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Michael Blake of Arpeggio Advisors

October 27, 2015 by angishields

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Michael Blake of Arpeggio Advisors

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Mike Blake is the founder of Arpeggio Advisors, a boutique business appraisal and corporate strategy advisory firm in Atlanta. Mike’s background has included work in venture capital, investment banking, and public accounting.

For the first eight years of his career, Mike worked in venture capital and investment banking in the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, Mike entered the business appraisal profession full-time, working most recently for Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP (the largest independent public accounting firm headquartered in Atlanta). Mike led HA&W’s effort to become the first appraisal practice in Georgia to earn the International Society of Business Analysts’ Gold Seal of Trust, the only peer review recognition for observing best practices in the business appraisal profession in the United States.

Mike has particular expertise in the appraisal of firms in the fields of professional services, information technology, aerospace, and alternative energy. In addition, he has developed specific expertise in the appraisal of intellectual property and intangible assets.

Mike is an active educator. He is a Special Instructor of Business Valuation in the Georgia Tech/Emory University TI:GER (Technology Innovation: Generating Economic Results) program. In addition, he is regularly invited to provide instruction on entrepreneurship, corporate finance, and business valuation to graduate level classes at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Kennesaw State University, the University of South Carolina, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia. Furthermore, he regularly provides continuing professional education for his peers in the business valuation profession.

Mike earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and French (Cum Laude) from Franklin & Marshall College, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, he holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University. Mike is also a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2014.

Mike’s additional professional and community-service passions include supporting entrepreneurship through education and nonprofit board involvement, raising awareness of and funding to combat Lou Gehrig’s Disease, promoting alternative energy development through market forces, advocating for de-stigmatizing mental illness and disorders, and expanding the inclusiveness of the Atlanta high technology community.

Mike speaks Russian, French, and Ukrainian, lives near Atlanta with his wife and two sons, and plays keyboards and vocals for Kickin’ Off the Coverz, a working classic rock cover band.

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Joshua Jones and Josh Cirulnick of StrategyWise

October 20, 2015 by angishields

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Joshua Jones and Josh Cirulnick of StrategyWise

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Joshua Jones / StrategyWise

Joshua Jones is a data science and business strategy consultant with advisory experience in 40 countries and 4 languages. Joshua focuses on helping multi-national firms utilize data analytics to improve profitability, market share, and customer satisfaction.

In addition to providing leadership as a Founding Partner at StrategyWise, Joshua serves as a Gubernatorial Appointee on the Alabama Trails Commission, a Technology Committee member of the 2021 World Games, and on the boards of Globe International and Clean Water For The Children. He has been quoted by Forbes, CIO.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, MainStreet.com, and The Birmingham Business Journal.

Joshua received his Master of Business Administration at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Alabama.

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Josh Cirulnick / StrategyWise

Josh Cirulnick leads StrategyWise’s strategic advisory projects, which include intellectual property acquisition negotiations, enterprise due diligence and product viability.

Before joining StrategyWise, Josh served as the Director of Operations for the Alabama Association of Nonprofits. There, he served as a Standards for Excellence® Institute licensed consultant for Alabama, as well as an accreditation peer reviewer for the southeast and national task force member.

From Atlanta, Georgia, Josh graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Public Administration, both from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Stone Payton and Lee Kantor of Business RadioX

October 13, 2015 by angishields

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Stone Payton and Lee Kantor of Business RadioX

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Stone Payton / Business RadioX

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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Lee Kantor / Business RadioX

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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Michael White and Carl Widdowson of The Creative Momentum

October 6, 2015 by angishields

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Michael White and Carl Widdowson of The Creative Momentum

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Michael White / The Creative Momentum

Michael White is President of The Creative Momentum and has over 7 years of experience in understanding what clients’ needs are and how to exceed their expectations. He leads overall client service and is passionate in making sure that the client’s vision is met, they are well-informed throughout the process, and that the client gets the results they deserve.

An Atlanta native, White enjoys rock climbing, tennis, camping and international travel.

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Carl Widdowson / The Creative Momentum

Carl Widdowson is CEO and founder of The Creative Momentum, a leader in creative and marketing services. He is a web strategist and designer/developer with more than a decade’s worth of experience, ranging from user research to visual design, UI/UX, front-end/back-end development. Carl has a full understanding of campaign, marketing, website launches from start to finish, since he has been involved in every aspect of these areas.

Over the past decade Carl has worked with advertising agencies, marketing firms, print/online magazines. He has worked with a variety of clients from your local mom and pop shop to Fortune 500 companies and any industries from B2B to B2C.

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Joe Parrilli and Brad Avery of Honeycomb Cargo

September 29, 2015 by angishields

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Joe Parrilli and Brad Avery of Honeycomb Cargo

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Joe Parrilli / Honeycomb Cargo

Joe Parrilli is the product of a working class family who was born and raised in suburban Chicago and educated through the Catholic school system. One of seven children, Parrilli is a graduate of St. Norbert College and a 25+ year veteran of the Telecommunications and Energy industries. His recent years in the energy industry were focused on the oil & gas market segment and alternative energy. In March of 2015 Joe had an epiphany.

After watching reports of devastating rail car explosions on the nightly news he designed the Next Generation Hazmat Packaging and Transport solution. The oil tank rail car design currently in use was developed 45 years ago. These single-entity legacy tank cars all have an inherent design flaw. Parrilli developed a revolutionary intermodal design that is very cost effective and will provide an order of magnitude improvement in safety and reliability.

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Brad Avery / Honeycomb Cargo

Brad Avery grew up in a small central Illinois town, the middle child of a hard working pastor and entrepreneurial mother. After high school and a couple years of pre-engineering at Illinois Central College, Avery joined the group Third Day and enjoyed critical acclaim. With a desire to use their God given platform for good, they shined the spotlight on relief organizations and mobilized their fan base to sponsor thousands of children through World Vision and build homes for families through Habitat for Humanity.

After nearly 15 years of touring, Brad came off the road and entered the chemical industry as a CAD designer, where he has spent the last 7 years. When Joe presented his brilliant honeycomb idea to protect cargo, the environment, and most importantly the lives of people in our communities, Brad wanted to join him in helping make this solution visible and viable to the world.

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Mitch Leff of Leff & Associates and Frank Fenello of UHY Advisors

September 22, 2015 by angishields

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Mitch Leff of Leff & Associates and Frank Fenello of UHY Advisors

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Mitch Leff / Leff & Associates

Mitch Leff is founder and president of Leff & Associates, an Atlanta-based public relations agency offering clients a full range of public relations services, with a specialty in strategic counsel, media relations, media training and crisis communications.

Leff is a 25+ year Atlanta public relations veteran, recognized as one of city’s strongest and most effective media relations specialists. He has provided public relations services for some of the world’s most prestigious brands, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Coca-Cola Company, the National Football League and UPS.

His current client list includes UHY Advisors, All About Developmental Disabilities. Turner Construction, Cardlytics, Sterling Risk Advisors, The Walker School, the Atlanta Regional Commission, Hedgepeth, Heredia & Rieder and MAP International.

He also created two specialized services for communications professionals, Leff’s Atlanta Media (www.leffsatlantamedia.com), a database of Atlanta media, and Mitch’s Media Match (www.mitchsmediamatch.com), a site that matches local reporters with local sources.

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Frank Fenello / UHY Advisors

Frank Fenello is Managing Director for UHY Advisors in the Southeast, leading a team of professionals who provide tax and business consulting services to clients across the region. He has more than 20 years of experience in management and professional consulting in the finance, audit and related professional services industries.

UHY Advisors, Inc. is one of the top 20 professional services firms in the U.S., delivering tax and business consulting services for mid-sized to Fortune 500 companies. The firm’s innovative Management & Technology Consulting practice provides a complete solution for the optimization of a company’s financial and operational functions, with a suite of services to transform a company’s performance and profitability.

The firm’s Resource Solutions practice delivers clients the professionals they need to support their finance, accounting, internal audit, and tax teams.

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John Haber and Kim McQuilken of Spend Management Experts

September 15, 2015 by angishields

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John Haber and Kim McQuilken of Spend Management Experts

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John Haber / Spend Management Experts

John Haber is the Founder and CEO of Spend Management Experts. With nearly two decades of transportation spend management experience, John has helped some of the world’s leading brands drive greater efficiencies through their supply chain operations while reducing transportation costs.

John began his career at UPS where he held various executive level positions in corporate finance and was instrumental in developing profitability and costing models. He also managed the carrier’s National Accounts Profitability Group where he audited the pricing and profitability of UPS’ top customers.

John’s finance background combined with decades of experience working with high volume shippers enables him to offer unique insights on strategic supply chain planning including distribution model optimization, transportation cost analysis, and carrier contract optimization and compliance.

An active speaker at industry events including Parcel Forum and Internet Retailer, John is widely considered one of the logistics industry’s foremost thought leaders on transportation spend management. He is frequently quoted and published in national business and trade media such as the Wall Street Journal, Inbound Logistics, and Parcel magazine. In 2014, John was named one of the top 100 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know for the third consecutive year.

John is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a BS in Political Science.

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Kim McQuilken / Spend Management Experts

As Chief Operating Officer Kim McQuilken oversees Spend Management Experts’ operations, sales, and marketing organizations, applying more than 20 years of executive leadership experience to his role. He has been instrumental in defining the strategy that has contributed to the company’s explosive growth.

Previously, the former NFL quarterback, spent more than 20 years in the entertainment and sports media business, including holding various leadership roles at Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System. Key positions included Director of Marketing of Turner’s Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia; Vice President of Business Development for Turner Home Entertainment; Senior Vice President of Cartoon Network Enterprises; and Executive Vice President of Media Sales & Marketing, and Licensing of Cartoon Network—with direct-report responsibility of more than 100 employees, and $450 million in revenue. He is a former freelance college football commentator, author of “The Road to Athletic Scholarship;” and, since 1996, a member and former vice chair of the chi bowl team selection and marketing committee, currently a member of the Board of advisers.

Kim is a graduate of Lehigh University—College of Business and Economics, with a BS in Business, Economics and Marketing.

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Nicole Siokis, Allison O’Kelly and Alison Caruso of Mom Corps

September 8, 2015 by angishields

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Nicole Siokis, Allison O'Kelly and Alison Caruso of Mom Corps

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Nicole Siokis / Mom Corp

Nicole Siokis began her professional career in the Army’s Signal Corps as an officer supporting United Nations troops during the United States’ presence in Somalia. After a career with the military, she spent eight years at BellSouth Corporation in the positions of Small Business Marketing Director and Director of International Carrier Relations responsible for managing relationships with service providers across the globe. Just prior to acquiring Mom Corps Atlanta, Siokis spent 2 years as an Associate Partner at Bell Oaks Executive Search. Today, she continues her passion for relationship building by partnering with clients to build the best possible teams in the most efficient manner.

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Allison O’Kelly / Mom Corp

Allison Karl O’Kelly is the founder of Mom Corps and an award winning entrepreneur. Allison founded Mom Corps in 2005 to help other working moms find flexible work in their fields without sacrificing the needs of their families.

Since that time, she has grown Mom Corps to a loyal talent network of hundreds of thousands of job seekers and has placed thousands of them in flexible work opportunities. As such, she has become a sought after expert in workplace flexibility. Allison has been recognized in the news media (TODAY Show, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes) and awarded on a national level (Ernst & Young Winning Women, Working Mother, Inc. 500, Conference Board).

Most recently, Allison launched Mom Corps YOU, an online coaching and learning portal for professionals seeking flexible work. Allison hopes that through this portal, professionals will find the tools and resources they need to achieve their own work-life satisfaction.

Before founding Mom Corps, Allison was in a fast track management program at Toys “R” Us, where she had various roles including launching the original Babiesrus.com web site and running an $11 million Toys “R” Us Store. She began her career in public accounting at KPMG Peat Marwick. Allison received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BBA in Accounting from the University of Georgia, Cum Laude. Allison is a CPA, licensed in Georgia, and the mother of three little boys who appreciate their mom’s flexible schedule.

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Alison Caruso / Mom Corp

Alison Caruso is the Director of Recruiting Operations at Moms Corp. A seasoned sales and recruiting executive, Alison has a strong customer service background, combined with aggressive goal setting and fiscal accountability.

Caruso’s specialties include recruiting, sales training, broadcast operations, sales, marketing, broadcast production, broadcast promotions, television syndication, local and national spot television sales, communications, employee management and project manager.

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Sherwin Nelson Clemons of GV Financial Advisors

September 1, 2015 by angishields

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Sherwin Nelson Clemons of GV Financial Advisors

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Sherwin Nelson Clemons / GV Financial Advisors

Sherwin Nelson Clemons is known for her calming spirit in tense or emotional financial situations. She enjoys helping her clients discover the relevance of big, and often overwhelming, life events to achieve what is most important to them.

“I relish my role as financial advisor because I believe it gives me the opportunity to make a tremendous difference in my clients’ lives,” she explains with enthusiasm. “I love helping people filter their often-tough financial decisions through the prism of their personal core values and priorities, and working with them to help them make progress on their most cherished life goals.”

Before joining the firm as a financial advisor in 1998, Sherwin earned degrees in Finance and International Economics from the University of Alabama and a certification in French from The Sorbonne in Paris, France. After graduation, Sherwin worked in the banking industry prior to becoming a Certified Financial Planner®. Sherwin worked as a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® and is co-founder of the firm’s Divorce Resource Group™.

GV relies on Sherwin to develop and lead the training program for GV’s Financial Advisors on successfully integrating Behavioral Wealth Management tools and conversations into a sophisticated financial planning practice. Recently, she launched a new GV workshop series called “Who Told You THAT?” to focus on the messages each person received about money as a child and how those messages affect their adult lives. Sherwin is a published writer, blogger, workshop facilitator and frequent public speaker on a variety of financial topics.

True to her own values, Sherwin stays actively involved in the Atlanta community. She served on the Community Board of Directors of The Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation and is a member of the 2014 Class of Leadership Sandy Springs. Sherwin formerly served as a Foster Parent & Child Advocate in DeKalb County, on the board of Peace on the Move, Inc., and Stewardship Chair at Peace Baptist Church.

Sherwin’s calm work style disappears when it comes to football. Alabama football. Whether cheering for the University of Alabama or Alabama State, Sherwin remains true to her southern roots. She enjoys football season and family life with her husband, two small daughters from her husband’s first marriage, and her adult foster daughter. Sherwin has come to love cycling as both a form of exercise and a sport; she recently completed her first triathlon and plans on training for longer events.

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