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Biz Radio U Featuring Zach Thomas with Chick-fil-A and Jared Stump with Battle Ground Creative

July 25, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Zach Thomas with Chick-fil-A and Jared Stump with Battle Ground Creative

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Zach Thomas is an entrepreneur, published author, blogger, business/life coach, and public speaker. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served his country as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer. He has started multiple companies and been featured in Newsweek Magazine and on Good Morning America! Zach is currently the Owner/Operator of a Chick-fil-A franchise and serves as an Operator Coach for new franchisees for Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Jared Stump is a published author and communication expert who is highly versed in copy-writing, digital marketing and social media management. He specializes in helping churches and non-profits take their communication to the next level! He co-wrote ‘Leader Farming’, published through his very own publishing company- Battle Ground Creative!

Biz Radio U Featuring Andrew Levison with Mag-nificent Instant Photo Experiences

June 9, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Andrew Levison with Mag-nificent Instant Photo Experiences

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Andrew Levison / Mag-nificent Instant Photo Experiences
CEO

Andrew Levison is CEO and Founder of Mag-nificent Instant Photo Experiences. He started the company in 2011 and has been a part of nearly 1000 events all over the country. Andrew was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. He has a BA in psychology from University of Maryland and an MBA from Georgia State.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Rick Smith with Hometown Pizza and Grill

May 26, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Rick Smith with Hometown Pizza and Grill

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Rick Smith / Hometown Pizza and Grill
CEO and Founder

Hometown Pizza and Grill is located in Rockmart, GA. and is a family owned and operated business. They offer a variety of foods from pizza, burgers, and their famous all you can eat wings. Rick Smith founded Hometown Pizza and Grill in 1990, and at one point, had five locations. Rick’s entrepreneurial expertise has led him to be successful and to continually improve his business for the past 26 years.

Biz Radio U Featuring Gary Austin with OneCare

May 19, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Gary Austin with OneCare

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Gary Austin / OneCare
CEO and Co-Founder

Gary Austin is an experienced and visionary entrepreneur with 20 years of experience starting businesses, developing technology, building sales channels and raising capital. He has deep experience in the electronic payment systems industry, and has been involved in the development of unique banking and healthcare solutions, products and transaction systems.

Gary is the inventor of the patent on merchant paid cash rewards tied to credit and debit cards and is the founder and CEO of HERO, Inc., a holding company managing intellectual property in the payment-card-based, cash rewards business. At HERO, developed client relationships with some of the country’s leading financial institutions such as Citibank, Chase Merchant Services, and Discover. HERO’s Board of Directors included the chairman of MasterCard. Under Gary’s direction, HERO introduced merchant-paid cash rewards, opt-out auto enroll marketing initiatives and Omnibus-Trust-Lockbox bank accounts. Because of these initiatives, the bank, the cardholder and the merchant were finally aligned. Today almost every card-issuing bank offers merchant-paid, cash reward cards. The patent was sold to a leading credit card rewards transaction processor for $10,000,000.00 in stock plus 15% of patent proceeds.

From HERO, Gary went on to become a co-founder of Clearwave Corporation where he invented a kiosk system that enabled patients to check themselves in and out when visiting their doctors. With the swipe of a card and entry of a 4-digit pin number, the patients were checked in and insurance eligibility was verified. The Clearwave kiosk improved patient flow and cash flow for medical practices, reduced claim rejections and decreased the amount of paperwork patients needed to complete. Today millions of patient self-check-in/check-out transactions are taking place each year through Clearwave Kiosks.

In both HERO and Clearwave, Gary raised more than $15 Million in early-stage, private and venture capital investments.

After Clearwave, Gary formed Austin Capital & Consulting, Inc. Clients of Austin Capital & Consulting included innovative companies within the healthcare, technology, biometric ID and pharmaceutical industries.

In 2008, Gary became a founder of Symbionce, LLC. Symbionce is a technology and revenue cycle management company performing medical billing and collections for hospitals and clinics. At Symbionce, Gary designed a healthcare payment technology and transaction processing solution, which replaced the legacy healthcare claims payment system. This novel process creates a healthcare payment solution that works similarly to credit cards. A patent is currently pending on this process.

In 2005, Gary was chosen to receive the CEO Diversity Award by the Georgia Minority Business Leaders Association. And in 2007, Gary was selected to be a Keynote speaker and was recognized as one of the innovators of the year by the Georgia Chapter of The Healthcare Information Managers Systems Society (HIMSS), the largest healthcare technology organization in the US.

Gary is very active in his church and he enjoys music, hunting, fishing and cooking for his friends and family. Gary and his wife Reva, live in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Sven Cowart with Traxion

May 12, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Sven Cowart with Traxion

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Sven Cowart / Traxion
Head of Design & Engineering

Sven Cowart is the co-founder of Traxion, a business accelerator that focuses on supporting start-up companies by harnessing the collective power of our community by bringing local governments, corporations, educational institutions and individuals together to provide a solid foundation for early-stage companies to establish themselves, gain traction and thrive.

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Biz Radio U Featuring David Walens with Exploring, Inc. and Jordy Gamson with The IceBox

May 5, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring David Walens with Exploring, Inc. and Jordy Gamson with The IceBox

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

David Walens / Exploring, Inc.
CEO

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Jordy Gamson / The Icebox
President / CEO

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Biz Radio U Featuring Ryan Claterbaugh with Mr. Mister Mosquito Control

April 28, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Ryan Claterbaugh with Mr. Mister Mosquito Control

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Ryan Claterbaugh / Mr. Mister Mosquito Control
CEO

Ryan Claterbaugh is an entrepreneur from a small town in West Texas. At a very young age Ryan dreamed of owning his own company. He started Mr. Mister four years ago, and has since grown it into the largest mosquito control company in the state of Georgia. Ryan also owns a sister company, Peoples Pest Control, that was founded in 2016 to keep up with the growing demand to add household pest control for their current customer base.

Ryan moved to Atlanta in 2008 from Austin, TX. He and his wife married in 2013, and they had their first child last year.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Lee Kantor and Stone Payton with Business RadioX

March 24, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Biz Radio U Featuring Lee Kantor and Stone Payton with Business RadioX

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Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson

Lee Kantor / Business RadioX
Founder

Lee founded Business RadioX out of frustration with traditional media’s cronyism, onerous gatekeepers and anti-business bias. Business RadioX is a disruptive media platform that helps companies of all sizes get the word out. Now the dominant business radio network in the Atlanta area Lee has put Business RadioX on an aggressive national and international growth path.

Most recently, Lee helped Business RadioX successfully launch its Radio In My Booth product – giving companies an innovative way to drive tradeshow booth traffic and authentically engage with prospects to boost lead generation.

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Stone Payton / Business RadioX
Managing Partner

For over 25 years, Stone Payton has been helping organizations and the people who lead them drive their business strategies more effectively.

Stone literally wrote the book on SPEED ® – Never Fry Bacon In The Nude: And Other Lessons From The Quick & The Dead (2nd Printing Book Logix, 2012), and has dedicated his entire career to helping others produce Better Results in Less Time.

As managing partner for Business Radio X ® and co-host for the network’s most popular shows, Stone is constantly learning from innovative, passionate, driven people who have chosen to live into their dreams, and serve others who wish to do the same.

His career began with the change management consulting firm, Conner Partners (formerly ODR), and has included sales, marketing, design, and delivery roles for some of the most respected training and consulting firms on the planet.

Stone is a popular radio personality, published author, accomplished speaker, and trusted advisor to business owners, sales leaders and senior executives.

Stone, his wife Holly and daughters Katie and Kelly, make their home in suburban Atlanta. His leisure interests include boating, hiking, and travel. Stone’s Personal Mission: Helping businesses Get The Word Out about the great work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession.

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