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Kaushik Desai & Saloni Desai with By Design LED

June 25, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Kaushik Desai & Saloni Desai with By Design LED

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Amanda Pearch, Kaushik Desai, Saloni Desai

Kaushik Desai & Saloni Desai/By Design LED

By Design LED’s commercial lights are manufactured using the latest technology and innovation. As an Atlanta-based company with global connections, they are personally involved during the entire process, from consultation and manufacturing to supplying and installing. Their company’s mission is to offer customers a faster ROI with low upfront pricing, proven quality materials, tested and verified specifications, nearly zero maintenance costs, low installation costs, and eligibility to qualify for location-based rebate programs.

By Design LED has all the required certifications and licenses for every product. Their lights undergo rigorous testing, the results of which are available to the public on the DLC website under their company name. Many LED lights are developed with technology that would require minimal time for installation by merely replacing the existing fixture through retrofit kits, without requiring any extra rewiring. Furthermore, their products are certified to receive any available government rebates in each state for retrofitting or installing new LED fixtures.

By Design LED guarantees 50,000 hours operating at 80% performance or better for their LED products. In addition to their commitment for energy efficient products in the LED market, they are also passionate about making an environmental difference. By Design LED is the solution you need to “give your future the green light.”

Luciano Lombera with MC Granite Countertops

June 20, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Luciano Lombera with MC Granite Countertops

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Luciano Lombera/MC Granite Countertops

Located in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, MC Granite Countertops offers affordable prices on granite, marble, quartzite, quartz, and soapstone. MC Granite Countertops makes it their priority to deliver high quality countertops at competitive prices. Their warehouse works with only the finest quality tools and materials. From template to installation, they are devoted to quality workmanship and professionalism. Their promise of quality is backed by a 100% warranty on materials and workmanship.

Melody Mills with Elevate Dance, Chef Jarvis Williams with Social Express Catering & Meal Prep, and Terry Gatewood with Physique Refinements

June 13, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Melody Mills with Elevate Dance, Chef Jarvis Williams with Social Express Catering & Meal Prep, and Terry Gatewood with Physique Refinements

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Mike Sammond, Melody Mills, Chef Jarvis Williams, Terry Gatewood, Steven Julian

Melody Mills/Elevate Dance

At Elevate, they aim to become one of the industry’s most trusted brands by providing services, reliable resources, and invaluable tools to inform and equip the community of dancers worldwide. The company was founded on strong principles of standards in service and integrity. Elevate functions to make greatness attainable at any level and in so doing, raise the bar of quality within the dance industry.

Chef Jarvis Williams/Social Express Catering & Meal Prep

Chef Jarvis offers full service catering and personal chef services for all types of events and crowds. No event is too large or too small! From private dinner dates to weddings Chef Jarvis delivers quality and exceptional service that exceeds expectations.

Terry Gatewood/Physique Refinements

Physique Refinements is located two minutes walking distance from Suwanee Towne Center in the beautiful office building “The Shoppes at Olde Towne”. Their training studio is 1800-square-feet and is always super clean and has a complete private shower. They have complete state of the art weight training and cardiovascular equipment. Physique Refinements training programs are exclusive. They are a private personal training studio, Committed to Excellence. They strive for perfection by customizing individual training programs. Physique Refinements mission is to educate one person at a time to perform mechanical sustainable movements.

The First Annual Suwanee Health & Fitness Festival will take place on Saturday, August 24th, 2019 in the beautiful Town Center Park in Suwanee, GA. The festival starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 7:00 PM. Bring the family and enjoy the fun.

Randy Kessler with KS Family Law and Don Mahmood and Maher Ahmed with MedSmarter

June 6, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Randy Kessler with KS Family Law and Don Mahmood and Maher Ahmed with MedSmarter

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Randy Kessler /KS Family Law

Randy Kessler is the founding partner of KS Family Law Attorneys, a 30 person family law firm in Atlanta and is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future (www.divorceprotect.com), The GA Library of Family Law Forms, and How to Mediate a Divorce. He teaches Family Law Litigation at Emory School of Law and is the former Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.

Mr. Kessler has over 30 years of experience in domestic relations and family law matters including divorce, custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements and child support. He has lectured in over thirty states and six different countries.

He is a LinkedIn “Influencer” with over 425,000 followers and often appears as a contributor for national media such as Fox News, CNN, NBC and others. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and Emory University School of Law. He is also the founder and inventor of Starsona and Starsona.com, providing personal videos from stars to their fans.

Don Mahmood and Maher Ahmed/MedSmarter

Best described as a hybrid of tutoring and classroom learning, MedSmarter offers MCAT, USMLE, and Residency prep courses. A high yield program with a focus-oriented approach (offered in a variety of blended learning opportunities), maintain a pass rate of 98% or higher. MedSmarter’s #1 goal is to help medical students succeed in their journey to practice medicine in the US. Their board-certified instructors provide the personal attention students need and the professional guidance future physicians deserve.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners (Part 2 of 3)

June 4, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners (Part 2 of 3)

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Frank Oorreel, Allen Read, Lisa Sherman, Chris Braun

Designed to be reflective of Gwinnett and metro Atlanta area, the Gwinnett Chamber IMPACT Regional Business Awards recognize leading organizations in top industries that are driving economic development and job creation, while enhancing our quality of life. This event is truly one of a kind as it brings together leaders from the AEC, higher education, healthcare, hospitality, information technology, international business, nonprofit, service, and small business industries.

This is the second of 3 special episodes featuring the 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award winners and sponsors.

Allen Read/M3 – IT winner

Built by hoteliers, exclusively for hoteliers, M3 is a powerful cloud-based accounting software solution for the hospitality industry that drives cost savings, revenue enhancement and business insight. Celebrating 20 years in business without increasing prices, M3 touts a 98% customer retention rate without contracts. Used by management groups and hotels of all sizes, the platform works seamlessly with other key systems and tools in the hospitality industry and offers robust accounting and financial analysis across entire portfolios with optional operations and time management features. Privately-held and employee-owned, M3 also includes a proprietary hotel benchmarking index that combines data from a multitude of properties into a single accessible data set to compare hotels.

Frank Oorreel/BOPLAN – International winner

BOPLAN‘s flexible guardrails have been re-shaping industrial safety in the United States for the past 6 years. They provide innovative safety products that protect against the accidental impacts of forklift trucks. Thanks to innovative products and know-how, BOPLAN solves problems that others haven’t been able to solve so far.

Thanks to their flexibility, BOPLAN’S guardrails return to their original shape immediately after impact, alleviating damage to themselves, the forklift, or the concrete they are bolted onto, and there’s no more need to re-paint them as they are colored to the core.

Under the name Flex Impact, the original polymer barrier, BOPLAN manufactures a range of polymer handrails, guardrails, bollards, rack protectors, column protectors and safety gates.

Lisa Sherman/City of Lawrenceville – Hospitality winner

Lawrenceville is the county seat of Gwinnett and home to Gwinnett’s major assets in education, healthcare, government and the arts. With a bustling downtown square complete with dining, entertainment, shopping and residential opportunities, Lawrenceville serves as the heart of the county where the arts can flourish and a smart, talent-rich citizenry can enjoy a walkable urban environment in a suburban location.

Chris Braun/Renasant Bank – Presenting sponsor

Headquartered in Tupelo, MS, Renasant Bank is a 115-year-old $13 billion regional bank with a presence in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Renasant was named Time/Money Magazine “Best Bank in the South” for 2018-2019. Renasant Bank has 190 offices in their footprint and 30 branches in North Georgia to service your personal and business banking needs.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners (Part 1 of 3)

June 4, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners (Part 1 of 3)

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This is the first of 3 special episodes featuring the 2019 IMPACT Regional Business Award winners and sponsors.

Dr. Laura Crawley/UGA Gwinnett Campus – Education Winner

The UGA Gwinnett campus provides advanced learning for non-traditional and working professionals in the greater Atlanta and northeast Georgia area. The campus offers 12 graduate degree programs, as well as certificate programs and professional development opportunities. In 2018, UGA Gwinnett enrolled more than 500 graduate students and welcomed approximately 9,000 people to campus for non-degree-granting professional development, certifications and educational events.

Trent Lind/Eastside Medical Center – Presenting Sponsor

Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for more than 39 years, providing quality care to patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside focuses on delivering quality care with exceptional outcomes by utilizing the most advanced technology and experienced physicians. Eastside is a 310-bed, multi-campus system of care offering comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, bariatric, urgent care, and 24-hour emergency care at two locations. Their medical staff of 500 board-certified physicians, 1,200 employees and 400 volunteers is committed to providing the community a healthcare system of excellence.

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Stroke Awareness Month

May 30, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Stroke Awareness Month

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Dr. Pinkesh Bhuta, Dr. Latai Brown, Dr. Matthew Goldstein

Dr. Matthew Goldstein, Medical Director of Emergency Services
Dr. Pinkesh Bhuta, Medical Director of Hospital Medicine
Dr. Latai Grant-Brown, Hospitalist, Neurology

May is Stroke Awareness Month! Eastside Medical Center is a certified Primary Stroke Center. To achieve Primary Stroke Center certification, hospitals must undergo a rigorous onsite review. Primary Stroke Center Certification recognizes hospitals that meet standards to support better outcomes for stroke care.

Eligibility standards include:

• A dedicated stroke-focused program
• Staffing by qualified medical professionals trained in stroke care
• Individualized care to meet stroke patients’ needs
• Patient involvement in their hospital care
• Coordination of post-discharge patient self-care based on recommendations of the Brain Attack Coalition and guidelines published by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association or equivalent guidelines
• Streamlined flow of patient information while protecting patient rights, security and privacy
• Collection of the hospital’s stroke-treatment performance data
• Hospital team performance data
• Use of data to assess and continually improve quality of care for stroke patients

Click Here for Slide Show Presentation about Strokes

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Dr. Rebecca Sarlea with Refresh Chiropractic and Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan with the Atlanta Water Store

May 28, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Rebecca Sarlea with Refresh Chiropractic and Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan with the Atlanta Water Store

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Kevin Sirface, Dipa Janardanan, Dr. Rebecca Sarlea

Dr. Rebecca Sarlea/Refresh Chiropractic

Refresh Chiropractic was born from the vision of renewal for your life. They believe in the tonal model of Chiropractic that focuses on the nervous system and related changes to a person’s physiology. As such, they look at the tone of nervous system first. Refresh Chiropractic believes in practicing within the philosophy that “the power that made the body, heals the body.” This philosophy explains that the ability of the body to express life and how that life flows through the body and mind, determines how healthy and alive we will be.

Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan/Atlanta Water Store

Atlanta Water Store is dedicated to teaching the principles and benefits of drinking hydrogen rich, alkalized, anti-oxidant, micro-clustered water. Their motto is “We Teach – We Share – You Decide.” They offer a 21-day FREE trial of their water. Atlanta Water Store offers classes, and you can even schedule your own private class. Owners Dipa Janardanan and Kevin Sirface welcome you and help you separate the hype from the truth and help you fully understand the harmful effects of drinking bottled water or tap – and why YOU should be drinking this water!

Todd Edstrom with JLL (Jones Lang LaSelle) and Richard Grove with Wall Control

May 21, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Todd Edstrom with JLL (Jones Lang LaSelle) and Richard Grove with Wall Control

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Amanda Pearch, Todd Edstrom, Richard Grove, Mike Sammond

Todd Edstrom/JLL

JLL is a world leader in real estate services, powered by an entrepreneurial spirit. They want the most ambitious clients to work with them, and the most ambitious people to work for them. It’s as simple as that. JLL buys, builds, occupies and invests in a variety of assets including industrial, commercial, retail, residential and hotel real estate. From tech startups to global firms, JLL’s clients span industries including banking, energy, healthcare, law, life sciences, manufacturing and technology.

Richard Grove/Wall Control

Wall Control is a family owned and operated US brand and company committed to producing made in USA high-quality metal pegboard wall-mounted organizers and tool storage systems.

More than that though, they’re a collection of family, friends, partners, and great employees that work hard to bring their fantastic customers an exceptional product that they’re proud to put their name on.

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, you’ll still find 3 generations of American Manufacturing hard at work to bring you the best tool storage products available today.