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Samuel Vaughn with Velocity Technology Partners

September 30, 2025 by Tom Sheldon

Northeast Georgia Business Radio

Samuel Vaughn with Velocity Technology Partners

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Samuel Vaughn

Velocity Technology Partners has been serving companies throughout North Georgia and beyond since 2005, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses. It’s always been their goal to provide enterprise-level IT practices and solutions to the small business sector, with small business prices. Experience allows them to build and develop the infrastructure needed to keep prices affordable and keep their clients up and running.

Partnering with many types of businesses in the area and striving to eliminate IT issues before they cause expensive downtime so you can continue to drive your business forward. Their dedicated staff loves seeing clients succeed. Your success is their success!

Our Community Partner for this episode of Northeast Georgia Business Radio is Moneypenny. A giant thank you for their continued support. Moneypenny provides a US based, dedicated receptionist and large business phone handling provision. Moneypenny also provides Website Live Chat boxes to quickly correspond with clients. Visit Moneypenny today!

Fielding Alderman with PDI and Don Ansley with ACG Solutions

January 25, 2024 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Fielding Alderman with PDI and Don Ansley with ACG Solutions

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Fielding Alderman/PDI Kitchen, Bath, and Lighting

Plumbing Distributors, Inc., more commonly known as PDI, was founded in 1973 in Lawrenceville, Ga. The family-owned business was born out of a passion for identifying and fulfilling the needs of customers while exemplifying first-class service. Now in its 50th year of serving customers, PDI is recognized as an industry leader in wholesale distribution and as a vibrant kitchen, bath, and lighting retailer. Today, the independently owned company operates 26 locations across Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, including the first two Kohler Signature Showrooms in the Southeast region.

PDI comprises more than 400 employees and continues to flourish through a combination of successful partnerships, acquisitions, and a commitment to its core values of: accountability, commitment, flexibility, integrity, loyalty, and teamwork. Visit relyonpdi.com to shop all of your kitchen, bath, and lighting needs. Not sure if they carry the appliance brand you’re looking for? Give them a call at (800) 262-9231 or visit their website for their full line card. Follow PDI on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn for the latest news and updates.

Don Ansley/ACG Solutions

ACG Solutions offers cutting-edge IT managed services, providing clients with comprehensive and tailored solutions to meet their technology needs. Specializing in the installation and maintenance of security cameras and access control systems. ACG ensures the safety and security of our client’s premises.

ACG has also established itself as a leader in data cabling and network design. Offering advanced infrastructure that supports seamless connectivity and efficient data transfer. In the realm of telecommunications , ACG delivers state-of-the-art business telephone systems, meeting the communication demands of modern enterprises.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Scott Self with SMS-ITC

August 10, 2023 by Tom Sheldon

Northeast Georgia Business Radio

Scott Self with SMS-ITC

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Scott Self/SMS-ITC

SMS | ITC provides a focus on small and medium sized businesses with a desire to implement, improve, expand, and manage enterprise quality information technology services and systems. They provide a range of IT services tailored to the needs of their clients.

Utilizing their 23 plus years of employee information technology experience to create value adding solutions for our clients IT needs. Their staff has experience in networks, server systems, radio data transport (Wi-Fi, MLOS, Satellite, etc.), data storage, encryption systems, help desk client support, and IT infrastructure installation practices.

They have the experience of working in support of government and industry-based regulations like NIST, ISO/IEC, HIPAA, and many more. These standards provide the guidelines for our IT solution development process that creates a consistent product for each of their clients regardless of the requested product or service.

SMS | ITC prides itself as a Veteran owned and operated company. They use the initiative and tenacity of the leadership and training provided by our respected military branches to in turn develop professional IT solutions for their customers.

Our Community Partner for this episode of Northeast Georgia Business Radio is the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce. A giant thank for their continued support. Business focused, success driven, results oriented, professionalism, integrity. Promoting economic growth and to serve as an advocate for all members and the community.

Fractional Consulting for Small Businesses, with Robert Burke, Sobo

June 26, 2023 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Fractional Consulting for Small Businesses, with Robert Burke, Sobo

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 674)

Robert Burke, Founder and CEO of Sobo, was the guest on this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. He and host John Ray discussed Sobo’s new product platform which facilitates the ability of small and medium sized businesses to access quality consultants. They talked about challenges business owners are experiencing, how Sobo got started, how the company is leveraging AI to democratize the consulting industry, how fractional consulting can serve these businesses, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

The team at Sobo knows what it’s like to spend countless hours on advisors who ultimately ghost you, or to burn resources on consultants who are not aligned with your company’s culture.

They built something to change consulting for business leaders. No more guesswork. No more DIY-ing. Just results.

Sobo connects companies with the top 1% of fractional advisors so that you can level up and move your business forward.

Sobo was born in 2009 when Robert Burke launched Sobo Networks, an IT Managed Services Provider, in Atlanta. He imagined Sobo becoming a “Deloitte for Small Business.”

In 2015, the name was changed to Sobo, and became a multifaceted management consulting firm for small and mid-size business. In 2023 they will launch the Sobo Platform to realize Robert’s goal.

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Robert Burke, Founder & CEO, Sobo

Robert Burke is the Founder & CEO of Sobo, an AI-powered fractional consultant platform built for small to mid-sized companies.

Robert has over fifteen years of experience building and leading an IT and management consulting firm, having founded the precursor to Sobo in 2008.

A Florida native, he currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

How fractional consulting saves time and money for businesses looking to improve
How fractional consulting can help small business owners compete with larger corporations
Leveraging AI to accelerate the consulting process from months to virtually instantly
How they’re democratizing the consulting industry by using AI and people-first approach
The importance of working on rather than in the business
The areas that small businesses struggle with the most when starting out and scaling

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 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.

Since 2000, Office Angels® has been restoring joy to the life of small business owners, enabling them to focus on what they do best. At the same time, we honor and support at-home experts who wish to continue working on an as-needed basis. Not a temp firm or a placement service, Office Angels matches a business owner’s support needs with Angels who have the talent and experience necessary to handle work that is essential to creating and maintaining a successful small business. Need help with administrative tasks, bookkeeping, marketing, presentations, workshops, speaking engagements, and more? Visit us at https://officeangels.us/.

IT Due Diligence in a Merger

October 28, 2022 by John Ray

Advisory Insights Podcast

IT Due Diligence in a Merger

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IT Due Diligence in a Merger (Advisory Insights Podcast, Episode 15)

In this episode of Advisory Insights, Stuart Oberman with Oberman Law Firm discussed the importance of cybersecurity in today’s business world. He stressed the need for businesses to do their due diligence in evaluating potential acquisition targets, why he recommends a cybersecurity risk assessment, and cautioned IT and HR professionals to be aware of the risks involved in handling sensitive information.

Advisory Insights is presented by Oberman Law Firm and produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. The series can be found on all the major podcast apps. You can find the complete show archive here.

TRANSCRIPT

Outro: [00:00:01] Broadcasting from the studios of Business RadioX, it’s time for Advisory Insights, brought to you by Oberman Law Firm, serving clients nationwide with tailored service and exceptional results. Now, here’s your host.

Stuart Oberman: [00:00:21] Hello, everyone. Stuart Oberman here for Advisory Insights, your host. Hey, I want to talk about a couple of things here in mergers and acquisitions. In a previous podcast, we covered material risks that involved governmental reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and licensure. But I want to sort of digress a little bit. So, I mentioned before in some of our podcasts that we had really a 2021 extraordinary year, mergers and acquisitions, that we did about 135 acquisitions and probably $330 million worth of revenue in those acquisitions.

Stuart Oberman: [00:00:59] So, one, as I digress and looked at some of those acquisitions that we are involved in, some of them are fairly big. One of the items that was, I could tell you, significantly overlooked is I.T. and what due diligence is required in a merger and acquisition for I.T. So, look, when you get – the first thing you can do is you ask for financials, then you ask for account receivables and you ask for the customer database, then you ask for the products and services. Then, you ask for facilities. What we don’t see a lot of requests for is I.T. Now, I.T. is sort of one of those things where, “Well, I’m not worried about I.T. Everyone knows I.T. I got an I.T. guy.” Your I.T. guy will send you right down the river if you don’t understand some of this stuff.

Stuart Oberman: [00:01:47] So, let me tell you. I want to take a look at a couple of things, a couple of bullet points. If you’re contemplating a merger and acquisition, big or small, does it matter? I.T. I want to know how their sensitive data is stored. I want to know that. I want a specific outline of how that occurs. I want to know all their software licenses. I want to know what I’m paying for. I want to know what I’m committing to. I want to know what I’m assigning myself to. I want to know what’s being purchased. I want to know what can be canceled.

Stuart Oberman: [00:02:16] So, another thing I want to look at is, is my equipment I’m going to purchase out of date? Is it end of its life cycle? Is it ready for the big waste bin in the sky? Is my Windows application up to date? Or is my license up to date?

Stuart Oberman: [00:02:36] Also, we talked previously in a podcast regarding health care. Health care. Health care. If you’ve got a – if you had – well, first you want to do is ask that particular seller, “Have you ever had a breach?” And, if they have and they are a health care industry, you want to go, “Are you under investigation? Have you received notice from HHS or any other state or federal agency?” So, otherwise, you really don’t know if there has been a breach or if there’s still a breach you’re ready to purchase and you don’t even know about it.

Stuart Oberman: [00:03:16] One thing you want to take a look at is, have your I.T. person as well versed in this area, see if there’s been a breach before with the software. I would always recommend a complete cybersecurity risk assessment. The last thing you need is a hack. And all of a sudden you’re asked to go to the nearest Bitcoin station and transfer $25,000 in Bitcoin. What is the risk, especially in health care? What is the due diligence? Is there an annual risk assessment which is required under HIPAA?

Stuart Oberman: [00:03:54] Another thing we see as grossly overlooked, I want to know about your firewalls. I want to know about your backups. Do you back up by taking a flash drive home every night? Are you backed up to your computer? What if someone steals your computer? Are you backed up to the server? Are you backed up to the cloud? How secure is a cloud? Does your Uncle Vinnie control the cloud? What are the securities? You got to know these things.

Stuart Oberman: [00:04:22] “Well, my buddy has a great server. He stores all my I.T.” Well, that’s great, but what’s – let me know the buddy’s protocols. What’s the IP address? There’s a floating. I want to know how your data is backed up. Again, is it backed up to a flash drive? Is it backed up to the computer? Or you have no backup, whatever it is. I want to know what cybersecurity protocols and procedures you implemented in the last 12, 24 months. “Well, I haven’t really done anything. Everything’s secure.” You’ve got a problem. You better know what’s been upgraded. You better know what the security protocols are. You better know what you’re purchasing and you better know if they’ve had a breach of cybersecurity, period.

Stuart Oberman: [00:05:13] So, let’s take a look at a couple of other things that we’ve been looking at. Again, I think there’s a laundry list here. But again, I could probably talk for two hours on this one subject, but we just have a very limited time. I want to take a look at whether or not they have cybersecurity insurance. It is becoming very difficult to obtain cybersecurity insurance. There are only a few players in the market. And what are the coverages? What is the non-coverage? What are they making you do and what are you certifying that you have done and maintained in relation for that coverage? So, you’re going to get a checklist probably from the cybersecurity insurance company. It’s going to outline certain things that you’ve done, that you haven’t done or that you need to do. And I would venture to say that if you put something false and misleading on that particular application and they find out you have no coverage, which is horrible, especially when some of these big hacks.

Stuart Oberman: [00:06:18] So, I want to know what your I.T. guy is doing or if you have hired or going to hire a third party to do a vulnerability screen. I want to know what your vulnerabilities are. I want to know how to fix it. I want to know what patches I need. I want to see when the last time you’ve patched. Are you getting constant upgrades? Are you outdated on Windows? You know, are you in Windows 6? I’m going to – for those of you that are a little bit older, I’m going to use the term DOS. We have clients that are still working on DOS. Yes, DOS. I can’t stress that enough. We have members of practices, businesses that they’re running two systems, DOS. And then, for the younger guys, of course, the Windows and Macs.

Stuart Oberman: [00:07:12] So, I want to make sure your information technology person understands what’s going on. What are their qualifications? Do they simply do your backups, or are they a legit, legit down and dirty cybersecurity company?

Stuart Oberman: [00:07:29] So, again, in evaluating every business that you’re going to acquire – and let me go so far as this. If you’re a business, period, you’ve got to look at cybersecurity policies. You got to look at protocols, procedures. You should do your due diligence as if you’re purchasing your own business. Are you doing it? Are you doing a security risk analysis? Are you doing the assessments? Take a look at all these things.

Stuart Oberman: [00:07:53] Cybersecurity is no longer an option. It’s absolutely mandated with everything that goes on your systems, payments, history, Social Security numbers. It’s amazing what will end up on the black market, if you will, on information.

Stuart Oberman: [00:08:11] Folks, I tell you, again, that’s a three-hour conversation. I just want to hit some highlights. I want to hit some bullet points whether or not you’re looking to buy a business, whether or not you’re owning, you have owned a business, or you’re an I.T. guy, or you’re actually an H.R. person. Are you taking a look at all these things that you need to do on a daily basis especially to be secure?

Stuart Oberman: [00:08:33] Folks, we’re going to wrap it up for today. Stuart Obermann here, your host on Advisory Insights. Thanks for joining us. Hope you took away one or two things which will make you an absolute success.

Stuart Oberman: [00:08:43] If you want to reach us, please feel free to give us a call, 770-886-2400. Or myself, stuart, S-T-U-A-R-T, @obermanlaw.com. Thanks for joining us and we’ll see you on the next podcast.

Outro: [00:08:58] Thank you for joining us on Advisory Insights. This show is brought to you by Oberman Law Firm, a business-centric law firm representing local, regional, and national clients in a wide range of practice areas, including healthcare mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, and regulatory compliance.

About Advisory Insights Podcast

Presented by Oberman Law Firm, Advisory Insights Podcast covers legal, business, HR, and other topics of vital concern to healthcare practices and other business owners. This show series can be found here as well as on all the major podcast apps.

Stuart Oberman, Oberman Law Firm

Stuart Oberman is the founder and President of Oberman Law Firm. Mr. Oberman graduated from Urbana University and received his law degree from John Marshall Law School. Mr. Oberman has been practicing law for over 25 years, and before going into private practice, Mr. Oberman was in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Company. Mr. Oberman is widely regarded as the go-to attorney in the area of Dental Law, which includes DSO formation, corporate business structures, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, advertising regulations, HIPAA, Compliance, and employment law regulations that affect dental practices.

In addition, Mr. Oberman’s expertise in the healthcare industry includes advising clients in the complex regulatory landscape as it relates to telehealth and telemedicine, including compliance of corporate structures, third-party reimbursement, contract negotiations, technology, health care fraud, and abuse law (Anti-Kickback Statute and the State Law), professional liability risk management, federal and state regulations.

As the long-term care industry evolves, Mr. Oberman has the knowledge and experience to guide clients in the long-term care sector with respect to corporate and regulatory matters, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). In addition, Mr. Oberman’s practice also focuses on health care facility acquisitions and other changes of ownership, as well as related licensure and Medicare/Medicaid certification matters, CCRC registrations, long-term care/skilled nursing facility management, operating agreements, assisted living licensure matters, and health care joint ventures.

In addition to his expertise in the health care industry, Mr. Oberman has a nationwide practice that focuses on all facets of contractual disputes, including corporate governance, fiduciary duty, trade secrets, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, trademark and copyright infringement, fraud, and deceptive trade practices, and other business-related matters. Mr. Oberman also represents clients throughout the United States in a wide range of practice areas, including mergers & acquisitions, partnership agreements, commercial real estate, entity formation, employment law, commercial leasing, intellectual property, and HIPAA/OSHA compliance.

Mr. Oberman is a national lecturer and has published articles in the U.S. and Canada.

Oberman Law Firm

Oberman Law Firm has a long history of civic service, noted national, regional, and local clients, and stands among the Southeast’s eminent and fast-growing full-service law firms. Oberman Law Firm’s areas of practice include Business Planning, Commercial & Technology Transactions, Corporate, Employment & Labor, Estate Planning, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Privacy & Data Security, and Real Estate.

By meeting their client’s goals and becoming a trusted partner and advocate for our clients, their attorneys are recognized as legal go-getters who provide value-added service. Their attorneys understand that in a rapidly changing legal market, clients have new expectations, constantly evolving choices, and operate in an environment of heightened reputational and commercial risk.

Oberman Law Firm’s strength is its ability to solve complex legal problems by collaborating across borders and practice areas.

Connect with Oberman Law Firm:

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Tony Chiappetta, CHIPS

December 6, 2021 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Tony Chiappetta, CHIPS

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Tony Chiappetta, CHIPS (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 27)

Tony Chiappetta, President of CHIPS, discussed the military-grade technology his company offers small- and medium-sized businesses which is proven to be 100% effective from outside hacking and ransomware threats. Tony and host John Ray discussed the CHIPS story, Tony’s background, why even the smallest business is no longer immune from cyberthreats, and much more. Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

CHIPS

CHIPS was founded in 2001 with one goal: to help your business succeed.

As your strategic technology provider, you can rely on CHIPS to take care of all of your technology issues quickly and prevent new ones from arising in the future.

With over 70 years of combined IT and computer experience, they have the knowledge and skills to help eliminate your technology frustrations and keep your business on track. Their technicians are A+ and Microsoft certified, highly trained, and committed to exceeding your expectations.

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Tony Chiappetta, President, CHIPS

Tony Chiappetta, President of CHIPS – a Technology Success Provider headquarter in St. Paul, MN.

Over the last 20 years, CHIPS has successfully worked with thousands of Small and Medium-sized businesses throughout the Twin Cities. Their areas of focus are Security, Stability, and Strategy, which allows their clients to further their business success.

The company has won numerous service awards over the years and is proud to be a member of InfraGard, an organization providing seamless public-private collaboration with government that expedites the timely exchange of information for the protection of Critical Infrastructure. This helps Tony and his team keep their clients protected and avoid the issues that plague other organizations.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Business Cyber Security – how the threats have changed
why traditional methods are no longer adequate
stats impacting the SMB community
the solution
how to learn more

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX® . 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.

E72 Understanding Design Thinking with Bruce Gay

February 9, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E72 Understanding Design Thinking with Bruce Gay

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E72 Understanding Design Thinking with Bruce Gay

Are you familiar with Design Thinking? Are you utilizing Design Thinking to run your projects? In this episode we chat with Bruce Gay, Founder of Astrevo to understand the fundamentals and benefits of Design Thinking as well as touching on several other topics.

Bruce is a leader in the PM Industry and is an active community builder. He is a PMI Volunteer with PMI Pittsburgh, leads a Healthcare PMO, teaches part time at Norwich University and started his own firm, Astrevo.

In our discussion Bruce shares that Design Thinking allows groups of people to take time and look at their customers needs to deeply understand a problem and to start to brainstorm and down select solutions to solve those problems. The benefit to using Design Thinking is you get closer to your customer’s needs and pain points to help you identify defects earlier in the process which is less expensive than defects found later in the process.

We also hear Bruce’s perspective on trends in the industry and a few of his favorite books he recently read. We also learn about Bruce’s Project Management Insights monthly list of updates and insights within our industry.

To subscribe to Bruce’s Project Management Insights visit www.brucegay.com/signup.
To learn more about Astrevo visit www.astrevo.com
To connect with Bruce on LinkedIn visit – https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegay/

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

UPMC Enterprises is the commercialization arm of UPMC, a Pittsburgh-based health care provider and insurer. As a healthcare innovation lab, UPMC Enterprises invests in two core areas: translational science (which conducts laboratory-to-human research, applying research to human subjects) and technology solutions to empower both medical professionals and patients. Since 2018, UPMC Enterprises has launched 5 companies, supported 30 internal research projects, and invested in a variety of healthcare-related companies.

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Astrevo was formed out of a desire to share knowledge of practical problem-solving approaches that managers can deploy with their teams to better understand customer needs and achieve success. Astrevo provides training, coaching, and consultation services to help teams focus on what is important: less time managing projects, more time focusing on outcomes and customers.

What makes Astrevo unique? Its 3 key principles:

(1) Experiential Learning – Embracing a growth mindset supported in hands-on learning.
(2) Creativity – Tackling problems from different perspectives and with new techniques.
(3) Collaboration – Working with others to solve hard problems.

Bruce Gay, PMP, helps individuals improve their project management skills, become better leaders, and achieve professional greatness. He has over two-and-a-half decades worth of experience managing large, complex programs and customer relationship across multiple industries. In his current role, Bruce manages a PMO and is responsible for operational and delivery excellence for a 100+ person R&D organization comprised of software engineers, product managers, machine learning and NLP scientists, security experts, and cloud engineers. For the past 15 years, Bruce managed product teams that incorporated UX Design and Design Thinking methodologies into their product development processes.

Bruce’s public speaking experience includes presenting at both regional and international professional conferences such as PMI Global Conference (Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) and PMI EMEA Congress in Dublin, Ireland and LearnFest Caribbean in Jamaica. Bruce is an adjunct professor for Norwich University (Northfield, VT) teaching courses in a Project Management certificate program. Bruce creates and delivers educational courses and workshops that help students grow as leaders. Bruce received a Master’s in International Affairs from The George Washington University and has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2005.

Currently, Bruce lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, two daughters, and his dog. Bruce is an active volunteer with the PMI Pittsburgh chapter and is their Director of Corporate Sponsorship. Bruce shares his experiences and ideas around Design Thinking and project management on twitter: @brucegay and on his website: www.brucegay.com.

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community! Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Cloud Computing for Atlanta Small Business – An Interview with Scott Bechtold, Agility IT (IT Help Atlanta, Episode 9)

October 16, 2020 by John Ray

IT Help Atlanta

Cloud Computing for Atlanta Small Business - An Interview with Scott Bechtold, Agility IT (IT Help Atlanta, Episode 9)

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Cloud Computing for Atlanta Small Business – An Interview with Scott Bechtold, Agility IT (IT Help Atlanta, Episode 9)

Host Rick Higgins speaks with Scott Bechtold, Agility IT, on cloud computing for Atlanta small business, what to look for in a cloud services provider, the difference between private cloud and public cloud, and much more. “IT Help Atlanta” is brought to you by TeamLogic IT, your technology advisor.

About the Show

“IT Help Atlanta” profiles small to mid-market businesses and highlights how those companies use technology to succeed. An archive of previous shows can be found here.

About Your Host

Rick Higgins is Owner and President of TeamLogic IT of Dunwoody, GA. Rick’s firm is part of a national network of locally-owned service businesses, providing comprehensive IT services to the small-medium sized business market.

They offer managed service for networking, cyber security, data and email, as well as hardware and software support in addition to a variety of consultation and preventative maintenance services. Rick’s personal and corporate philosophy is simple: Stand up, be bold, and tell the truth.

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow TeamLogic on Facebook.

Rick Higgins, Owner of TeamLogic IT and Host of “IT Help Atlanta”

March 23, 2020 by John Ray

IT Help Atlanta

Rick Higgins, Owner of TeamLogic IT and Host of "IT Help Atlanta"

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“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 204: Rick Higgins, Owner of TeamLogic IT and Host of “IT Help Atlanta”

Rick Higgins, TeamLogic IT of Dunwoody, discusses why, during chaotic economic times, small businesses are particularly ripe targets for hackers and ransomware attacks. Rick also discusses his new Business RadioX® show, “IT Help Atlanta,” set to debut in late March 2020. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray and the show is broadcast from the North Fulton Business RadioX® studio based in Alpharetta.

Rick Higgins, Owner of TeamLogic IT and Host of “IT Help Atlanta”

They offer managed service for networking, cyber security, data and email, as well as hardware and software support in addition to a variety of consultation and preventative maintenance services.

Rick’s personal and corporate philosophy is simple: Stand up, be bold, and tell the truth.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Cyber Security
Cloud Computing
IT and IT Services
Ransomware

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow TeamLogic IT on Facebook. You can also call Rick at 770-847-9611.

North Fulton Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, located inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link.

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.