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Jason West with the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center and Andy Vabulas with I.B.I.S. Inc.

October 24, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jason West with the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center and Andy Vabulas with I.B.I.S. Inc.

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Mike Sammond, Jerry, Andy Vabulas, Steven Julian — Mike Sammond, Jason West, Andy Vabulas, Steven Julian

Jason West/Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center

The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center is a unique partnership among the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center Foundation, the University of Georgia, and the Gwinnett County Board of Education. The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center offers a unique mix of recreational, educational and rental opportunities. Visitors can enjoy an exciting experience in the misty, multi-sensory Blue Planet Theater and wet fun in the Discover H2O room. Various traveling exhibitions connected to the Center’s mission also provide informative and fun ways to explore both science and heritage programming. In addition, recreation opportunities are available such as bike riding, hiking and swinging through the trees on the Treetop Quest adventure course.

As Director of Programming for the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center Foundation, Jason West holds a master’s degree in education with a concentration in social studies. He has experience as both a classroom teacher and school administrator. In addition, he has served in marketing and human resource roles in the corporate world. West has also held public office as a school board trustee.

Andy Vabulas/I.B.I.S. Inc.

I.B.I.S., Inc. is a premier provider of Microsoft Dynamics next-generation supply chain software and services. While other supply chain solution providers continue to retrofit yesterday’s technology for today’s needs, I.B.I.S. solutions are designed from the ground up to anticipate a new generation of ERP users and challenges. Based on 25 years of proven success helping midmarket companies optimize their supply chains for profitability and embedded with Microsoft’s next-generation ERP system, Advanced Supply Chain Software powered by I.B.I.S. is uniquely designed to address supply chain planning, management, and execution challenges for a new generation.

In this interview, Andy Vabulas, CEO of I.B.I.S., Inc., reflects candidly upon nearly 25 years of success helping midmarket companies optimize their supply chains for profitability. He also shares his thoughts on being named to Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Best Places to Work list two years running, his greatest moments and challenges as CEO of a fast-growing company, and what he envisions for the future of I.B.I.S., Inc.

Geoff Lee with Road Atlanta, Susan Ryles with Stone Mountain Village, Dr. Mark Newton with Gwinnett Tech, and Angela Nichols and Linda Murphy with The Hudgens Center for the Arts

October 17, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Geoff Lee with Road Atlanta, Susan Ryles with Stone Mountain Village, Dr. Mark Newton with Gwinnett Tech, and Angela Nichols and Linda Murphy with The Hudgens Center for the Arts

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Mike Sammond, Ashley, Pam, Pam, Newton — Mike Sammond, Angela Nichols, Susan Ryles, Linda Murphy, Mark Newton

Geoff Lee/Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta is recognized as one the world’s best road courses. Their multi-purpose motor sports facility is situated on 750 park-like acres in the rolling hills of Northeast Georgia. Road Atlanta is located 35 miles north of Atlanta and just minutes away from Chateau Elan, a 4-Star resort offering guests comfort and amenities such as three championship golf courses and a European-style Spa.

The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams. Road Atlanta is host to major events such as Petit Le Mans, Drift Atlanta, and the The Mitty, and is home to the Skip Barber Racing School.

Susan Ryles/City of Stone Mountain Downtown Development Authority

Stone Mountain Village is a “Cool Little Town Next To A Big Granite Rock!”. They have been diligently working on the redevelopment of the downtown commercial district with initiatives such as creation of an Urban Redevelopment Plan and Opportunity Zone to attract more businesses downtown, restoration of their Historic Old Train Depot, an Arts Incubator Program and regular events to showcase their cool little town.

Susan Ryles is the Executive Director for the Stone Mountain Downtown Development Authority and Main Street, Inc.(501c3). In her role she has responsibility for the renaissance and revitalization efforts of Stone Mountain Village. This includes economic development, management of various events and property redevelopment.

Dr. Mark Newton/Gwinnett Technical College

Dr. Mark Newton is the President of Newton’s LAW and is the Director of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management Program at Gwinnett Technical College. During the past 26 years at Gwinnett Tech he has taught courses and seminars such as Career Education, Event Planning, Energizing Professional Development as well as many other hospitality-related courses.

Mark started his own company, Newton’s LAW in order to meet the demand for his speaking and consulting services. The company name is based on the philosophy that Learning leads to Achieving, resulting in Winning; thus the acronym LAW. Mark is a member of the National Speakers Association – Georgia Chapter and won the Speaker of the Year award in 2002.

Angela Nichols & Linda Murphy/The Hudgens Center for the Arts

The Hudgens Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization that has been focused on supporting the arts in Georgia since its establishment in 1981. The Hudgens presents fine art exhibits year round, and offers art classes for adults and children through its Fine Arts School. It supports local community-based arts organizations through its programs, exhibits and partnerships. The Hudgens’ mission is to bring art lovers, leaders and learners together through quality programs and exhibits. The Hudgens Center for the Arts is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Bldg. 300, in Duluth, in the Gwinnett Center complex.

Dr. Jeanette Altieri and Lynn Fonseca with AC Spine & Wellness Center, Janique Cook with Mobile Thermographic Imaging and Andy Morgan with The Morgan Law Group

October 15, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Jeanette Altieri and Lynn Fonseca with AC Spine & Wellness Center, Janique Cook with Mobile Thermographic Imaging and Andy Morgan with The Morgan Law Group

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Andy Morgan, Jeanette Altieri, Janique Cook, Lynn Fonseca, Mike Sammond

Dr. Jeanette Altieri & Lynn Fonseca/AC Spine & Wellness Center

AC Spine & Wellness Center (formerly AC Chiropractic Life Center) is an integrated family wellness center, combining the benefits of chiropractic and functional medicine to achieve your optimal health. Functional medicine measures how the organs and systems of the body are functioning and then uses nutrition and other natural treatments to regain proper working of the body’s systems. Their goal is to identify those problem areas, restore deficiencies naturally and prevent them from leading to serious illness and disease.

Dr. Jeanette Altieri and Dr. Louis Cavallo have been serving the Gwinnett community for over 21 years and are dedicated to creating a healthier world, naturally! They specialize in family care, pediatrics and pregnancy, sports performance and Frozen Shoulder therapy. AC Spine & Wellness’ multi-specialty team provides you with a non-surgical approach to your pain or injury. They offer specialized in-house testing which allows them to look inside your body and see what’s going on, helping them effectively direct you in your quest for better health. Their goal is to achieve healing from the inside out as opposed to the medical model of healing from the outside in.

Janique Cook/Mobile Thermographic Imaging

Mobile Thermographic Imaging (MTI) is a company that provides clinical thermography screenings to all of metro Atlanta and GA. Breast thermography offers early detection of breast disease WITHOUT any pain, radiation, or compression and the reports are completed by a qualified medical doctor. After Janique’s mother developed breast cancer, breast health and educating women about this life saving technology became the reason for starting the company. With over 22 years combined experience, MTI takes pride in making sure each and every client’s visit is informative and comfortable. MTI likes to call October Breast ‘Health’ Awareness month and is offering significant discounts to help as many women as possible be screened.

Andy Morgan/The Morgan Law Group

The Morgan Law Group is a full service transactional law firm providing legal counseling and support services to businesses and business owners primarily in the areas of corporate law, business law and contracts law. Typical transactions would include business formation, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, agreements and contracts, deal structuring, private equity financing and business acquisitions and sales.

Lisa Anders with Explore Gwinnett, Bonnie Youn with Youn Law Group, Chris Paradise with Crown Communities and Mark Slipp with Golf 4 Millions

October 10, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Lisa Anders with Explore Gwinnett, Bonnie Youn with Youn Law Group, Chris Paradise with Crown Communities and Mark Slipp with Golf 4 Millions

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Brad, Mike Sammond, Lisa Anders, Bonnie Youm, Bill, Steven Julian — Chris Paradise, Mike Sammond, Lisa Anders, Bonnie Youn, Mark Slipp, Steven Julian

Lisa Anders/Explore Gwinnett

Explore Gwinnett (formerly the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau) is Gwinnett County’s official tourism organization and is dedicated to strengthening Gwinnett County’s economy by marketing the county as a destination for conventions, sporting events, meetings and leisure travel through sales, marketing and promotion. Explore Gwinnett also runs the Gwinnett Sports Commission, and oversees the management and marketing of Gwinnett Center.

Bonnie Youn/Youn Law Group

The Youn Law Group believes that an investment in a good immigration attorney is an investment in your family’s future. It may take many years to obtain your green card through employment or family sponsorship and subsequently to sponsor your relatives to come to the U.S. Many of their clients come to them after they have already encountered serious problems with their immigration cases. It is far better to build your case on a solid foundation, rather than have to fix your case after a shaky start. YLG provides a full range of immigration legal services. They specialize in applying for work visas, company and investor visas, US lawful permanent residency (green cards) and US Citizenship. YLG is committed to providing superior, dedicated guidance to clients lost in the complex maze of US immigration.

The Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) is now 22 years old. Having started from a handful of attorneys who combed the GA Bar Directory for Asian names, they now have a reach of over 400 attorneys, judges and law students. As the organization has matured, and the APA population in Georgia has grown 83% over the past decade, justice in Georgia now has an Asian Pacific American face.

Chris Paradise/Crown Communities

Crown Communities is one of the top home builders in Gwinnett County. Over the past 12 months, the company has sold 177 homes in Gwinnett County alone. Crown is a true believer in Gwinnett County because of its diversified tax base, economic development initiatives, proximity to Atlanta and all the great things that Gwinnett has to offer. Chris Paradise is a vice president of sales for Crown Communities. Chris has been active in real estate for the past 15 years and currently oversees Crown’s North Atlanta region.

Mark Slipp/Golf 4 Millions

Golf 4 Millions Events is hosting a Closest to the Pin Car Giveaway at The Georgia Trail at Sugarloaf. Shots are only $1, and the grand prize is a FIAT 500 for a guaranteed winner!

Golf 4 Millions is a golf networking and events company that celebrates golf pros. Their events provide club pros with the tools they need to increase member engagement and revenue. They help club events thrive supporting the golf community, growing participation and increasing revenue at local courses. They also promote community spirit through local and national competitions, inspiring clubs and communities to support their local club pros and amateur golf stars.

Travis and Patsy Gatson with Popcorn Palladium and Kathryn Fletcher with Draffin & Tucker, LLP

September 26, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Travis and Patsy Gatson with Popcorn Palladium and Kathryn Fletcher with Draffin & Tucker, LLP

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Travis Gatson, Patsy Gatson, Kathryn Fletcher, Mike Sammond

Travis and Patsy Gatson/Popcorn Palladium

Popcorn Palladium opened its doors in October 2010. Since that day, Popcorn Palladium has been serving the best popcorn in town, which is prepared on location in Suwanee, GA. In addition to serving the best popcorn in town, Popcorn Palladium is also a great place to have the best party that will be remembered for years. Travis and Patsy Gatson are the original owners of Popcorn Palladium and look forward to serving the community for many years to come.

Kathryn Fletcher/Draffin & Tucker, LLP

Kathryn Fletcher is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and currently serves as a Quality Control Manager for the regional accounting firm Draffin & Tucker, LLP. Kathryn joined the firm in 2001 and assists the firm with accounting and auditing research, attest engagement reviews, training and development of firm personnel, and monitoring of the firm’s quality control policies.

Draffin & Tucker, LLP is a full-service accounting firm widely recognized as a leader in the healthcare industry, with an additional focus on the construction, manufacturing, real estate and governmental industries. Celebrating more than 60 years of quality client service, the firm provides auditing, income tax and consulting services to clients across multiple states, primarily the Southeast. Draffin & Tucker, LLP is led by 13 partners and approximately 60 professional staff, with office locations in Albany, GA and Atlanta, GA.

Tess Turrin with basiQa and Lynn Shine with Olympic Printing

September 24, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tess Turrin with basiQa and Lynn Shine with Olympic Printing

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Tess Turrin/basiQa

basiQa is a data-driven, marketing technology company that specializes in marketing strategies by using data analytics, then executing through direct mail, text messaging, personalized URL’s and e-mail communications. They have a dedicated IT team along with a local full service IMB print facility with the latest technology “all under one roof” which typically means cost savings to their clients.

Lynn Shine/Olympic Printing

For more than 25 years, Olympic Printing has worked with some of the fastest-growing companies all over the globe. They take a very collaborative approach to work with their clients and they love a challenge. Olympic has a flexible production mindset that allows them to cater both to the needs and expectations of designers, corporations and agencies.

Your company needs a powerful visual presence and achieving this singlehandedly can be a challenge. You are constantly faced with deadlines, budgets and quality control issues. So you want more than a printer. You want a partner. Someone you can count on for sound advice, attentive service and, of course, a beautiful job delivered on time and under budget. Olympic Printing can make this happen.

Jay Bandy with Goliath Consulting Group and Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia and JapanFest

September 19, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jay Bandy with Goliath Consulting Group and Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia and JapanFest

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Jay Bandy/Goliath Consulting Group

Restaurant consulting firms are a specialized group of companies that supply business strategy and solutions to independent restaurants to multi-national chains. Since they are strictly B2B companies, the general public many times are not aware they exist, and in some cases, restaurateurs as well. The services provided by restaurant consulting firms cover every area of the business from site, selection, design and construction management to business planning and concept development, to training, operations, supply chain and marketing and the list continues.

Goliath Consulting Group specializes in making restaurants more profitable by improving operations and training, building strategic growth plans, and creating breakthrough marketing plans. They also have the tools and resources to grow your concept from one restaurant to 100 and beyond.

Yoshi Domoto/Japan-America Society of Georgia and JapanFest

JapanFest Weekend, the largest Japanese festival in the Southeast, will be held September 21-22, 2013 at the Gwinnett Center from 10am to 6pm on Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. Japan is the number one foreign investor in Georgia and JapanFest celebrates the special economic and cultural bond Japan and Georgia share together.

The Japan-America Society of Georgia (JASG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote mutual understanding between the people of Japan and the State of Georgia through establishing and promoting ties and programs in the areas of culture, customs, education, commerce and politics.

Eva Scott with Premier Financial Alliance and Brad Raffensperger with Tendon Systems and Revitalized Structures

September 17, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Eva Scott with Premier Financial Alliance and Brad Raffensperger with Tendon Systems and Revitalized Structures

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Mike Sammond, Eva Scott, Brad Raffensperger

Eva Scott/Premier Financial Alliance

Premier Financial Alliance is a company that specializes in designing tax free retirement strategies for small business owners and individuals. At PFA, they believe in taking minimal risks with your money or your life. How would you like locking in your gains every year when the market goes up and never losing them again? How would you like to protect your investments having no losses due to declines in the index? How would you like being able to access most of your cash value at any time through policy loans without penalties or tax consequences?

Another key element in a sound retirement plan is protection. Their clients have access to a new kind of life insurance they don’t have to die to use. A percentage of your life insurance proceeds can be accessed in the event of a terminal, chronic or critical illness. You can take care of your living expenses if you become ill or receive a monthly income during a disability (if you cannot perform 2 of the 6 activities of daily living) and be able to pay your bills without tapping into your savings or investments.

Premier Financial Alliance takes the guessing and the worrying out of your retirement plan.

Brad Raffensperger/Tendon Systems & Revitalized Structures

Tendon Systems is focused on providing advanced technology and dependable solutions for some of America’s largest and most prestigious construction projects. Tendon Systems specializes in post-tensioning. This includes high rise, multi-family, parking garages, hotels, offices and condominiums.

Revitalized Structures, a division of Tendon Systems, has over 30 years of experience from over 400 projects focused exclusively on structural strengthening, restoration, repair and retrofit services for all types of structures. With over 30 years of industry experience, the company leadership has the in-house know-how to design and construct even the most challenging structural changes and repairs. Their specialty lies in the combination of structural engineering and the field crew and leaders to execute designs appropriately. Their expertise lies in carbon fiber strengthening, external post tensioning and structural steel reinforcement. Spall repairs, epoxy crack injection, expansion joint repairs and more are all in their normal line of activities.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Carla Carraway with Precision Planning, Matt Hyatt with Rocket IT and Terri Jondahl with CAB Incorporated

September 12, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Daniel Kaufman with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Carla Carraway with Precision Planning, Matt Hyatt with Rocket IT and Terri Jondahl with CAB Incorporated

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Carla Carroway, Dr. Daniel Kaufman, Matt Hyatt, Terri Jondahl, Mike Sammond — Carla Carraway, Dr. Daniel Kaufman, Matt Hyatt, Terri Jondahl, Mike Sammond

Dr. Daniel Kaufman/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber is the forum where business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and the philanthropic and public service communities come together to craft a common vision for the Gwinnett community.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the President and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber and is responsible for the overall leadership, management and direction of the 2,700-member organization located in Duluth. Dr. Kaufman most recently served as the charter president of Georgia Gwinnett College. He is a decorated Army veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He has worked for the White House National Security Council and with the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Carla Carraway/Precision Planning

Precision Planning is a Gwinnett based business that has provided engineering, architectural and surveying services throughout Georgia for over 30 years. They work diligently to improve the quality of life for the communities they work with through unique and innovative design principles and superior customer service. Their employees and principals are involved in numerous civic, charitable and community-based efforts in and around Gwinnett County.

Matt Hyatt/Rocket IT

Serving Gwinnett County and surrounding areas since 1995, Rocket IT helps businesses and other organizations thrive by taking care of people and making technology attainable, useful and reliable.

Terri Jondahl/CAB Incorporated

Unsurpassed excellence since 1982, CAB Incorporated is a leader in international supply chain and quality management, specializing in supplying industrial castings and forgings, steel pipe flanges for waterworks, and wind tower components for industrial applications on three continents. With manufacturing and distribution in the U.S. and engineers on the ground around the world working with supplier factories, CAB’s deep expertise in manufacturing and process control drives down costs and minimizes risks of an international supply chain and provides options for U.S. based inspection, manufacturing, assembly, just in time inventory management and other value added services.