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Sid Mookerji and Tom Delbrook of SPI

June 2, 2015 by angishields

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Sid Mookerji and Tom Delbrook of SPI

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Sid Mookerji / SPI

Sid Mookerji is Global CEO and Founder of SPI. He has built the organization with a passion about providing the best client experience for Retailers worldwide looking for services and innovation in IT and is recognized as an expert on outsourcing, IT services and technology solutions for the Retail Industry. He has received the Indian government’s Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In 2008, he helped secure SPI’s placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine’s list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI’s rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc Magazine several times.

Sid holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS, Pilani, India and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business. He serves on NASSCOM’s Regional Council and the Academic Advisory Board of SDM Institute for Management Development.

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Tom Delbrook / SPI

Tom Delbrook is SPI’s Chief Financial Officer and leads SPI’s Finance and Legal teams worldwide.

Tom is a highly respected figure in the financial circles particularly in the areas of Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions. Till recently, Tom was Managing Director and Co-Head of the Transportation, Logistics and Shipping group at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, based in New York, NY. Prior to Credit Suisse, Tom worked for United Parcel Services, Inc. for over 20 years, the last seven years as the Vice President of Finance based in Atlanta, GA. Tom completed over 60 acquisitions and executed over $20 billion in the capital markets through his career at UPS as well as leading the company’s Initial Public Offering.

Tom has also been an Executive in Residence and Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at Kennesaw State University. He has served as an independent consultant to several private equity and hedge funds in the transportation and logistics industry. Tom has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University and a Juris Doctorate from IIT – Chicago Kent College of Law.

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Parveen Jaglan of Blep, Inc. and Dr. Nathan Keiser of Carrick Institute

May 26, 2015 by angishields

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Parveen Jaglan of Blep, Inc. and Dr. Nathan Keiser of Carrick Institute

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Parveen Jaglan / Blep, Inc.

Dr. Parveen Jaglan is a practicing optometrist in the greater Atlanta. She has two private practices, Eye Associates of Smyrna and Eye Associates of Locust Grove. She has been practicing optometry for over 19 years after getting her doctorate in optometry from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Ma. She is also the founder and CEO of her newly launched company, Blue Light Eye Protection Inc. (BLEP Inc.). BLEP Inc., has a patented coating for ophthalmic lenses to protect the eye from the harmful high energy wavelength (blue light) that gets emitted from all digital devices. BLEP Eyewear is the only readily available eyewear in the market that has a blue light protection coating designed to bring long and short term benefits from overexposure to digital devices. BLEP Inc. was the winner of the South East Medical Device Poster presenter in 2014, beating out 22 other highly evolved medtech companies. BLEP Eyewear has also been featured on 11Alive NBC in Atlanta and WNEM TV5 in Saginaw, MI.

She is married to Harvard trained Retinal Specialist practicing in the largest retinal group in the Southeast. She also has two lovely daughters ages 14 and 11.

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Dr. Nathan Keiser / Carrick Institute / Carrick Brain Center

Dr. Keiser was born and raised in Chelsea MI and is thrilled to bring his passion for functional neurology to the staff of Carrick Brain Centers in Atlanta GA. His work as a board certified functional neurologist has taken him to many places around the U.S. and Europe to learn, treat and consult for those in need. After operating thriving practices in the wonderful communities of Nashville, TN and Port St. Lucie, FL, Dr. Keiser is excited to bring that experience to greater Atlanta and the surrounding communities.

Dr. Keiser utilizes Gentle Chiropractic and Functional Neurology in the evaluation and treatment of his patients. Although trained in standard Neurology, which focuses more on the disease processes of the nervous system, Functional Neurologists are trained to look at how the human brain and nervous system works not only in each of its individual parts but as a complete functioning system. This training is critical because all of our bodily functions are governed by the human nervous system. The human nervous system is the master control unit of the entire body, if the brain is aging or deteriorating at a faster rate, it opens the door for nearly all health related problems to show up. This vital system of the brain and nerves is required to function at an optimal level in order for us to have optimal health.

Dr. Keiser’s passion is utilizing his training and experience in Neurology, to help people who have not found the answers to their health problems elsewhere. Many of these health problems do not always fall into a strict category of “neurological problems” but they have components to them that require neurological intervention. In addition, Dr. Keiser, utilizes these same skills to work with Doctors of Chiropractic, Medical Doctors and other Health Care practitioners in the treatment of their patients and their communities.

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Scott Peters of WNA Limited Company and Keith McNulty of The Intersect Group

May 12, 2015 by angishields

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Scott Peters of WNA Limited Company and Keith McNulty of The Intersect Group

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Scott Peters / WNA Limited Company

A seasoned and successful CEO and Board Member with a 30+ year proven track record of significantly improving and turning around both private equity owned and public companies in the financial services, internet, technology, manufacturing, and business consulting industries. He is a passionate, driven, and compassionate leader who has consistently delivered excellence in sales/revenue growth, operational efficiencies, attractive profits, as well as high customer and employee satisfaction. Scott’s last two CEO roles resulted in the successful sale of two portfolio companies and the transformation of two other portfolio companies to profitability and industry leadership as well as Better Business Bureau top (A+) ratings and several awards for customer satisfaction, business ethics, and community service. For example, as President and CEO, Scott led Generation Mortgage Company to a $30M+ financial and operational turnaround within 2 years, a sales/revenue increase of more than 8.5 times, and growth from 11th to 3rd in the reverse mortgage industry while competing with much larger companies such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Genworth, and MetLife. Scott is a former General Electric, MassMutual, and AT&T executive who is considered an expert in process management and developer/implementer of management systems that continually drive high quality results. He has led companies with $10M to $500M+ in revenue and has supervised from 100 to more than 500 employees. He is seeking full-time or interim CEO or Operating Partner opportunities in Atlanta, the Southeast, or within a commutable distance of Atlanta.

Industry sectors of expertise: 19+ years in Financial Services (life and disability insurance, annuities, consumer and business credit, contingency auditing, subprime credit cards, micro lending/payday lending, mortgages, long term healthcare insurance, reinsurance, and insurance third party administration), as well as leadership experience in technology, internet, manufacturing, and business consulting .

Keith McNulty / The Intersect Group and Woodard Consulting

Keith McNulty is an accomplished senior executive and management consultant with a distinguished history of achievement over 20 years in strategy, consulting, corporate development, finance, information technology, marketing and operations. Recognized as an innovative business leader for integrity, learning, continuous improvement and the ability through people, process and technology to lead high performance teams on initiatives that maximize shareholder value and customer satisfaction. He currently serves as a Management Consultant with The Intersect Group, on a client engagement as Interim Chief Operating Officer at Woodard Consulting.

Keith led turnaround strategy and process improvement at two private equity owned portfolio company turnarounds as a senior strategy and process executive. From 2012 to 2014, Keith worked for TriPlus Services, Inc., owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners and Haverford Capital. From 2009 – 2011, he worked for Generation Mortgage Company, owned by Guggenheim Partners. Both companies were unprofitable for several years before he started and achieved profitability during his tenure.

His earlier experience includes work at two large, global public companies that experienced a chapter 11 restructuring, Nortel Networks and Mirant (now part of NRG). He also worked for Atlanticus Holdings, SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before earning an MBA, he worked in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs at the U.S Department of State in Washington, DC.

Keith has an MBA from Georgetown University and a B.A. from UCLA in Political Science with a Specialization in Business Administration. He is based in Marietta, Georgia.

About The Intersect Group – The Intersect Group is a different and better business partner. We create unparalleled value for our clients by combining industry-leading Consulting capabilities with comprehensive Staffing and recruitment services. Clients trust us to deliver results based on our deep expertise and proven resources within finance, accounting, and information technology.

About Woodard Consulting – As part of a larger purpose to empower small business advisors, Woodard fosters networking relationships among small business advisors, conducts the highest quality learning experiences for small business advisors, and builds relevant, powerful resources for small business advisors. http://www.woodardevents.com

Pamela Robinson of Financial Voyages and Sharon Macaluso

May 5, 2015 by angishields

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Pamela Robinson of Financial Voyages and Sharon Macaluso

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Pamela Robinson / Financial Voyages, LLC

As CEO of Financial Voyages LLC, Pamela Robinson is responsible for setting strategic direction, objectives, action plans and policy. She negotiates contracts and grants and leads diverse team in all aspects of designing, developing and delivering customized training programs in the international community..

To advance economic development initiatives, Financial Voyages LLC partners with international organizations, government agencies and businesses to help their collective workforce perform better in the international community by achieving mastery in business, finance and project management.

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Sharon Macaluso / The University of GA SBDC

Prior to joining the SBDC in 1994, Ms. Macaluso held management, marketing and customer service roles with IBM and Eastern Airlines. She also worked in a family owned and operated business, a hosiery manufacturing plant. Her areas of expertise include marketing, market research, strategic planning, human resources, personal selling, customer service, and management. Sharon developed a strategic planning instrument specifically for growing small businesses and has utilized this tool in facilitating strategic planning retreats for small businesses throughout the state. Sharon has had various articles published on branding, strategic planning, customer service and women- owned business issues, and has developed guide books on market research and conducting focus group studies. She recently created and presented a program for the National Association of Small Business Development Centers on “Customer Service Excellence in a Techno-World”

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Bill Frisby of Strengthening Leaders L3C with Bruce Deel and Michele Rickett

April 28, 2015 by angishields

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Bill Frisby of Strengthening Leaders L3C with Bruce Deel and Michele Rickett

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Bill Frisby / Strengthening Leaders L3C

Bill founded Strengthening Leaders in 2007 and leads the firm as CEO. The firm continues to grow in influence, impacting leaders and organizations in the private sector as well as non-profits, including faith-based, performing arts, and healthcare organizations. As Bill strengthens our clients he draws from over 30 years of international non-profit and corporate leadership experience. He provides executive coaching, organizational consulting, and training to leaders. He has worked with leaders at Operation Mobilization, SIL, Word of Life Fellowship, The Gideons International, WorldVenture, ECFA, Columbia International University, Chick-fil-A and many other organizations. Bill helps leaders build healthy teams and achieve first-rate organizational performance and results. He has served as the Principle of a Bible College in the FIJI Islands, US Coordinator and Board Member at AFCI, VP of Public Ministry at OM USA, led Training and Development onboard OM’s ship MV Logos II, and led a multi-national team in the Italian Alps while pastoring a local church. For more than 25 years, Bill has been a conference speaker (leadership, management, missions, and more) in the USA and Internationally.

Bill earned a BA Degree in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Kentucky and went on to be a high performer in Sales and Marketing with Cities Service Company in the petro-chemical business and with InterfaceFLOR in the specialty high-tech floor covering industry. Bill did his graduate studies at Talbot Theological Seminary and Biola University, majoring in Inter-Cultural Studies and Pastoral Ministry.

In 1989, Bill was ordained at First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia by Dr. Charles Stanley, Andy Stanley, and the rest of the FBA pastoral staff. He successfully completed Bobb Biehl’s Consulting Institute and a unique one-year intensive mentorship with Bobb, a master consultant and executive mentor. Bill is an active member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

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Bruce Deel / City of Refuge, Inc.

Bruce Deel is bold, relentless and unyielding in the fight against poverty and the consequences it has in Atlanta, GA. Bruce is the Senior Pastor of The Mission Church and founder and Chief Executive Officer of City of Refuge. He founded the organization in 1997 with a mission to help the broken, assist the at-risk and prevent future crises. For the past 17 years, his mission has been to bring light, hope and transformation to the last, lost and least of Atlanta’s inner-city with passion and excellence and lead others to do the same with integrity and sincerity.

Located in one of Georgia’s toughest neighborhoods, City of Refuge provides housing, medical and mental health care, educational training, vocational training, case management and a host of other services to the disenfranchised and homeless of the city. A 210,000 square foot warehouse serves as the base of operations and Bruce believes that collaboration is essential to positive life-change. Thus, partners in childcare, medical services, and vocational training have offices and staff on the City of Refuge campus.

Bruce is a graduate of Lee University in Cleveland, TN, married for 28 years to his beautiful wife, Rhonda, and proud father of 5 daughters. As a result of his experience and success in positively impacting those in crisis, Bruce is a sought after speaker and serves as a consultant to numerous non-profits around the country.

As a credit to his successful leadership at City of Refuge, Bruce has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being honored by the Governor’s Office, being named a Pathfinder by TBS, receiving the Bridge Builder Award given by the Georgia Coalition Against Homelessness, and being honored by the Atlanta Braves and People Magazine as a national “All-Star Among Us.” Most recently Bruce was presented the Epoch Award based on his positive impact on the city of Atlanta over the past 17 years.

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Michele Rickett / She is Safe

Michele Rickett has led international outreach for over 20 years. Her life mission was born out of experiences living and working in Africa as a young missionary, where she learned that girls were often kept home to work, marry or be sold. She established SIS to share Christ and equip women and girls to build new lives in the highest-risk and least-reached places. She began by creating partnerships with local women leaders across the globe, while researching, publishing and speaking to raise a Christ-centered response to the abuse and slavery of women and girls. Under her leadership, She Is Safe has assembled a highly effective team and forged effective strategies to equip oppressed women and girls to break the cycles of abuse and slavery as they learn about and live for Christ. “Our work won’t be complete until every one of the 600 million girls in the developing world has her fair opportunity to consider Christ, and become the woman He created her to be.”

Michele is a published author and engaging speaker. She has co-authored three books, among them is InterVarsity Press bestseller Forgotten Girls, co-authored with Kay Marshall Strom. The new Expanded Edition includes the latest statistics, and a discussion guide with scripture for use in bible study groups and book clubs.

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David Martin of VeinInnovations and Beth Finnerty of Skyland Trail

April 21, 2015 by angishields

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David Martin of VeinInnovations and Beth Finnerty of Skyland Trail

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David A. Martin / VeinInnovations

David Martin, RN received his degree in Nursing in 1980, and since then has worked primarily in the field of cardiovascular medicine. After 10 years in Intensive Care Units and emergency rooms, he became board certified as a Registered Nurse First Assistant, and went to work with heart and chest surgeons as a first assistant both in the operating room and on the wards. One of his responsibilities was the harvesting of saphenous veins for use as conduit in coronary bypass surgery, and in 1994, he became the first in the State of GA to do this using a scope rather than the traditional open incision method. This method has become the standard of care in GA and is now used in virtually every operating room in the country.

In 2002, David founded VEININNOVATIONS as the first facility of its kind in Atlanta to offer every available technique for the treatment of venous insufficiency and varicose/spider veins. A decade later, VeinInnovations is widely regarded as the leader in office-based treatment of venous disease

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Beth Finnerty / Skyland Trail

As the founding executive director, and now president and chief executive officer, Beth Finnerty has helped Skyland Trail grow from a start-up nonprofit serving four clients to a nationally recognized psychiatric treatment organization serving hundreds of clients and their families each year.

Finnerty has led the development and implementation of four strategic plans, the completion of four capital campaigns totaling more than $48 million, and the development and construction of new treatment facilities across four campuses. Finnerty also has overseen a significant expansion of clinical services and programs. A leader in the field of recovery-focused psychiatric treatment, Skyland Trail offers innovative programs including integrated primary care and wellness counseling, vocational services, interfaith pastoral counseling, cognitive remediation therapy, comprehensive psychiatric assessment and adjunctive therapies such as art, music and horticultural therapy. Together with evidence-based psychotherapy and medication management, these programs help clients recover from mental illness and live as independently and successfully as possible in the community.

The American Psychiatric Association recognized Skyland Trail with the Gold Award in 2004 and with a special presidential commendation in 2014. Skyland Trail has also received the Rosalynn Carter/Johnson & Johnson Caregiver Award, the Managing for Excellence Award from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the 11-Alive Community Service Award, and the Georgia Center for Nonprofits Revolutions Award.

Finnerty received her bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and a dual master’s degree in business and healthcare administration from Georgia State University. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Institute of Health Administration (Georgia State University) and the boards of the Fuqua Center for Late Life Depression (past president) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’sMetro Atlanta Chapter. She is a past member of the Board of Mental Health America – Georgia (chair), the Emory Board of Visitors, the Georgia Community Trust, the Atlanta Business Leaders Initiative and the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships (Atlanta region). She is a Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Georgia and a 2009 graduate of Leadership Atlanta. Finnerty was aWoman of the Year honoree in 2007 by Atlanta Woman magazine and received the 2006 Leadership Award from the Georgia Psychiatric Physician’s Association. In 2014, she was selected as a YWCA Woman of Achievement and was recognized with a Womenetics POW! Award.

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Teresa Hargrave of Women Presidents’ Organization and Mary Donne Peters of Gorby Peters & Associates

April 14, 2015 by angishields

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Teresa Hargrave of Women Presidents' Organization and Mary Donne Peters of Gorby Peters & Associates

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Teresa Hargrave / Women Presidents’ Organization

As a Partner of Charter Oak Consulting Group, Teresa’s work is largely concentrated on women and leadership. Women Upfront is Charter Oak’s specialized practice designed to bring forth women’s unique and vital contribution to society. Women Upfront provides education and coaching to women in all levels of organizations, both for and not for profit. Our expertise focuses on: strategic planning, values clarification ,career transitions, successful business practices, goal alignment and execution, powerful presentations, skillful communication and conflict transformation. Teresa is a Chapter Chair in Atlanta for the esteemed Women Presidents’ Organization.

As a sought-after speaker and facilitator, Teresa has served as a senior consultant for the Franklin Covey Company. Traveling throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, Teresa facilitated workshops and presented keynotes on such topics as the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Principle Centered Leadership, and 4 Roles of a Leader. Teresa also served as faculty for Franklin Covey Company’s acclaimed weeklong executive leadership program, Principle-Centered Leadership Week. Teresa’s clients have included AT&T, Accenture, Aetna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola Company, Hewlett-Packard, Head Start, The Ladders, MCI, Massachusetts General Hospital, Microsoft, McKinsey & Company and The Woodruff Arts.

Prior to her work at Franklin Covey, Teresa spent eight years as a Senior Consultant for an Atlanta-based consulting firm focusing on not-for-profit organizations. Teresa was also a television talk show host on “Women’s Kaleidoscope,” highlighting successful women and their achievements; and she was one of the founders of the Knoxville Rape Crisis Center in 1982.

Teresa did postgraduate work at Stanford University and the University of Connecticut in family systems theory, group process, facilitation, and counseling and earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Teresa developed work with community theorist Dr. M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, is a trained Co-Active Coach providing personal life, relational and executive coaching services and is a mediator in conflict resolution and negotiation. Teresa also facilitates workshops based on Daniel Goldman’s Emotional Intelligence work, Peter Block’s Community Building process, the Team Diagnostic Instrument, the Birkman, Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument and MBTI.

Teresa lives in Atlanta, Georgia and northwest Connecticut with her husband, Tony Daloisio. Teresa and Tony have teamed up countless times to deliver speeches and workshop to their clients. They are also in the process of writing a book entitled The Character of Commitment and have facilitated The Character of Commitment Workshop throughout the United States. Along with tennis, biking, and walking, working together is certainly one of their greatest pleasures.

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Mary Donne Peters / Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC

Mary Donne Peters is the Co-Founder and Managing member of Gorby Peters Law. She has represented clients around the world for more than two decades. Her practice focuses on representing high growth technology companies. Mary Donne is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded a privacy training company and a dispute resolution company in recent years. Mary Donne has authored a popular legal textbook, which is published by the world’s largest legal publisher. She is a sought-after speaker for legal, financial and business organizations.

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Stephen Wright with New View Innovation and Steve Rothschild with RRB Business Services

April 7, 2015 by angishields

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Stephen Wright with New View Innovation and Steve Rothschild with RRB Business Services

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Stephen Wright / New View Innovation

Stephen Wright is the President and CEO of New View Innovation, an Atlanta-based innovation ideation and implementation company. With a management career running companies with both a local and global footprint, his experience includes turning around an American division of a global company, merging radio groups in New Zealand, as well as launching new divisions and brands in many markets around the world.

Stephen has worked with businesses in many B2B and B2C sectors helping them take the inventory, resources, staff and market they already had; and innovating new service and product offering that ultimately create new sub-sectors. He has a passion not just for the idea, but to see innovation fully executed right down to the implementation, evaluation and training to make sure that the resulting product or service fully delivers on the value and profitability that was intended.

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Steve Rothschild / RRB Business Services

Steve is a 1976 honors graduate of Babson College, Boston, MA with a degree in accounting and finance. Over the past thirty-seven years, he has been working as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner specializing in financial and businesses consulting as well as tax planning and financial reporting.

Steve first worked for Ernest & Young. For the next eight years, he remained in public accounting, performing consulting and tax work for many profit and nonprofit entities. Steve also worked for the US government as an Auditor supervising and performing the Medicare audits of hospitals and outpatient facilities.

In 1987, Steve founded his current accounting and consulting practice which is now part of the firm RRB Business Services, LLC. As a partner with RRB, Steve works with privately held businesses and their executives helping them with management systems designed to improve profitability and ease of operations. In addition to Mr. Rothschild, RRB has two other partners and seven staff.

Steve lives in the Northlake area and is married with three children.

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Neville Anderson of Basha Services, LLC with Benny StaRomana and Beau Fields

March 31, 2015 by angishields

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Neville Anderson of Basha Services, LLC with Benny StaRomana and Beau Fields

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Neville Anderson / Basha Services, LLC

Neville Anderson is President of Basha Services, Inc. a company that provides environmental, emergency response, health, training, and green consulting services. Basha Services has seen more than 100% growth in its business each year since its formation. Basha Services recently successfully completed a one of a kind project (according to the EPA) which involved the remediation/cleanup of three US government sites in a foreign country, where it imported arsenic, PCB, petroleum contaminated, asbestos, and other hazardous waste back to the US for proper disposal. Basha Services has also provided emergency/spill response services in 32-states and also in the Caribbean. Neville’s experience also includes the management of a team of more than 3,500-workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Neville has more than 27-years of operational and executive level environmental, permitting, construction, and management of hazardous and nonhazardous water treatment, recycling, and disposal facilities. Neville managed another first of its kind the remediation of the Atlantic Steel site, now Atlantic Station, the first Brownfield’s site in Georgia. He has also provided critical services in response to several national disasters for government and private customers that were affected by Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters.

Neville received his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University. Additionally, he hold professional environmental and construction licenses in seven states including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Arkansas. His professional certification as a Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM) and as Chemical and Biological Responder, has gained him the reputation as an experts in these fields throughout the United States. Neville has extensive experience in the management of multiple offices, and conduct of highly complex, technical, and dangerous emergency response, environmental remediation, & homeland security work.

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Benny StaRomana / University of Georgia Small Business Development Center

Benny StaRomana (last name pronounced as “Santa Romana”) is a Business Consultant with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center. His role is to help businesses start, grow, or smartly exit the business using his own experience as an entrepreneur, his academic grounding, and the best or avoidance practices he continues to observe from real-world client situations. Benny is an MBA and Master of Project Management and was the Gwinnett Chamber’s 2011 Amazing Entrepreneur awardee. Prior to SBDC, he owned and operated a management consulting company serving the Metro Atlanta area.

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Beau Fields / C12 Christian CEO Peer Group

Beau brings to his role as C12 Area Chair 17 years of experience owning, building, and operating a successful real estate development company. He has had personal responsibility in the development of 48 communities throughout Metro Atlanta during that time. He has significant experience in P & L accountability, strategic acquisitions, equity and debt sourcing, asset valuations, sales and marketing management. His trials by fire and his journey of faith provide him a foundation to encourage and support Christian business owners as they run their businesses for Christ.

His calling as a C12 Chair is in developing and serving Atlanta area for The C12 Group. Beau is passionate about expanding and building God’s kingdom through the equipping of business owners and CEO’s in applying their faith daily, to increase the influence of Christ in the marketplace.

A native Southerner and Atlantan, Beau has served as advisor and supporter to several local and international ministries. Throughout the last 11 years, Beau has been involved in leading men’s and couples small groups. Along with his wife Susan, they keep up with their two active boys, Bryson (8) and Chase (7).

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