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Jay Litton with MapR Technologies & RUMC Job Networking, and Porschia Parker with Millennial Performance Institute

July 11, 2017 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Jay Litton with MapR Technologies & RUMC Job Networking, and Porschia Parker with Millennial Performance Institute

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Jay Litton/MapR Technologies & RUMC Job Networking

Jay Litton is Sales Director, Southeast for MapR Technologies. MapR is a big data platform that allows companies to combine historical, database and real time data in one location. Immediate action is taken on this data for detecting credit card fraud, website product recommendations, preventing disease at hospitals, and much more.

Jay has been providing career advice at RUMC Job Networking for 20 years. He co-leads a team of over 300 volunteer professionals who donate their time with an eight-hour agenda twice each month. Jay is also known as the creator of the WoW! Interview™ having taught over 10,000 professionals in career transition.

Porschia Parker/Millennial Performance Institute

The Millennial Performance Institute (MPI) is a coaching and consulting firm that helps companies cut the costs of turnover and improve the performance of their employees. They offer a wide variety of services including individual and team coaching, consulting, workshops, training, seminars, and strategic planning. MPI has a special focus on helping companies with employees in the Millennial Generation, but also provides support around the bigger picture, inter-generational communication, which effects a company’s performance and revenue.

Mayor Jere Wood with the City of Roswell, Steve Schilling with Digital Ignition, and Dr. Glenn Cannon with Gwinnett Tech

July 12, 2016 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Mayor Jere Wood with the City of Roswell, Steve Schilling with Digital Ignition, and Dr. Glenn Cannon with Gwinnett Tech

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John Ray, Mayor Jere Wood, Steve Schilling, Dr. Glenn Cannon, Mike Sammond

Mayor Jere Wood/City of Roswell

The City of Roswell continues to be a leader in the metro Atlanta area in managing the current and future growth of this wonderful city. Roswell is fortunate to have leaders who concentrate their policy-making into solid guidelines for smart growth and development. The Community Development Department is responsible for carrying out those guidelines. The City has implemented a number of projects that will enhance their community. These projects include receiving a $2.3 million LCI Grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission to fund the redevelopment of the Roswell Midtown from Norcross Street to Commerce Parkway; completion of the Transportation Master Plan; and the Town Square area Design Charettes. The Community Development Department also oversees economic development, building inspection and code enforcement. Roswell’s enforcement of building codes, with respect to apartments, is the model for metro Atlanta.

Steve Schilling/Digital Ignition

Digital Ignition is a tech incubator designed to foster the growth of North Georgia’s tech community. Located in Alpharetta, GA, Digital Ignition is committed to launching the next big North Georgia success story by supporting and inspiring today’s entrepreneurs with 45,000 square feet of unique, flexible co-working space in which to innovate, create and collaborate, along with access to experienced mentors and investors.

Dr. Glenn Cannon/Gwinnett Tech

Gwinnett Technical College is one of Georgia’s largest technical colleges and is committed to delivering relevant knowledge to meet the workforce training needs of their community. The college offers more than 150 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs, and hundreds of seminars, workshops and courses providing specialized training. Gwinnett Tech is Gwinnett County’s largest provider of corporate training and also serves residents and businesses in north Fulton County through their new Alpharetta-North Fulton campus.

Lisa Holton with Working Media Group, Rudi Herbst with United Soft Plastics and Lorri McQueary with Destination South

June 25, 2014 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Lisa Holton with Working Media Group, Rudi Herbst with United Soft Plastics and Lorri McQueary with Destination South

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Rudi Herbst, Lisa Gandy Holton, Lorri McQueary, Dominick Rainey — Rudi Herbst, Lisa Holton, Lorri McQueary, Dominick Rainey

Lisa Holton/Working Media Group

Working Media Group is a full-service strategic marketing and media buying firm with offices in Atlanta and NYC. They work with clients all over the world implementing their marketing strategies and executing the advertising buys. They currently have over 250 clients in all industries.

Rudi Herbst/United Soft Plastics, Inc.

United Soft Plastics (USP) was founded in 2005 by Rudi Herbst. It is an innovative manufacturing company which develops, manufactures and supplies Thermoplastic Elastomeric materials (TPE) for the plastics industry. Dedicated to having a fast turnaround in development, combined with excellent service and competitive pricing, USP is the fastest growing TPE manufacturer in the world. Along with the standard offering of about 500 products, USP also offers more than 1,500 special products for all kinds of applications in several industries. United Soft Plastics is supplying materials to 15 different countries, covering Europe, most of Asia, as well as all of the Americas.

Lorri McQueary/Destination South

Want to know a little more about Destination South meetings and events? Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Destination South Meetings and Events – a DMC Network Company – has become a recognized leader within the destination management community, servicing both domestic and international clients. For almost two decades, the company has delivered diverse and exceptional turn-key services including event planning, meeting logistics, team building activities, tours, transportation coordination and more. For more information on how they can be a part of your next event contact Taylor Rhodes, Sales Manager at trhodes@destinationsouth.com.