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Geoff Ekstrom with Oakstream Images and Matthew Efird with Lighting Pros

March 20, 2025 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Geoff Ekstrom with Oakstream Images and Matthew Efird with Lighting Pros

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Geoff Ekstrom/Oakstream Images

Oakstream Images specializes in Legacy Heirloom style portraiture as well as commercial headshots and personal branding photography. It’s a sanctuary where clients can embrace their true selves and leave with images that not only reflect their likeness but capture their spirit.

Matthew Efird/Lighting Pros

Lighting Pros is your go-to expert for transforming your outdoor space with stunning, customized lighting solutions. Services include Christmas lights, landscape lights, event lighting, and permanent RGB Christmas lights. They install in Georgia and support their franchisees.

Matthew Efird with Lighting Pros

September 1, 2024 by Tom Sheldon

Northeast Georgia Business Radio

Matthew Efird with Lighting Pros

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Matthew Efird/Lighting Pros

Lighting Pros is your go-to expert for transforming your outdoor space with stunning, customized lighting solutions. Services include Christmas lights, landscape lights, event lighting and permanent RGB Christmas lights. They install in Georgia and support their franchisees.

Do you love Christmas and the holiday season as much as they do? Before you get that box of tangled lights from the attic and your old ladder out of the garage; wouldn’t you prefer a professional to install your lights this year? Their certified staff only installs only commercial grade lights and greenery to ensure you can safely enjoy your holiday decor all season long. With their Commercial Christmas Lighting, they specialize in custom designs that will bring more attention, people and revenue to your place of business.

From outdoor lighting to landscape lighting, Lighting Pros can add warmth to your outdoor spaces and home. Partnering with you to make your design come to life! With their certified, insured team, they can safely install lighting to add security, appeal and comfort to your outdoor areas.

Events and weddings are dedicated times to celebrate with loved ones. They know that these parties don’t stop when the sun goes down. Allow Lighting Pros to help illuminate your vision for the special day. They ensure installation prior to the event and will remove the lights after the event, so that you are completely hands off. Their custom lights and bistro lights make for great design additions to any event or wedding that wants to be able to see the fun happening afterhours. Don’t let those dance moves go unnoticed because the sun has gone down for the evening!

Our Community Partner for this episode of Northeast Georgia Business Radio is Bottom Line Tax Solutions. A giant thank you to Jacqueline and her team for their continued support. Bottom Line Tax Solutions specializes in the 3 “P’s” of income taxes: Tax Preparation, Tax Planning and Tax Problem Solving. Are you paying too much in taxes? You probably are! Bottom Line Tax Solutions saves their clients thousands in taxes each year; visit them today.

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Coley Herrin with PDI and Jae Knight with Bubba’s 33

July 6, 2023 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Coley Herrin with PDI and Jae Knight with Bubba's 33

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Coley Herrin/PDI

Coley Herrin is the President and CEO of Plumbing Distributors, Inc., more commonly known as PDI. The family owned business, founded in Lawrenceville, GA in 1973, was born out of a passion for identifying and fulfilling the needs of customers while exemplifying first-class service. Now in it’s 50th year of serving customers, PDI is recognized as a vibrant kitchen, bath, and lighting retailer and an industry leader in wholesale distribution. 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.

Jae Knight/Bubba’s 33

Jae Knight is the Local Store Marketer for Bubba’s 33 restaurant in Buford. Bubba’s 33 makes everything in-house from scratch, right down to the sauces on their wings and dressings on their salads. Their patties are cooked medium well and served hot and juicy on a toasted bun. When all the other guys are feeding you frozen meals prepped in a warehouse miles away, Bubba’s 33 is whipping up something fresh and delicious the whole family will enjoy.

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LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Stuart, Yellow Mug, Inc.

April 18, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Stuart, Yellow Mug, Inc.

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LIVE from WORKBENCHcon 2022: Stuart, Yellow Mug, Inc. (Organization Conversation, Episode 13)

Stuart, owner of Yellow Mug, Inc., attended his second WORKBENCHcon and joined Richard Grove and Stephanie in the Organization Conversation booth at the show. Stuart described how he started creating furniture as well as commercial prototypes. He discussed his appreciation of the Wall Control system, his best clients, and more. Organization Conversation is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Stuart, Owner, Yellow Mug, Inc.

Based just west of Chicago, Yellow Mug has clients across the USA, and in addition to building, they can handle the shipping and installation.

A wide range of capabilities and hands-on approach enables them to stay connected to our customers and tackle many types of projects.

Past examples include furniture, art, lighting, and prototypes of new ideas.

Connect with Stuart at Yellow Mug: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

About Organization Conversation

Organization Conversation features interviews with movers and shakers in storage and organization, from professional organizers to the creative and talented Brand Ambassadors who use Wall Control products every day. You’ll hear tips, tricks and how-tos for storage and organization, as well as receive first access to Wall Control promotions. We talk with our suppliers and partners to give you a look behind the scenes at how we operate, what makes our family-owned and operated brand tick, and some of the fun and interesting insights that go into making our business run. We love our guests, as they are engaging and entertaining with interesting experiences to share. By focusing on those guests and the amazing stories they tell, we hope you will be enriched and find your time listening to the Organization Conversation podcast as time well spent.

Organization Conversation is hosted by Richard Grove, 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, and others.

About Richard Grove

Richard Grove, Host, *Organization Conversation*

Richard Grove‘s background is in engineering but what he enjoys most is brand building through relationships and creative marketing. Richard began his career with the Department of Defense as an engineer on the C-5 Galaxy Engineering Team based out of Warner Robins. While Richard found this experience both rewarding and fulfilling, he always knew deep down that he wanted to return to the small family business that originally triggered his interest in engineering.

Richard came to work for the family business, Dekalb Tool & Die, in 2008 as a Mechanical Engineer. At the time Wall Control was little more than a small ‘side hustle’ for Dekalb Tool & Die to try to produce some incremental income. There were no “Wall Control” employees, just a small warehouse with a single tool and die maker that would double as an “order fulfillment associate” on the occasion that the original WallControl.com website, which Richard’s grandmother built, pulled in an order.

In 2008, it became apparent that for the family business to survive they were going to have to produce their own branded product at scale to ensure jobs remained in-house and for the business to continue to move forward. Richard then turned his attention from tool and die to Wall Control to attempt this necessary pivot and his story with Wall Control began. Since that time, Richard has led Wall Control to significant growth while navigating two recessions.

Connect with Richard:

Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

About Wall Control

The Wall Control story began in 1968 in a small tool & die shop just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The first of three generations began their work in building a family-based US manufacturer with little more than hard work and the American Dream.

Over the past 50+ years, this family business has continued to grow and expand from what was once a small tool & die shop into an award-winning US manufacturer of products ranging from automobile components to satellite panels and now, the best wall-mounted tool storage system available today, Wall Control.

The Wall Control brand launched in 2003 and is a family-owned and operated business that not only produces a high-quality American Made product but sees the entire design, production, and distribution process happen under their own roof in Tucker, Georgia. Under that same roof, three generations of American Manufacturing are still hard at work creating the best tool storage products available today.

Connect with Wall Control:

Company website | Facebook | Instagram

Clark Savage, Clayton CameraCraft Photography

April 23, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Clark Savage, Clayton CameraCraft Photography

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Clark Savage, Clayton CameraCraft Photography

Clark Savage is a photographer, author and arts advocate. Since 1994, he has owned and operated Clayton CameraCraft Photography in Alpharetta, specializing in corporate and family photography. His photography career spans 30 years and includes creating portraits of presidents, music, and sports stars. Clark is Co-President of Arts Alpharetta, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing Alpharetta as a cultural arts destination for artists and their work and strategic local partnerships with a variety of arts organizations. Arts Alpharetta operates in the newly opened Alpharetta Arts Center. Clark is also author of the forthcoming book The Kenyan Rhino Rider’s Club. Clark was born in Berkeley, CA and has lived in Georgia for 25 years.

For more information or to contact Clark, go to www.atlantaphotographer.com.

George Davis with Netcom PaySystems, Marvin Austin with SuperGreen Solutions, and George Colmant with Points North Atlanta Magazine

June 14, 2016 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

George Davis with Netcom PaySystems, Marvin Austin with SuperGreen Solutions, and George Colmant with Points North Atlanta Magazine

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Mike Sammond, Marvin Austin, George Davis, George Colmant

George Davis/Netcom PaySystems

Netcom PaySystem goes a step beyond most payment service companies by providing the most in-depth and comprehensive payment solutions in the industry along with exemplary customer service. Since 1987, Netcom PaySystem has been on the cutting edge and has branded the following payment solutions to suit your client’s needs. Netcom PaySystem’s attrition rate is one of the lowest, if not the lowest in the industry. Netcom PaySystem can proudly boast that only 2-4% of their clients ever leave them, and out of that, close to 50% return within the first year. Netcom PaySystem prides itself on being as eager to practice good, old-fashioned customer care as it is to pioneer new products. Netcom PaySystem is proud to provide the most up to date and innovative products such as m-Commerce Mobile Solutions, ISV/SDK and Virtual Terminal solutions. In addition, the company offers the merchant access to POS Systems, eCommerce, ACH Check Services, Check Guarantee, Recurring Billing, Check21, BOC, Credit and Debit Card Processing, Gift and Loyalty Cards, and Merchant Working Capital.

Marvin Austin/SuperGreen Solutions

SuperGreen is Georgia’s first energy efficiency store. They provide complete turnkey energy efficient and renewable products and solutions for all of your business, commercial and residential energy needs. Their expert knowledge, uncompromising customer service and quality installations speak for themselves. Their portfolio includes Indow Windows, Solar Panels, LED Lighting, Water Heaters, Air Purification, Water Efficiency, Insulation, Energy Management, Electric Charging Stations and more.

George Colmant/Points North Atlanta Magazine

Since May of 2000, Points North Atlanta has served as the most popular lifestyle magazine exclusively serving the Northside communities of Atlanta. Every month, Points North continues to feature local personalities, travel destinations, local and regional events, fashion, health, dining and shopping options.

Brian Herbert with Apex Veteran Staffing, Ash Brown with Ash Said It, Tim Gorisek with Summit Systems, and Richard Rice with Mutual Engineering

February 3, 2016 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Brian Herbert with Apex Veteran Staffing, Ash Brown with Ash Said It, Tim Gorisek with Summit Systems, and Richard Rice with Mutual Engineering

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Tim Gorisek, Brian Herbert, Ash Brown, Richard Rice, Dom Rainey

Brian Herbert/Apex Veteran Staffing

Apex Veteran Staffing is a minority and disabled veteran owned staffing agency that focuses primarily on putting military veterans to work in careers that encompass administrative, warehouse, hospitality, and information technology. They have teamed up with First Advantage Consulting Firm, another disabled veteran consulting firm that focuses on Affirmative Action to organizations with 50 or more employees, forming “Veterans 2 Civilians 2 Entrepreneurship.” Although V2C2E focus is military veterans and transitioning veterans, they realize that many individuals, including established businesses, are unaware of the necessary requirements needed to solidify state and/or government contracts.

Ash Brown/Ash Said It

Ash Said It is a full service public speaking boutique. They host red carpets and receptions as well as upscale soirees. They can customize their services for your specific event needs.

This company is the brainchild of Ash “Ashbeezy” Brown. With over 12 years experioence as a radio announcer and 10 years as a promoter, Ash is far from a rookie. Her vision is officially in MOTION!

Tim Gorisek/Summit Systems

Summit Systems operates 6 distinctive, but complementary individual business units as a single source provider of corporate communication and infrastructure systems including: Network Infrastructure & Wireless, IP Telephony, Access Control & Security, Lighting and Energy, Pro Audio Visual, & Audio Visual for Classrooms for K12 school systems.

Richard Rice/Mutual Engineering

Since 1997, Mutual Engineering has provided civil/structural design and forensic engineering services to legal, insurance, construction and private clients throughout the United States.

CLICK HERE to watch the video of this show.

Christian Bollrath with Hera Lighting and Cynthia Pararo with Pineapple House

August 6, 2014 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Christian Bollrath with Hera Lighting and Cynthia Pararo with Pineapple House

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Christian Bollrath, Cynthia Pararo, Dominick Rainey

Christian Bollrath/Hera Lighting

Hera Lighting opened its U.S. headquarters in 1991. They design, develop and manufacture high quality lighting solutions specifically for cabinets, furniture and displays. Hera has rapidly become the market leader for display lighting. Today they work with most major retailers and brands in North America.

Cynthia Pararo/Pineapple House

Atlanta’s Pineapple House Interior Design is a think-tank of creative minds with expertise in interior design, architectural design, furnishings and construction. The designers guide clients through any aspect of the design/build process, from decorating an existing home to any degree of construction. Their work has been featured in over one-hundred magazines, a dozen coffee table books, and on 11 television networks. Over fifty Pineapple House projects illustrate college textbooks and professional industry handbooks. They have been recognized professionally with 36 ASID “Design Excellence” Awards and three IIDA “Best of the Best” honors.