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COACH the COACH Flyte New Media Founder Rich Brooks

May 1, 2019 by angishields

Coach The Coach

COACH the COACH Flyte New Media Founder Rich Brooks

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Rich Brooks is founder and president of flyte new media, a digital agency in Portland, Maine, that’s been around for over 20 years. He is a nationally recognized speaker on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and social media. He founded The Agents of Change, an annual conference and weekly podcast that focuses on search, social & mobile marketing.

Rich is the author of The Lead Machine: The Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing, a popular and well-received book that helps entrepreneurs and marketers reach more of their ideal customers online. He has appeared in Inc. Magazine, The Huffington Post, FastCompany.com, CNN.com, the Social Media Examiner, and many other news sources for stories on digital marketing. He is also the “tech guru” on the evening news show, 207, which airs on the NBC affiliates in Maine.

Connect with Rich on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Scott Fletcher with LocatorX, Tommy Estes with Estes Services and Adam Araujo with Lead Web App

April 30, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Scott Fletcher with LocatorX, Tommy Estes with Estes Services and Adam Araujo with Lead Web App

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Scott Fletcher is CEO of LocatorX. Scott’s career encompasses more than 30 years of experience with information technology solutions and new business programs for companies including Shell, PeopleSoft, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Evant, and i2 Technologies. He has an extensive history of building and leading technology organizations in both small startup companies as well as large multinational corporations.

In June 2018, Mr. Fletcher retired after 10 years with Ultimate Software (ULTI) where he was Vice President responsible for $300M in revenue. He played a key role in Ultimate Software’s surpassing $1B in annual revenue. Ultimate Software was the fourth SaaS company to reach the one billion dollar milestone, and the only company to achieve the milestone profitably through internal growth.

Previously, Mr. Fletcher served as Vice President with two leading supply chain automation companies; I2 Technologies (now owned by JDA Software Group) and Evant (now owned by Manhattan Associates).

In 1993, Mr. Fletcher launched and led PeopleSoft Europe (now owned by Oracle) and then was promoted to manage their entire North American technical consulting business.

Mr. Fletcher has an MBA from Babson College and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Boston University.

Follow LocatorX on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Tommy Estes, CEO of Estes Services and a native of Atlanta, grew up in the family business and graduated with a degree in marketing and management from West Georgia College in 1971. Tommy has many industry awards including member of Carrier Hall of Fame.

Tommy is married to his wife Patricia and has two grown children – Kim and Brian (son Brian is now president of the company).

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Adam Araujo (A-rah-ho) is Ceo and Founder of The Lead Web App, a tool that streamlines leads from marketing and eliminates response time. Adam has been featured on multiple podcasts and in Spotlight Magazine by “ntwrkr”.

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn and follow Lead Web App on Facebook.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 72

April 29, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 72

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 72
“Supply Chain Opportunities & Support for Veterans”
Broadcast live from Emory University

Chuck Kluball serves Manager: Specialty Selling Store Operations at The Home Depot. Chuck graduated from Valdosta State University in 2009 and commissioned through OCS as an Infantry Officer in the Army where he served for 7 years.

While in the Army, Chuck completed an MBA from the University of North Carolina (UNC) with a dual focus in Global Supply Chain and Sustainability.  Upon transitioning out of the military, Chuck joined the Home Depot’s corporate offices in Atlanta as a Project Manager in their Supply Chain Development team.

Chuck is currently a manager of specialty selling for Home Depot’s appliance and kitchen departments and sits on Home Depot’s Military Appreciation Group (MAG) board where he leads the organization’s Veteran Integration efforts.  Chuck is a mentor with American Corporate Partners as well as supporting other veteran transition organizations.

Connect with Chuck on LinkedIn and learn more about how The Home Depot is serving the Veteran community here: https://corporate.homedepot.com/community/honoring-our-veterans

Ross Chesaniuk serves as Senior Project Manager at The Home Depot. Ross graduated from West Point with a degree in Systems & Industrial Engineering in 2011, commissioning as an Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army.

During his five years of service, Ross served in multiple roles including Platoon Leader and Executive Officer in a bridge construction company, Chief Engineer of a SOCOM compound in Afghanistan, and Project Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers. He completed his Masters in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech during his last year of service and transitioned to the private sector in 2016.

Ross joined The Home Depot as a Sr. Analyst – Supply Chain Strategy and currently leads Home Depot’s Upstream Supply Chain PMO team. He is serving as Co-Chair for The Home Depot’s Military Appreciation Group (MAG).

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn and learn more about how The Home Depot is serving the Veteran community here: https://corporate.homedepot.com/community/honoring-our-veterans

Lloyd Knight is a Senior Director of International Air Freight based at UPS Supply Chain Solutions corporate campus in Alpharetta, GA. Lloyd began his career with UPS in 2007 and in addition to his current assignment has served multiple capacities including Director of Global Freight Forwarding, Director of Global Government Operations and Government Operations Manager.

In addition to these roles, Lloyd has been selected for several special assignments including a six month rotation with corporate HR establishing the UPS Veterans Management Training Program, a six week deployment to Hong Kong in 2017 to support peak season and the Chairman of the UPS Veterans Council in 2019.

Lloyd retired from the Air Force in 2007 after 20 years of service. During his military service, Lloyd logged over 3,000 flight hours as a Loadmaster on several aircraft including the C-141 Starlifter, C-5 Galaxy, and C-23 Sherpa. He also served as a Functional Manager at HQ Air Mobility Command and First Sergeant for Medical and Communications Squadrons. Lloyd participated in Operations “Just Cause”, “Desert Storm” “Northern Watch”, “Southern Watch”, “Allied Force” and supported Operations “Enduring Freedom” and “Iraqi Freedom”.

Lloyd started the first UPS Veterans Business Resource Group in Atlanta and co-founded and is the President of VETLANTA, an industry collaboration of veteran friendly/affiliated organizations striving to make Atlanta the premier community for veterans and their families. He is an active volunteer supporting multiple non-profits including American Corporate Partners, FourBlock, Veterans Empowerment Organization and Hire Heroes USA.

Lloyd is the recipient of the 2017 UPS Jim Casey Community Service Award. This award is given annually to just one of 454,000 global UPS employees for demonstrating an exceptional commitment to helping others in their community. He is also two time recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award and was awarded an Atlanta Journal Constitution Hometown Hero Award in 2018.

Lloyd has associate degrees in Aircrew Operations and Human Resources Management from the Community College of the Air Force, a Bachelor Degree and Master’s Degree in Transportation & Logistics Management from American Military University. Lloyd is married to Suzan for 31 years and has two sons. Connect with Lloyd Knight on LinkedIn and learn more about UPS here: www.ups.com

Tyler Freeman was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and joined the United States Marine Corps in 2008.  He was stationed in the Carolinas shortly thereafter with military occupations primarily involving helicopter squadrons as an Aviation Maintenance Supervisor and a CH-53E Helicopter Crew Member.

After 5 ½ years of service and three deployments (2 to Northeast Africa and 1 to Afghanistan), Tyler received an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps in April of 2014 to pursue undergraduate studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While enrolled, he held a concurrent full-time position at Ameriprise Financial in various operations and project management roles.

He completed a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude) at UNC Greensboro in December, 2017. Tyler then relocated to Atlanta after he was accepted to Emory University’s Goizueta Business School & Emory Law School, where he began the full-time MBA/JM Dual Degree program in August 2018.

When Tyler is not studying, he is either looking for a new international location to visit, scuba diving, or motorcycling with his girlfriend Lea. He also enjoys finding and tasting rare and small batch bourbons around the country. Connect with Tyler on LinkedIn and learn more about VETLANTA here: https://vetlanta.org/

Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee.

He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable.

Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
Veteran Scholarship Opportunity for SCM Certifications: click here
Upcoming VETLANTA events: click here
Georgia Manufacturing Alliance: https://www.georgiamanufacturingalliance.com/
Blueprint 2019: https://blueridgeglobal.com/blueprint-2019/
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: https://youtu.be/z8QCs8lgyMM?t=1
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
Transparency 2019: https://www.freightwaves.com/transparency19
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 71

April 23, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 71

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 71

“Manufacturing Leadership Perspective & AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit”

Larry E. Fast serves as Director for the Southeast Region of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. He is also owner of the consulting firm Pathways to Manufacturing Excellence, LLC. Larry is a 35-year veteran of the wire & cable industry, with 25 of those years at Belden and 10 at General Cable. As Belden’s Vice President of Manufacturing, he led a transformation of plants in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1997, Larry joined General Cable Corporation (GCC), one of the world’s largest wire and cable companies.

As Senior Vice President of Operations, he launched a manufacturing excellence strategy in 1999 that became an enterprise-wide priority in 2001. Since the launch of this initiative at GCC, there have been 34 Industry Week “Best Plants Finalists” including 12 “Best Plants in North America” winners since 2001. Larry retired in 2007, where he’s been consulting with companies ever since. His book, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence – A Lean Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, 2nd Edition was released in September 2015 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. The original book, a bestseller, was published in October 2011.

Larry is a long-time member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and has served on university advisory boards including IUPUI-Richmond; the School of Applied Sciences, Miami University; and the Industry Advisory Board of the Tauber Manufacturing Institute, University of Michigan. He became a judge for Industry Week (IW) magazine’s “Best Plants in North America” competition in 2009. Since 2013, Larry writes a monthly column for the IW online magazine under the byline of “Ask the Expert: Lean Leadership & Continuous Improvement”.

Born in Winchester, IN, Larry served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force for three years of active duty and three years in the reservices. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management and Administration from Indiana University and is a graduate of Earlham College’s Institute for Executive Growth. Larry also successfully completed the thirteen week “Program for Management Development” at the Harvard University School of Business. Connect with Larry E. Fast on LinkedIn and learn more about the Association for Manufacturing excellence here: https://www.ame.org/

Jerry Pfister specializes in lean manufacturing and strategic planning. He has been a leader in the lean journey for 25 years – at Lochinvar / A.O. Smith and at a large Whirlpool Corporation facility. Jerry is continually amazed with how much can be accomplished with less (less space, less capital investment, less waste, etc.) by engaging the hearts and minds of those who are adding value for the customer in these organizations.

Jerry recently retired after 20 years as Vice President of Manufacturing at Lochinvar LLC, a business unit of AO Smith. Lochinvar is a high mix low volume manufacturer of custom commercial and residential hydronic boilers, water heaters and hot water storage tanks. They are entering their 21st year of their lean journey.

Jerry has a BS Degree in Industrial Management from Purdue University and an MS Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University. He has been involved with AME for 10 years and currently serves on the Board of Directors of AME’s Southeast Region. Jerry is Chair of the 2019 AME Lean Summit, held at the Atlanta Wyndham Galleria, May 6-9. Learn more about the event here: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit

Tim Jenkins currently serves as Plant Manager for Heraeus Quartz North America LLC in Buford Georgia. Tim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Ceramic Engineering from The University of Illinois, and his MBA from Otterbein University. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt Tim has been involved in Lean Six sigma Projects for over 15 years.

Tim started his career as a process/project engineer, moving latter into Engineering management, Research and Development management, and his current position as Plant manager. Tim has been a member of AME since 2008, he is a member of the AME champions Club, an AME Southeastern Region Board member and the tour chair for the 2019 Atlanta Summit. Learn more about his organization here: https://www.heraeus.com

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
Veteran Scholarship Opportunity for SCM Certifications: click here
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: https://youtu.be/z8QCs8lgyMM?t=1
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
Transparency 2019: https://www.freightwaves.com/transparency19
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

April 23, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a national fast-casual cafe concept inspiring healthier lifestyles across the country with more than 720 locations nationwide. Serving better-for-you smoothies, wraps, sandwiches, and flatbreads, Tropical Smoothie Cafe also offers upgraded app technology and enhanced mobile ordering capabilities to further elevate the digital and dine-in cafe experience and emphasize the brand’s focus on convenience.

The rapidly growing franchise has received numerous accolades including rankings in QSR’s Best Franchise Deals, Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, Forbes’ Best Franchises and Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers in 2018, as well as Franchise Times’ Top 200+ and Nation’s Restaurant News’ Fastest Growing Chains in 2018.

Charles Watson, CEO of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, is a dedicated hospitality franchise professional focused on the leadership and growth of exceptional franchise systems.

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Jamine Moton, CEO of Skylar Security, has 15+ years of Law Enforcement and Private Security experience. She served as a Law Enforcement Professional for a Metro Atlanta Police Department. Jamine has 10+ years of experience in corporate training and development, security process strategy and assessments, security team management and concept implementation.

Jamine holds a Master’s degree in Training and Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice. Both degrees were received from Clemson University.

Connect with Jamine on LinkedIn, and follow Skylar Security on Facebook.

TAMPA BUSINESS RADIO Jim Cheatham with Eagle Rock Partners

April 22, 2019 by angishields

Tampa Business Radio

TAMPA BUSINESS RADIO Jim Cheatham with Eagle Rock Partners

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Jim Cheatham, Chairman of Eagle Rock Partners , has over 40 years experience as CEO and President level skilled in senior management in the planning and structuring of mid-level to emerging companies.

Mr. Cheatham’s expertise in marketing, broadcasting, franchising, operations, manufacturing, food processing, and infrastructure development, are derived from experiences as Marketing Director for Holiday Inns; Vice President of Marketing for Industrial Industries, a manufacturing company; and President of one of the first, and largest Wendy’s franchise.

Jim serves on several Board of Directors and is a public speaker on business topics.

Connect with Jim on LinkedIn.

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus and Tiara Zolnierz with EnrichHER, John Adcox with Gramarye Media and Noelle London with Invest Atlanta

April 22, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus and Tiara Zolnierz with EnrichHER, John Adcox with Gramarye Media and Noelle London with Invest Atlanta

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Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, is a gender equality advocate who believes in economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Dr. Novellus holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, with a Minor in Finance, a Masters of Science in Information Technology. Roshawnna was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, as a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact, and as one of the Top 25 Innovators & Disruptors in Tech.

Tiara Zolnierz, Chief Business Development Officer of EnrichHER, is a dynamic, results-driven creative sales strategist with a 12-year record of exceeding sales quotas in Human Capital Management. Served as Director of Acquisition focused on buying and selling financial products as well as lending capital to various organizations. Her experience includes proven results in B2B sales, business development, account management, structuring highly complicated deal terms, negotiations, and underwriting to mitigate risk.

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Over the course of a 20-year career in advertising, marketing, and new media, John Adcox has held a number of titles including Executive Producer, Vice President of Digital Media, Creative Director, Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services, and CEO. A few of his clients have included AT&T, Mercedes-Benz, Holiday Inn, Coca-Cola, UPS, SCANA, AutoTrader.com, Time Warner, Disney, Delta Airlines, 3M, Ford, and many more.

In addition, he has hosted a radio show, acted professionally (although not since age 15), designed and written scripts for games, written a play for a professional theatre company, taught university astronomy, and written articles on topics including mythology, psychology, technology, religion, and marketing strategy.

His many, many interests include books and literature, religion and philosophy, mythology, the Arthurian legends, travel, baseball, science fiction and fantasy, marketing communications, Celtic music and lore, new media, theatre, and politics, not to mention astronomy and cosmological physics.

John sits on advisory boards/boards of directors at the Blockchain Chamber of Commerce, Invest Atlanta, and the Georgia State University Library. He served for more than four years as the Lay Leader and Council Chair at Inman Park United Methodist Church.

John Adcox is the founder and CEO of Gramarye Media, the story incubator — a disruptive book publisher, film studio, game developer, and more. Gramarye is the first “mini-major” studio, complete with distribution, on the east coast, and the first funded by an SEC-compliant Security Token Offering.

Gramarye Media is a company incubated through Georgia Tech’s prestigious Flashpoint program, which advocates rigorous process for reliable innovation. Gramarye applies that same “Silicon Valley” incubation approach to content innovation, building and vetting engaged audiences before a single frame of film is shot. That process, along with proprietary technology and the Georgia business environment, allows Gramarye to reduce both the risk and costs of developing original event tentpole franchises.

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Noelle London leads Invest Atlanta, the Economic Development Authority of Atlanta’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship efforts. Here she supports building Atlanta’s technology ecosystem and has launched a toolkit of resources providing Atlanta’s entrepreneurs support to gaps in funding, customer access, and tech talent.

Prior to joining the Invest Atlanta team, Noelle London was with 1776, a global incubator and seed fund, in Washington, DC. There, she launched and managed 1776’s second incubator in Crystal City, Virginia. She later moved on to lead the DC Region team and launch industry-focused challenges to improve corporate innovation pipelines.

Noelle completed her masters in Global Policy at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. During graduate school, she worked as a researcher with IC2 Institute studying innovation policy and entrepreneurship globally, including projects focused on Ecuador, Indonesia, and South Korea.

Noelle served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua training the Ministry of Education in a new entrepreneurial development curriculum as well as helping to build women’s artesian cooperatives. She holds a BS in Economics and Latin American Studies from the College of Charleston.

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About Your Host

Joey Kline is a Vice President at JLL, specializing in office brokerage and tenant representation. As an Atlanta native, he has a deep passion for promoting the economic growth and continued competitiveness of communities in and around Atlanta, as well as the Southeast as a whole. He has completed transactions in every major submarket of metro Atlanta, and works primarily with start-ups, advertising/marketing agencies, and publicly-traded companies. With a healthy mix of tenacious drive and analytical insights, Joey is a skilled negotiator who advises clients on a myriad of complex real estate matters.

With a strategy and business development background, Joey is first and foremost a pragmatic advisor to his clients. Most recently, he was the Director of Business Development for American Fueling Systems, an Atlanta-based alternative energy company. While at JLL, he has become a member of the Million Dollar Club, and has built a reputation as an expert on the intersection of transit-accessibility and urban real estate. With intimate involvement in site selection and planning/zoning concerns, Joey approaches real estate from the perspective of the end user, and thus possesses a unique lens through which to serve his clients.

Joey holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a founder, board member, and the treasurer of Advance Atlanta, and also sits on the Selection Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth’s Fast 40 event. In addition, he is a member of CoreNet and the Urban Land Institute. Finally, he is part of LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2019.

Connect with Joey on LinkedIn.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 70

April 20, 2019 by angishields

LIVE

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 70

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 70
“Key Takeaways from 2019 Georgia Logistics Summit”
Live from the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics

Matt Markham is the Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics, which helps companies take advantage of the state’s world-class logistics industry, so that they can improve supply chain efficiencies, support growth, and increase global competitiveness.

Matt brings to the position more than a decade of experience in transportation policy at the state of Georgia, having served in leadership roles at the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, the State Road and Tollway Authority, and as a policy advisor to Lt. Governor Casey Cagle.

Matt holds a bachelor’s degree from Hampden-Sydney College and a Master of Public Administration degree from Georgia State University. Learn more about the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics: https://www.georgia.org/about-coi-logistics.

Wesley Barrell serves as the Terminal Manager at the Appalachian Regional Port (ARP), which is a component of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA). Wesley joined the GPA in 2011. Prior to his current position, Wesley has held positions in Crane Maintenance, Container Operations, Intermodal Operations and Strategic Operations.

Wesley currently is a Board Member of Murray County Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Northwest Georgia Transportation Club. In addition to Georgia Ports Authority Wesley supported the United States Armed Forces in Germany and USA and served in Her Majesty Armed Services with The Light Dragoons as a reconnaissance soldier.

Wesley earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanics and has over 23 years of experience in industrial equipment repair and leadership. Wesley is married with to his wife Kelly Barrell who together they have 5 children. Connect with Wesley Barrell at wbarrell@gaports.com and learn more about the ARP here: https://appalachianregionalport.com/

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode
APICS Atlanta CSCP and CLTD Boot Camps at Georgia Tech: click here
Veteran Scholarship Opportunity for SCM Certifications: click here
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: https://youtu.be/z8QCs8lgyMM?t=1
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
Transparency 2019: https://www.freightwaves.com/transparency19
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here
Gartner Supply Chain Leadership Conference in Phoenix: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/supply-chain-us

Office Evolution Radio: Nancy Hoehn with Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce and Marjorie Gibson with Community Social Integration

April 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Office Evolution Radio: Nancy Hoehn with Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce and Marjorie Gibson with Community Social Integration

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Nancy Hoehn is currently leading the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce as their first CEO/President. Nancy feels It is an honor to have the opportunity to work for an organization that is serving the business community in the 6th fastest growing city in the United States! Nancy looks forward to sharing her expertise in the industry and skills to take the Alpharetta Chamber to the next level of growth.

Beginning her professional career in the accounting industry both public and private, she developed a strong sense of analyzing business trends. After earning her Master’s Degree, she advanced to business administration where she gained experience in contract negotiation, HR management and large-scale event planning (conferences, training, etc.) After serving for nearly a decade in several elected district leadership positions with Toastmasters International including the CEO Position of District 84 Director, her professional focus expanded to public relations, community relations and non-profits.

During the past several years, Nancy has been involved with several Chambers in Florida to lead, grow membership, improve retention and educate the community on the value of Chamber membership. Her successes with building a stronger community of businesses and creating more value for the members, gave her the skills and experience to take a young chamber to the next level of growth.

For close to a decade, serving in District Leadership for Toastmasters International; the most current being the Executive Director/CEO position of District Director, Nancy led an all-volunteer leadership team of more than 70 individuals to provide support and guidance to the more than 4000 members in the 200+ clubs in Central and Northern Florida. This team exceeded all goals, won several awards and insured the members were well-served. This experience gave Nancy the leadership and staff management skills to be a strong community leader!

Follow the Alpharetta Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Marjorie Gibson is Vice President of Community Social Integration.