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BRX Pro Tip: Why Business Brokers Should be BRX Studio Partners

November 18, 2019 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Why Business Brokers Should be BRX Studio Partners

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BRX Pro Tip: Why Business Brokers Should be BRX Studio Partners Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:01] Welcome back to BRX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, let’s talk about specifically why business brokers should become Business RadioX studio partners.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:13] Yeah, business brokers are kind of a unique group because they are looking for businesses to buy, and they are looking for businesses to sell. So, they really have to be kind of have their ear to the ground when it comes to all kinds of business activity. And they also work with a lot of trusted advisors, like lawyers, and accountants, and people like that, and wealth management companies. So, they have to know a whole lot of people, and they have to be able to reciprocate to a whole lot of people.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:42] So, by being a Business RadioX studio partner, first, you have a great vehicle to reciprocate when it comes to doing a solid for any of those trusted advisors. Even though you might not be able to refer business to them as often as they refer business to you, you now have a vehicle that can give them a lot of credibility and authority by having them be a guest on one of your shows. And especially if you create shows around whatever is important to them, that’s even better.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:08] Another reason is that you get to become a mega connector. You’re going to be meeting people in all kinds of industry. So, you’re going to be able to match make in lots of different ways, in ways that you can’t even imagine until you start doing this for a few months. And then, what better way to know what businesses are getting ready or on the brink of being ready to sell than interviewing them in the studio?

Stone Payton: [00:01:29] That piece right there is huge. I call it first look. But sniffing out these opportunities is really one of the biggest challenges in that whole—even M&A investment bankers with really large organizations that serve middle market and larger markets sniffing out these deals. But also, at the smaller into the market, that is huge getting that. You’ve got a platform here that is just uniquely built for getting first look

Lee Kantor: [00:01:56] Yeah. That’s why I highly recommend if you’re a business broker and want to stand out from the other business brokers in your market, then become a Business RadioX studio partner and dominate your local market.

Mike Dickerson with ClickDimensions and Joe Macchiarella with Trextel

November 18, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Mike Dickerson with ClickDimensions and Joe Macchiarella with Trextel

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Mike Dickerson, CEO of ClickDimensions, is an experienced global executive with entrepreneurial passion for developing new businesses and building the teams to bring them to life. Turned an idea on a bar napkin into a $250 million division providing mission-critical communications technology to the Global 1000. Funded and founded three start ups. Was part of the executive team to take PGI private in a $1.1 billion transaction with Siris Capital. Currently leading an industry-leading Marketing Technology firm owned by private equity firm Accel-KKR.

Specialties: Growth strategy, new business development, organizational transformation and global management.

Interested in talking with anyone who wants to make digital marketing technology more accessible for the benefit of our 3,400 customers and 1,000 partners in the Microsoft Dynamics community.

As the primary stakeholder in transforming the customer experience, Joe Macchiarella is responsible for leading our operational teams in the never-ending pursuit of customer excellence. As a successful business leader with a track record for building companies to scale, he capitalizes on 25 years of experience in creating high-performance environments by establishing well-defined, repeatable business processes in order to ensure Trextel is the last IT and managed service solution that our customers will ever need.

Prior to joining Trextel, Joe worked with industry innovators such as Straix Corporation, Cbeyond, Goldman Sachs and Harris Corporation. While at Stratix Corporation, Joe led the mobile operations organization to scale through a rapid revenue growth rate in excess of 400% within a 5 year period while achieving industry-leading NPS scores, year over year.

The hunger to achieve industry-leading customer satisfaction (NPS) is embedded in his DNA, along with motivating and professionally developing everyone around Him. All efforts are through a disciplined focus on people, process and product. These are the three pillars in Joe’s blueprint for success.

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.

IMPACT Ep1: John Klippstein, Sa’ad Allawi, Melvin Morgan

November 16, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

IMPACT Ep1: John Klippstein, Sa’ad Allawi, Melvin Morgan

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GUESTS:
John Klippstein, OV Optimist Club-Past President
PO Box 68171
Oro Valley AZ 85737
520-591-2537
ovoptimistclub@gmail.com
Orovalleyoptimist.com

The son of famed Chicago Cubs pitcher Johnny Klippstein and a former pitcher himself, John Klippstein (aka Klipper), has called Tucson home since 2003. He’s built a solid reputation in the automotive services industry, having completed more than 100,000 service transactions in Oro Valley, Marana, and Tucson, and has been active in his community in a variety of ways. One of his passions is the Oro Valley Optimist Club where he has served in a variety of positions, including President. He also supports youth sports and is a huge UA fan!

The Oro Valley Optimist Club (OVOC) has been serving the youth of this community since November 20, 2002. Currently, there are 25 members that support 12 different youth groups throughout our community. We consider ourselves a “small but mighty” club and we are hoping to change the “small” part of that sentiment by increasing our membership. We sponsor one fundraiser each year, “Scramble for Youth Golf Tournament”, which we are also in the process of expanding. The OVOC has made a positive difference for the youth in this community by annually raising funds for Pennies for Childhood Cancer, Project Graduation, Pima County Youth on Their Own and Arizona Youth Partnership, just to name a few. In addition to providing financial support, the OVOC is involved in service projects such as Dispose-A-Med, Shop With A Cop and Drug Awareness day. We also serve the youth in this community with our education programs such as Student of the Year and Oratorical and Essay contests.

Our mission is to “promote good health, positive citizenship, and lifestyle in the youth of northwest Pima County.”

The OVOC  seeks to support the Oro Valley Police Department(OVPD) by establishing the OVPD Retired Police Canine (K-9)Fund that is separate, but under the umbrella of the OVOC Youth Services Fund, a 501c3 entity. The fund will be used to reimburse a K-9’s handler for out-of-pocket expenses incurred for non-routine medical care for retired police dogs. The K-9s are often adopted by their handlers when they retire, and most go on to become beloved members of their families. However, retired K-9s can experience costly medical challenges. Most agencies, cities, or counties provide the K-9s with veterinary care during their working career, yet it’s not uncommon for the agency to discontinue to pay for medical costs after retirement. Thus, the responsibilities fall to the handler.

That’s where the OVPD Retired Police Canine Fund comes in. This monetary effort will ensure the K-9s have proper medical care during retirement for expensive procedures due to work-related injuries. The fund will truly benefit the dogs after their working careers are complete.

Sa’ad Allawi, Director of Strategy and Operations
Healing Arizona Veterans
7598 N. La Cholla Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85741
203-820-9308
sallawi@comcast.net
healingazvets@gmail.com
healingarizonaveterans.org

Sa’ad Allawi is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Performance Logic Inc. He has 35 years of experience in consulting, 20 of those to healthcare organizations in various capacities. Prior to co-founding Performance Logic, Mr. Allawi led Nextera’s healthcare practice. Before that, he built and was the chairman of William Mercer’s healthcare provider practice. Prior to that, he built and was the director of APM’s Operations Improvement program. In addition to healthcare, Mr. Allawi worked in other industries. He was the Director of Business Development for AI industries and worked for McKinsey and Co., where he was a consultant to Fortune 100 companies and public sector organizations. He was an engineer with CA Parsons, the turbine generator manufacturers, and a section leader for MW Kellogg, petrochemical design engineers. He served on the Advisory Boards of a number of Healthcare Service and Technology companies and the Private Sector Development in Iraq for the CPA. He was a prior president of Oro Valley Rotary and Board member for Healing Arizona Veterans. He is an extensive public speaker on management and the Middle East. His work at Healing Arizona Veterans covers many aspects, including lobbying the State of Arizona to pass HB2513 (unanimously) for supporting the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Summary of Sa’ad’s nonprofit’s work in the community and the IMPACT he has.

Healing Arizona Veterans uses donations to sponsor the treatment of military veterans suffering from wartime TBI and PTSD. The treatment utilizes Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and adjunctive therapies at private facilities.

Melvin (Butch) Morgan, President
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 106
P.O. Box 40903
Tucson, AZ 85717-0903
816-719-8546 -/-home 520-838-0528
butchmorgan@yahoo.com
www.tucsonnamvets.org

1963-1967 Marines Cpl. (E-4)
!969-1971 Army Guard Spc. (E-4)
1972-2004 Air Force SMSgt. (E-8)
Active Service 26 years 10 months 18 days
Total Service 39 Years 10 months 18 days
Born in Wewoka, OKLA September 1944
Raise in Carthage MO and Gradated Carthage Sr High 63 / Have an AA degree.

On March 3, 1963, I enlisted in the Marines Corps on the delayed program to go on active duty in July of 1963. I was a senior in Carthage Sr. High when a recruiter from the Marine Corps came in and gave a talk to all seniors. There were other recruiters there as well, but the Marine gave the best talk of them all and looked the best in his Blues.

I left for Kansas City to finish the processing and leave for boot camp on July 6, 1963. July 7 was the day I was sworn in with 12 others and given orders for San Diego MCRD.

My days with 7th Motor at Camp Pendleton CA were some of the fun days driving the 5 tons the first two and half years there.

I left for Vietnam in August of 1965 and return August 31 of 1966. We made landing from Oct to Dec of 1965 when we left the Ships for good on Dec 24 for our base camp at PHU BI Vietnam. All my memories of my time in the Marine Corp were good ones and only two or three close calls in Nam weren’t so good. Most of Vietnam was a very nice place.

The biggest challenge I had was in Vietnam learning how to work with the people there.

I lived in other countries as a young kid but learning how to work with people of another country was defendants.

What I learn as a Marine I took with me my hold life as to how to care and work as a team for the men and women around you and as a person.

As a person who had a hard time learning in school in some subject, I would say and still to young mem and lady today stay in school and go to on higher if you can. If you join a service, get all the schools you can there.

I have told this to my grand-kids many times don’t go to school and put things off for someday you are going to wish you had learned it back then. Never stop learning.

I am still servicing veterans today where I can help them and learning from them.

This is my career in the service:

Marines: Motor Transport 7motors / 1motors / 3motors / Guard Co.
Army: Engineer B Co Carthage MO.
Air Force Reserve: Air Cargo 77MAPS Kansas City
Air Guard: / Life Support / Airfield Manager 180AS/139AW St. Joseph Mo
I had many other jobs. Feed Mill Hand / Hog Farming main two.
Left for Vietnam Aug 5, 1965, and return home Aug 31, 1966
Service at HUE / PHU BI Vietnam area
Married September 10, 1966, to Lois Wescott now of 53 years
One son Aaron Morgan two Kids: Live in Boston Mass.
One Daughter Stephanie Morgan Ables three kids: Live Weston MO
Move to Tucson in September 2010 from Kansas City MO
Join Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 106 in 2011
Chapter President 2016-2018, Reelected President for 2018-2020
Chapter Membership / Museum Dir / last two years Nam to Sand Jam Dir
On Tucson Board of Veterans Affairs / on VVA State Council  /Esperanza En Escalante Board

About VVA Chapter 106

VVA Chapter 106 provides help to Veterans in need by way of (paying gas/electric/rent/phone). These are a one-time thing. Also, we have paid for meals on a wheel of up to 6 months. Have help with bus fare/hotel room for a couple of nights. Each year the Chapter helps to the tune of a between $6600 to $7800. We are a large Chapter in the State of the 8 Chapter. Members about 225.

We have a Car Show and Nam Jam now calls Nam to Sand Jam where we raise the funds.
We donate to Veterans Org each year around about $2000 that needs help. Our Chapter is 36 years old.

Our Motto: Never Leave Any Man Behind or Women.

SHOW HOST:
Barbara McClure, Executive Director
IMPACT of Southern Arizona
3535 E Hawser Street
Tucson, AZ 85739
520-825-0009 / Mobile Phone: 206-915-0919
barbara@impactsoaz.org
www.impactsoaz.org
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Barbara McClure wakes up each morning passionate about going to work at a place that improves lives and inspires futures every day! She has been the Executive Director of a Tucson social service nonprofit called IMPACT of Southern Arizona, for ten years. What is it that keeps you passionate about your role Barbara?

Barbara has been a visionary and planner with decades of experience as a small business owner and in nonprofit leadership; her innovative ideas and strategic thinking, along with a talent for bringing the community together, has helped grow IMPACT five-fold in a very short time. Her talents and interests are diverse but all center around helping people, improving the community, bolstering education, building capacity and sustainability, being vocal about the rights and conditions of others, experiencing art, nurturing all inhabitants of your garden, and enjoying life to the fullest.

And now Barbara is about to experience another exciting chapter in her life with hosting a brand-new Radio Show Podcast here on the Tucson Business RadioX Network starting in November.

IMPACT of Southern Arizona is a 20 – year old social service nonprofit stabilizing families and seniors, and moving people out of poverty. IMPACT’s programs are designed to stretch household budgets so earned income can be spent on necessities such as improved housing conditions, fuel to get to work, utilizes, and needed medical attention and prescriptions. Its clients are your neighbors! People come to IMPACT because it is a welcoming place where they are always treated with dignity and respect, and where they find resources, referrals, coaching, and help to attain the skills that can move them forward into self-sufficiency.

Barbara grew up in Pasadena CA, moved to Long Beach for college, got married and started our family then moved to Seattle area ten years later. Took our youngest son on an 11-month motorhome trip to get to Tucson – Homeschooled for 10th grade.

We vacationed at a rustic cabin when I was growing up, where we had no phone or television; and spent all our time outside fishing, hiking, horseback riding, listening to old radio shows, playing pool, reading comic books from the local small grocer, and using our imaginations all day long. I always admired the superheroes who defended people and cities like Gotham and Metropolis, so when our three boys were born, we named them after familiar character: Colin (Bryce for an overlay of Bruce Wayne, Kent, and Parker. Our first grandchild was born last year, and as in the family tradition, named Logan, after the Wolverine. I used to always tell them they were my superheroes – and they still are today!

Barbara loves working with numbers and has always loved math and the organization of things, so accounting seemed perfect, but I soon realized that I if I became a CPA I would have to spend many months inside doing tax returns, and that did not appeal to me as a long–term career! I have a great imagination and enjoy creating things, so thought I should find a better path that might nurture that side of my personality. I was working in the shipping industry in SoCal at the time and fell in love with import and export, so shifted my majors to Marketing and International Business. Those were wonderful fits, and I imagined graduating and moving to the largest port on the planet, in Germany; then, I met my future husband and things took a different turn.

A little bit about how Barbara got into Nonprofit work:

All along with my husband and I were always involved in nonprofits and community volunteer opportunities, and often said it was too bad we could not make a living doing those things we loved so much. Leadership roles in PTO, Boy Scouts, Historical Societies, Junior League, Elks, Rotary and more. Then when we moved to Tucson I looked for a local opportunity to impact my community. A Board position was about to open at IMPACT, and my local bank branch manager, Peggy Smoot, suggested I would be very passionate about getting involved in the mission work there. I worked in the Food Bank.

There are thousands of nonprofits in Tucson. What makes IMPACT Unique is that they bring the community together to stabilize families and move people out of poverty. Our true success lies in partnering with a large number of businesses, agencies, social clubs and other nonprofits. We invest $2.5 million in the community each year, and we do it all with a lean staff of amazing professionals supported by more than 170 volunteer shifts each week! We have put great systems in place to run efficiently, effectively and with a commitment to sustainability and integrity, protecting the community’s investment in our work, striving for perfect audits, being innovative, building capacity and most importantly – treating everyone with dignity and respect. We are an award-winning nonprofit with numerous nods to incredible customer service. Our clients are your neighbors… We improve lives and inspire futures of people living in Southern AZ.

So, IMPACT is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and you have been at the helm half that time. Share with me the things IMPACT has accomplished over the years, and the things you have planned for this celebratory year.

TMBS E35 Wright Lassiter 111, Pres/CEO Henry Ford Health

November 16, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E35 Wright Lassiter 111, Pres/CEO Henry Ford Health

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Wright Lassiter III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Ford Health System

BACKGROUND:

 At its third-annual combined gathering of CEOs, CHROs and CDOs, CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ (CEO Action) will host more than 300 signatory organizations on November 14, 2019, in New York City. Key CEOs will be available for interviews to discuss the significance of this gathering, coalition impact and their role in advancing diversity and inclusion in the business community.

 The November 14 sessions will be a series of intimate and candid closed-door, CEO-to-CEO, action-based discussions, framed by acclaimed diversity and inclusion experts and other provocative speakers. This is a rare opportunity for the nation’s business leaders to collaborate, share ideas and otherwise make progress on their shared mission to drive change and promote equity.

 The CEO Action coalition is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace, representing more than 800 CEOs and presidents of America’s leading businesses, academic institutions, and nonprofits. Signatory organizations collectively represent more than 14 million employees. Each signatory pledges to cultivate a workplace where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected; employees feel comfortable and encouraged to discuss diversity and inclusion; and where best-known actions can be shared across organizations. Learn more at CEOAction.com and on Twitter: @CEOAction. 

  SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

What was your ‘aha’ moment that motivated you to join the coalition?
What is the CEO’s role in promoting diversity and inclusion within their organization and in the business community?
Why is CEO-to-CEO collaboration important in advancing diversity and inclusion?
What do you think is the first step leaders can take in addressing D&I issues in the workplace?
What actions will your organization take to better promote inclusivity in 2020?

Velocity Small Business Radio: Kenneth Igwe with Baker Collins, Lisa Laday-Davis with Kennesaw CPA and Jacqueline Waller with Standing Room Events

November 16, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Velocity Small Business Radio: Kenneth Igwe with Baker Collins, Lisa Laday-Davis with Kennesaw CPA and Jacqueline Waller with Standing Room Events

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Brought to you by

Kenneth Igwe is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Baker Collins. His areas of expertise are: general business, real estate, finance and banking. Previously a Chief Operating Officer of Brisco Capital Group, an oil distribution Company and Associate Director of Wharton Gladden, an investment banking firm, Kenneth understands the needs of his clients and counsels them on entity selection, formation, maintenance and dissolution, and business succession planning.

Kenneth also works with property owners, lenders, individuals and businesses on a range of real estate matters including lease agreements, options to purchase, easements and purchase and sale agreements. Such work often includes agreement negotiation, review and drafting, and dispute resolution.
Kenneth holds a BSc in Mathematics from Morehouse College.

Follow Baker Collins on LinkedIn and Facebook and Twitter.

Lisa Laday-Davis is the principal of Kennesaw CPA has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1999. She is specialized in accounting, tax, insurance and small to medium size business management. Her career has spanned the audit, tax and risk management sectors for businesses, public entities and nonprofits.

She created Kennesaw CPA in order to help a greater range of individuals and business owners work towards their financial goals.

Follow Kennesaw CPA on Twitter.

Jacqueline H. Waller is the Founder of Standing Room Events. We help speakers, trainers and business consultants increase their lifetime customers through local live events.

Connect with Jacqueline on LinkedIn and Instagram and follow Standing Room Events on Facebook.

About the Show

Velocity Small Business Radio features small businesses from across the U.S. through the Velocity Small Business Network. As an Atlanta based show, we target entrepreneurs in the southeast but more specifically focus on businesses within the greater Metro-Atlanta community.

TMBS E34: Cate Kortzeborn, About the Medicare Plan Finder

November 15, 2019 by angishields

Cate Kortzeborn – Deputy Regional Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) San Francisco Office. Ms. Kortzeborn will discuss everything your audience needs to know about the Medicare Open Enrollment period. Medicare Open Enrollment began on Tuesday, October 15 and ends at midnight on Saturday, December 7.

If you have a Medicare health or prescription drug plan, you only have until the end of Open Enrollment, December 7, to make changes to your 2020 plan. Medicare’s new Plan Finder makes it easy to review and compare Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. Plan Finder provides a personalized experience to help you learn about different options and select the coverage plan that best meets your needs. Even if you are happy with your current Medicare coverage, comparing plans pay. Every year, Medicare health plans change in cost, coverage, and participating providers. You might find something that better fits your needs, or you may be able to save on prescriptions and other costs. If you miss the December 7 deadline, you will likely have to wait a full year before you can make changes to your plan.

For more information visit: www.medicare.gov/plan-compare

TMBS E33: Julie Morgenstern, Benefits of a Smart Lifestyle

November 15, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E33: Julie Morgenstern, Benefits of a Smart Lifestyle

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THE BENEFITS OF ADOPTING A “SMART LIFESTYLE”

Julie Morgenstern, Organizing and Productivity Consultant, New York Times Best-Selling Author

ORGANIZING EXPERT SHARES HOW TO GET CONNECTED TO YOUR LIFE THROUGH SMART TECHNOLOGY 

Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker.

For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world through practical, dynamic workshops and coaching sessions. Julie and her team help organizations around the globe identify what’s holding their people back and get on the road to fulfilling their mission quickly.

Julie has written columns for O Magazine, Redbook, and Wells Fargo, helping readers solve problems by inspiring order in their lives. She has shared her expertise on countless TV and radio outlets, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The National Public Radio and now Tucson Business RadioX and The Business RadioX Network!

She is quoted and featured regularly in a wide variety of publications and has been seen in The New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Best Life, O Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Fitness Magazine, and Men’s Health.

Julie is the author of the New York Times bestselling Organizing from the Inside Out and Time Management from the Inside Out, both of which have been developed into popular specials for PBS.

TMBS E32: Dr. David Aron, @ Cleveland VA Medical Center

November 15, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E32: Dr. David Aron, @ Cleveland VA Medical Center

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Dr. David Aron, Director, Clinical Program Research & Education, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs. He is with us today to discuss the exciting advances in VA research on the topic of Diabetes research and all the new scientific discoveries from within the VA, as well as the multitude of research that takes place at VA medical centers across the country.  Research results and advances greatly impact the treatment and prevention of diabetes and disabilities, not only for Veterans but all Americans.

BACKGROUND:

VA researchers are studying innovative strategies and technologies, including group visits, telemedicine, peer counseling, and internet-based education and case management, to enhance access to diabetes care and to improve outcomes for patients. In addition, VA researchers are working to develop better ways to prevent or treat diabetes, especially in special populations such as the elderly, amputees, minorities, spinal cord-injured patients, and those with kidney or heart disease. The disease affects nearly 25% of VA’s patient population and is the leading cause of blindness, end-stage renal disease, and amputation. Nearly 30 million Americans have diabetes, according to the CDC, and 84 million more Americans are at risk to develop the disease.

  VA recognizes November as being American Diabetes month and is thankful to all Veterans for their service to the nation. VA’s research breakthroughs would not be possible without the Veterans who have volunteered to participate in VA studies. 

 For more information please visit: www.research.va.gov

More About Dr. David Aron:

David Aron, MD, MS, is Director of Clinical Program Research and Education at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. He is a clinical endocrinologist, health services researcher, and leader of the VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program – a training program in quality improvement.  He is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management where he teaches a class on Managing Complex Systems. A former laboratory bench researcher, his current research interests are eclectic and have included health services and implementation research related to quality measurement and improvement, especially diabetes-related, and most recently, applications of principles of complex systems. He recently authored a book: “Complex Systems in Medicine: A Hedgehog’s Tale of Complexity in Clinical Practice, Research, Education, and Management.” However, as has often been the case in the past, exactly what he will be working on, even in the not too distant future, cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 To arrange an interview please contact: Ted Birkey – 347-414-1388

TMB E26: Kenneth (Ken) G. Alexander and Bob Dytko

November 15, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMB E26: Kenneth (Ken) G. Alexander and Bob Dytko

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GUESTS:
Ken Alexander, Owner
Ken’s Hardwood Barbecue
5250 E 22nd Street,
Tucson, AZ 85749
(520)745-4746
ken@kenshardwoodbbq.com
www.kenshardwoodbbq.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram |

Ken Alexander is the founder of the award-winning restaurant Ken’s Hardwood BBQ in Tucson, AZ.

You were reared by a single mom but in a community where family and food were at the center of daily life and you came to love old-fashioned southern cooking and the magical way it brings people together. Ken is proud of the fact that he learned the values of focus, hard work, and discipline, as a football athlete and then coach, as well as the fact that he was a US Marine — all of which served to give him that grounding.

As a successful entrepreneur, Ken’s career as a business development executive, traveling internationally and enjoying & experiencing new cultures through their food set him on the path he is now on with his business.

Ken is inspired by projects that allow him to work with the family to empower and uplift his community. Ken’s Hardwood Barbecue is the award-winning family-owned restaurant known for its unique and delicious fusion of southern down-home cooking and fresh-smoked meats. His secret! Descending from 4 generations of passionate cooks and restaurateurs in Kentucky and Tennessee, Ken’s has gleaned the very best of their exclusive family recipes to create scrumptious offerings of entrees, sides, and desserts, Original rubs, and sauces, combined with the secret low-and-slow approach of their 3 accomplished Pit Masters, brings a one-of-a-kind flavor to Tucson, AZ. Celebrating food and fellowship.

Bob Dytko , VP. Social Media/Marketing Education Liaison
Stewart Title & Trust of Tucson
3939 E Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85711
520-668-6697
bob.dytko@stewart.com
stewart.com/tucson
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook

Born and raised in Tucson, Bob says, “Whenever I try to leave the truck breaks down. After a time you get to know everyone and they all become part of who you are. So why leave?”

Bob put himself through college; Rodeoed in his younger years; was a past President of BIC, and past board member of the March of Dimes. He has written 2 books and is raising a beautiful daughter and has a dog named Batman. In his spare time hr love to visit rodeos, camp, country concerts, bbq, build furniture and writes.

Bob’s role at Stewart Title is diverse and includes doing classes, radio, public speaking and bringing in commercial and residential business to Stewart Title. I teach:

Southern Arizona Growth
Motivational Marketing

Creative Marketing
Apps and Social Networking for Realtors and Lenders
Youtube

His goal is to build teams and learn from each how to be successful in our industry. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a home buyer, home seller, lender, broker or real estate agent – Stewart Title & Trust of Tucson never stop working to make real estate services an enjoyable experience and to back every title insurance policy with leading underwriting expertise.