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ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: Georgia Sen. Brandon Beach

April 29, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: Georgia Sen. Brandon Beach

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**Geoff Smith and GA Sen. Brandon Beach on “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith”**

ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: An Interview with Ga. Senator Brandon Beach

Host Geoff Smith speaks with Georgia State Senator Brandon Beach on the process of improving transportation infrastructure in the state, how drivers of economic development has changed in recent years, the importance of transportation in economic development, and creating better coordination across local jurisdictions in Metro Atlanta.

Senator Brandon Beach, Georgia Senate District 21 and Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee

Senator Brandon Beach was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2013. He represents District 21 which includes portions of Cherokee and Fulton counties. Senator Beach is the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. He is also a member of the Economic Development, Higher Education and Science and Technology committees. Sen. Beach served as the Chairman of the Public Private Partnership Committee (P3 Committee). Under his leadership, the P3 Committee was able to acquire key local transportation projects approved for Cherokee and North Fulton.

Sen. Beach was named Executive Director of the North Fulton Community Improvement District (CID) in January 2018. Previously, he was President of the North Fulton CID and President & CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. Under his leadership, the North Fulton CID has invested more than $20 million to help bring more than $100 million in new infrastructure for the District area.

In 2001, Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Sen. Beach to the board of Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). In 2008, he was selected to chair one of GRTA’s most important committees — The Land Development Committee. In this role, Sen. Beach is responsible for leading a review of every significant development brought before the 16-county area that GRTA serves. Sen. Beach was elected to the Board of the Georgia Department of Transportation by state legislators from the 6th Congressional District in 2008.

Sen. Beach is a member of numerous community boards including the Regional Business Coalition, Grady Hospital Board of Visitors, the Greater Metro Atlanta American Heart Association, the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, Encore Park and the Historic Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau. Senator Beach received an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Centenary College. He is also a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute and a former member of the Alpharetta City Council and the Alpharetta Planning and Zoning Commission. He and his wife, Shuntel, have two children and have lived in Alpharetta for the past 24 years.

Geoff Smith, Host of “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith”

Geoff Smith is the host of “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith” and a mortgage banker with Assurance Financial. Possessed with a strong passion for helping his community, Geoff works closely with people and their families so they may live comfortably in fantastic homes and neighborhoods in the booming Atlanta area.

Geoff is an active member of his community serving on the Board of Directors of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, as well as holding the position of chairman for the Chamber’s Education Committee. He is also Secretary of the Roswell Youth Baseball Association and coaches his sons in football, baseball and basketball. Geoff enjoys golf, camping and traveling with his wife and two sons. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

David Moody with ERA Sunrise Realty and Julie Betts & JB Bush with NCR & ValueSelling Associates

March 6, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

David Moody with ERA Sunrise Realty and Julie Betts & JB Bush with NCR & ValueSelling Associates

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ERA Sunrise Realty strives to be a life-long real estate partner to its clients. For those moving to the Greater Metro Atlanta, Athens or Augusta, GA area, it offers premium relocation services that will take the stress out of changing homes. For those looking to grow their business ventures, ERA Sunrise Realty brings dedicated commercial real estate experts that can advise you in all your commercial real estate interests.

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Julie Betts is responsible for driving the enterprise learning strategy within NCR Corporation – a Fortune 500 company and a global leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. She leads the creation, management, and execution of learning initiatives across all industries and functional areas within NCR. Julie has more than 15 years of experience in the learning industry, the last 8 years of which she has held various roles within NCR’s talent development organization. Prior to being appointed to her current position in 2016, Julie served as the sales strategic learning business partner for NCR’s two largest industry segments, Retail and Financial Services, with responsibility for creating a sales learning strategy that helped to enable the global sales organization and, ultimately, drive business results. In 2017, Julie was awarded a Silver Stevie award for Sales Education Leader of the year. Julie holds a bachelor’s degree in Science and Technology Studies from the Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

With more than 25 years of success in senior management and executive sales positions with established companies as well as start-ups, JB has successfully navigated the complexities of nearly every type of sales challenge. By leveraging his expertise as a build-out and turn-around strategist, paired with his belief that training should be fun, JB arms his clients with solid education, sales-ready messaging and the confidence that they can win. JB has enjoyed success in several high-level management positions, including President of Cole Valley Software, a software designer and distributor; Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Northwood Industries, a custom commercial products manufacturer; and Vice President of Sales for start-up wood case goods manufacturer, Woodscapes. During his tenure, sales increased between 80 and 100% at each company. Previously, JB served as a turnaround specialist for several under-performing franchises with Denver cable giant, Daniels & Associates. Through his experience in senior management in general, and finance in particular, he not only understands the nuances of how the sales message must be communicated to different organizational functions, he understands what details will make the most impact. JB joined ValueSelling Associates in 1999. Through this relationship, a few companies JB has consulted with include Cisco, NCR, Adobe, Cylance, Pure Storage, VMware, Autodesk, Silver Peak, Wind River, and Polycom. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and trainer who delivers high-impact results by maximizing and leveraging his clients’ investment in the sales training initiative.

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Jason Holland with NCR

July 20, 2016 by angishields

Learning Insights

Jason Holland with NCR

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Jason Holland / NCR

Jason Holland is the services technical learning leader for NCR Corp., the global leader in consumer transaction technologies. Processing more than 485 million transactions a day and with more than 30,000 employees globally, NCR is one of the largest technology companies in the world. Jason has more than 10 years’ experience in NCR’s learning division. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the global services technical learning team, focusing on field-based service technicians, service operation centers, and other critical technical roles. Jason originally joined NCR in 2000 as a service technician. He then moved into learning. Over the past 15+ years with NCR, he has served as a technician, instructor, course developer, and learning business partner. His primary focus has been on process improvement, NCR’s financial and retail products, and mobile-enabled performance support tools.

Jon Lawrence with NCR and Bill Keen with IHG

October 7, 2014 by angishields

Atlanta Mobility Radio

Jon Lawrence with NCR and Bill Keen with IHG

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Jon Lawrence / NCR

Jon Lawrence is currently Senior Director, Solution Management and Product Marketing for NCR Hospitality.

In this role, Jon helps to define, develop, and market solutions to restaurant operators across the globe. He is passionate about understanding the key challenges that NCR customers need and want to solve – then aligning the right components for a solution, and ensuring the integration of those components delivers the expected value.

Jon has worked in delivering technology solutions for more than 20 years. For much of the last decade, Jon has held roles of increasing responsibility in product management, product marketing, implementation, and customer support for leading technology providers in this space including the former Radiant Systems and RedPrairie (now JDA).

In addition to his passion for technology at NCR, he also enjoys working with children in his children’s local school to help them understand how technology can help them learn – as well as help them prepare for potential future careers in technology.

Bill Keen / InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Bill Keen is Director of Mobile Solutions at IHG where he has responsibility for mobile channel product strategy and marketing programs, which generated over $600M in gross revenues during 2013, up from $2M in 2009. Before focusing solely on mobile solutions, Bill concurrently held responsibility for all IHG-branded web products that contributed to more than $3 billion annually.

Prior to joining IHG in 2007, Bill spent more than 15 years in the online and e-commerce space. As the Director of Internet Services for BellSouth, Bill managed product management and marketing. He later joined the CheckFree Corporation as the Director of Product Marketing, focusing on the development of e-commerce payment strategies.

Bill graduated from Emory Goizueta Business School and holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Tennessee.

Special Edition: Georgia CIO Leadership Association

July 3, 2014 by angishields

Atlanta Tech Leaders

Special Edition: Georgia CIO Leadership Association

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Bill VanCuren / NCR

Bill VanCuren is vice president and CIO for NCR Corporation. Bill is a member of both the corporate leadership team and Chief Financial Office organizations.

His current assignment as the CIO has oversight over the full application realization process, portfolio management, global networks and processing services for both internal and external customer services, security and compliancy, and all workgroup computing. Bill has 30 years of experience in the information technology (IT) field and has held increasingly responsible positions.

Bill established the first NCR captive IT development center in India, championed the engineering processes to achieve the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3, and has driven world-class levels of both efficiency and improved effectiveness via a combined IT and business governance. As a result of implementing leading practice strategies, his organization is consistently named to the Information Week500, and was listed in CIO magazine’s 2014 CIO 100 and Bill was named CIO of the year in Georgia for 2011.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree, Cum Laude, from The Ohio State University and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton. He has also received executive training at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, along with a variety of extended leadership training from the NCR University.

He is a board member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and Georgia CIO Leadership Association(GCLA). He is also an Advisory Board Member for the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia – Terry School of Business, MIS Department.

Bill lives in Cumming, Georgia with his wife, Jeannie, and their three sons. His hobbies include skiing and landscaping. Bill is a member of both The Ohio State University Buckeye Club and the President’s Club.

Jay Ferro / American Cancer Society

Jay is currently Chief Information Officer for the American Cancer Society (ACS), a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the American Cancer Society has more than 900 local offices nationwide and a presence in more than 5,100 communities. Jay is responsible for the people, strategy and operations of the Global Information Technology organization.

Prior to joining ACS in 2012, Jay served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for AdCare Health Systems, a rapidly growing and recognized innovator in health care facility management. Jay spent the previous 7 years at AIG (American International Group), most recently as VP and CIO for AIG Aerospace, a leading global aerospace insurer. At AIG, Jay implemented numerous improvements that have delivered substantial value to the organization while managing significant organizational change in a turbulent market environment. In addition to his role as AVP of Information Technology with AIG Personal Lines, Jay was selected as CFO for Operations and Systems in 2006 and led multiple global IT Finance and Governance Standards initiatives that resulted in millions of dollars in savings for the organization.

Jay continues to be a thought leader in the Information Technology arena and is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and Nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Jay was selected as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as Chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association.

His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In 2007, he founded the non-profit group, Priscilla’s Promise, in honor of his late wife, which raises funds for cervical cancer education and research, and currently serves as its Executive Director. In 2011 he was elected to the Board of Directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization which helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community, and in 2013 was named Board Chair.

Jay earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and his Masters of Business Administration from The University of Georgia. Jay continues to be involved with his alma mater, both as a mentor for young alumni and as a member of the Alumni Board of Directors for the Terry College of Business.

Jay lives in the Metro Atlanta Area with his 3 sons: Trey, Connor and Alex.

TechBridge 2014 Digital Ball Recap with McKenzy Bailey, James Franklin, Dennis Gardin, Jessica Higgins, Karen Renner & Bill VanCuren 5/21/2014

May 22, 2014 by angishields

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Booth 61 with Ricky Steele

TechBridge 2014 Digital Ball Recap with McKenzy Bailey, James Franklin, Dennis Gardin, Jessica Higgins, Karen Renner & Bill VanCuren 5/21/2014

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Booth 61 on May 21st, 2014 was MAGIC. I will not forget this broadcast for the rest of my career. I want to thank my guests who are all very busy people but were gracious in sharing their time with me in Booth 61. My guests included two of Atlanta’s most respected CIO’s, the first is with Novelis, Karen Renner & the second with NCR, Bill VanCuren, from the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation, Dennis Gardin & McKenzy Bailey, and our two TechBridge Superstars, CEO James Franklin & Program Manager for the new “Adopt-A-Nonprofit” initiative, Jennifer Higgins.

I could write 25 paragraphs about this show and it would not do it justice. We laughed, we shed a few tears of gladness and joy, and we shared from our united hearts about all of the great things TechBridge is doing to change lives in our community and in 20 other cities. Over 6.5 MILLION people have been touched by TechBridge through the over 100 not for profit agencies who partner with TechBridge. As I said, I cannot do this broadcast justice by my words. You will have to listen and enjoy the passion we all experienced for one another, for our city, and for all of the lives who have been touched and will be touched through TechBridge including those served by the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation which is a miracle story on it’s own.

Special thanks to my sidekick and Hunter Technical Resources “LinchPin”, Jess Jones for her social media skills in helping share the story before, during, and after our broadcast. Thank you Clint Bailey and all my colleagues at Hunter for sponsoring Booth 61. I am honored to be part of the HUNTER TEAM.

TechBridge’s 2014 Digital Ball with Karen Renner, CIO of Novelis and Bill VanCuren, CIO of NCR, Co-Chairs of the 2014 Digital Ball 5/03/2014

May 8, 2014 by angishields

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Booth 61 with Ricky Steele

TechBridge's 2014 Digital Ball with Karen Renner, CIO of Novelis and Bill VanCuren, CIO of NCR, Co-Chairs of the 2014 Digital Ball 5/03/2014

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Co-Chairs of TechBridge’s 2014 Digital Ball visited Booth 61 to share their excitement for the evenings event. Karen Renner, CIO of Novelis and Bill VanCuren, CIO of NCR worked extremely hard this year to make this event the most successful in Digital Ball history. Our technology and our not for profit community both owe Karen and Bill a great debt of gratitude for their tireless effort. Thousands of people in the greater Atlanta area will be served by our not for profit agencies with the proceeds of the 2014 Digital Ball. On behalf of all the people who will be served but will never have the opportunity to thank Karen and Bill in person, I Thank You on their behalf!

Susan Johnson and Anthony Piniella with NCR Corporation and Sheri Snyder with Objet d’Art Gallery & Studios

October 3, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Susan Johnson and Anthony Piniella with NCR Corporation and Sheri Snyder with Objet d'Art Gallery & Studios

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Anthony Piniella, Mike Sammond, Susan Harris, Sheri, Steven Julian — Anthony Piniella, Mike Sammond, Susan Johnson, Sheri Snyder, Steven Julian

Susan Johnson & Anthony Piniella/NCR Corporation

Based in Duluth, NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, running the everyday transactions that make consumers’ lives easier and help businesses drive profitable growth by creating exceptional customer experiences. The company powers more than 450 million consumer transactions a day across multiple industries, and works with numerous professional sports teams, including the MLB, NHL, NBA and 65 percent of all NFL stadiums.

Today, stadiums have to work hard to lure fans as the rise of the stay-at home fan has become a real concern. In addition to spending hundreds of dollars on tickets and concessions at the stadium, fans are increasingly frustrated that they spend much of the game waiting in lines rather than watching the game. As a result, many are opting to watch the game from the comfort of their couch.

With a new four-year partnership, NCR and the Atlanta Falcons are teaming up to bring fans an exceptional game experience, leveraging new technology for NCR to drastically reduce time spent waiting in line for Falcons merchandise. This will make home games more enjoyable and convenient, and boost sales for one for one of the most well-known franchises within NCR’s local community.

Sheri Snyder/Objet d’Art Gallery & Studios

Step inside Objet d’Art Gallery & Studios and enjoy original work of more than 50 local and regional artists. The gallery is overflowing with painting, woodturned and wood carving, pottery, sculpture, photography, jewelry, glass and mixed-media art. They also have sketch artists who do portrait drawings from your favorite photo of family members or pets. These one-of-a-kind pieces are great for business or home decor, and gift giving!

In their “Fun Art” Studios, you can walk-in anytime for pottery painting and fused glass. They have regularly scheduled instructor-led canvas painting as well as glass and clay classes. Bring your refreshments and your friends and family… have fun and be creative! Groups of 10 or more can schedule private events anytime (based on availability). Call (678) 429-2550 to schedule your team building, Scouts (including badge work), birthday or bachelorette gathering. They have walk-in pottery painting every day!