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Culinary Atlanta featuring South Main Kitchen

May 1, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Culinary Atlanta featuring South Main Kitchen

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This episode of Culinary Atlanta is brought to you by HandPicked ATL and PokeBurri.

Andy is head chef at South Main Kitchen, Butcher and Brew and their collective restaurant group is opening 3 new restaurants this year.

Hand-Picked ATL is the best of what to do and where to go in Atlanta. It’s their humble belief that by surrounding ourselves with the authentic, the unique and the curious, our lives are more awesome. Hand-Picked celebrates the independent makers by seeking out their inspired goods and crafted experiences, providing meaningful ways for their users to connect for themselves.

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Seven Chan and Ken Yu are owners of Poke Burri and Lifting Noodles Ramen. Both have proven to be award-winning concepts with cult-like followings in the city. The pair met and opened their first shop a year and a half ago combining Sevens business and marketing acumen with Ken’s food and restaurant background. The two plan to franchise and grow each concept in the next year and have new locations slotted to open this year and into 2019.

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Donald Hawkins with CitySmart, Marla Adams with Babette’s Cafe

May 1, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Donald Hawkins with CitySmart, Marla Adams with Babette's Cafe

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With a career that covers both media and technology, Donald Hawkins applies a diverse mixture of skills to his role as Founder & Chief Executive Officer of CitySmart. As a serial entrepreneur, Donald has a goal of creating companies that truly help the masses. With CitySmart, Donald aids the growth of local Chambers of Commerce, local Small Businesses and savvy local consumers. Before devoting his work fulltime to CitySmart, Donald was National Sales Director for national lifestyle publishing brand Lifestyle Publications, where he helped oversee operational and sales functions of 50+ markets and 3,000,000 readers throughout the United States. Donald’s career in technology begin with his first startup, DocsNearYou, where he developed a website for medical and dental professionals to connect with prospective customers through an on-demand appointment setting platform. Donald began his professional career as associate and ultimately director of a health-focused advertising agency based in Atlanta, GA. This experience aided Donald in understanding the needs of small businesses and the ability of technology to fill much needed gaps. Donald is a contributor with Forbes Business Development Council as well as the Young Entrepreneurs Council and his companies have been featured in the LA Times, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and other reputable media sources.

Marla Adams began cooking on a lark in 1980 at a restaurant in Boston. She had graduated from The University of Virginia and was a little burned out. Adams took a bakery job for $3.50 an hour (in Boston) and from that point never left the restaurant business. She loves the hours, the pace, the people, the food, the challenges and working with her hands and brain at the same time. She views the craft of food as being real and essential to everyone. Most of all, Adams loves cooks: line cooks, prep cooks, chefs, sous chefs, all of them. She describes them as a very unique group of people. After a few years, Adams attended the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park and upon graduation moved to Atlanta There was never a shortage of jobs, and she moved quickly up the ranks in several restaurants and even a hotel. Upon reaching a glass ceiling, in one position, in 1992 she decided to open her own place, Babette’s Cafe. In 2015, after 23 years, Adams turned her kitchen over to Chef Justin Kurtz. He is talented, passionate, and able-bodied. He has even gently thrown Adams out of her own kitchen and she is ok with that. She enjoys having a great front of house staff and now spends most her time fighting computers, light bulbs and marketing.

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Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode eXp reality and Richard Eimers

April 30, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode eXp reality and Richard Eimers

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Melanie and I began this real estate experience together in 1995 and for more than 22 years have worked together to deliver the very best real estate experience to our customers.

I have been a Florida Licensed Realtor for over 20 years, have SOLD more than $500,000,000 worth of every kind of real estate from Pensacola to Destin to 30A and Panama City Beach.

In 2004 our team had outgrown the office space available at REMAX Southern Realty, I got my brokers’ license and we became Eimers Group Real Estate. Over these last 11 years we all have experienced a unique real estate economy and from this experience made the conscious decision to leave our agents and assistants and go back to doing what we enjoy most about the real estate industry and that is selling real estate.

Melanie & I are the brokerage now “Powered by EXP Realty”, both take this business very personally, so we can continue to provide a personalized boutique real estate experience to our customers.

With over 20 years of real estate experience, my job as I see it is to solve complicated issues associated with selling and buying real estate today and to help address customer expectations.

We continue to work in the same geographical area that we have worked in 1995, Destin to Miramar Beach To 30A and West Panama City Beach – all south of the bays.

A Few of my Awards

REMAX International sales achievement awards include; Platinum Club Award, Chairman’s Club Award, Premier Community Citizenship Award & RE/MAX International Hall of Fame Award.

EMERALD COAST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS; 6 years Chairman – Multiple Listing Service Committee, 4 years as Destin Board Director & 2005 Emerald Coast Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award.

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We take pride in employing the most powerful tools in real estate. Together, we’ll find a space that fits you best, and we’ll back it up with real-time listing alerts, neighborhood expertise, and rich market reports so that you know you’re making the best investment possible.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 12

April 27, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 12

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

Scott Luton serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream and is a member of the ownership group. He brings more than 15 years of general management and business development experience to TalentStream. After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2000, he began his career as a database analyst in the United States Air Force. Luton later joined EmployBridge, where he was named to the President’s Club in 2007 and 2008. He has held leadership roles including Vice President of Business Development for Definity Partners and Director of Sales for Clairon Metals Corporation. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, is a member of APICS Southeast District Staff and currently serves on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee. A certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional, Luton also maintains active membership in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, and the Transportation Club of Atlanta. Follow TalentStream on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

John Haber is the Founder and CEO of Spend Management Experts. With nearly two decades of transportation spend management experience, John has helped some of the world’s leading brands drive greater efficiencies through their supply chain operations while reducing transportation costs.

John began his career at UPS where he held various executive level positions in corporate finance and was instrumental in developing profitability and costing models. He also managed the carrier’s National Accounts Profitability Group where he audited the pricing and profitability of UPS’ top customers.

John’s finance background combined with decades of experience working with high volume shippers enables him to offer unique insights on strategic supply chain planning including distribution model optimization, transportation cost analysis, and carrier contract optimization and compliance.

An active speaker at industry events including Parcel Forum and Internet Retailer, John is widely considered one of the logistics industry’s foremost thought leaders on transportation spend management. He is frequently quoted and published in national business and trade media such as the Wall Street Journal, Inbound Logistics, and Parcel magazine. In 2014, John was named one of the top 100 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know for the third consecutive year.

John is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a BS in Political Science.

Matthew Bean is the General Manager of BioLab, Inc. a KIK Custom Products Company, that is also one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer packaged goods. KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

Chris Barnes is a recognized thought leader within the Supply Chain industry. He earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bradley University and later earned an MBA (with honors) with emphasis on Organizational Development. He is passionate about sharing knowledge and continued professional development for both himself and others.

Barnes has contributed to 35+ publications and presented to or trained 1,500+ professionals. He currently serves as the lead consultant for HighJump, the leading provider of supply chain execution solutions.

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Sharon Harris with Rarecat Wines

April 27, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Sharon Harris with Rarecat Wines

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Sharon Kazan Harris Owner and Director of Winemaking RARECAT Wines Sharon fell in love with wine in Bordeaux when she was 20 years old, a time when she was obsessed with speaking French and living abroad. There to study French, Bordeaux taught her some of the most important things in my life: an appreciation of fine food and wine, and a joie de vivre one gets from sharing those things with those we love and cherish.

Most people have long lists of accolades that define their life’s successes. For her, it is quite the opposite — success has been a result of fortuitous introductions, dreaming big ( with the ability to make ideas happen), and a willingness to try new things. Her love of food and wine directly stems from naive gumption, charm, and a desire to learn, all of which led her to my first wine experience at Haut Brion; then to living with France’s most famed cheese making family; and finally to a cooking internship under the wings of Amat, a famous 2 star chef in Bordeaux.

She longed to be in the wine industry for decades, but getting to Napa Valley was like driving on a windy, country road verses a toll highway. Spent many years working in executive positions in publishing (Managing Director of Miller Freedman’s International Division), advertising (President of an ad agency, Transphere), and technology (VP of Sales of Inktomi, an internet search engine start-up, internet consultant to VISA and Estamp) and a tech investor. Luckily a successful career in tech allowed her to trade computers for vineyards.

Undoubtedly the hardest thing she has accomplished is graduating with honors from the Universite de Bordeaux’s famed D.U.A.D. program, a technical oenology diploma taught in French. Today, she serves as the sole owner and Director of Winemaking for RARECAT Wines and oversee all aspects of our wine production in Napa, Bordeaux and Champagne. While promoting RARECAT, her greatest passion has been empowering women. She has used wine as a tool to bring together thousands of executives to connect with their stakeholders. She is proud to be the only American vintner producing estate wines in Champagne and Bordeaux.

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 1

April 27, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 1

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

Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) was “birthed” by Elana (Bekerman) Frank, an Atlanta native and current resident. Her story wasn’t unique. She suffered from infertility. It took her two years, rounds of Clomid, intrauterine inseminations (IUIs aka“turkey baster method”) and 4 IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) cycles to make two babies. At the time living in Israel, their socialized medicine and desire to create Jewish babies afforded her the opportunity to inexpensively sort out a solution. When she returned to the States, she realized that others weren’t as lucky as her – in terms of treatment success, community support, and financial aid. She learned for others it takes years, miscarriages, unbearable debt, oceans of tears, and heartache before finally giving birth, if at all. And with the cost of 1 IVF cycle ranging on average from $12,500 – $25,000 in Atlanta, GA, many don’t even have a chance for a chance. Knowing that there this need for funding, support and enhanced awareness of this sometimes “unspoken” issue in the Jewish community, she decided to create JFF. Working for 19 years in the Jewish community (in College Park, MD; NYC; Kfar Hassidim, Israel, and Cherry Hill, NJ, and now Atlanta, GA) is something that chose Elana as much as she chose it. Elana feels armed with the tools and chutzpah to be the Executive Director of her small but mighty non-profit. Elana and her husband Jason live in Atlanta, GA with their two curly haired boys, Levi (6) and Avidan (4 ½).

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Jodi Wittenberg is an a native Atlantan. Her family has been in Georgia for generations. In her (almost) 50 years, she attended Hebrew Academy of Atlanta, Henderson High School, and UGA. She dropped out of college her junior year (every parents nightmare back then) and went to work in the family business, Herschel’s Fabrics down on Spring Street. From there, her parents and her shifted gears and opened Return To Eden Natural Foods Store on Cheshire Bridge. She sold that operation in 2008 and created an online kosher cheese business, The Chosen Knish, with a friend. We operated a cottage business out of my garage. As it grew, she knew she needed an actual retail location. Along with two other girlfriends, in January of 2014, The Chosen Knish evolved into The Spicy Peach located in Toco Hills. They have been there for years now selling kosher specialty items, soup, salads, paninis, and they do light catering. They are currently working on expanding our physical space, as well as their web presence. She has been married to the same good guy, Josh, for 20 years, and they have 3 lively teenagers. For fun, she loves to read girlie books and cookbooks, do arts n crafts, go to the beach, and get involved in community volunteer projects.

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Nana Asantewaa Queen Mother of Konongo in Ashanti Akim in Ghana West Africa. Nana was one of the first to operate a Tropical Grocery Store in Atlanta and one of the first to introduce the sale of shea butter at her shop Cecilbee’s Afro Mart. Nana is also into missions to Ghana ie Konongo.

Andrew Levy with DTproductions, and Amy Tully and Dane Robinson with Onelife Fitness

April 27, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Andrew Levy with DTproductions, and Amy Tully and Dane Robinson with Onelife Fitness

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Andrew Levy serves as the President of DTproductions. DTproductions is a group of filmmakers that focus on connecting brands with the human spirit. Their secret weapon is Chispa, the spark that inspires them to create with a purpose. Last year they produced films in 21 cities and 5 countries that achieved over 50 million views for themselves and their partners.DTproductions work with skydivers, gold miners, chefs, doctors, educators and any person that shares our spark and inspires an audience.

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Onelife Fitness means simply that. You have One Life. Onelife Fitness is here because it’s time, time for a fitness company to inspire people of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels. Onelife Fitness is setting the standard for the world’s best fitness centers. Their clubs offer vast amenities and are innovative, community-focused, convenient, friendly and affordable with the ongoing commitment to deliver unparalleled service to their members, and the results they’re looking for.

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Lori Foley with PYA, Jeff Halter with Y Women

April 27, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Lori Foley with PYA, Jeff Halter with Y Women

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Lori Foley hold the title of Principal at PYA, a national professional services firm providing management consulting and accounting. She leads PYA’s Compliance service line and is a member of PYA’s Value Transformation and Business Support & Improvement teams. She combines industry experience in managing multiple hospital-owned practices with nearly two decades of consulting experience advising physicians, and organizations affiliating with physicians, in the areas of compliance, compensation, strategic planning, operational and financial improvement, and affiliation structures.

Recently, Lori has been immersed in assisting physicians with understanding the volume-to-value transition, population health management, and deployment of chronic care and transitional care management structures so providers can use existing CMS-funded mechanisms to learn survival skills for value-based reimbursement.

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Jeffery Halter is the country’s leading male expert on advancing women and engaging men. He is the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership issues. YWomen helps organizations create Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategies, drive actionable business plans and strategies to attract, retain and advance women and address gender bias in the workplace.

Jeffery is the former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company. He is the author of two books, Why Women, The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men and Selling to Men, Selling to Women. A sought-after speaker at industry forums and for corporate programs, Jeffery is a two-time TEDx speaker and has spoken at national and global women’s leadership conferences, diversity symposiums, and at Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day programs. Jeffery’s clients and best practice research includes companies such as McDonald’s, Deloitte, GE, Mercedes-Benz, American Express, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Altria and dozens of other companies. Combining 30+ years in corporate America – from the sales front line to the corporate headquarters — and his passion for integrated leadership strategies, Jeffery connects with leaders at all-levels of the organization to create sustainable change and impact the bottom line.

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Culinary Atlanta featuring Jonathan Colon with Slingin’ Wings Festival

April 25, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Culinary Atlanta featuring Jonathan Colon with Slingin' Wings Festival

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This episode of Culinary Atlanta is brought to you by HandPicked ATL and PokeBurri.

If you are looking for a chicken wing lover’s dream come true, then you will love Slingin’ Wings Festival being held at Brookhaven Park. This chicken wing event will bring together 10 -15 wing restaurants including Hudson Grille, Wing Stop, Wild Wing Café, Taco Mac and more to be announced. The festival will be featuring some of ATL’s best tasting wings from mom and pops to chain restaurants. The event will feature live local music, a wing eating contest for patrons, blue cheese bobbing contest and judge’s contest in four categories for participating wing restaurants, which are as follows: Best Buffalo Wing, Best Smoked Wing, Crispiest Wing, Best Creative Wing Sauce and the People’s Choice Award.

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