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Jannine Miller with The Georgia Department of Economic Development

June 27, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jannine Miller with The Georgia Department of Economic Development

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Jannine Miller / Georgia Department of Economic Development

Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics

Jannine Miller is the Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the states leading resource for fueling logistics industry growth and global competitiveness. The Center provides technical industry expertise, collaborative research and partnerships to help the states logistics industry connect, compete and grow. The Center also hosts the annual Georgia Logistics Summit, which had over 1,000 attendees in 2016.

Previously, Ms. Miller served as the Senior Manager of Finance for The Home Depot; the Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), Transportation Policy Advisor to Governor Purdue, Policy and Programs Consultant for the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority, and as Senior Transportation Planner with the Atlanta Regional Commission.

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Also joining Jannine On The Air is;

David Nuckolls Global Account Manager, Marketing & Operations at Georgia Department of Economic Development

Jake Lacy of Breakout Atlanta, Stephanie Forrester of Zoe Auto Body and Mike Cohen of Transportation Specialist’s Group

December 3, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jake Lacy of Breakout Atlanta, Stephanie Forrester of Zoe Auto Body and Mike Cohen of Transportation Specialist's Group

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Mike Sammond, Jake Lacy, Stephanie Forrester, Mike Cohen, Steven Julian

Jake Lacy/Breakout Atlanta

Breakout Atlanta offers fun and exciting Breakout Games. Each Breakout Game is a real-life escape room adventure for a small group. Work together as a team to escape the room before time runs out. It’s great for groups of friends, family, or coworkers. You’ll solve puzzles, crack codes, find hidden items and more in order to escape. You have one goal: escape the room in under one hour.

Stephanie Forrester/Zoe Auto Body

At Zoe Auto Body, they make customer service a priority. Their people are highly trained and dedicated to the commitment of quality, workmanship and service that their business was founded on. Their technicians have several years of experience behind them. Zoe Auto Body is proud to serve the auto body repair needs of the Sugar Hill area. When the safety of your family is on the line, why settle for second best?

Mike Cohen/Transportation Specialist’s Group

Transportation Specialist’s Group (TSG) is a third-party logistics company specializing in cost savings, technology, and back-office efficiencies surrounding freight. They perform a free analysis to determine the level of the savings opportunity. All rates, savings and fees are totally transparent and disclosed shipment by shipment in a weekly billing report. The program is fully funded by the savings. This includes the RFP process which will secure contracts for each and every client individually. TSG has its own in-house transportation management system which is included. They audit and pay the bills. They set up accounting rules and their customer service unit handles all the back-office support which includes labor-intense shipment issues.

CLICK HERE to watch this episode of “Gwinnett Business Radio” on YouTube.

Logistics

April 29, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Logistics

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Logistics

This week I sat down with Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. We talked about how the state of Georgia places a great deal of priority on maintaining and expanding our transportation infrastructure. Jannine shared how effective logistics management can foster significant economic development.

She also discussed how the entities that comprise our logistics capabilities across the various modes gives rise to growth opportunities for small businesses around the area. This comes from the need for “last mile” carriers who can move the freight to its final destination from larger distribution centers, as well as countless other ways to provide vendor/supplier services to larger companies that need to extend their capacity.

We also were pleased to have VP of Business Development for NOWaccount, Kim Humphreys on the show. We talked about how their merchant services solution provides B2B companies experiencing some delayed payment of invoices access to aging AR funds in 3-5 days for only a 2.5% fee.

With this already-earned capital can fund new growth and/or allow a company to be able to afford to take on larger orders that could otherwise not be possible.

Special Guests:

Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics, Georgia Department of Economic Development

Former Transportation Policy Advisor the the Georgia Governor’s Office
Previous Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Former Supply Chain Finance Senior Manager, The Home Depot
MBA, Georgia Technical Institute

Kim Humphreys, VP, Business Development/Co-founder, NOWaccount

Published author
Founding member, TAG FinTech
Previous Chief of Staff, Harbor Payments
Over 20 years professional/leadership experience in marketing/leadership roles

MARTA and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

April 1, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

MARTA and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

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MARTA and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

This week, Lara Hodgson, CEO and Founder of NOWaccount came by and brought experts from Atlanta’s mass transit authority and a WBE who’s worked with them to talk about MARTA and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. Ferdinand Risco is the Executive Director for Marta’s Diversity and Equal Opportunity platform. This arm of MARTA focuses on engaging Atlanta’s disadvantaged business enterprises to provide them with opportunities to vie for contracts and sub-contracts to work with federally-funded projects around the community.

Ferdinand shared that their goal for DBE participation is 30% of contracts awarded to this demographic of Atlanta’s business community. He talked about the fact that there are business opportunities on a broad spectrum of needs from basic office supplies to construction, planning, and other services. We talked about the online resources MARTA makes available to allow local business owners to easily review current and upcoming projects they could potentially participate in.

We also talked about the fact that business owners need to go through the effort to establish credit and corporate structuring to position themselves to be able to meet certification requirements for DBE status. Through partnerships with GMSDC and SBA, MARTA helps business owners have access to these often-free education and mentoring resources, as well as access to necessary resources such as working capital.

Lara shared information about NOWaccount’s recent partnering with MARTA to make their innovative capital solution available to the B2B community. This solution gives business owners access to their AR capital within 5 days or less for 2.5% of the total AR sold. In this way, NOWaccount gives B2B’s quick access to the capital they’ve already earned so they can add new staff, take larger orders, or purchase in bulk on discounts they wouldn’t be able to get otherwise.

Lara also introduced us to Heather Alhadeff, President of Center Forward, a transportation and land use planning firm based in Atlanta. Heather is so committed to the value of mass transit, she hasn’t owned a car in years. In addition to avoiding headaches associated with driving with Atlanta traffic, she also has gained first-hand experience of what users of our mass transit system experience. This affords her with insight to be able to recommend options that would improve on the experience and/or allows her to effectively engage community residents when discussing developments (growth or retraction) of mass transit, road systems, or urban land development.

We talked about why transportation is such a key element of urban or city planning, discussing examples of how mass transit availability can have unexpected impacts on such facets of our lives as healthcare delivery and other important functions.

Special Guests:

Ferdinand Risco, Executive Director of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, MARTA

MBA, University of New Haven
Recipient, 2014 GMSDC The Ambassador Award
Former Bradley Platoon Leader, US Army
Previous Inclusion and Diversity Manager, MTA Metro-North Railroad

Heather Alhadeff, President, Center Forward

BS Planning & Economic Development, Georgia State University
MBA, City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
Published Author
Part-time instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Lara O’Connor-Hodgson, CEO of Nowaccount Network Corporation

MBA Harvard Business School
Former Adjunct Professor of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology
Board of Directors, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Owner, Insomnia Group
Chairman of the Board, Atlanta Heights Charter School
Second Language–Japanese

Some backing music provided by: www.pacdv.com/sounds/

Pay Per Click Advertising

March 7, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Pay Per Click Advertising

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Pay Per Click Advertising

This week I caught up with Eric Jones from Jellyfish, the digital strategy experts. We talked about Pay Per Click Advertising, mistakes that can be made, things to think about when planning your campaign, and why it makes sense to work with experts such as those at Jellyfish to engage in a digital marketing campaign that employs pay per click advertising.

Having tried our hand at DIY Google AdWords campaigns that quickly cost us $$$ while getting us no conversions, our business can surely say there is value to working with experts who can guide you and help you spend wisely. Eric talked about the value of analytics to track the effects of a given campaign, as well as why it’s important to consider the page on your website the ads direct your prospective customers to.

Eric shed some light on how the bidding process works in determining where your ads will rank, ultimately controlling where your ads will be displayed (1st page?, top of 1st page? etc). We talked about how when there is much competition for a given set of keywords the cost per click can rise significantly, so advertisers must be prepared for that.

I also discussed some guests who have been on the show before that our listeners could benefit from getting to know. I’m planning to incorporate some occasional shout-outs to be sure the companies who need their solutions can link up with them. We hope you enjoy our show and subscribe to the podcast. Let us hear from you with feedback, guest recommendations, and where you’re listening from. If you tweet us questions or put them up on Facebook we’ll try to get them on the air and/or follow up with the guests after the fact to get you answers. Thank you for listening to us! Looking forward to 5000 downloads!

Special Guest

Eric Jones VP, Client Strategy with Jellyfish

CEO, Avenue J Development LLC
Previous Board of Directors member, Toolbank Baltimore
>10 years in leadership roles in digital strategy/marketing companies

Lara O’Connor-Hodgson, CEO of Nowaccount Network Corporation

HEAR LARA’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE

MBA Harvard Business School
Former Adjunct Professor of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology
Board of Directors, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Owner, Insomnia Group
Chairman of the Board, Atlanta Heights Charter School
Second Language–Japanese

LeeAnn Maxwell, CEO/Co-Founder of Vixen Vodka

HEAR LEEANN’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE

28 years experience in finance sector
former Director, Client Services of AccousTech Music Productions
Crossfit fan
50% Firecracker
50% Do-It-Yourself Woman

Jesus Ricardo (Rick) Tapia, Founder of La Bodega International, LLC and Creator of J.R. Revelry

17 years of experience in alcohol beverage industry
Successful entrepreneur
Actively involved in the community, supporting Hispanic and Latin American Chambers of Commerce
BA, Boston University
Speaks Fluent Spanish

Ron Herman, CEO of SionicMobile

HEAR RON’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Founder and Former CEO, Urban Informatics Corporation
>19 years of Executive Leadership roles in Technology Start-up to Fortune 500 Companies
Former CEO, Intellione Technologies

Mario Montag, CEO, Co-founder of Predikto Analytics

HEAR MARIO’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE

> 15 years of experience developing transformational technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies
Former Director, North America Oracle Master Data Management practice
MBA, IT, and International Business, Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Fluent in Spanish

Bill and Diedre Plunk of CimCo Commercial Collections

BS in Education, Minor in Business, Northeastern State University
Former Teacher and Coach, Oklahoma Public Schools
Board Member, River of Praise Ministries

THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF BUSINESS: Bryan Mulligan with Applied Information and Kyle Smith with Embassy National Bank

November 5, 2014 by Mike

On the Money

THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF BUSINESS: Bryan Mulligan with Applied Information and Kyle Smith with Embassy National Bank

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Host Joe Moss discusses the newest technology and the future of business with Bryan Mulligan of Applied Information and Kyle Smith with Embassy National Bank.

Bryan Mulligan/Applied Information, Inc.

Applied Information is a technology company focused in the Surface Transportation sector. Using a combination of embedded field devices, wireless telematics, cloud computing and business intelligence, Applied Information makes it easy to turn data into actionable intelligence, resulting in more efficient and safer intelligent transportation systems.

Kyle Smith/Embassy National Bank

A new building with an old soul, Embassy National Bank was founded in 2007 to meet a need of its community: a truly business-friendly local partner who could make lending and banking accessible, straightforward and grounded. A local group of businessmen with backgrounds in finance, banking and hospitality created that partner for the greater Atlanta area, especially the communities of Lawrenceville, Duluth, Suwanee and Norcross. To support that vision, Embassy National Bank has assembled a team of managers and bankers with both local and nationwide experience to support the bank’s mission: to be the community partner our small businesses want, and our neighbors need.

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On the Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On the Money also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

Predikto Analytics

October 14, 2014 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Predikto Analytics

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This week I sat down with Mario Montag, CEO of Predikto Analytics. Numerous industries rely upon critical, high-value assets to operate their enterprises. Predikto solutions harness the power of Predictive Analytics to address operational challenges in Transportation, Oil & Gas, and Manufacturing. We use any data, including equipment sensor and asset maintenance history, and turn it into actionable insights to reduce asset failures, eliminate surprises and improve operational performance. All of these industries collect data across their operations from a wide variety of sensors monitoring their equipment. The challenge for these businesses is the data may be collected and housed in different locations or followed by different departments, preventing the enterprise from seeing it combined into a clear, concise picture that could be used to anticipate equipment failures well in advance of an actual malfunction. Predikto Analytics leverages the expertise of their skilled analytics experts combined with machine-learning algorithms to do just that with a high degree of accuracy (in many cases exceeding 90% accuracy).

“We start with asking, ‘What problems do you have? What piece of equipment or asset class is costing you a lot?”

This means a rail company can limit downtime by having necessary parts to repair a high-value asset available to make a quick repair and prevent a catastrophic failure, saving them from huge expense, possible public (or employee) injury, and property loss. Similarly, a manufacturing company can get early warning of an impending failure with hours, days, or weeks of notice and allow them to be proactive rather then having to shut down an operation for an extended time due to a mechanical failure. Check out this week’s episode to learn how Predikto Analytics came into being and hear more about how they do the interesting and important work they do.

Special Guest:

Mario Montag, CEO, Co-founder of Predikto Analytics

> 15 years of experience developing transformational technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies
Former Director, North America Oracle Master Data Management practice
MBA, IT, and International Business, Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Fluent in Spanish