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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 4

July 30, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 4

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour is brought to you by Fujiyama Wealth Management.

As Senior Managing Shareholder at Baker Donelson, Ms. Linda Klein’s law practice includes business dispute prevention and resolution, contract law, and risk and crisis management. She also serves as an arbitrator and mediator to help other lawyer’s clients resolve their disputes. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association, the world’s largest voluntary professional organization. In 1998, following her term as the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Trend Magazine named her one of the 100 most powerful and influential Georgians. She was just named Attorney of the Year by the region’s leading legal publication.

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Lucie Ide is the Founder of Rimidi. Follow Lucie on Twitter.

Tucson Business Radio – IT Marketing Today ep. 1

July 30, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio - IT Marketing Today ep. 1

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IT Marketing Today with host – Mark Bishop

Jeff Auerbach

CEO

Emphasis Digital Marketing Agency

www.ed.agency

520-301-0750

jsa@emrgroup.net

LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram

Jeff Auerbach has been in the IT industry for the last 22 years being fortunate enough to travel throughout the world while working for cutting-edge companies. Jeff founded EMR Group in 2005 with the goal of helping small business owners better protect and market their company’s assets by providing IT Services, Cyber Security and Digital Marketing Solutions that are cost-effective, aligned with the business goals of its customers. All while measuring and delivering a high ROI”.

In 2017 Jeff founded Emphasis Digital Marketing Agency with the goal of helping businesses get more sales by using online advertising. Emphasis has helped companies throughout the United States grow using platforms like Facebook, Google, Youtube, and Instagram.

Jeffrey Landers

Chief Everything Officer

JL Images, Inc.

www.jlimages.com

(520) 407-6330

jeff@jlimages.com

FaceBook

Jeff Landers has over 25 years of comprehensive creative development and execution.

While on his way to law school, he thought, an internship at a local NBC television station would create a desire to work in television and the learning has never ended.

From a multidisciplined diverse corporate and broadcast background, he founded JL Images in 1993. From there Jeff co-founded an advertising agency, which he later sold, that gave him the diversity as the agencies creative director. While there Jeff worked with a diverse client base managing advertising efforts for companies like Columbia/HCA, Big-O Tires and many other companies and non-profits.

As the title, Chief Everything Officer suggests, Jeff is multi-talented and multi-disciplined. From Creative Development, Strategy, Producing, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Still Photography, Website Development, he’s done it all.

Don Abbott

Creative Director/Owner

Abbott Animation

https://www.abbottanimation.com/index.php

(520) 327-1993

donlabbott@gmail.com

After graduating the U of A with a degree in Media Arts, Don quickly found his way into the world of production. As a producer and creative director at Fox for 10 years, Don makes sure all of his clients receive great customer service and high production value. Don is always raising the bar and encourages the team to think outside the box and produce bigger, better, and more exciting projects for our clients. Don has always had a unique perspective on things and brings that creativity to Abbott Animation.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 17

July 30, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 17

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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta and TalentStream.

Elba Pareja-Gallagher is the founder of the social impact organization ShowMe50.org. The non-profit’s vision is to achieve 50% women in senior leadership positions through a grassroots movement of women and men. As Chair of the APICS Atlanta Gender Gap Task Force, Elba leads our joint work to change and close the gender gap in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Elba is also a finance and strategy professional with 20 years of experience at UPS. She’s held roles in International Finance, Investor Relations, Marketing and Strategy. She lived as an expat in Asia for three years and currently works on a cross-functional team developing long term strategies for Global eCommerce. Elba has also published several thought leadership blogs on UPS Longitudes.

For more information, follow ShowMe50 on Twitter and reach out to Elba directly: elba@showme50.org

Kim Seijo is a Data Process Engineer on the Data Innovation & Excellence team at HD Supply, one of the largest industrial distributors in North America. The company provides a broad range of products and value-add services to approximately 500,000 customers with leadership positions in maintenance, repair and operations and residential and non-residential construction sectors. A member of the APICS Atlanta Board of Directors, Kim is passionate about serving her industry and community.

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn.

Bill Stankiewicz has 20+ years’ experience in Industrial Facility Operations, Business Development and Food Grade Distribution. He has worked at Savannah Supply Chain as a consultant in Savannah, Georgia. On weekends, Bill teaches as Adjunct Professor at Savannah Technical College, where he is involved with the OS & OOG Freight Program for Pilot Escort and Fork Lift Safety Programs for certification and distribution operations. Very active in leadership positions across industry, Bill serves in various leadership capacities for organizations such as: the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, APICS Savannah, the Savannah Traffic Club, WorkSource Georgia and beBee.com.

Follow Bill on Twitter, connect with him on LinkedIn and reach out directly via email.

Scott Luton is 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 has held a variety of leadership roles with organizations, with significant experience in the manufacturing and professional services sectors. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta and was also named to the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive 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 as Co-Chair of 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.

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-Surterra Wellness and the Journey of Medical Marijuana in Florida

July 27, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-Surterra Wellness and the Journey of Medical Marijuana in Florida

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Michelle Beasley (Far Left)
Med. Director Medical Cannabis Clinic of Florida, affiliate of MMTC of FL at Medical Marijuana Treatment Clinics of FL
Medical Cannabis Clinic of Florida partnered with MMTC of Florida Summer 2017 to open an additional location in Fort Walton Beach, FL. This partnership brings additional administrative and pharmacological support to our patients.

Tucson Business Radio – Arts & Commerce ep.1

July 26, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio - Arts & Commerce ep.1

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Arts & Commerce is hosted by Robin Young, a graduate of Sunnyside High School. Having left Tucson in 1985 to live along the coast of California, Robin returned to Tucson in 2015 and bought her forever home.

In her years in CA, she was blessed to live a life in which she balanced a life of art, commerce and raising her two wonderful children. With a life-long love of the arts and the people who worked in the arts, and a long history of building and working in small businesses, Robin’s goal with this show is to help businesses connect with the arts organizations and artists in Tucson, to the mutual benefit of each and an even wider benefit to the entire community of Tucson.

Today’s Guests on Tucson Business Radio – Arts & Commerce:

Michael Fenlason

Director

Strada Company

www.stradacompany.org

michael@stradacompany.org

520-207-9611

www.stradacompany.org

Michael Fenlason is the Artistic Director of Strada Company and the Tubac Center of the Arts. Formerly, the Foundations and Corporations Officer at the Tucson Symphony, Marketing and Public Relations Director at the Tucson Museum of Art, Artistic Director at Unlikely Theater and Beowulf Alley Theatre, Michael has been a nonprofit professional for more than 25 years and every organization he has managed has run without loss or debt. Michael is also a professional writer and playwright and was honored by the American Association of Community Theatres for “far-reaching contribution” to theater.

Maryann Green

Executive Director

Tucson Fringe Theatre Festival

tucsonfringe.org

tucsonfringe@gmail.com

520-261-4851

https://www.facebook.com/tucsonfringe/

Maryann Green is the Executive Director of the Tucson Fringe Theatre Festival and also a Drama Teacher at Rincon High School. Maryann has also worked as an actress and storyteller in Tucson and recently took on the role of managing Live Theatre Workshops Etcetera series.

Andy Payment with Symbiom and Miranda Marshall with Occipital Media

July 26, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Andy Payment with Symbiom and Miranda Marshall with Occipital Media

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Andy Payment helps clients solve their most complex Marketing and Sales challenges. His unique brand of problem diagnosis, storytelling and overcoming obstacles helps organizations achieve better results faster. Andy started Symbiom because consulting and creative agencies lack the right combination of domain expertise, program leadership and execution capabilities to fully solve their clients’ challenges. He’s an experienced leader who has helped Fortune 1000s, mid-sized companies, high-growth startups and industry organizations from Silicon Valley to Asia fix broken capabilities, re-craft their story and accelerate sales performance in ways they never thought possible. Andy’s a sought-after speaker on marketing and sales transformations, leadership skills, and digital storytelling. In 2017, he was named one of PR Week’s 40 Under 40.

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Miranda Marshall graduated in 2014 from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelors Degree in Public Relations. She worked for two years following at an Atlanta corporation where she learned many tactics and valuable lessons before quitting to enter the world of freelance with the purpose of serving small business owners. Her business name has since evolved to Occipital Media. Occipital Media is a Digital Marketing Agency founded on a genuine desire to assist local businesses in achieving growth.

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Doug Jackson with Shared Vision Marketing, Jonathan Silver with Atlanta Coffee Supply Group, and Lauren Glancy with Soccer in the Streets

July 26, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Doug Jackson with Shared Vision Marketing, Jonathan Silver with Atlanta Coffee Supply Group, and Lauren Glancy with Soccer in the Streets

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Doug Jackson with Shared Vision Marketing is an executive leader with experience and expertise in building revenue, market share and brand equity for highly visible, world-class organizations. Doug has a proven track record and extensive experience in the consumer packaged goods, financial services and technology industries with both Fortune 50 and start-up companies. Doug is a strategic thinker, quick study and team player with strong business acumen who has worked with companies like The Coca- Cola Company, Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble. Doug lives in Atlanta with his son Nick and dog Aspen but hails from Washington, DC and remains a die-hard fan of DC sports, music and culture. Doug is a proud graduate of both The University of Virginia (BA) and The University of Michigan (MBA).

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Jonathan Silver with Atlanta Coffee Supply Group lived the true entrepreneurial story. He started a business in a spare bedroom in his parents with an idea and a sedan. He took the concept of a dime cup of coffee to chef driven restaurants that were serving great food and a nickel cup of coffee. He has maintained the concept for the last 25 years and created a specialty beverage distribution company.

Follow Atlanta Coffee Supply Group on Facebook.

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Lauren Glancy is the Director of Programs for Soccer in the Streets. She is a soccer enthusiast, a former Athletic Director, and a Health and PE teacher. She played soccer at the University of Georgia on an athletic scholarship and received a bachelors degree in Health and Physical Education from the University of Georgia. She also got her Masters degree in Sport Pedagogy from the University of Georgia.

Philip S. Bush with MavRen Sales and Marketing and Marci Alt with Gayborhood

July 24, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Philip S. Bush with MavRen Sales and Marketing and Marci Alt with Gayborhood

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The following story was made possible by Transwestern. To learn more about Transwestern, you can follow them on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Marci Alt is one of the Partners and Chief Executive Officer of Carma Productions, Inc. The proud producers of The Gay Community Yellow Pages and Gayborhood. In 1989, Marci relocated to Atlanta, shortly after her move, she realized the need for a resource directory to ensure members of the LGBT community are treated with the same respect as everyone else and The Gay Community Yellow Pages was born. In 2008, Marci and her business partner founded Carma Productions. Over the years, Marci has participated in several local non-profit organizations, having been involved with Mega Family Project, Out on Film, North Georgia Rainbow Coalition, GLAAD. She is currently sitting on the Board of Directors for AGLCC. Marci is also the VP of the LNFY board to help end LGBTQ homelessness. Marci has been awarded AGLCC’s Business Woman of the Year 2x in Atlanta Ga, as well has received a nomination for NGLCC’s Business Person of the Year, and was invited to spend Easter Sunday with the President Obama and his family at the White House. When she is not at work or volunteering, Marci enjoys being “Mapa” to her two beautiful children Alexandria and Nicholas.

Throughout his career, Phil Bush has devised multiple sales and marketing methodologies with a focus on execution success. His emphasis has been on continuous process improvement, sales methodologies and consistency of delivery. MavRen Sales & Marketing focuses on a wide variety of areas for different organizations and continues to expand its reach today. He has been very successful handling a wide variety of assignments in sales, sales management, business development, channels, and strategic alliances. His most focus has been on sales enablement. Under that broad umbrella, he has made contributions in sales process definition, territory planning, Account Execution Planning™, sales coaching, sales team coordination and partner execution for divisions of IBM, Oracle, Infor, and others. He has also directed sales teams across North America, Europe and Asia, and has worked not only with Blue-chip companies (IBM, Oracle) but also with a variety of start-up organizations through Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). Earlier, he served as a Principal for Atlanta-based Infomentis, a consulting firm that specialized in expanding revenue streams for its clients in all areas, including sales, channels / alliances, services and maintenance. Its clients included Oracle, Microsoft, Computer Associates, Cognos (purchased by IBM), Informatica, NetApp and other high-tech companies. During his tenure, he started and developed the Sales Performance Coaching practice to help his clients’ sales teams sharpen their strategic account planning, territory planning, and sales management techniques. This work has taken Bush around the world. He has a talent for devising ways to attain peak sales in complex, sophisticated global environments and for coaching teams and individuals to maximize their potential. Well educated, he earned his BS in Industrial Management at Georgia Institute of Technology. He frequently speaks on a variety of sales and sales enablement topic. His thoughts are published on the blog at www.mavren.com. He has lived in three countries and worked in 22.

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Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International

July 24, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International

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On this CEO Exclusive we talk with Tom Matthesen and David Paparelli with Thrive Farmers International, a coffee farm, about trends happening in the world of coffee and tea. We also discuss how they utilize the power of their business to make a social impact while still meeting the needs of stakeholders and shareholders.

About Thrive Farmers

We are in the business of impact. It is the most important thing we strive to make. From the start of a customer’s morning to the end of a farmer’s day, this is how we are measured.

Our farmers aren’t suppliers — they’re people. And what they cultivate isn’t a commodity — it’s a livelihood. It’s not just a supply chain, it’s a chain of values that guides everything we do. Integrity leads to transparency. Transparency to prosperity. And prosperity to quality. It’s a purposefully crafted product and process where all of us — from farmer to customer — thrive.

Tom Matthesen is a seasoned entrepreneur who has not only founded, built and sold several companies, but has also spent over 25 years financing and advising both development stage and more mature growth companies in a wide range of industries. He served as the founding Chairman of the Board for Thrive Farmers and took on the role of President in 2016. Since its inception, Matthesen has worked alongside the founders in the development of the company’s vision, strategic execution and capital formation strategies. Matthesen is passionate about helping businesses build purpose into their beverage programs and empowering the talented men and women who are responsible for growing world-class coffee – the individual farmers.

David Paparelli is Head of Product Development at Thrive Farmers International, where he builds innovative beverage solutions that give farmers the opportunity to earn more. Before his work at Thrive, David spent several years working with nonprofits in East Africa and Central America focused on economic development initiatives. He has a passion for helping entrepreneurs in the

developing world access new markets to better support their families and communities.

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 4