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Martina Stellmaszek of the German American Chamber of Commerce and Don Nicholson of DEKRA North America

February 9, 2016 by angishields

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Martina Stellmaszek of the German American Chamber of Commerce and Don Nicholson of DEKRA North America

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Martina Stellmaszek / German American Chamber of Commerce

Martina Stellmaszek is originally from Munich, Germany. She has a double degree in Business Administration from the European School of Business in Reutlingen, Germany and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, and earned her MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, GA in 2011.

Since joining the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. (GACC South) in 2004, Martina has held various roles. She became Director of Consulting Services in 2008 and Vice President in 2010. She was appointed President & CEO by the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2012. Martina also serves as the Chapter Director of the Atlanta Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany.

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Donald Nicholson / DEKRA North America, Inc.

Donald O. Nicholson is President and Chief Executive Officer of DEKRA North America. DEKRA is one of the world’s leading expert organizations, with more than 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries committed to helping companies ensure long-term safety, at home, at work and on the road. In 2014, DEKRA generated sales totaling approximately $3 billion.

Nicholson has over 20 years of strategic planning, business development, project management, and leadership experience in the safety and quality assurance industry. Prior to joining DEKRA as President and CEO, he was Vice President of TUV SUD North America, an international service corporation focusing on consulting, testing, certification, and training. Prior to TUV SUD he began his career at Intertek Testing Services, a leading provider of laboratory testing, research, inspection and consulting services for global industry, markets and institutions where he served as Vice President.

Nicholson holds a degree in electrical engineering technologies from the State University of New York at Alfred.

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Martina Stellmaszek with German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S.

March 12, 2014 by Mike

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Martina Stellmaszek with German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S.

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Martina Stellmaszek/German American Chamber of Commerce

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States, Inc. (GACC South) was founded in 1978 to promote and support bilateral trade between Germany and the U.S. The GACC South is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with a branch office in Houston, Texas and serves the 13 Southern states and territories of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Five local chapters, located in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas are supporting the region.

The GACC South is a private, non-profit organization and serves as the official representative of German industry and trade in the Southern U.S. It is part of an international network composed of 120 German foreign chambers of commerce and government offices in 80 countries. The GACCs are one of the largest bi-national chambers in the United States.

Armistead Whitney with Preparis, Martina Stellmaszek with GACC South and Kip Caffey with Cary Street Partners

January 9, 2014 by angishields

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Armistead Whitney with Preparis, Martina Stellmaszek with GACC South and Kip Caffey with Cary Street Partners

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Armistead Whitney/Preparis

Armistead Whitney is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Preparis. As CEO, Armistead leads the strategic direction for Preparis with a passion for implementing innovative sales, marketing and partnership models in industries ripe for change. He has over 20 years of experience leading software, web services and digital media companies, including raising more than $50 million in venture capital and a successful IPO.

Armistead was inspired to start Preparis following his experiences in New York City during 9/11 where he saw firsthand the inability for companies to protect their people, operations, revenue and brand during a crisis event. Today, Preparis helps companies such as investment managers, banks, credit unions, law firms, and commercial real estate property managers prepare for the worst case scenario.

Preparis offers a unique, web-based platform which includes an emergency notification system (to send emergency messages via text, email and voice to your whole company in a matter of seconds), as well as online crisis team training, document storage for essential emergency plans and critical files, plus a professional consulting team to help create and implement actionable business continuity and life safety programs for your organization.

Martina Stellmaszek/GACC South

Since joining the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US (GACC South) in 2004, Martina has held various roles. She became Director of Consulting Services in 2008 and Vice President in 2010. She was appointed President & CEO by the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2012.

Martina also serves as the Chapter Director of the Atlanta Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany.

Kip Caffey/Cary Street Partners

Kip Caffey is the Managing Partner of Cary Street Partners where he is responsible for developing and executing the firm’s overall business strategy. He has worked in wealth management and investment banking firms in the Southeast for over 30 years. As the Managing Partner, Kip Caffey defines his job very simply, “It is my responsibility to marshal the firm’s resources in support of our number one goal; to always produce a great result for our clients. I also believe that how you play the game determines whether you win or lose. That’s why you’ll find Cary Street Partners’ core values and beliefs framed and hung in every associate’s office.”

Despite what many on Wall Street might think, Kip understands Cary Street Partners is really in the relationship business. “In wealth management or investment banking, the objective of the advisor is to help the client define and achieve his goals”, he says. “That doesn’t happen in a single transaction that happens as a relationship is built over time.”

Personally, Kip has played a role in financing or advising some of the Southeast’s best companies. That list of organizations includes; Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, First Financial Management, Total System Services, Longhorn Steakhouse, O’Charley’s, Logan’s Roadhouse, Landry’s Seafood, J. Alexander’s, Advanced Telecommunications, Resurgens Communications, MindSpring Enterprises, Medifax, Education Networks of America and others.

Kip began his career in 1981 in the Corporate Finance Department of J. C. Bradford & Co. and became a partner there in 1990. In 1996, he opened the firm’s first satellite investment banking office in Atlanta. From 1999 to early 2004, Kip was a Senior Managing Director with The Robinson Humphrey Company and its successor, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he served as co-head of Investment Banking. In addition, he was a driving force behind the creation of that firm’s high-end wealth management business, Alexander Key, now part of SunTrust Securities.

Kip is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Harvard Business School.