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Greta Cairns with SCI Companies, Cindy Southwell with AFR Furniture Rental and Lisa Kennedy with Bobby Dodd Institute

July 17, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Greta Cairns with SCI Companies, Cindy Southwell with AFR Furniture Rental and Lisa Kennedy with Bobby Dodd Institute

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Dominick Rainey, Greta Cairns, Cindy Southwell, Lisa Kennedy, Nikole Toptas

Greta Cairns/SCI Companies

SCI Companies is a first in class Human Resource Provider specializing in offering solutions to help companies leverage the full potential of their human capital. SCI offers professional HR and business consultation, Human Resource Information Technology, HR administration in the areas of payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, performance management, talent acquisition and efficient processes to help maintain compliance with both state and federal regulations. SCI’s professionals maintain expertise in all areas of Human Resources to support companies at every stage of their life cycle. SCI Companies has developed innovative services designed to allow businesses to focus on their core areas of performance in order to fully support the business goals of the organization.

Cindy Southwell/AFR Furniture Rental

AFR Furniture Rental is a national company that provides office, event, trade show and residential furniture. AFR is headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ and has sixteen locations across the United States. The Atlanta location of AFR expanded into a 30,000 square foot facility in January 2013 after purchasing the office division of Aaron’s in September, 2012.

AFR was first introduced to the Atlanta market in 2011 with the Events division and rapidly grew adding on Office, Trade Show and Residential furniture. The success of Atlanta’s growth is due to the leadership skills of Ron Benedit, formally of Aaron’s, and the skilled team he has built.

Lisa Kennedy/Bobby Dodd Institute

Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) helps people with disabilities and disadvantages gain the dignity of work and the security and purpose that work brings. They fulfill their mission by sustaining good jobs in their mission-based businesses, offering high quality job training, and connecting businesses with talented, committed employees.

BDI employs more than 200 people with disabilities in their own businesses and social enterprises. These deliver critical services for community businesses, such as call centers, packaging and fulfillment services, mail room operations, janitorial services and grounds maintenance.

Todd Rielly with IPG, Kile Lewis with oXYGen Financial and Edward Henderson with Synergy America

July 10, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Todd Rielly with IPG, Kile Lewis with oXYGen Financial and Edward Henderson with Synergy America

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Dominick Rainey, Todd Rielly, Kile Lewis, Edward Henderson, Nikole Toptas

Todd Rielly/IPG

IPG collaborates with health plans in partnership with providers, physicians, manufacturers and patients to develop market-based solutions that deliver tangible value in the implantable Device Benefit Management (DBM) space.

Their model effectively manages the complexities associated with device coordination, billing, replacement and tracking, which subsequently delivers increased transparency and predictability to implantable device spend.

Kile Lewis/oXYGen Financial

What’s the scoop about oXYGen Financial? Guitar Hero is to a financial services firm what a treasure chest full of toys is to a dentist’s chair: it doesn’t change the office operation, but at least it makes you quit yer snivelin’. Face it, kids: we all have to do our financial planning and our income taxes unless we want to get cavities. No, wait. That’s not it. We all have to do taxes lest we end up like Wesley Snipes. The way they see it at oXYGen Financial, you might as well have financial advisors that are not only good at planning your future, but also deliver your experience with a twist of fun… and an oxygen bar in the lobby just in case you need a last-minute happy boost before you get down to business with them.

oXYGen Financial is a full service family office offering financial services for the X and Y generations. Their mission is to help clients breathe easier about life by providing financial advice, wealth management, insurance, group benefits and tax and accounting services. oXYGen Financial also offers coordination of legal services and concierge services. They aren’t your parent’s firm, but oXYGen Financial can help you breathe easier… and it will feel a lot less like having teeth pulled. Take a spin today!

Edward Henderson/Synergy America

Synergy America, Inc. (1993) is a minority, women owned, full service Professional Services firm located in Atlanta. They have 20 years of experience in the staffing, consulting and professional services industry. They specialize in the fields of IT, engineering, finance and accounting, healthcare, administrative areas and all professional staffing services. Synergy America can help fill any position, whether it’s contract, contract to hire or a permanent position. They have highly trained and seasoned experts who are proven… getting superior results by focusing within a given area of expertise sets them apart! Their passion at Synergy America is finding the right SOLUTION and TALENT for your specific organization while servicing the communities in which we live.

Dr. Seth Yellin with Marietta Facial Plastic Surgery, David Lee with The Intersect Group and Dan Eberly with Eberly & Associates

June 26, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Dr. Seth Yellin with Marietta Facial Plastic Surgery, David Lee with The Intersect Group and Dan Eberly with Eberly & Associates

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Dominick Rainey, Seth Yellin, David Lee, Dan Eberly, Nikole Toptas

Dr. Seth Yellin/Marietta Facial Plastic Surgery

Cosmetic and reconstructive procedures can change the way you see yourself and how others interact with you. Cliché or not, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Everyone knows beauty when they see it. Beauty is not just one thing; it is many things to each of us. The doctors and staff at Marietta Facial Plastic Surgery have applied their skills to thousands of cases; however, no two have been exactly alike. They promise to listen carefully, explain thoroughly, act precisely and treat you respectfully.

David Lee/The Intersect Group

The Intersect Group, founded in 2006, is a different and better business partner. They create unparalleled value for their clients by combining industry-leading consulting capabilities with comprehensive staffing and recruitment services. Clients trust them to deliver results based on their deep expertise and proven resources within finance, accounting, and information technology. Through their flexible delivery approach, you get the right solution, at the right time to accelerate your success and achieve all of your mission-critical objectives.

Dan Eberly/Eberly & Associates

Eberly & Associates is a land planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture firm with a reputation for solid engineering solutions which demonstrate environmental awareness. They deliver a unique approach of combining both the design capabilities and experience of their engineers and landscape architects. This creates a thorough, uniform process by which to service their clients’ needs.

The engineers and landscape architects at Eberly & Associates work in close partnership with architects, developers, general contractors, institutions and government agencies to develop long term relationships. They have a reputation of thinking like their clients and they know their clients’ reputation is riding on their performance. Their clients value this approach, and come back to Eberly & Associates time after time. Clients include those from the private and public sectors, including multi-family housing, office, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, education, industrial & distribution, institutional, hospitality and recreation. Their experience and leadership, excellent client relationships and outstanding reputation are their strengths. All of this and more has placed Eberly & Associates as one of the most respected engineering firms in the Southeast region.

Peter Casey with Claddagh Resources, Bryan Glutting with ACS Solutions, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald with Black Girls Golf and Sharon Ritchie-Haughton with Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

June 5, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Peter Casey with Claddagh Resources, Bryan Glutting with ACS Solutions, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald with Black Girls Golf and Sharon Ritchie-Haughton with Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Dominick Rainey, Peter Casey, Bryan Glutting, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald, Sharon Ritchie-Haughton, Nikole Toptas

Peter Casey/Claddaugh Resources

Claddaugh Resources is a Global Executive Search Firm with headquarters in Ireland and six offices around the world. One phone call to Claddagh Resources puts extensive resources to work for you. You can focus on running your business while they actively source, recruit, and interview qualified candidates. You also benefit from their extensive review process that includes reference checks, sales results verification, degree verification and a criminal background check.

Bryan Glutting/ACS Solutions

ACS Solutions is an organization that specializes in fiber and copper cable assemblies. They supply these assemblies for the internet, wireless, transportation and utility industries, offering a quick ship, high quality and easy-to-do business transaction.

Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald/Black Girls Golf

Black Girls Golf is an organization committed to providing women with a fun, safe and friendly environment to learn, play and experience the career and health benefits of golf.

Sharon Ritchie-Haughton/Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center provides a comprehensive array of quality skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, ranging from post-acute care and short-term “rehab-to-home” services to compassionate long-term care. The center’s “Homebound Program” helps individuals return home following a short stay at the center, and rehabilitation services include physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Atlanta’s historic Old 4th Ward History District, surrounded by many historic sites on Auburn Avenue, including the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. The center’s decades of service to its community and its historic location make its new name a perfect fit.

Marc Lewyn with GV Financial Advisors, Brad Lurie with Bright Light Systems, Lance Coachman with EXI and David Post with Future Security

May 29, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Marc Lewyn with GV Financial Advisors, Brad Lurie with Bright Light Systems, Lance Coachman with EXI and David Post with Future Security

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Dom Rainey, Marc Lewyn, Brad Lurie, Lance Coachman, David Post, Nikole Toptas

Marc Lewyn/GV Financial Advisors

Established in 1991, GV Financial Advisors is one of Atlanta’s top wealth managers. With 120 years of combined experience and team of 14 in-house professionals, GV Financial Advisors specializes in serving the needs of high net worth individuals, privately owned businesses and families.

They understand investing is a uniquely human endeavor. Their investment process was designed to help remove emotion from the investment equation, maintain focus on investment fundamentals, and seek out cutting-edge ideas and opportunities. They rely on independent research, observable data and defined criteria to identify potential investment opportunities and select money managers.

They engage clients in conversations carefully crafted to ask the “right” questions so they can understand them, uncover hidden opportunities and eliminate potential dangers. Together, they work to identify their life priorities, values and goals to help provide you a contextual understanding of their wealth so they can make more confident, informed decisions. They share their wisdom, experience and expertise to help create a plan to make progress toward their goals.

Guided Wealth Transformation (GWT) acknowledges what 25 years of experience has taught us: most people have a complex and often confounding relationship with money. Redefining that relationship is central to transforming views about money, wealth and happiness.

Brad Lurie/Bright Light Systems

Bright Light Systems offers innovation through patent-pending luminaires utilizing Light Emitting Plasma (LEP); the first energy efficient alternative to 50+ year legacy HID technology that delivers 55% energy reduction with 5x the lifetime for high wattage applications. Additionally, each fixture contains a wireless transmitter that enables real-time monitoring, kWh usage, and communicates with their energy data management system providing an optimal lighting experience and putting customers in control of their assets with analytics and information not previously available. Their comprehensive lighting solution allows users to reduce energy consumption by as much as 85%.

Lance Coachman/EXI, Inc.

For over twenty years, EXI, Inc. has been providing employees for American corporations. Their areas of expertise include the Atlanta Metro area as well as nationwide placements. Successful candidates have been placed in areas ranging from C Suite Upper Management to support staff. Individual disciplines include Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Sales/Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and Management Consulting, Government and Not for Profit.

Established in 1989, EXI serves the specialized staffing needs of corporate clients, technology companies and major consulting firms worldwide. Searches are typically targeted at mid to upper-level executives and technical specialists for mission-critical positions. They concentrate daily on finding top talent for their client companies. Their goal is to supply seasoned, well qualified candidates in a timely manner. The list of clients that have utilized the services of the firm are some of the largest and best known companies in the U.S. along with many smaller, regionally known companies.

David Post, Future Security

Future Security provides consulting on security policy, procedure development and areas from hiring to termination. They provide management training and seminars related to all areas of theft, violence in the workplace, and managing a security program. Future Security also provides investigative services.

Dom Rainey and Nikole Toptas with CDI Managed Services, Leslie Waugh with Vine Branch Designs and Jauxniece Palmer with Gold’s Gym

February 28, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dom Rainey and Nikole Toptas with CDI Managed Services, Leslie Waugh with Vine Branch Designs and Jauxniece Palmer with Gold's Gym

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Dom Rainey & Nikole Toptas/CDI Managed Services

CDI Managed Services is your single point of contact for all your technology needs. CDI offers a full range of IT outsourcing and IT support solutions to keep your computing environment running at peak performance and help you achieve your business objectives. CDI MS adheres to industry best practices and processes to ensure your company receives the quality technology environment it deserves. They do this at an affordable and predictable cost.

CDI Managed Services allows clients to focus on their core business while reducing the overhead costs typically associated with staffing for a meaningful level of IT support. They are a pure service organization, priding themselves on building long term partnerships with their clients. Their clients consider them an extension of their own business – their IT department.

Dom Rainey has over 30-years experience in IT consultative sales process, including 13-years expertise as National Account Manager with Allied Data Communications and Business Development with CDI Managed Services. He was the second employee at CDI Managed Services (formerly Radical Support) and is proud to claim over 10 years in sales with the company.

Leslie Waugh/Vine Branch Designs

Your Customer is mobile… Are You?

Did you know that your customers are 51% more likely to purchase from retailers that have a mobile-specific website? Not having a mobile experience can lose you business. Vine Branch Designs caters specifically to small businesses to help them achieve online recognition and a strong mobile presence. They will help your business increase sales and online visibility with:

A professional responsive website
A fast and easy way to have your own mobile app
Strategic SEO solutions to get your website to rank on the first page of Google

Check out the Vine Branch mobile apps program. It will save you time and resources and help you create an app that will extend your reach to your customers’ smartphones – the only thing they are sure to have with them everyday.

Contact Vine Branch Designs for a Free Demo to see what an app for your business would look like.

Jauxniece Palmer/Gold’s Gym of Suwanee/Sugar Hill

Family owned and operated, Gold’s Gym of Suwanee/Sugar Hill is fueled by their passion to help individuals find fun and efficient ways to get Heart Healthy each week through quality programming, a friendly and caring staff, and a clean motivating environment.

The facility is 30,000 square feet. They are locally owned and operated, with 2 group fitness rooms and over 73 classes for both men and women each week. Their average age member is in the 30-50 age range. They also offer tanning, childcare, dry sauna, have a Planet Smoothie inside, and have a partnership with Apex Healthcare next door.