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The Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C. and Robert Brown with Incite! Decision Technologies LLC,

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Brian C. McCartyh/Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C.
Founder and Attorney At Law

BrianMcCarthyBrian C. McCarthy is an experienced trial attorney and litigator who focuses on civil litigation in the areas of professional liability, personal injury, and commercial disputes. He represents injured persons in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dog attacks, product defects, premises liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. He earned his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Notre Dame; M.S., Georgia State University; MBA, Georgia State University; and J.D., Georgia State University. Brian is married to Amy McCarthy and is the proud father of Jack, Pierce, Emily, and Finn.

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Robert (Rob) Brown/Incite Decision Technologies LLC
Founder & President

RobertBrownRobert D. Brown III is the President of Incite! Decision Technologies LLC (http://www.incitedecisiontech.com), a consultancy supporting senior decision-makers facing complex, high-risk opportunities. These opportunities usually include strategic planning, project selection, planning & risk management, and project portfolio analysis & management.

Roberts twenty-plus-year career has been devoted to providing solutions to clients complex problems by employing creative thinking and advanced quantitative business, engineering, and systems analysis. His client experience spans diverse industrial and commercial fields including petroleum & chemicals, energy, utilities, supply chain & logistics, pharmaceuticals, electronics manufacturing, telecommunications, IT, commercial real estate, federal agencies, and education.

Through Incite!, Robert delivers analysis, decision support tools and systems, and training in decision-making and risk management with the goal to help his clients measure the value and the risk associated with the important decisions they face in order to make informed trade-offs and choices. He has also been a regular Analytica training resource for Lumina for over a decade.
Robert graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 with a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering.

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Mary Parker with All n 1 Security Services, Dr. Rashad Sanford with Atlanta Spine Doctors and Garold “Gary” Markle with Energage, Inc.

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Mary Parker/All n 1 Security Services
Founder & CEO

Ms. Parker is a recognized expert in contract security with more than 30 years of industry experience. She is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant who works with numerous government and corporate clients to develop customized plans and budgets in the areas of security personnel, security technology, and traffic control management. At ALL(n)1, she is charged with developing the vision and direction of the company. This includes creating domestic and global alliances, reviewing operational reports and financial statements, approving company policies and standards, and promoting the company to the community and potential clients.

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Dr. Rashad Sanford/Atlanta Spine Doctors 
Founder

Dr. Rashad Sanford is a chiropractor to dozens of entertainers and celebrities. His two offices, Atlanta Spine Doctors, are located in Dunwoody and Atlanta. He is a graduate of Morris Brown College and Life University in Atlanta, GA. He has more than a decade of experience. His clients includes dozens of NFL, NBA, and MLB players.

His expertise includes spinal care, arthritis, sinus pain, cold/flu, allergies, prenatal care, headaches, sports injuries, and much more.

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Garold “Gary” Markle/Energage, Inc
Founder and CEO

Gary Markle is one of the most sought-after experts on how to improve human capital to transform companies into highly productive enterprises where people actually enjoy going to work. Markles landmark work, Catalytic Coaching: The End of the Performance Review spent 37 weeks as an Amazon best seller, ranking it in the top 5% of all books sold, and earning it the coveted Five Star rating. His follow-up book, No More Performance Reviews has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and The Detroit Free Press. It was also favorably reviewed by Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Gary Markle has spent three decades as a Human Resources manager, executive, and coach, including 18 years with the leading Fortune 500 oil companies and 16 years as the CEO of Energage, one of the top employee engagement companies in North America.
Energage® teaches employers how to transform employees into high-performing teams by letting go of everything they think they know about human resource management.

A recent Gallup poll revealed that two-thirds of companies are changing their performance evaluation programs and that 70% of those companies said their previous programs had failed. Whats worse, that failure rate has not changed in 15 years. Thats because technological advances do not address a fundamental flaw: Performance evaluations do not work, and they actually increase legal liability.

By teaching managers how to use the principles of Catalytic Coaching® developed by Gary Markle

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Steve Greenbaum, Fran Tarkenton and Kevin Center with PostNet

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Founded in 1992, PostNet is the leading business-to-business franchise known for providing customized, business-enhancing print, marketing and shipping solutions. Locally owned and operated PostNet locations offer full-service digital printing; direct mail; signage; document binding and finishing; graphic design; and ancillary business services, like private mailbox rental and more. They also offer professional packaging services and shipping with UPS, FedEx, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service. In addition, with the brand’s bricks and clicks business model, each PostNet franchise has both a physical storefront in the community as well as an Online Print Center, offering customers the benefits of quick online transactions and traditional face-to-face service. PostNet has nearly 700 franchise locations across 10 countries. 

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Steve Greenbaum/Postnet

postnet-steve-greenbaumSteven J. Greenbaum, CFE, has served as Chief Executive Officer and director since he co-founded PostNet in 1992.

Steve is a Certified Franchise Executive and was honored with the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003. In 2008, Steve served as Chairman of the IFA and is also a past Chair of IFA’s Educational Foundation, FranPAC Advisory Board, Convention and Membership Committees.

In addition, Steve serves on the board of the HealthStore Foundation,® a non-profit organization that has developed 75 franchised Child and Family Wellness Shops (www.cfwshops.com) in rural locations in Kenya.

 

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Fran Tarkenton/Tarkenton Companies
Founder

10253746_1600609453532382_2849643589192854314_nFran Tarkenton knows better than most what it takes to succeed in a competitive arena. As one of the NFL’s all-time great competitors, he was inducted into the National Football League and Collegiate Football Halls of Fame and was an All-American athlete at the University of Georgia. As quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Fran took his team to the 1973, 1974 and 1976 Super Bowls. He set the all-time NFL passing records for touchdowns (342), yards (47,003) and completions. Those records stood for 17 years.
Fran has taken the lessons learned on the field to become a successful, hands-on entrepreneur, building more than 20 companies during and after his NFL career, the largest reaching revenues of $142 million. At age 75, Fran continues to advise and support small businesses. In partnership with the University of Georgias Terry College of Business, Fran recently launched the Tarkenton Certificate in Entrepreneurship, a comprehensive online education program teaching entrepreneurs everything they need to start a new business and operate an existing business more effectively.

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Kevin Center/Postnet
Owner/operator

KevinCenterAtlanta native Kevin Center’s “aha” moment came about 18 months ago while listening to a speaker regale a crowd with the last words of a beloved mentor: “I’ve made millions of dollars, and I’ve achieved a wonderful title. But I look back and ask, ‘What was it all for?’ I didn’t spend enough time with my family. I didn’t have the deep friendships that I should have. I did great in the business world, but at what cost?”

Center isn’t about to make the same mistake. As the new PostNet area developer for greater Atlanta, Center does have ambitious plans to open his own center and help cultivate the PostNet brand in this hotbed of growth: Center wants to see 25-30 centers in the Metro Atlanta region in the next 10-12 years. But his ultimate goal in helping Atlanta small business owners isn’t about fame and fortune, but instead to achieve the flexibility and financial stability that will allow him to attend piano recitals and Little League baseball games — and to help other entrepreneurs achieve the same thing.

“If I have my center staffed appropriately, and if I have the ability to trust my managers, I will have the freedom to do what I need to do — or not even what I need to do — but what I like to do,” he says.

 

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Spotlight Episode on Divorce Mediation with Kelley Linn, Marti Kitchens Cobb and Dr. Linda Olson

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Divorce Mediation is the process in which many divorcing couples use a trained, neutral party to facilitate the resolution of a dispute to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

 

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Kelley Linn/Family Divorce Mediation Centers
President

Manages (3) Family Divorce Mediation Centers. Facilitates teams of registered, certified and licensed professionals (CPAs, Mediators, Attorneys) that help families assess, address, negotiate and reach agreements on all issues relating to separation, divorce or settlement modifications including financial settlements and child custody/parenting plans. Author/Publisher 5 Specialty Books on Divorce. Distinguished Presenter/Public Speaker at Georgia State-Conferences and Conventions since 2011.

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Marti Kitchens Cobb/Above & Beyond Conflict
LMFT & LPC

is a Marriage and Family Therapist and GA. Registered Mediator in private practice for 32 years. She is the co-author of Children of Divorce, a four hour seminar for divorcing parents, in use internationally. Her specialty is divorce and family mediation.

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Dr. Linda Olson/Atlanta Psych Consultants
 

Dr. Olson is a licensed psychologist and childhood domestic violence advocate, specializes in helping anyone who grew up living with domestic violence, trauma, abuse and/or divorce reach their full potential.
Dr. Olson earned two Master’s degrees one in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Social Work from the University of Iowa and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the APA Accredited Georgia School of Professional Psychology, in Atlanta.  Linda has been in private practice working with forensic and child custody cases for over 30 years. She is deeply committed to raising childhood domestic violence (CDV) awareness and to reducing the impact of trauma in divorce.

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Exclusive Interview with Morten Andersen

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MortenAndersenMorten Andersen, nicknamed “The Great Dane”, is a former National Football League kicker and All-American at Michigan State University. He is the all-time leader in games played in the NFL at 382, in addition he also holds the distinction of being the all-time leading scorer in NFL history, as well as being the all-time leading scorer for two different rival teams; the New Orleans Saints, with whom he spent 13 seasons, and the Atlanta Falcons, with whom he spent a combined eight seasons.

 

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MortenAndersenFoundation

“What you give will grow…what you keep will perish!“

The purpose of the foundation: to affect positive change among children and youth locally, regionally, nationally and globally.

The ideology behind the foundation:

Pay it forward to the next generation

Affect positive change among youth regardless of race, sex, religion or nationality.

Areas of emphasis and focus:

Education and scholarships

Quality of life  for children and youth with emphasis on preventing obesity through fitness

i.e. NFL play 60 program

President’s National Council on Fitness

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: Why HIPAA Is Important To You

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

 

What Do You Mean I Have to Be HIPAA Compliant? 

While most of us are familiar with the term, HIPAA, that knowledge typically doesn’t extend past our signature on a form when we visit the doctor. Most people certainly don’t realize that being “HIPAA-compliant” stretches far beyond medical practices to anyone who has access to patient information. These companies are called “business associates” and include accountants, attorneys, HR professionals and more. On this show Donna Grindle of Kardon Compliance shares her expertise about what HIPAA is, how one can get, and remain, compliant. She is joined by Sean Joyce of Patientco who talks about his experience as a business associate as well.  
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Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing   

Bonnie Boul ruscyzkBonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

She is excited about the publication of her first book earlier this year, Take Your Marketing Online! Proven Ways to Grow Your Firm in the Digital Age. She was recognized in 2012 and 2013 as one of AccountingToday’s Top 100 Most Influential People and is in great demand as a consultant, speaker and leader at various industry events. She is a founding member of the Atlanta Independent Women’s Network and is the Atlanta chapter president of the Association for Accounting Marketing. She is also a regular contributor to a variety of websites, including Social Media Today, Accounting Today and other industry-related publications and has been quoted in Entrepreneur, U.S. News & World Report, CPA Practice Advisor, and others. She was recently invited to join the CPA Consultants’ Alliance and is excited about being a part of this influential group.

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Lara Sturm with Crossfit Johns Creek and Crossfit Chattahoochee and Dr. Cailen Wells The XFit Doc

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Lara Sturm/Crossfit Johns Creek

Owner/Coach
My husband and I own CrossFit Johns Creek and are also co-owners of CrossFit Chattahoochee in Duluth. I am also a coach for Team Rohr Powerlifiting.

I compete and am active within USA Powerlifting. USA Powerlifting is the largest drug-tested powerlifting federation within the US and is recognized by the International Powerlifting Federation. (The IPF is recognized by the IOC and is included in the World Games.) Within the USAPL, I act as a State Referee, one of the Athlete Representatives for the organization and as meet director.

As an athlete, I won the National Championship in 2015 for both the 63k (138lb) Open class and the Masters class and then went on to win my 2nd Masters IPF World Championship title. I hold American records for the squat (402lb) and total (1003lb) for my age and weight class. My best meet lifts are 402 squat, 220 bench, 391 Deadlift, 1003 total. I am an equipped lifter which means I wear supportive gear while lifting which helps add more weight to your lifts but is not forgiving, hurts a lot, and as hard to master as a perfect golf swing, which means I never will… lol

I am the meet director for the annual USAPL Powerlifting for Pink, a local meet that is also a fundraiser. Our fundraising efforts go to Paint GA Pink, a local breast cancer non-profit that helps breast cancer patients continue to pay their bills while they are undergoing treatment. Over the last three years we have raised about 15k!

 

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Dr. Cailen Wells

Dr. Cailen Wells is a native of Michigan. Before deciding to bring her passion for helping others heal through Chiropractic to the Alpharetta area, Dr. Wells practiced on the coast of Georgia in the small town of St. Mary’s Georgia the home of Kings Bay Naval Base. Dr. Wells completed her undergraduate degree in Dietetics/Nutrition at Eastern Michigan University in 2005. It has been a part of her lifestyle to maintain her health with good nutrition and Chiropractic since she lost her mother from Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 16.

At Eastern Michigan she received a scholarship to pole vault on the Eastern Michigan’s Track and Field team with her previous experience as a competitive gymnast. Dr. Wells is a pole vaulting coach for Pole Vault-ATL. She also enjoys competitions in Crossfit and won her first competition in Jan 2014 at the Central Florida Games and placed 3rd at a Weightlifting competition in Gwinnett in May 2015. Dr. Wells is a Level 1 Crossfit trainer and enjoys coaching at Crossfit Remnant in Johns Creek, Georgia.

REM•NANT: (noun) the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone. The body’s ability to heal is far greater then what they have permitted you to believe. Crossfit Remnant symbolizes the perfect fit for Dr. Wells as she views health in the same way. Dr. Wells often times see’s the last resort patients, those who have tried everything, and everything has failed them. She believes there is still hope, there is still healing that will take place, there is still a remnant!

Her passion for health, nutrition and sports soared her to new heights as she pursued a further degree in Chiropractic at Life University in Marietta, Georgia. During Chiropractic school she became Advanced certified in Upper Cervical Specific as well as attended world mission trips to Guatemala and El Salvador.

Dr Wells is a published author in the JCCR, (Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research). She was published in 2011 with regards to research in an advanced type of arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Dr. Wells is part of The Specific Chiropractic Center and currently operates the Atlanta office. Dr. Wells wants to help you realize the importance to having proper care of the spine and nervous system. She also wants children to understand the importance of having a healthy spine and nervous system as it becomes “the first choice in health care for future generations”.

 

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Vonetta Daniels with VYD and Associates and Tiffany C. Wright with The Resourceful CEO

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Vonetta Daniels/VYD and Associates 
President and CEO

VYD and Associates was incorporated in 2010 by Vonetta Y. Daniels, an Air Force Veteran with more than 20 years of combined industry and Management Consulting experience with BearingPoint, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and as an Internal Consultant for SunTrust Banks, and industry experience Research, Higher Education, Government, Non-Profits, Education and Community Partners and Financial Services.

VYD and Associates is a certified 8(a) firm, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) providing consulting services which include:

Management & Strategy Consulting.
Health Communications, Marketing & Policy Management.
Organizational Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness (OE).
Strategic Planning
Research, Evaluation and Policy.
Performance Measurement & Evaluation.
Program, Portfolio & Project Management.
Program Implementation & Evaluation.
Program and Administrative Support.

Vonetta is an alumna of the University of Virginia and Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science.
Experience/Career Highlights
Provided research and leading practice to create innovative interactive digital Clearinghouse entitled Opportunities for Women to Build, Transport, and Protect America for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Supported Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Organizational Effectiveness Assessment & Business Process recommendations to achieve greater visibility, interaction, and support between and across GTRI and the main Georgia Tech campus community.
Project Director providing Women Veterans Employment Research support to DOL Womens Bureau addressing the gaps in research and employment policy.
Managed the design, implementation and deployment of Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) pilot for the East Lake Foundation; implemented the Outcomes Measurement pilot project to collect, analyze and report data on the effectiveness of the ELF programs and its East Lake partners.
CDC Office of Strategy, Health Results Measurement Framework: identified opportunities to maximize the health impact of CDCs resource management decisions (both internal and external to the enterprise).
Community
Vonetta Daniels is an AmeriCorps National Service Alumna and received her first Presidential Service Award for her fellowship as the Program Manager for the Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program partnering Community Development Organizations and Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) to implement civic engagement, community development and capacity building projects to address identified in five Atlanta neighborhoods.
She served as the Service Chair for the Emory Alumni Association Leadership board from 2004 to 2007 and helped to expand Emory Cares to an International Day of Community Service. In 2008, Emory Cares International Service Day was recognized for its valuable contributions to Emory University’s 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service. Vonetta currently serves on the Board of Directors for the HouseProud Atlanta and KIPP South Fulton Academy (KFSA).

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Tiffany C. Wright/The Resourceful CEO 
Chief

Tiffany C. Wright is the founder of The Resourceful CEOTM . She has served as the CFO, COO and CEO of several SMBs and both started and purchased companies.
She is also the author of the book “Solving the Capital Equation: Financing Solutions for Small Businesses”.

  • Significant process experience
  • Fortune 500 strategic, finance, and negotiation experience
  • Small to medium business acquisition, turnaround, and strategic consulting background
  • Long-term overseas assignment (Asia)
  • BS, Industrial Engineering, The Ohio State University; MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Tammy Williams with Open Rivers Pictures and Cinema South Expo 2016

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The Cinema South Motion Picture Career and Education Expo will be held January 30, 2016 at Open Rivers Film Academy located at:

Pinewood Atlanta Studios Production Center

461 Sandy Creek Road

Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

 

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Tammy Williams/Open Rivers Pictures & Cinema South Expo
Founder

 

TammyWilliamsTammy Williams is CEO of Open Rivers Pictures and Creator of the Cinema South Expo. Williams is a 24-year veteran of the film and television industry and an award-winning producer. Her company, Open Rivers Pictures, is a post production and studio facility located in the esteemed Pinewood Production Centre. In addition to creating content and producing programming for film, television and digital platforms, Open Rivers provides production assistance workshops and other training initiatives for aspiring production industry professionals. The Cinema South Expo is an outgrowth of these training initiatives, and serves as a one day immersion into key film and television industry careers.

 

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Rob Day with ESI Ergonomic Solutions

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ESI was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. ESI has showrooms located in Mesa and Chicago.

“Fast. Flexible. Friendly…We Get It Right!”

VP of Sales Rob Day

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Rob Day/ESI Ergonomic Solutions
Vice President of Sales



robertdayRobert Day, CEAS has been involved in ergonomics at both the corporate and K-12 education level since 2001. Specializing in workstation design, Rob has been involved in assessing and implementing ergonomic standards for both large and small companies, Delta Air Lines being one of the largest. Robs ergonomic background has taken him as far as Denmark, where ergonomics are part of everyday life beginning at the Kindergarten level. His responsibilities included rolling out K-12 ergonomic school furniture for a U.S. manufacturer. That experience has allowed him the opportunity to educate the A&D community about classroom and office ergonomics. Rob finds the biggest challenge is educating those making the purchasing decisions about the long term financial benefits of ergonomics.


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