employs 390 full-time professionals and strives to lead industry in advances in Virtual Construction and Building Information Modeling, LEED® Construction and Consulting, Safety, and Risk Mitigation. Choate Construction is consistently ranked in ENRs Top 400 National Contractors and Top Southeast Contractor lists.

Active in several organizations, Millard serves as a Director on the Board of Fidelity Bank, is an active member in the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and is a member of the Atlanta Rotary. He supports many philanthropic organizations such as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Shepherd Center, HomeStretch, various university scholarships, and other military family support charities, to name a few.

www.ChoateCo.com Cars & ‘Q for the Cause

Emily C. Bridges/Choate

Marketing Director & Event Chair for Cars & ‘Q for the Cause

Emily C. Bridges joined Choate Construction Company in 2008 and focuses on designing, implementing, and facilitating the marketing plan and direction. Specifically, she handles marketing strategy development, public relations, brand management, client presentations, internal and external communication, collateral, philanthropic efforts, and ensuring multi-office marketing consistency.

In addition to her professional duties, Emily has served as a Member on the Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Board of Directors for five years and was recently presented with the national Jena Award, the highest honor bestowed to an individual by the CF Foundation, for her fundraising and volunteer efforts. She is also on the board of the Real Estate Group of Atlanta (REGA), the Advancement Board for Real Estate Development at Clemson University, and an Emeritus Board Member on Andees Army, a 501c3 that supports children and youth affected by brain injuries.

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Trenton Spindler/GreenPrint

Co-Founder, SVP, Strategy and Products

Trenton is a proven leader, operator, and innovator. As Vice President of Operations and Products, at mobile advertising firm, ThumbFriendly, Trenton helped to lead the company from its inception to sale in early 2014. In addition to his strategic responsibilities, Trenton helped to oversee numerous investment rounds and developed the proprietary technology that helped the company innovate and drove growth. Trenton has built relationships with numerous investment groups, strategic technology partners, agencies, and channel partners which he leverages on an ongoing basis. Trenton brings strategic insight, knack for innovation, and creativity in both developing products and corporate strategy to the GreenPrint.