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Arnold J. Weil, M.D and Raj Pandya, M.D.

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Spotlight Episode: A Modern Approach To Practicing Medicine
Co Hosted by Tracey Paulfrey

 

 

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Lee Kantor, Dr. Arnold Weil, Dr. Raj Pandya and (Co-Host)Tracey Paulfrey

 

 

Arnold J. Weil, M.D. is dedicated a professionals who is committed to superior patient care and excellent customer service. His hands-on approach ensures that each patient is treated individually, focusing on the cause of the pain, not just the symptoms.

Our physicians are diplomats and fellows of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. In addition, they have maintained membership in the American Medical Association (AMA), American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians, American College of Physician Executives, American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine, North American Spine Society, International Spinal Injection Society, American Back Society, and the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

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Dr. Raj Pandya is Founder and President of the Atlanta Orthopaedic Institute, and prior to that, the Atlanta Knee and Shoulder Clinic. He is a surgeon, inventor and entrepreneur whose breadth of experience spans from healthcare to technology. Dr. Pandya specializes in sports medicine, knee and shoulder surgery. He is Chairman, Founder and CEO of Unicore Health www.unicorehealth.com, and Founder and Chairman of Evolution Orthopedics. He serves as Medical Director and Consultant to global companies and healthcare ventures, and as Team Physician to professional, Olympic and collegiate athletic programs.

As Founder of Unicore Health, Dr. Pandya developed a patented business technology platform that integrates fact-based data sets in multiple verticals including occupational and environmental medicine, biotechnology and healthcare informatics for data warehousing, data mining, and real-time communication. The company’s solutions transform physical disabilities into work capabilities, and define best practice protocols for injury, disease and risk management. These include applications for injured employee’s to return to work, soldiers to find gainful employment, and athletes to return to play. Dr. Pandya has developed innovative medical devices and applications for advanced minimally invasive musculoskeletal surgery as Founder of Evolution Orthopedics.

He has served as Medical Advisor for Neurotech, and National Speaker/Consultant to a number of global pharmaceutical corporations including Pfizer, Janssen, Fering and Transdermal Therapeutics. He conducts a number of clinical trials and serves on numerous advisory boards. He is a noted lecturer in medicine and entrepreneurship. He is on the teaching faculty of Atlanta Medical Center, and Morehouse School of Medicine. His interests include cartilage repair and regeneration, meniscal transplantation, business technology and medicine. He is involved in local and international and charitable projects, including the American Diabetes Association and the Chattahoochee River Keepers.

Dr. Pandya has served as Team Physician for the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League, Team Physician for the US National and Olympic Handball Teams, Physician for the Sugar Bowl, Physician for the SEC Championship Game, Physician for the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, Physician for the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Orthopedic Consultant for the NFL Europe, Team Physician for Life University, Physician for the US Indoor Track and Field Championships and Medical Director of the Georgia Games. He was also Physician for movies and televison series including “We Are Marshal,” “Million Dollar Arm,” and “Necessary roughness.”

Dr. Pandya graduated with honors from the accelerated BS/MD program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was selected to the Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies. He has completed both the Swiss AO Trauma Fellowship, and a sports medicine fellowship with Dr. James Andrews and Dr. William Clancy at the world-renowned American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham.

 

 

Tracey Paulfrey, educator, motivator, leader and entrepreneur. This fitness enthusiast has 21 years of personal training experience, with an extensive history in biological sciences.  She is a unique trainer who has combined basic science principles, biomechanics,technology and education to completely service her client base. Her desire to complete the Health and Wellness circle through a global approach has given her a successful platform that integrates medicine and fitness.
Tracey graduated from the University Of Florida with a B.A. in Health Sciences and is certified through various certifying agents such as NASM, ACSM and AFAA.  Tracey currently serves as a Lead Instructor for the Personal Training Program at the Atlanta School of Massage and currently personal trains at the Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Tim Fulton with Small Business Matters

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Atlanta’s Most Exclusive Small Business Conference

The Conference will be held at the Hyatt Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina on Friday, May 20, and feature over 200 of Atlanta’s most-recognized small business leaders.

 

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Tim Fulton / Small Business Matters
President

Small Business Matters is a leader in small business coaching and development.

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With over 30 years of experience, Small Business Matters brings a results-based approach to each and every client. Whether your business has been established for 30 years or 30 days, Small Business Matters is passionate about helping you achieve your goals and mission.

Small Business Matters was established in 1994 as an independent management consulting and training practice. It is the goal of SBM to increase the effectiveness and enhance the lives of CEO’s. Since its existence Small Business Matters has worked with companies such asLucent Technologies, Carlson Companies, CB Richard Ellis Real Estate Services, Inc.(formerly Insignia/ESG, Inc.), and Georgia Power.

Small Business Matters is owned and operated in Atlanta, Georgia by Tim Fulton. Tim is a nationally-recognized small business coach, consultant, and advocate. He has been involved in the field of entrepreneurship for the past 30 years as a successful business owner, a small business counselor, and as an adjunct university professor.

Tim currently is a Vistage Group Chair in Atlanta. Vistage is an international membership organization for company CEO’s and Presidents that provides a very unique growth experience for its members.

In 2012, Tim’s oldest son, Taylor, joined the Small Business Matters team as Director of Marketing. With a BS in Marketing/Entrepreneurship from the University of Kansas, Taylor shares Tim’s passion for small business and the entrepreneurial spirit. He has a professional background in publishing and content marketing and uses his experiences in these fields to help Small Business Matters develop and promote resources for the SBM community.

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Ingrid Miller from Rural Sourcing, Inc., Mark Mobley from Georgia Calls and Keith Wilmot from Leadercast

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Ingrid Miller / Rural Sourcing Inc.
Chief Operating Officer

 As COO for Rural Sourcing, Inc. (RSI), Ingrid is responsible for realizing RSI’s vision to provide US-based high quality IT outsourcing solutions through her management and oversight of all RSI development centers. Her responsibilities include leading and developing RSI talent, client relationship management, ensuring the scalability and reliability of RSI’s process and systems and strategically determining the next set of solutions for our clients. She is also responsible for establishing and ensuring consistency across the organization with respect to RSI’s processes, values, and methodologies. Ingrid brings an expansive knowledge of underlying computer systems and technologies, allowing her to contribute to all aspects of our application development and maintenance projects. Ingrid is a graduate of Babson College, where she earned a B.S. in Business Management.

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Mark Mobley/ Georgia CALLS
Executive Director

 Mark, a pastor and city council member, joined with Georgia CALLS in 2015 to bring his wealth of business, pastoral, and non-profit knowledge to the table. With years of experience in both the public and non-profit arenas, Mark is purposefully leading the talented team at Georgia CALLS to help carve a path for returning citizens here in the Atlanta area to restore their lives, rebuild their families, and give back to their own communities after a successful reentry. List 5-8 Topics or Questions for Interview: What is Georgia CALLS? Why Georgia CALLS? What difference does it make? What process led you to get involved in prisoner reentry? What would you say to those who think, “Why give them a second chance? They’ve already committed a crime.”? Is it wise to provide “charity” to people coming out of prison? (Alternatively, “How is Georgia CALLS different from other charities? What is unique about your approach?”) You’ve mentioned that Georgia CALLS is a pilot program. What kind of results have you seen so far? What is the most important lesson that you have learned over the last 18 months? Why should Georgia CALLS matter to the business community? What are your plans for the future? How can you scale what you are doing to make a larger impact? (Alternatively, “20 people is a drop in the bucket compared to the scale of the problem. Can you speak to how Georgia CALLS can exert influence on a larger scale?”) How can a business help or partner with Georgia CALLS?

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Keith Wilmot /Leadercast
President and CEO

 Keith Wilmot is the President and CEO of Leadercast. Leadercast is an organization that exists to build Leaders Worth Following. Keith is the biggest raving fan of a group of crazies that honestly believe they can positively change the culture of leadership in the world. He has the privilege to cheer, pray, coach, support, and lead these amazing people. He is married to an amazing woman, Jennifer, who has been with him since high school. They have four children (Noah, Hannah, Nathan, and Ava) – they are such blessings and keep him running for sure.

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Princess Modupe Ozolua with Empower 54, Sean Henry Founder/CEO of Stord and Tony Sakich Director of Marketing for Augur

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Modupe Ozien Ozolua / Empower 54
CEO and Princes from the Benin Kingdom

Modupe Ozolua is a social Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Body Enhancement limited in Nigeria. Body Enhancement Ltd pioneered cosmetic surgery in Nigeria in 2001 and aesthetic lasers in 2007. She is also the founder and president of Body Enhancement Annual Reconstructive Surgery (BEARS) Foundation. From cosmetic surgery procedures, Modupe Ozolua now gives hope to the less privileged. Modupe Ozien Ozolua is a Princess from the Benin Kingdom. She was born in Benin City, Nigeria October 10, 1973, the youngest of four siblings born to Mr and Mrs M.S Ozolua. Her parents hail from Sabongida Ora area of Edo State. Her name, Modupe, means “I praise or thank God” in Yoruba.[3][4] Ozolua had her early education in Nigeria, where she attended University of Benin primary and secondary school, and Queen Idia Girls College in Benin City. Her secondary education was completed at Apata Memorial High School, Isolo, Lagos. To further her education, Ozolua left for the United States of America in 1989. She studied in Southwestern College, San Diego (California), and Devry International University, Los Angeles, California (1989–1995). She was recognised in the 1994-1995 edition of the NATIONAL DEANS’S LIST. Modupe Ozolua has a dual citizenship of Nigeria and America. Ozolua is a businesswoman and philanthropist; she started earning money “at the age 18, by working in McDonalds’ in America while in college, 1991” (Olatunji, 2006).[5] The first business Ozolua had was a communication business in Los Angeles prior to pioneering cosmetic surgery to West Africa at the age of 27. Miss Ozolua describes herself in her interview with Adeseun (2004) [6] as a “workaholic” –to which one might add; intelligent and an ambitious woman. Ozolua has been recognised by the public through her following awards: • Nigeria Women Awards. • Dame International for Pioneering Action Award 2003. • City People for Female Achiever in the Beauty sector 2001. • Moremi Hall Executive Council • Oba Femi Awolowo University for Award of Excellence 2002. • City People for Beautician of the Year 2001. Likewise, Ozolua has been featured on CNN, BBC and many other international media publications. In Africa, in numerous magazines and press publications. The aim of Ozolua’s charity organization, BEARS Foundation, is to treat individuals [children, adults, and people who have serious injuries like acid burn and severe accidents] with deformities and create HIV/AIDS awareness. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the Patron of BEARS Foundation.

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Tony Sakich / Augur
Director of Marketing

 

Tony Sakich is the Director of Marketing for Augur. Tony’s been responsible for many successful campaigns in the tech space, including: – Creating, managing and executing the successful crowdfunding for Augur, raising $5.3 Million Dollars and becoming one of the 25 most successful crowdfunding campaigns in history. – The #BitcoinBowl social media campaign on ESPN in which $10,000 was given away for free on Twitter utilizing “guest tippers” including Country artist Shooter Jennings, Warner Bros. Records, NewEgg.com, UFC Fighter Jon Fitch, WWE performer Curtis Axel and many others. – Named a finalist in 2016’s MAX Awards for marketing the Augur crowdfunding campaign, putting our 6 person startup side by side with Coca Cola, The Atlanta Hawks, Cricket Wireless and other Fortune 500 companies. – Managed the production, script and project details of BitPay’s two commercials that aired nationwide on ESPN, the first ever for a blockchain company. – Utilized my music history connections from the past to partner with 50 Cent, Warner Bros. Records and Atlanta artists Mastodon for national coverage of BitPay. – Managed the digital campaign around Microsoft’s acceptance of Bitcoin, the largest organization to get involved with blockchain technology to date, resulting in global coverage for both Microsoft and BitPay. – Named an industry leader in Blockchain Technology by Bitcoin Magazine, the largest and most respected publication in the space. This honor was shared with huge names like Tyler Winklevoss, Adam White of Coinbase, Stephen Pair of BitPay (infographic featuring the full list is found at https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-is-growing-up-an-infographic-of-the-bitcoin-ecosystem-1447865097)

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Sean Henry / Stord
Founder / CEO

Sean is the Founder and CEO of Stord. He has an extensive background in entrepreneurship, and a passion to innovate static industries. At age 11, Sean launched his first successful tech business, an iPhone repair company, in a personal effort to afford his first phone. Sean received the Deans Scholarship to the Scheller college of business at Georgia tech, to pursue operations and supply chain management. Prior to Stord, Sean spent a summer as a lean management consultant in 5 different countries.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

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Ted Jenkins,Stephanie Carvajalino, James Hall and Chris Hanks.

 

 

 

 

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The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

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Jim Hall / CEO Triatek

James (Jim) Hall serves as the CEO of Triatek and has over 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He led an investment group that purchased the assets of Triatek in 2008 and successfully transformed the company into an international leader in the critical environment airflow controls industry.

He is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of increasing sales, developing organizations, and exceeding objectives for Fortune 500 companies, start-up ventures, and privately held organizations. Jim has served in leadership roles at several healthcare companies including US Surgical Corporation (which was later acquired by Tyco), ViaCirq, Prism Controls, and MAST Biosurgery.

Thanks to Jim’s strong leadership, Triatek was named a “Small Business Rock Star” by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Economic Developers Association, saluting the innovations and contributions of the company to the economy. Jim also represented Triatek at the Georgia Capitol during the ceremony where Governor Nathan Deal proclaimed Georgia’s first ever “Small Business Week.” He was also named the 2014 “Business Person of the Year” by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Jim volunteers as a member of the Distinguished Clown Corps for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and also as a speaker for the University of Georgia Terry School of Business Leadership Speaker Series. He is an active member of ASHRAE® and received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from College of the Holy Cross. He enjoys disc golf, regular golf, and playing bass in several local bands.

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Ted Jenkin/Oxygen Financial
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Ted Jenkin has spent the past 22 years giving personal financial advice to thousands of people across the United States. After graduating from Boston College in 1991, Ted spent more than 16 years working for American Express Financial Advisors/Ameriprise Financial. He was one of the youngest people in the history of the company to reach both Field Vice President and Group Vice President level. He managed more than 800 financial advisors throughout 8 states in his last position with the company. He won the premier performer award, leader of the year award, and had the number one office in the country for more than two years in a row. In 2008, Ted founded oXYGen Financial to help revolutionize the financial services industry by creating a new company that focused on serving the X and Y Generation. oXYGen Financial now has more than 1,700 clients throughout 25 states across the country. Ted has been featured in over 25 magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and The Huffington Post. He has six advanced designations from the College for Financial Planning (CFP®, CRPC®, CRPS®, AWMA®, AAMS®, CMFC®) and is an on air radio personality featured on the popular drive time Atlanta radio show The Rock 100.5 Morning Show on Rock 100.5 FM. Ted lives in Milton, GA with his wife Genna and three kids Olivia, Lyla, and Louden.

 

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 Chris Hanks/ KSU EC
(Co – Host)

Christopher C. Hanks is the founder and executive director of the KSUEntrepreneurship Center. Prior to this, Hanks was the founder and director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of Georgia. He has owned multiple businesses, including music, e-commerce, publishing, and export ventures. He is also the co-author of a best-selling book on low risk entrepreneurship.

Hanks leads the International Entrepreneurship Institute and is certified in business valuation, providing expert witness testimony. Before teaching at UGA, Hanks taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University and assisted in leading the Russell Center for Entrepreneurship. He earned a BBA from University of Georgia and an MBA from San Jose State University. Before launching his first business, Hanks held corporate risk management positions in the pharmaceutical and beverage industries.

 

Atlanta Business Radio Spotlight Episode: Caring for Aging Parents

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Brandi Hackett, Andrew Sever and Jenny Heuer

 

Caring for Aging Parents is a radio show that discusses topics related to aging. Topics surround issues impacting older adults such as caregiving, relationships, health, driving, finances, legal, resources, etc.

 Caring for Aging Parents airs monthly on Atlanta Business Radio. The show needs sponsors. If you are interested in being a sponsor email jenny@caringforagingparents.info

 

Brandi Hackett, LMSW, C-ASWCM

Brandi is a master’s level social worker who has spent the last 10 years working in geriatrics. Her specific background has consisted of work in multiple aspects of the medical field such as: oncology, skilled nursing, hospice, government benefits, and funeral services. Brandi finds satisfaction in using her experience to offer compassionate education and support to individuals through some of the most difficult of life’s stages.

Brandi is often the initial point of contact for families calling SeniorCare Options – as she serves in the role for intake and initial education regarding our services. She also provides generalized support for family caregivers and professionals through community based in-services, continuing education events, and through the drafting of our monthly newsletter. She is forever curious and enjoys researching community based resources to support the needs of our own clients and also shares these resources with others in the discipline of social work within the metro-Atlanta area.

 

 

Andrew Sever, MS, OTR/L, CAPS, CEAC

Andrew is a licensed occupational therapist who has specialized in healthcare for seniors. Andrew gained invaluable practical experience in his 17 years at Wesley Woods Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

As an occupational therapist, Andrew is clinically trained to assess a person’s ability to perform everyday activities — despite any physical, cognitive, psychological or emotional limitations they may have.  He evaluates the environment in which they live and identifies obstacles that hinder their performance.

In 2012, Andrew founded EnABLE Home Solutions LLC to address the growing desire among homeowners to remain at home despite their changing needs and abilities.

Andrew’s occupational therapy experience gives him unique insight into the individual’s physical ability and how they experience their changing ability. Combine that with the accessibility training he’s received and it’s clear that Andrew brings a unique set of skills to the issues related to remaining at home as your loved one’s physical and cognitive abilities change.

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JennyHeuerJenny Heuer, MS, LAPC, NCC is a Doctoral Student at Mercer University studying Counseling Education & Supervision. The focus of her dissertation is on the lived experiences of individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, she is also working towards a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from Georgia State University. Jenny is an adjunct instructor at Mercer University and is working towards becoming a professor and teaching courses in aging. She also does counseling under direct supervision and specializes in working with older adults, baby boomers, caregivers, and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. She currently works at the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association as a Care Consultant and works with the Director of Public Policy & Advocacy. Her passion and areas of research are focused on aging adults and Alzheimer’s disease.

 

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WIT Atlanta Features Julie Haley CEO of Edge Solutions

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Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

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Julie Haley / CEO Edge Solutions

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Julie Haley is the CEO and majority owner of Edge Solutions. She is ultimately responsible for all operations and financial aspects of the business, including managing the company’s P & L and overseeing the budget. With a law degree from the University of South Carolina and years of prior experience as a business and commercial litigator, Haley also acts as the company’s legal counsel and she negotiates, drafts and reviews contracts and legal agreements with vendors and customers.  

While starting this business, Haley has continually stretched and expanded her capabilities as a leader of a technology solution company, and has adopted many roles. From the start, Haley has refused venture capital funding in order to build and retain the company’s unique culture of inclusion, support and diversity. Accordingly, managing growth has been a significant challenge. Edge Solutions started with one manufacturing (HP) partner and has since become certified to sell all the major technology company’s products, including Hitachi Data Systems, Dell, Citrix, NetApp, Cisco, VMWare, as well as newer, cutting-edge technologies like Veeam, Swiftstack, and cloud offerings. With each new offering, Haley has to weigh the cost of adding qualified engineers and technical training to meet necessary qualifications. Also, Edge’s growth from zero to $24 million in sales has necessitated Haley’s constant search for capitol and credit lines from many different sources. Accordingly, with each new initiative, and Haley successfully evaluated the benefit of each new technology offering versus issues of cash flow and the availability of human resources to support going to market with the new solution.

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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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Michael Flock with FLOCK Specialty Finance and Kit Hughes with Look Listen

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Michael Flock / FLOCK Specialty Finance 
Founder, Chairman & CEO

Michael Flock has been involved in the credit, collections, debt buying, and outsourcing businesses for more than 20 years, beginning with Dun & Bradstreet and more recently as a financial advisor and investment banker.

In 2007, he founded Flock Advisors to provide M&A advisory and capital funding services to these same industries.  In 2013, Flock Advisors became FLOCK Specialty Finance.  This change enabled the company to provide more funding solutions to current clients. The change also gave FLOCK the ability to expand its offerings into more market segments that have been under served by traditional banking.

Prior to founding FLOCK, Michael provided M&A advisory support to private equity firms, helped companies reengineer their operations, and led a successful recapitalization of a consumer collections agency where he was interim CEO. He was also an advisor to Croft & Bender, a middle market investment bank.

He earned his BA from the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. During his college years, he served as a White House Intern. Later he worked as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in France and also did graduate work at the Institut d’Etudes de Sciences-Politiques in Paris. He received an MBA in finance from Fordham University.

 

 

Kit Hughes / Look Listen
CEO

Kit Hughes is a typical technology entrepreneur. He dropped out of college to start a company in 1999, spent a period of time homeless, and (slowly) became an overnight success.

Eventually, Kit returned to school as a two-time research fellow at the University of Georgia leading experimental technology research projects exploring mobile computing and connected devices. He credits his business smarts to his studies in strategy and innovation at MIT.

In his agency career, Kit has worked with a variety of B2B and B2C brands across multiple touchpoints: AnheuserBusch, BP, Char-Broil, Coca-Cola, GE, NCR, Philips, Steve Harvey, and Synchrony Financial.

He co-founded Look Listen with his collaborator in punk bands, Paul Sternberg. In 2015, Look Listen was recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the US by hitting the Inc 500 and the 64th fastest growing company in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Awards.

 

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Whitney Wrona and Anthony Horton Authors of R U Ready for 4 Y?

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R U Ready 4 Y?: The Business Leader’s Guide to an Emergent Generation of Millennials in the Workforce

 

 

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They are here! They are growing in numbers, and they are different than any set of employees the business world has ever seen. Generation Y, commonly known as the Millennials, are entering the workforce in droves and will soon dominate it. Leaders, for the most part, are not ready for the revolutionary changes that will be required to adapt and transform their organizations. With key insights into the Millennial mindset, “R U Ready 4 Y? ” explains the new dynamics that Gen Y is introducing to the work environment and provides practical strategies for business leaders to ensure their companies are ready for Generation Y. With over five decades of combined global experience in business process outsourcing, learning development, human capital management and leadership, this trio of authors advances a compelling perspective on the impacts Gen Y will have on the future of the workplace.

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Whitney Wrona is co-author of R U Ready Y? – a ground breaking new book about Generation Y and the holistic approach to millennials in the workplace. Whitney began her career in Health Care Insurance and Benefits industry and has extensive experience in Human Capital Management with industry leading companies including ADP, RSM and Cigna. Her focus is on the field of Training & Learning Management, Leadership Facilitation, Employee Engagement and Performance Consulting. She has been featured by CLO Magazine around the Learning Approach to GenY.

Whitney holds Bachelors degrees in Consumer Science and Speech Communication. In addition, she is a Certified Master Facilitator and holds a Certificate in Training from Yale University.

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Antony is a co-author of R U Ready Y? Anthonys career has included executive and senior leadership positions with Fortune 500 and global corporations in the Telecommunications, Business Process Outsourcing and Human Capital Management industries. He has a passion for innovation and creatively organizes diverse teams and work methodologies to foster employee engagement and customer loyalty. He holds Honors B.A. and Masters degrees from the University of Waterloo and an Advanced Certificate in Strategic Human Resource

Richard Pelay:
(Special Guest)

Leadership development consultant and facilitator; over 15 years at ADP and previously holding leadership positions in Non-profit, start-up, and corporate environments.  Spent several years as a leader in a non-profit as well as owning my own business for a few years before going into the corporate world. Passionate about leadership development because I’m passionate about helping people become better at what they do. As John Maxwell states, “Everything rises and falls on leadership”; so if I can influence leaders to be better, their people will be better and hence, their organizations will become better!

 

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Spotlight Episode Featuring Veteran Entrepreneurs; Veterans Connect Radio

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A spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio Co-Hosted by Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson with Business RadioX and Brandon Skolnick with Gathering Of Angels featuring military veteran entrepreneurs in the Atlanta area continuing to serve our families, our communities and our country. 

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Samir Patel/Mobilization Capital

Samir Patel is an Atlanta native. He graduated from West Point (2008) and served in numerous leadership positions with the US Army to include platoon leader, commander, chief of operations and a procurement/contracting official.  He has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.  He’s part of an investment group and his current focus is on building  Mobilization Capital. This company solves some of the most challenging cash-flow issues facing government contractors.
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Edgard Sanchez/C’est Tout Bon 2 Eat

Edgard Abraham Sanchez (45) – Born and raised in New Orleans, LA. The youngest of 4. Learning my way around the kitchen started at an early age with my mother  cooking up meals from my mom and dad’s native land, Nicaragua. I Started working at Mandinas Restaurant in New Orleans at age 15 and picked up some Cajun and Creole cooking till I enlisted the United States Marine Corps at 18. Caught in a drawdown, I was forced out of the Marines after four years and I reluctantly crossed over into the U.S. Army where i continued to be an infantryman. At my 12 year mark my body had taken all that it could after sustaining injuries from a mine-strike in Bosnia. A med board convened and I was instructed to reclassify or get out. I reclassified into supply and logistics and finally retired after an illustrious 22 year career. Upon retirement in 2011 I drove through Atlanta (to see my high school crush) enroute to a GS job I had accepted in Tallahassee, FL. In 2012 I moved to Atlanta after commuting to Atlanta every other week. 2013 married Angel, my high school crush, started working in a warehouse as the inventory assistant to who is now my partner, Milton Mouzon. In 2014 graduated from Kennesaw State University’s Culinary Apprenticeship Program and The Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities held at Cornell University. Started C’est Tout Bon 2 Eat in November 2014.
I have 2 daughters from a previous marriage Brittany (23) and Hailey (20).

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