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SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Patrick Sutton of Milner, Inc.; Rob Otersen of SPATCO Energy Solutions; and Todd McCarty of WSI Marketing Upside

November 26, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Patrick Sutton of Milner, Inc.; Rob Otersen of SPATCO Energy Solutions; and Todd McCarty of WSI Marketing Upside

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Patrick Sutton, Rob Otersen, Al Simon, Todd McCarty

Patrick Sutton/Milner, Inc.

For decades Milner, Inc. has assisted businesses to improve efficiency and productivity, streamline operations and stay competitive. Their integrated use of the latest equipment and technology, tailored software, and business process changes has made Milner an industry leader. From the mailroom to the boardroom, Milner can help you reach your goals. They are in the business of understanding your business, and their expertise can be the difference between an office of yesterday or a business of the future. Their team looks forward to working with you to find business solutions that will ensure your success.

Rob Otersen/SPATCO Energy Solutions

SPATCO Energy Solutions is a supplier of liquid handling equipment, installation, and service in the petroleum, industrial, natural gas, and DEF markets. SPATCO was built on service and it is certainly their biggest strength today. They understand that downtime is lost revenue. That’s why they do everything possible to keep your facility pumping. They have certified technicians near your sites who receive on-going training on industry standards and best practices. They have quick access to the parts you need in order to correct pumping issues and provide other services in the least amount of time, and as economically as possible. With over 130 technicians in the southeast, SPATCO is the ideal partner for all of your petroleum needs.

Todd McCarty/WSI Marketing Upside

The purpose of WSI Marketing Upside is to help clients understand their return on marketing investment so they don’t believe that half of their money is wasted. They do this by helping clients connect the dots from marketing activities like website visits to outputs such as leads to business outcomes such as revenue, profit and market share using marketing technology and digital marketing. Their owner, Todd McCarty, is driven to help small and medium sized business owners find their growth potential or “upside” by leveraging his over 20 years of marketing experience across five Fortune 500 companies (NCR Corporation, Cox Enterprises, BellSouth, Anheuser-Busch and Omnicom).

Gas South, HR Value Partners, and Young Presidents Organization

April 13, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Gas South, HR Value Partners, and Young Presidents Organization

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Gas South, HR Value Partners, and Young Presidents Organization

This week I hosted the President and CEO of Gas South, Kevin Greiner, along with VP HR and External Affairs, Meredith Hodges to talk about the company’s recent recognition as a Best Place To Work. HR expert and consultant, Peter Jundt explained why it’s so important to have experts managing your HR functions, even for a small business. And Allan Young joined us to introduce us to Young Presidents Organization, a professional social network of highly-successful young entrepreneurs and business leaders around the globe.

Gas South was named among the Best Places to Work in Atlanta according to an independent employee survey conducted by Workplace Dynamics and hosted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This is the first time the Cobb County business has been honored on this list.

According to the survey, Gas South’s practices of encouraging new ideas and communication of company decisions received the highest survey scores, earning more than 20 percent above the telecommunication and utility industry category average.

“I was thrilled that Gas South scored particularly well on questions related to organizational alignment, execution and communications,” said Kevin Greiner, Gas South president and CEO. “These areas have been a focus for our business operations for several years as we’ve implemented programs and policies to increase transparency in all departments and at every staffing level. It’s comforting to know that our staff agrees and feels included in the direction we have set forth for the future of Gas South. Most importantly, these results give us a benchmark to make improvements in other areas.”

I met Peter Jundt at the recent Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, learning about the company’s array of HR services to serve the small- to mid-sized business. Peter explained why it is so important for businesses to have true HR experts managing their HR functions, particularly today.

Numerous State and Federal regulations affect these businesses today, and non-compliance can mean large fines and worse. The consultants at HR Value Partners are each HR professionals with years of experience and who are well-versed on all compliance and legal issues relevant to their business.

The company has the ability to customize their services around existing HR resources in a given client, whether that is consulting with a business’s HR staff or a full-service, out-sourced HR solution. The firm also provides C-suite executive search with a client-centric approach. Rather than making fees contingent upon the final compensation of the hired candidate, HR Value Partners establishes a set rate for a given placement that is not tied to compensation. In this way, their clients can be confident the recruiter truly has the business’s needs as the driving force rather than negotiating higher salaries to earn a larger commission.

Young Presidents Organization provides successful young entrepreneurs (45 years and under) and business leaders who achieve high-levels of accomplishment with a social network of peers, mentors, and thought leaders. The organization’s website describes it this way, “Founded in 1950, YPO today provides 24,000 peers and their families in more than 130 countries with access to unique educational and networking experiences designed to support their business, community and personal leadership.

Members of YPO are peers who share in common the achievement of success at an early age (before 45); a commitment to learning as a lifelong adventure; and a desire to connect authentically in an environment of trust and confidentiality.

At the age of 50, members transition to YPO’s graduate group, WPO (World Presidents’ Organization). WPO is a global community within YPO of current and former chief executives dedicated to enriching each member’s lifelong journey of leadership, growth and significance through education and idea exchange.”

Special Guests:

Kevin Greiner, President/CEO, Gas South

Meredith Hodges, VP HR/External Affairs, Gas South

Peter Jundt, HR Consultant, HR Value Partners

Allan Young, Incoming Membership Officer, Young Presidents Organization

Bryan Batson with Atlanta Gas Light and Jauxniece Palmer with R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs

July 3, 2014 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Bryan Batson with Atlanta Gas Light and Jauxniece Palmer with R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs

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Steven Julian, Bryan Batson, Jauxniece Palmer, Mike Sammond

Bryan Batson/Atlanta Gas Light

Atlanta Gas Light provides American, abundant and affordable natural gas efficiently to 1.5 million Georgians. They’ve been a trustworthy source of safe, clean energy — and a constant partner to almost 200 counties they serve throughout Georgia — since they installed the City of Atlanta’s first natural gas streetlights more than 150 years ago.

Today, AGL is the eighth largest natural gas distribution utility in the United States and the largest in the Southeast. In Georgia’s deregulated natural gas market, AGL does not sell natural gas to customers. Instead, AGL operates and maintains the infrastructure that delivers reliable natural gas to customers of certified natural gas marketers.

Jauxniece Palmer/R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs

R.E.C.E.S.S. Programs is the only branded programs that offers health clubs of all sizes the ability to serve multiple generations simultaneously. They do this by seamlessly integrating youth and older adult programming into the fabric of the facility, without compromising the integrity of the club… but instead enhancing it.