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NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Maxine Cain with STEM Atlanta Women

January 21, 2017 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Maxine Cain with STEM Atlanta Women

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Deborah Lanham, Maxine Cain, Mike Sammond

Maxine Cain/STEM Atlanta Women

STEM Atlanta Women is a non-profit 501c(3) organization created to Enlighten, Educate, and Empower Underrepresented, Disadvantaged, and Under-served women and girls to take advantage of the global opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and the future skills needed to compete and succeed in 21st Century.

STEM offers hands-on after school, STEM Saturdays and summer programs, master classes, innovative programs, tech labs, hack-a-thons, conferences, entrepreneurial training, and events that will enhance and increase the talent pipeline in STEM careers globally for women, girls, and minorities in underrepresented and under-served communities through career and technical education, collaboration and communication.

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Tosha Marks with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

November 19, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA'S BIZLINK: Tosha Marks with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

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Deborah Lanham, Tosha Marks, Mike Sammond

Tosha Marks/Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the North Fulton Chamber is to be the catalyst for economic development, business growth, and quality of life in North Fulton. The GNFCC promotes the interests of their members by assuming a leadership role in making North Fulton an excellent place to work, live, play and stay. They provide one voice for all local businesses to influence decision makers, recommend legislation, and protect the valuable resources that make North Fulton a popular place to live. From economic development to quality of life, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GNFCC) is active in promoting positive growth and sense of community pride.

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Fern Johnson with CSI Laboratories and Cheri Windeler with Pineapple Gifts

October 21, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Fern Johnson with CSI Laboratories and Cheri Windeler with Pineapple Gifts

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Deborah Lanham, Cheri Windeler, Fern Johnson, Mike Sammond

Fern Johnson/CSI Laboratories

CSI Laboratories is a specialized cancer diagnostics laboratory focused specifically on meeting the unique needs and challenges of pathologists and the patients they serve. CSI Laboratories is independently owned and operated by medical professionals and has provided reliable and expert diagnostic testing to pathologists across the United States since 1997.

Cheri Windeler/Pineapple Gifts

Pineapple Gifts has spent years amassing a collection of fabulous corporate gifts and promotional items you won’t find anywhere else. They know how hard it is to find tasteful corporate gifts! They look hard for items that will actually be used, reflect well on you, are memorable and will leave a lasting positive impression. Pineapple Gifts would love to find just the right thing for you.

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Mary Hester with LAN Systems

September 16, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Mary Hester with LAN Systems

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Mike Sammond, Mary Hester, Deborah Lanham

MARY HESTER/LAN SYSTEMS

Mary Hester is the CEO of LAN Systems, which provides IT solutions in the Greater Metro Atlanta Area. Mary is an electrical engineer who believes her greatest strength is in her ability to connect with people and understand their unique technology needs. Through her leadership, LAN Systems has dedicated itself to providing business technology that works for people. As a computer systems expert, Mary works with many companies to get the highest efficiency from people and IT resources. She brings extensive experience managing a support and service group renowned for its “Best in the Industry” rating and standards. Mary is an expert in customer loyalty and retention. She has designed and delivered numerous training courses and workshops on a variety of topics. Understanding that service must be consistent and always meet the customer’s needs, Mary has developed a unique managed services model that provides personalized, high-quality services throughout the contract period. LAN Systems delivers this program with engineers and computer experts to many industries.

Mary has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA from the University of Georgia at Athens. In addition to working with utilities on security and other topics, she is very involved in the industry and serves on several committees that address security concerns for public utilities. Mary is very active in the community and volunteers for several not-for-profit organizations that promote engineering education and careers to young people. She devotes her time to promoting engineering as a career to young women. Mary is the Vice Chairman for the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services. She also serves on the Board of Utility Technology Associates, a not-for-profit dedicated to the advancement of education and training for electric power utilities which conducts the Southeastern Meter School and the Distribution Apparatus School.

You can contact Mary at mary@lansystems.com.

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Senator Brandon Beach with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

August 19, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Senator Brandon Beach with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

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Deborah Lanham and Senator Brandon Beach

Senator Brandon Beach/Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Todd Peneguy with TAG

July 20, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA'S BIZLINK: Todd Peneguy with TAG

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Deborah Lanham, Todd Peneguy, Mike Sammond

Todd Peneguy/TAG

It’s a new world for tech, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) has emerged as a world-class membership organization and an engine for economic development for the state of Georgia. TAG’s mission is to educate, promote, influence and unite Georgia’s technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances Georgia’s tech-based economy.

NORTH ATLANTA’S BIZLINK: Peter Stewart with Cyviz

June 17, 2016 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

NORTH ATLANTA'S BIZLINK: Peter Stewart with Cyviz

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Mike Sammond, Peter Stewart, Deborah Lanham

North Atlanta’s BizLink
The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce linking you to Business Leaders

Peter Stewart/Cyviz

Peter Stewart serves as President of North America for Cyviz, a global provider of high performance visualization, collaboration and command & control environments. Peter brings 20 years of relevant experience with positions in technology strategy, sales, alliances and product management.

By applying themselves to making their customers’ lives simpler, Cyviz has created a formula for product integration on a systems level that has become the industry benchmark. Their groundbreaking technology represents a paradigm shift in the way organizations deploy, use and support large numbers of feature rich collaboration environments. The beauty of The Cyviz Experience is in its simplicity: intuitive to operate; easy to connect; uncomplicated to expand; simple to maintain. In short: High-end visual collaboration made easy. Cyviz is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway with regional offices in Houston, Washington DC, Dubai, Riyadh, Beijing, and Singapore.