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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 19

August 21, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 19

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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta and TalentStream.

Tandreia Bellamy is Vice-President Industrial Engineering, UPS Global Logistics and Distribution. In this position, she directs all industrial engineering activities related to the company’s key product offerings: Distribution, Service Parts Logistics and Mail Innovations. Previously, Tandreia held the role of Vice President of Engineering for the West Region, responsible for the Industrial Engineering (IE), Operations Excellence (OE) and Technology Support Groups (TSG) for the western half of the United States. Tandreia also serves on the APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board.

Be sure to check out her blog article: “Why I’m No Hidden Figure”, which was published on UPS Longitudes.

Gail Moore is co-owner and manager of Custom Plastics and More established in 2004, a plastic fabricator located in Winston GA. Gail’s background includes administrative, management, and HR for manufacturing; banking; and insurance industries. Gail is deeply involved in the local industry and community, where she serves as: a member and Northwest Chapter Director of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance; a member of Women in Manufacturing; a member and volunteer with the Douglas County Chamber; a member of the Advisory Board, Douglas County School System CTAE (Career, Technical, Agricultural Education); a coordinator and volunteer for the Douglas County’s Career Ready Training Program; a member of and past VP of the local Cultural Arts Council Board; a Sunday School teacher and Kitchen Committee member at Grace Presbyterian Church. Gail was also instrumental in expanding our “Supply Chain 101” program into Douglas County, where we are sharing information on the Supply Chain industry with elementary students. All of these leadership activities speak to her commitment to community and devotion of helping others succeed.

Connect with Gail on LinkedIn and learn more about her company here: www.customplasticsandmore.com

Will Haraway is Founder & Lead Evangelist at Backbeat Marketing. Will has 20 years of executive experience in B2B Technology Marketing. Will is a certified analyst relations practitioner by the Knowledge Capital Group and has helped companies including Manhattan Associates, Aptos, Atlantix Global Systems, American Software and Rubicon Global improve their brand reputations with marketing results that help increase sales. The Backbeat team includes lead generation, digital marketing, media relations and content marketing specialists with a combined 50 years of experience in their chosen disciplines.

Connect with Will on LinkedIn and learn more about Backbeat Marketing here: www.backbeatmarketing.com

Ben Harris is Director of Supply Chain Ecosystem Expansion for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Ben comes to the Metro Atlanta Chamber after serving as Senior Manager, Market Development for Manhattan Associates. There, Ben was responsible for developing Manhattan’s sales pipeline and overall Americas supply chain marketing strategy. Ben oversaw market positioning, messaging and campaign execution to build awareness and drive new pipeline growth. Prior to joining Manhattan, Ben spent four years with the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Center of Innovation for Logistics where he played a key role in establishing the Center as a go-to industry resource for information, support, partnership building, and investment development. Additionally, he became a key SME for all logistics and supply chain-focused projects. Ben began his career at Page International, Inc. where he drove continuous improvement in complex global supply chain operations for a wide variety of businesses and Fortune 500 companies. An APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Ben holds an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration (EMBA) and bachelor’s degree in International Business (BBA) from the Terry College at the University of Georgia.

Connect with Ben on LinkedIn and learn more about the Metro Atlanta Chamber here: www.metroatlantachamber.com

Scott W. Luton is founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta and was also named to the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers as Co-Chair of the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable.

Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about WBENC-certified TalentStream here, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space.: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 14

June 15, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 14

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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta and TalentStream.

Scott Luton serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream and is a member of the ownership group. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott has held a variety of leadership roles with organizations, with significant experience in the manufacturing and professional services sectors. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta and was also named to the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers as Co-Chair of the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. He founded Supply Chain Now Radio in 2017. Follow TalentStream on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Connect with Scott on Twitter.

Kevin Heath, Chief Procurement Officer/SVP with Georgia-Pacific

Beth Melendez, Global Category Director with Georgia-Pacific

Ben Harris, Director/Supply Chain Ecosystem Expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber.

Tom Cunningham with the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

January 23, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Tom Cunningham with the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

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Thomas J. Cunningham is Senior Vice President and the Chief Economist for the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). Tom joined the MAC in July 2015 following a 30-year career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is a specialist in open economy macroeconomic policy and regional analysis. At the MAC, he manages an internal team that supports the research and advocacy roles of the economic development and public policy departments.

After starting his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as an economist in the Macropolicy group, Tom served at various times as associate director of research, interim director of research, vice president for the Regional group where he was also responsible for the Latin American group, and acting head of the Finance group. He served on the Bank’s Personnel, Information Technology, and Risk Management Committees and as a member of the Federal Reserve System’s Information Security Group and Technology Services Council. He also was the acting director of, and helped establish, the Bank’s Center for Real Estate Analytics. When Dr. Cunningham retired from the Fed, his title was Vice President, Senior Economist and Regional Executive.

A native of Reedley, California, he received a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in economics from California State University, Fresno. He earned a master’s degree, a master of philosophy, and a PhD in economics from Columbia University. He previously worked as an economics instructor at Barnard College at Columbia University and as an adjunct instructor at Iona College, Agnes Scott College and Emory University. He attended the executive development program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Dr. Cunningham has published numerous professional articles and is a member of the American Economic Association, the Western Economic Association, and the Southern Economic Association.

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Spotlight Episode: Mobile Atlanta Initiative from Metro Atlanta Chamber

May 11, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Spotlight Episode: Mobile Atlanta Initiative from Metro Atlanta Chamber

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Hillery Champagne, Director of Mobility Industry Expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber

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Aubriana Lopez, Chief Mobile Strategist, Digital Element

@AubLoMobile @DigitalElement

Fernando Pinto, Founder, Mobinteg

@F_Pinto @mobinteg

Margaret Martin , CEO, CN2 Tech

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GSMA Mobility Live! – North America Press Release

Mobile Atlanta Pavilion at MWC 2017

Terrilyn Simmons and Gianna Carme with ChooseATL and Metro Atlanta Chamber, Carlos Hidalgo with ANNUITAS and author of Driving Demand

October 28, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Terrilyn Simmons and Gianna Carme with ChooseATL and Metro Atlanta Chamber, Carlos Hidalgo with ANNUITAS and author of Driving Demand

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Carlos Hidalgo, Ginna Carme, Terrilyn Simmons

Terrilyn Simmons/ChooseATL/Metro Atlanta Chamber

Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications

An award-winning communications professional with expertise in diverse communications disciplines. A seasoned strategist with the outstanding ability to humanize brands by executing innovative marketing and PR campaigns.

Drive communications strategy for the ChooseATL regional marketing campaign to promote Atlanta (www.chooseATL.com, #chooseATL). Manage external agencies/vendors to ensure vision and strategy is effectively communicated and executed. Lead online and offline marketing initiatives, integrating digital, paid, social, web and earned media to create brand awareness.

Develop and implement internal/external communications strategies to create visibility for MAC president and CEO. Executed an award-winning visibility campaign in support of the president’s first year.

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Gianna Carme/ChooseATL/Metro Atlanta Chamber

Marketing & Communications Manager

Serve as a lead on the communications component of the ChooseATL regional marketing campaign aimed at telling Atlanta’s story. Manage social media strategy and platforms, as well as collaborate with internal team and vendors to ensure delivery of all marketing initiatives. Deliverables include digital marketing, paid media, brand awareness, campaign website and monthly analytics. #chooseATL www.chooseATL.com

Carlos Hidalgo/ANNUITAS

Founder & CEO

Carlos is an innovative thought-leader with over 20 years experience as a B2B marketing practitioner and industry visionary. Carlos is widely recognized for his expertise in strategic integrated marketing, Demand Process, Demand Transformation℠ and marketing automation. As CEO and Principal of ANNUITAS, Carlos drives strategy and leads core practice teams to Transform Demand℠ for enterprise clients globally. Carlos has been named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management for the last five years and was named as a Whos Who in BtoB Marketing in 2011 and 2012. Prior to ANNUITAS Carlos was responsible for global SMB marketing at BMC Software and held a similar role at McAfee. Carlos received his bachelors degree in business communications from Cedarville University in Ohio.

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Spotlight on Mobility Live

October 13, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Spotlight on Mobility Live

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Hillery Champagne / Metro Atlanta Chamber

Hillery is the director of mobility industry expansion at the Metro Atlanta Chamber. She is responsible for working with the Atlanta business community to build the mobile technology ecosystem in the region. Hillery is a native Atlanta and has been at the Metro Atlanta Chamber for over 2 years.

Brad Culp / WNA

WNA helps clients get their largest, most complex and most visible initiatives done. Drives evolutionary business and process transformation, delivering business results with ontime, on-budget, on-spec initiatives. No surprises, exceptional client experience. Sponsor of Mobility Stars Awards.

Chris Huff / The Weather Channel

As Vice President of Mobile and Consumer App Development at The Weather Channel©, Chris Huff is responsible for all aspects of engineering and delivery of consumer applications on digital platforms, including smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables and emerging devices. The Weather Channel has the No. 2 all-time downloaded app on iPad and No. 7 all-time downloaded app on iPhone.

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.

Gregg Simon of Metro Atlanta Chamber with Baha Zeidan and Todd Fryburger

June 30, 2015 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Gregg Simon of Metro Atlanta Chamber with Baha Zeidan and Todd Fryburger

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Gregg Simon / Metro Atlanta Chamber

Gregg D. Simon is Vice President of economic development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). In his role, Simon works to build and manage relationships with our economic development partners across the 29-county metro Atlanta region and cultivate job growth across MAC’s industry clusters: bioscience, technology, mobility, supply chain & logistics and global commerce. He also assists businesses and their consultants in their evaluation of metro Atlanta for new or expanded operations.

Previously, he served as senior director of project management at MAC, and worked with partners and MAC’s project management team to support businesses interested in expanding or relocating to the region. Before that he was director of technology industry development at MAC, focusing on building Atlanta’s technology cluster and growing jobs in the areas of Internet security, wireless mobility, software development and digital media.

Simon brings more than 20 years of economic development experience to MAC. Prior to joining MAC, Simon was manager of business engagement for the Atlanta Development Authority (ADA) where he helped existing businesses and attract new ones to the city of Atlanta. Before coming to Atlanta, he was the director of business services for the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development, a private non-profit economic development organization dedicated to business growth in Massachusetts. He also worked for Empire State Development, New York State’s economic development agency with a focus on business retention and expansion in the Buffalo regional office.

Simon’s work in Atlanta, Massachusetts and New York has included administration of tax and financial incentive programs, business retention and attraction marketing initiatives, economic development policy creation and implementation, and special event planning. He has worked with businesses such as Mercedes-Benz USA, Panasonic Automotive Systems of America, Ernst & Young, Novelis, Kemira, Invesco, Wipro, Bristol Myers Squibb, Straumann, Target, General Motors, 3M, Ford, Delphi and many others to support business expansions resulting in job retention and creation.

Simon is a graduate of the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY and lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.

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Baha Zeidan / Azalea Health

Co-founder and CEO of Azalea Health. Responsible for providing the strategic direction for Azalea Health as well as collaborating with partners and co-founders on the day-to-day operations growth of the company.

Baha is a strong proponent and advocate for Health IT, cloud computing, mobile development, pervasive computing, and big data analytics.

Baha’s daily mission is to empower smart and talented people while cultivating quality relationships with partners and shareholders that aid in the further advancement of Azalea Health.

Valdosta State University graduate with a BS in Computer Science, and currently pursuing my Masters degree in Information Technology Management with focus on Healthcare Information Technology Management. In 2008, Baha received the GOLD Award (Graduate of the Last Decade) Alumni Award from Valdosta State University for demonstrating professional achievements and exceptional community service.

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Todd Fryburger / StarMobile

Todd Fryburger, President and CEO of StarMobile, has over 30+ years experience in enterprise software and enterprise mobility for respected technology industry leaders, including Cramer Systems (acquired by Amdocs), PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle), CSC, Chrysler Systems (acquired by IBM), GE Information Services (now GSX) and CompuServe (acquired by AOL). Todd previously served as the CEO of enterprise mobility leader CAS AG (acquired by Accenture). He most recently led Global Enterprise Mobility for SAP.

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Jennifer Sherer with Metro Atlanta Chamber, Kim Eaton with Aptean, Erin Rosintoski Lewis with Atlanta Tech Village, Jennifer McKenna with JMac Consulting and Jason Premo with Premo Ventures

April 27, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jennifer Sherer with Metro Atlanta Chamber, Kim Eaton with Aptean, Erin Rosintoski Lewis with Atlanta Tech Village, Jennifer McKenna with JMac Consulting and Jason Premo with Premo Ventures

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Jennifer Sherer, PhD / Metro Atlanta Chamber

Jennifer Sherer is the Vice President of Business Higher Education (BHE) for the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). She works closely with the BHE partner universities to increase collaboration with metro businesses and strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

Prior to joining MAC, Jennifer served as the Executive Director of Southeast BIO (SEBIO), a regional non-profit organization that fosters the growth of the life sciences industry in the Southeastern U.S. by promoting entrepreneurship and bringing together key stakeholders active in the development of the industry. SEBIO’s mentoring programs, designed to prepare entrepreneurs for fundraising and cultivate new start-ups from universities, have benefi ted over 200 companies in the Southeast. Companies participating in SEBIO activities have gone on to raise over $2.5 billion in public and private funding.

Prior to joining SEBIO, Jennifer was a licensing associate in the Office of Technology Transfer at Emory University. She was responsible for assessing intellectual assets for advancement, developing marketing strategies, and generating commercialization plans for technologies generated by university researchers. She also aided faculty members in developing strategic partnerships with industry. Jennifer serves on the Emory University Center for Ethics advisory board and is a member and volunteer of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).

She earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics at the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Biochemistry at Lehigh University.

Kim Eaton / Aptean

Kim Eaton serves Aptean as Chief Executive Officer, leading the company to provide unrivaled service to its nearly 5,000 global customers and drive product innovation in the enterprise software market. Ms. Eaton joined Aptean in August 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all aspects of Aptean’s global operations.

Ms. Eaton has over 25 years in the technology sector with a broad range of senior leadership and management positions. She began her career as an Accenture consultant, implementing large-scale distribution and warehouse management systems, as well as Financial and HR/Payroll solutions.

She has served as President for BlueCube Software and as Executive Vice President for RedPrairie Corporation. Prior to joining Aptean, Ms. Eaton was with NCR Corporation where she served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for NCR Corporation’s Hospitality Division. She was also responsible for the integration process of Radiant Systems into NCR, focusing on sales and marketing.

Ms. Eaton holds a Bachelor of Science in Distributed Studies (Biology, Chemistry) from Iowa State University.

About Aptean: •Aptean is a global software company with 1200 employees in 17 countries and more than 5,000 customers. We’re headquartered right here in Atlanta, on Perimeter Center Parkway. We develop software that is found “where the work gets done.” By that we mean that our CRM, ERP and Manufacturing Execution products are installed on the front lines of our customers’ businesses—call centers, sales forces, bakeries, shop floors, assembly lines—to help those processes run more efficiently and reduce costs.

Aptean was launched in 2012, but we have a much deeper history than that—our core products like Ross ERP, Pivotal CRM and Respond Complaints Management were once stand-alone companies with track records and customers that go back as far as 20 years. Customers, like Farm Credit Services in Omaha; they have been a Pivotal customer for 16 years, long before Pivotal was a part of Aptean. Stories like theirs really struck me when I joined the company last year—Aptean customers are more like partners, they trust us and have evolved with us over the length of our long relationship. When we make upgrades and enhancements to the product, they are intricately involved with improvements and new functionality. That’s a tremendous sign of the value we’re providing and the voice that we give them in shaping the product.

Erin Rosintoski Lewis / Atlanta Tech Village

Erin Rosintoski Lewis is a Community Manager at Atlanta Tech Village. She connects the Village to the larger ecosystem in Atlanta and beyond. Erin curates meetings between startups and investors, corporations, and strategic partners. She oversees the events team, programming calendar, and engages sponsors to support the entrepreneurs at the Village.

Jennifer McKenna / JMac Consulting

Jennifer McKenna (aka “JMac”) is a change agent who transforms visions into reality. She is adept at extracting the Big Idea and breaking it down into measurable milestones. With a background in program and business development and change management consulting, Jennifer coaches leaders and facilitates the process of transformation in pursuit of growth.

Specializing in communications and strategy development, Jennifer is particularly savvy at identifying and changing patterns within the minds of business leaders and the inner workings of organizations that previously inhibited productivity and profitability.

Her focus is to honor and leverage the company’s mission and its people to achieve measurable victories and to ensure that the business itself enriches lives. Jennifer infuses a fresh perspective into traditional organizational paradigms to ensure congruency, integrity and forward movement to enhance the business and the world at large.

Jennifer has been featured on local television affiliates for her work as a coach. She has also been recognized for her conscientious approach as a facilitator, working with highly sensitive subject matter to generate successful outcomes from controversial discussions. As a consultant she managed a team that launched a new industry category for a Fortune 100 company that was named a product of the year less than six months of the product launch. Exceeding goals is a habit for Jennifer as evidenced by the 365% business growth one client experienced over a 3-year period of time.

Over the course of the last twelve years she has facilitated national conferences, expert panel discussions and annual planning retreats for many teams at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as multiple other small businesses and non-profit organizations. Jennifer is known to excel under pressure and has been called on to lead teams in crisis.

She believes that our professional life is an extension of our personal life and must be meaningful. Inspired by this, she creates customized strategic models to help progressive-minded business leaders create the change they desire.

Jason Premo / Premo Ventures

Jason Premo, a native of Georgia and a GT Yellow Jacket, is Chairman of Premo Ventures, a Greenville SC – based venture capital firm focused on investing and accelerating small to mid-size advanced manufacturing companies with high-impact potential in the aerospace, defense, energy, and medical device industries.

Jason’s diverse career has encompassed a wide variety of roles ranging from design engineering to CEO, in startups to Fortune 500 global organizations.

Jason is also an active Angel Investor with Swamp Rabbit Angels, providing much needed seed capital for startups and early stage companies in the South Carolina. Jason is also an Advisory Board member for a number of startups and small to mid-market market companies in a variety of software, manufacturing, electronics, oil & gas, and professional services industries.

Jason received a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a certified Lean Manufacturing-Kaizen Facilitator, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and ISO 9000 Auditor. He is also currently a senior examiner for the prestigious Presidential Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA).

Jason was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley as a Board member for the South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence. He is a Foundation Board member for the Greenville Technical College, Executive Officer Board Member for the NEXT Charter High School, Board member for SC Broadband Advisory Council, Advisory Board for AidJoy Charities, and a Liberty Fellow with the Aspen Global Leadership Institute.