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Chris Carneal with Boosterthon and David Brinkman with Assuresign

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Business RadioX ® Host Ryan McPherson interviews business owners and entrepreneurs from metro Atlanta’s leading companies.

 

Chris Carneal and David Brinkman

 

 

 

Chris Carneal/Boosterthon
Founder & CEO

Chris CarnealChris Carneal is the founder and president of Booster and its flagship school funding program, the Boosterthon Fun Run.
Chris was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He later attended Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., where he played baseball. During college he started his first company, All Sports Tutoring, a sports training program that also taught students valuable character and leadership lessons.

The son of a long-term educator, Chris sold All Sports Tutoring in 2002 and launched his newest endeavor, an innovative fitness fundraiser for schools called the Boosterthon Fun Run. He designed it as an alternative to the product sales that most elementary schools use to meet budget shortfalls. Today, Booster employs more than 450 team members and partners with over 1,600 schools to meet their yearly funding goals. The Boosterthon also offers one of the most innovative character education programs in the nation with more than one million students participating. In its mission to strengthen schools by increasing funds and inspiring students, Booster has raised schools more than $120 million to improve education since its inception.

Chris and his wife Lyndie live in Johns Creek, Ga., with their four children.

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David Brinkman/AssureSign
Founder & CEO

David BrinkmanDavid Brinkman is president and CEO of AssureSign, an electronic signature software provider for enterprises and small business. As a veteran technology entrepreneur, David co-founded Third Party Verification, Inc. (3PV), which is now a part of AssureSign. David also serves as an active board member of the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA).

 

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center “The Shrimp Tank” Featuring JC Ordono with First Fence of Georgia

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Feeding Young Entrepreneurial Minds & Businesses Plans Entrepreneurs come to the Shrimp Tank to compete for funding to grow their dreams.

Hosts of The Shrimp Tank Chris Hanks and Ted Jenkin.

 

 

 

JC OrdonoJC Ordono/First Fence of Georgia 
Majority Partner, President

Mr. Ordono is the Founding Partner and majority owner of First Fence of Georgia. He has fifteen years fence industry experience in a broad range of Operations, Sales and Executive positions. He has achieved CFP (Certified Fence Professional) status, certified by the American Fence Association and is recognized for professional achievement in the Industry.

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Ted Jenkin, JC Ordono, Chris Hanks

Ted Jenkin, JC Ordono, Chris Hanks

 

 Ted Jenkin/Oxygen Financial
(Co – Host)

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.

 

 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.

 

 

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Landel Hobbs with National 4H-Council and Sarah Gibson with Cell Phone Repair Atlanta

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Sarah Gibson and Landel Hobbs

Landel Hobbs/National 4-H Council

Chairman of National 4-H Council Board of Trustees

Landel Hobbs, founder and CEO, LCH Enterprises, LLC, Atlanta, GA, assumed his new leadership role as chairman of the National 4-H Council Board during last month’s Board meeting. Hobbs areas of expertise span the financial, telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. Prior to LCH Enterprises, Mr. Hobbs was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Time Warner Cable as well as the Chief Accounting Officer for Turner Broadcasting Company.

He has served on Councils Board for more than five years and prior to his new leadership post chaired the Finance Committee.

 

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Sarah Gibson/Cell Phone Pair Atlanta
Marketing & Sales Director

Sarah is the Marketing and Sales Director for CPR Atlanta. She runs around like a super hero making sure local companies and schools, picking up devices and cutting overhead costs. Cody is one of the CEOs of CPR Atlanta and is the creator of our service techniques, our top researcher, and the foundation of our business.

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Dee Ann Turner with Chick-fil-A

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Author of the new book “It’s My Pleasure: The Impact of Extraordinary Talent and a Compelling Culture.

 

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BUSINESSES ARE BUILT BY GROWING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS. CULTURE IS CREATED BY THE STORIES THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TELL.

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Dee Ann Turner/Chick-fil-A
VP Corporate Talent

Dee Ann Turner has worked for Chick-fil-A for more than 30 years and currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Talent. Over the years, she has played an intricate role in growing Chick-fil-A’s unique and highly regarded culture while overseeing recruitment, selection, and retention of corporate staff and the recruitment and selection of Chick-fil-A Franchisees.

Dee Ann’s insightful knowledge and applicable tools to building an incredible and influential company culture are revealed in her upcoming book, It’s My Pleasure: The Impact of Extraordinary Talent and A Compelling Culture.

Dee Ann attended Cincinnati Christian University in Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in Journalism and Christian Education. She later completed her education at Clayton State University in Atlanta with a degree in Management. She received further certifications at Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill, and she completed the prestigious Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Dee Ann serves as a Board member for the Kenya Project, an organization that provides education, homes, food and spiritual growth for children in Kenya. Additionally, she serves as a Board member of Proverbs 31 ministry in Charlotte, NC. She has a passion for missions that support women and children and strengthen families. Dee Ann and her husband, Ashley, have been married for over 30 years and they have three sons, Trenton, Trevor and Trey.

 

 

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Host Ryan "Redhawk" McPherson

Host Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson

Justin Barnes and This Just In Radio Show will appear LIVE at HIMSS 2016

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This Just In Radio Show host, Justin Barnes, aka the @HITAdvisor and his guests shed light on the latest trends, strategy and innovations impacting healthcare, technology and even entrepreneurialism in America. Whether it’s healthcare, health IT, strategy, or the “next big thing”, if a topic is trending, Justin is sure to be talking about it with his broad circle of peers.

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Justin T. Barnes/Justin Barnes, LLC

Justin BarnesAs a healthcare innovation executive and strategist, Justin is a corporate, board and policy advisor who also serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). Justin mentors and provides strategic entrepreneurial advice as well as key business connections to help grow a wide range of organizations including healthcare and IT companies, industry collaboratives, health systems and physician practices. In addition, Mr. Barnes is Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association as well as Co-Chairman of theAccountable Care Community of Practice where he assists both organizations with industry strategy and leadership. Justin is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio show “This Just In” on Healthcare Radio.

Barnes previously was a member of the leadership team at Greenway Health where he worked for 11 years primarily serving as Vice President of Marketing, Industry Affairs, Government Relations and International Affairs.

In addition, Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of the patient-provider communications and engagement company, Healinx Corporation. Today, Healinx is known as theRelayHealth Division of McKesson. Before joining Healinx, Barnes held several National Operations positions with HBO & Company that subsequently merged with McKesson in 1999.

Justin has formally addressed and/or testified before Congress as well as the last two Presidential Administrations on more than twenty occasions since 2005 with statements relating to value-based medicine, accountable care, interoperability, EHR meaningful use, consumerism, health IT innovation, health information exchange, patient engagement, quality, HIPAA and the globalization of healthcare. Barnes is a regular public speaker on these issues and has appeared in more than 800 journals, magazines and broadcast media outlets relating to national leadership of healthcare and health IT. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy, HIPAA, health information exchange, health IT and EHRs.

Barnes majored in Legal Studies and holds a BA & BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and served Rotary International as a Board Member and Chairman of Public Relations for the Amherst Rotary Club. He also served in the U.S. Army in Infantry & Communication Units.

Elected and Appointed Governance Positions

  • Chairman Emeritus & co-Founder of the HIMSS EHR Association
  • Co-Founder & Director, Mobile Health Consortium
  • Co-Chairman & co-Founder, Accountable Care Community of Practice (AC CoP)
  • Board Member, Healtheway
  • Co-Founder, Healtheway’s Carequality
  • Board Member & co-Founder, CommonWell Health Alliance
  • Board Member, Bipartisan Policy Center Task Force on Delivery System Reform & Health IT
  • Board Member, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE-USA)
  • Co-Chairman, Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) Bioscience Leadership Council (BLC)
  • Fellow, Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS)
  • Board Member, Texas Health Institute (THI)
  • Board Member & co-Founder, ONC Regional Extension Center (REC) Community of Practice (EHR Adoption CoP)
  • Board Member of the HLC Confidentiality Coalition Steering Committee
  • Board Member, National Science Foundation Body of Knowledge Advisory Board
  • Chairman, Membership Committee of EHR Association
  • Board Member, Gwinnett Technical College HIT Advisory Board
  • Co-Chairman, Government Relations, National Health IT Week
  • Member of National Governors Association (NGA) Health Information Protection Task Force of the State Alliance for E-Health
  • Member of EHR Association Government Relations Work Group
  • Member of HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable
  • Member of Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) Privacy Expert Panel

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KSU Shrimp Tank features Tom DiGregorio on Atlanta Business Radio

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The Shrimp Tank

Feeding Young Entrepreneurial Minds & Businesses Plans Entrepreneurs come to the Shrimp Tank to compete for funding to grow their dreams.

Ted Jenkin, Tom DiGredorio and Chris Hanks

L to R Co-Host Ted Jenkin, Tom DiGregorio and Co-Host Chris Hanks

 

Tom DiGregorio is President and Owner of AquaGuard Basement Systems, Tom has strived to raise his customers expectations of residential contractors by developing and running his business with his slogan “A Service Company with Integrity, A Contractor who Cares” as his guide.

 

Tom DiGregorio/Aquaguard

As President and Owner of AquaGuard Basement Systems, Tom has strived to raise his customers expectations of residential contractors by developing and running his business with his slogan “A Service Company with Integrity, A Contractor who Cares” as his guide.

With over 21 years in residential home services, Tom has an extensive understanding of the residential basement waterproofing industry and foundation repair. He brings a focused and intelligent approach to each job and is a true waterproofing and foundation repair expert. Tom achieved his certifications from premiere organizations including The National Association of Waterproofing & Structural Repair Contractors, The Basement Systems International Waterproofing Contractors Network and Foundation SupportWorks International.

 

 

 Ted Jenkin/Oxygen Financial
(Co – Host)

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.

 

 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.

 

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Atlanta Electric Car Company with Diane Meyer and Paul Jones

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VINTAGE BEAUTY +
ELECTRIC EFFICIENCY

Atlanta Electric Car Company makes any car affordable and climate-friendly. We convert gas guzzlers into charge-ready vehicles with the look, luxury and speed you want at low cost to you and the environment.

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Diane Meyer/Atlanta Electric Car Company
CEO & Founder

I am eager to share our business in converting vintage cars to electric and restoring them. Every vintage car has a story – but they need a lot of maintenance to keep running, so let’s turn them to electric and show them off. We started almost a year ago and have opened a second location on Martha’s Vineyard with Clarence “Tripp” Barnes the 3rd. It’s been an incredible journey to create and launch this company, people love it and we have a segment airing on CNN about the “little guys” trying to effect climate change. It’s simple to convert your car, but it’s more than that, convert fleets, trucks, your lawnmower, etc.

 

Paul Jones/ Atlanta Electric Car Company
Founder

 

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Spotlight Episode on Crossfit

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A special spotlight episode of ABR featuring;

Marjorie Greene and Travis Mayer
from Crossfit Passion in Alpharetta. We talk all about Crossfit and focus on what it is like to be a successful Crossfit athlete, affiliate owner and more!

 

 

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Travis Mayer & Marjorie Greene from Crossfit Passion in Alpharetta

 

 

Marjorie Greene/Crossfit Passion
Owner/Coach/Athlete

Marjorie GreeneMarjorie is an owner here at CrossFit Passion, an experienced coach, a full-time Mom, a fierce event competitor, and an infectious positive energy every day at our gym. She grew up playing softball and enjoyed success in water sports. Marjorie was introduced to CrossFit in 2007 by a good friend who trained with her in a Lifetime Fitness. At the time she was also into cycling, distance racing, and other endurance sports; looking to feed her desire for both competition and fitness. Marjorie realized that this type of fitness never made her strong, so in 2011 she committed full time to CrossFit and has never looked back. She credits CrossFit for allowing her to live everyday of her life healthy and to its fullest potential and truly draws happiness from helping the people she coaches realize their own potential, achieve their fitness goals, and become better humans in the process!

Certifications:

  • CrossFit Level 1
  • CrossFit Level 2
  • USAW Level 1
  • CrossFit Kids
  • USAW Sports Performance Coach

 

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Travis Mayer/Crossfit Passion
Owner/Coach/Athlete

Travis MayerTravis Mayer is an owner here at CrossFit Passion, our head coach and programmer, a world class CrossFit Competitor, and all around fun dude. Travis made his second consecutive trip to the CrossFit Games this year (18th and 29th place finishes, respectively) and is currently working toward and looking forward to another trip in 2015. If you come in to our Noon class you can usually catch a glimpse of him putting in some sweat equity and improving himself with the educated guidance of Max El Hag and the Training Think Tank.

Travis grew up a gear head, building and racing motocross from a young age until his late teens. A friend then introduced Travis to CrossFit by showing him some Chris Spealler videos; it blew his mind that someone could move so fast with so much weight. It was then that Travis instead realized he wanted to finely tune humans, not bikes. He put down the wrench, picked up the barbell and has been using CrossFit as his tool of choice to not only improve himself, but the lives of those who buy in to what he teaches.

Certifications:

  • CrossFit Level 1
  • CrossFit Level 2
  • AAAI/ISSA Personal Trainer
  • OPT Assessment/ Program Design

 

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F3Expo, The FPV, Flight, Festival & Expo 2015 – Featuring Chris Brann, Kevin Dougherty, Jon Davis on Atlanta Business Radio

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F3Expo is the world’s first drone technology and lifestyle event for all ages and skill levels.

 

 

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UNITED WE FLY 

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In studio from Left to Right, Jon Davis, Chris Brann, Kevin Dougherty

 

 

Chris Brann / Pilot, music producer, innovator 

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Kevin Dougherty / FPV Daredevil & Xhover Team Pilot

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Jon Davis / “I ‘m an FPV quadcopter pilot from Georgia. I live and breath this stuff!”

 

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Terrilyn Simmons and Gianna Carme with ChooseATL and Metro Atlanta Chamber, Carlos Hidalgo with ANNUITAS and author of Driving Demand

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Carlos Hidalgo, Ginna Carme, Terrilyn Simmons

 

Terrilyn Simmons/ChooseATL/Metro Atlanta Chamber
Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications

An award-winning communications professional with expertise in diverse communications disciplines. A seasoned strategist with the outstanding ability to humanize brands by executing innovative marketing and PR campaigns.

Drive communications strategy for the ChooseATL regional marketing campaign to promote Atlanta (www.chooseATL.com, #chooseATL). Manage external agencies/vendors to ensure vision and strategy is effectively communicated and executed. Lead online and offline marketing initiatives, integrating digital, paid, social, web and earned media to create brand awareness.

Develop and implement internal/external communications strategies to create visibility for MAC president and CEO. Executed an award-winning visibility campaign in support of the president’s first year.

www.ChooseATL.com   Twitter    Facebook   LinkedIn

 

 

Gianna Carme/ChooseATL/Metro Atlanta Chamber
Marketing & Communications Manager

Serve as a lead on the communications component of the ChooseATL regional marketing campaign aimed at telling Atlanta’s story. Manage social media strategy and platforms, as well as collaborate with internal team and vendors to ensure delivery of all marketing initiatives. Deliverables include digital marketing, paid media, brand awareness, campaign website and monthly analytics. #chooseATL www.chooseATL.com

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos Hidalgo/ANNUITAS
Founder & CEO

Carlos is an innovative thought-leader with over 20 years experience as a B2B marketing practitioner and industry visionary. Carlos is widely recognized for his expertise in strategic integrated marketing, Demand Process, Demand Transformation℠ and marketing automation. As CEO and Principal of ANNUITAS, Carlos drives strategy and leads core practice teams to Transform Demand℠ for enterprise clients globally. Carlos has been named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management for the last five years and was named as a Whos Who in BtoB Marketing in 2011 and 2012. Prior to ANNUITAS Carlos was responsible for global SMB marketing at BMC Software and held a similar role at McAfee. Carlos received his bachelors degree in business communications from Cedarville University in Ohio.

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