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Ella Bailey with Crossing Boundaries Inc.

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Ella Bailey / Crossing Boundaries Inc.
Founder & President

Ella Bailey is the President and CEO of Crossing Boundaries, Inc, Atlanta, A Cancer NPO. She is a 2 time Cancer Survivor and currently undergoing chemo, a trailblazer, entrepreneur, educator, and phenomenal woman.
Ella is driven by her love and passion helping others get where God has ordained them to be.
Ella has an Associate, Bachelor’s and Master Degree. Retired from Lucent Technologies and E & B Disability
She love to write and penned but not published easy reading books, “CHANGE ” Through Attitude Adjustment and Behavior Modification”; The Stuff; Exposed; and Living In A Homeless House.
Ella’s ultimate goal for the organization, Crossing Boundaries, Inc. Atlanta, “Fighting Cancer At The Door” is that no one has to choose (medication vs paying bills).

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Spotlight Episode with Justin Barnes from iHealth

Justin Barnes, Health IT Industry Leader, Joins iHealth drawn by opportunity to help providers navigate new payment models.

 

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Justin Barnes, one of the best-known thought leaders in health IT, has joined iHealth as Partner and Chief Growth Officer. iHealth was formed recently when iHealth Solutions, LLC acquired DNA Healthcare Inc.(DNAH); the new company is operating under the name of iHealth.

“Healthcare organizations and providers are being challenged with new payment models, and iHealth helps to address that,” Barnes said. “Through a robust technology platform combined with high-touch support, we are navigating healthcare providers through the future of healthcare and helping them to thrive. “I truly believe that all care providers that intentionally and deliberately engage with these new payment and care delivery models, and create the right partnerships,will have more opportunity in the future than they have today,”

Barnes added. “Justin Barnes has a deep passion for helping providers succeed in these turbulent times for the healthcare industry,” said Venkat Sharma, iHealth Chief Executive Officer. “His extensive healthcare experience and expertise in new care models, such as value-based care, will greatly benefit the company as well as the customers we serve.”

Barnes was a member of Greenway Health’s senior leadership team for11 years, directing Greenway’s marketing, corporate development, strategy, government relations and international affairs. He has pulled several members of the original Greenway team into iHealth.After leaving Greenway in 2014, he has served as a corporate, board and policy advisor focused on assisting companies, associations and entrepreneurs with growth and acquisition strategies.

Prior to Greenway, Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of the patient-provider communications and engagement company, Healinx. Today, Healinx is known as RelayHealth. Before Healinx, Barnes held several positions with HBO & Company/McKesson.Barnesserves as Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS EHR Association as well as Co-Chairman of the Accountable Care Community of Practice where he assists these organizations with industry strategy and leadership. Barnes is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio show “This Just In” on Healthcare Radio and Business Radio X. Barnes has formally addressed or testified before Congress as well as the last two Presidential Administrations on more than 20 occasions with statements relating to value-based medicine, accountable care, interoperability, EHR meaningful use, consumerism, innovation, patient engagement, quality, HIPAA, the globalization of healthcare and much more.

Barnes is a public speaker on these issues and has appeared in more than a 1,200 journals, magazines and broadcast media. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy.

 

About iHealth– iHealth helps healthcare providers navigate to value-based care and thrive under new payment models. iHealth offers Revenue Cycle Performance™, which includes comprehensive revenue cycle services, and supports population health and care coordination through a robust, innovative technology suite and high touch professional services.

www.iHealthInnovations.com
Media contact:  Lynn Hood, Press@iHealthInnovations.com, 678-974-2623

 

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Andy Wickman and Andrew Hurst with Warrior Outdoors Inc.

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Andy Wickman and Andrew Hurst

 

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Andy Wickman is one of the founding members of Warrior Outdoors. He has owned and operated several business’, including a transmission shop, a full motorcycle shop and a dating service. Andy has always had a service heart. He has worked with Habitat for Humanity, the Lions Club and is very accomplished in the Masonic fraternity.

 

 

Andrew Hurst- 12 year army veteran, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, father, husband, and avid outdoorsman when at all possible. He got into helping other veterans with the VFW and found that Warrior Outdoors would allow him the ability to help even more by taking the State Director position.

 

 

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WIT Atlanta Features Sugra Naqvi with Stellar Consulting Solutions

 

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Sugra Naqvi / Stellar Consulting Solutions 
Co Founder

Sugra Naqvi is the co-founder of Stellar Consulting Solutions. She has over 10 years of experience in sales and being a successful entrepreneur. In her role, she serves as a primary hunter of new businesses and client relationships. Sugra has been in sales under the retail vertical prior to starting her current venture. She brings deep understanding of operations, culture and relationships. Sugra has earned her dual bachelors from Georgia State University, in Sociology and Business. She currently enjoys volunteering her time to WIT, enjoys reading and traveling with her two sons.

STELLAR CONSULTING SOLUTIONS is among the fastest growing boutique technology consulting and staffing firms globally. Stellar is a minority business enterprise (MBE), that fosters diversity workforce. We deliver high quality and experienced consultants for niche technology project on any scale. Providing, end-to-end recruiting and staffing solutions and maintaining a successful track record using a robust recruiting process. We also bring the right talent at the right time. From our humble beginning, delivering resources for IT projects, we’ve stayed true to our mission and core values – and do our best every day to deliver happiness to our clients.

www.stellarconsulting.com

678-925-9466
2475 NORTHWIND PARKWAY, SUITE 200

ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA 30009
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Sandy Welfare /
WIT

Sandy Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman.

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Spotlight Interview with Peter Vekselman

 

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Peter Vekselman / RVP, LLC, Coaching by Peter, Yates Reality
Owner

Peter Vekselman is an established real estate investor and leader who has developed a new and synergistic approach to home selling and real estate investing.

By offering sellers the security and convenience of a cash purchase or the benefits of listing their property through a conventional realtor, clients of Peter are provided with a wider range of options and the flexibility needed to adjust to situational demands. Not only has this model proven valuable those on the sell side, it has also created tremendous investment opportunities for those looking to build wealth through real estate acquisition.

Because of his new Trifecta business model, his team is closing 8-10 investment deals per week and are currently overseeing over 200 properties listed in the Atlanta area.

Having grown his Atlanta-based operation to a national network of affiliates, Peter is excited about the opportunity to spread his message and create opportunities for real estate sellers, investors, and professionals alike. To that end, he would be appreciative of any opportunity to be interviewed on one of your podcasts to help create wealth generation opportunities for your listeners.

 

“TEXT” Peter Directly the following..Trifecta and tell him about your current business model 

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Tamika Morrison and Tramell Smith with Kamp Kiles World and Patrick Pittaluga and Sean Warner with Grubbly Farms

 

 

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Patrick Pittaluga and Sean Warner are Georgia Tech graduates who started Grubbly Farms in early 2015. Patrick graduated with a degree in business and Sean a degree in building construction so insects and biology was an entirely new field.

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Kile’s World Foundation offers comprehensive art education to children ranging from ages 8‐17; focusing on music, performance, fine and applied arts. The foundation offers art-based camps with multiple workshops including general instruction in the areas of acting, singing, dance, painting, illustration, music production and digital media.

Kile’s World wishes to cultivate an environment where developing artists can explore their artistic interests with the guidance and support of our mentors. Kile’s World Foundation is poised to eventually open an academic school with an emphasis on music, drama and the arts.

 

 

 

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors Features Timothy J. Jones

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.

 

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Timothy J. Jones / The Timothy Jones Companies
CEO & Founder

TJ is an expert leadership speaker, coach, and consultant with a new book to be launched in September. He began his professional life as a teacher, then spent 20 years in the biopharmaceutical industry leading sales teams and as head of Training and Leadership Development. With practical wisdom learned in the trenches, TJ helps individuals, teams, and companies enhance their engagement and effectiveness. He delivers highly interactive and transformative learning experiences. He is President/Owner of the Timothy Jones Companies. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyjjones1

 

 

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing
President

Bonnie 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.

 

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JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, Kevin Geraghty with Revenue Research and Thad Oviatt with ParkENT Cycles

 

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JoAnn Holmes, Esq. / HOLMES@LAW, LLC
Attorney and Founder

JoAnn Jo Holmes is the founder of HOLMES@LAW, LLC(www.holmesatlaw.com), where her practice focus is Business Law & Contracts, Trademark & Copyright, Software & Tech. She works with a broad array of clients, including professional service providers, consultants, software and creative content developers, and manufacturers. Having practiced law for nearly 17 years, her goal is to live the firms slogan Your Business Ally™.

A graduate of Stanford University and Emory School of Law, her career began in the Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) practice group of Troutman Sanders, a prominent Atlanta based law firm. There, she successfully represented a gamut of diverse clients, from startups to multi-billion dollar companies like Chick-fil-A, Microsoft and WalMart.

Moving in-house, Jo served on business management and legal teams in senior leadership roles for both public and private manufacturing companies. For more than a decade, she was the go-to lawyer for her business units with presence in North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim. She has overseen IP portfolios in more than 130 countries, is well accomplished in negotiating sophisticated domestic and international commercial contracts, and in resolving high dollar disputes.

Jo has spoken extensively about business law, technology, and intellectual property. Currently, she writes the business law section for the Gwinnett Citizen newspaper, and speaks for SCORE, a longstanding resource partner of the Small Business Administration. Likewise, Jo volunteers with Leadership Gwinnett, Discovery High Schools Entrepreneurship Academy, the SE Gwinnett Coop food pantry, and the Stanford Alumni Association.

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Kevin Geraghty / Revenue Research, Inc.
President

Kevin is responsible for the creation of $3 billion in documented corporate value. He has built successful analytic departments and profitable business models for Fortune 500 clients. Kevin received the Edelman Laureate Award in 1996 and 2016 for outstanding Operations Research practice and received the DM News Martech Award for Data Science in 2015. He is the author of machine learning patents for Dynamic Pricing and Paid Search marketing.

 

 

Thad Oviatt / ParkENT Cycles
Founder & CEO

ParkENT Cycles just wants to HUG your bicycle and keep it safe. We produce an electronic bike rack. The rack is a bicycle locking system built into a custom bike rack. To use the rack a person just needs to push their bike into the rack, activate it with the paired phone app (or key card, or attached kiosk), and the bike rack locks up the bicycle. The electronic bike rack locks the wheel and frame of the bicycle. The rack is safer than any other bicycle lock on the market.

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Artrepreneur Radio Second Episode with Actress Pamela DeRitis, Actor Robin Bloodworth and Rapper Rotey.

 

Artrepreneur Radio spotlights and celebrates artist of all kinds, making their way in the world of Art and Business.  

Host: Alex Gossett Shifflet

 

 

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Rotey, Pamela DeRitis and Robin Bloodworth

 

 

 

 

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Magic happening around the table with Rotey, Pamela, Alex and Robin.

 

 

 

 

 

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 Pamela DeRitis / Call Time Atlanta & Mammoth TV
Actress & Consultant           

Pamela DeRitis is an actress in Atlanta represented by Salt Model & Talent who is an active content creator on her two YouTube channels. One channel Call Time Atlanta focuses on the entertainment industry in Georgia and features interviews with professional actors, agents, advocacy organizations etc.—anyone who moves and shapes the industry here. The second channel Mammoth TV is a brand new joint venture Pamela has formed with the digital branding agency Mammoth Solutions. Pamela and her co-host Kyle Rollins, owner of Mammoth Solutions, create video content around branding and marketing with practical tips for businesses to go to the next level. In her “other” professional life Pamela has been in consulting as a Business Analyst for the past 6 years, and before that was a PM for 10+ years. Pamela’s consulting experience focuses on web dev, UI and software projects, notably Freestyle dispenser at The Coca-Cola Company as well as developing logistics for a human resources move for 6,000+ employees between Coca-Cola corporate and their largest bottler.

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The handsome and captivating Robin Bloodworth.

 

Robin Bloodworth / Professional Actor

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Alex & Robin talk about “The Good Ole Days” and the real struggle for artist today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rotey in the zone.

“Rotey”

 Rotey was born in a relatively small town named Waterloo Iowa, where he spent his early childhood. When Rotey was 9 years old, he moved south to the metro Atlanta area. It was shortly after the move when Roteys parents split up, and his Father moved back north to Chicago, leaving his mother to provide for the two of them, and a young Rotey with plenty of time alone. It was during this isolation that his passion for hip hop was born. Rotey bought his first “rhyme book” in high school, and hasn’t looked back since. What started out as just a way to express himself has since blossomed into a full blown career as both an artist and producer, sweeping across college campus’s in the southeast. Fueled by a relentless ambition, Roteys fast paced wordplay and emotionally packed memoirs, coupled with his charming charisma and sharp wit ensure the young MC is not only here to stay, but to thrive.

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If you would like to be a guest or sponsor Artrepreneur Radio please get in touch with Alex atAlexgshifflet@businessradiox.com.

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