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Eva Scott with Premier Financial Alliance and Brad Raffensperger with Tendon Systems and Revitalized Structures

September 17, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Eva Scott with Premier Financial Alliance and Brad Raffensperger with Tendon Systems and Revitalized Structures

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Mike Sammond, Eva Scott, Brad Raffensperger

Eva Scott/Premier Financial Alliance

Premier Financial Alliance is a company that specializes in designing tax free retirement strategies for small business owners and individuals. At PFA, they believe in taking minimal risks with your money or your life. How would you like locking in your gains every year when the market goes up and never losing them again? How would you like to protect your investments having no losses due to declines in the index? How would you like being able to access most of your cash value at any time through policy loans without penalties or tax consequences?

Another key element in a sound retirement plan is protection. Their clients have access to a new kind of life insurance they don’t have to die to use. A percentage of your life insurance proceeds can be accessed in the event of a terminal, chronic or critical illness. You can take care of your living expenses if you become ill or receive a monthly income during a disability (if you cannot perform 2 of the 6 activities of daily living) and be able to pay your bills without tapping into your savings or investments.

Premier Financial Alliance takes the guessing and the worrying out of your retirement plan.

Brad Raffensperger/Tendon Systems & Revitalized Structures

Tendon Systems is focused on providing advanced technology and dependable solutions for some of America’s largest and most prestigious construction projects. Tendon Systems specializes in post-tensioning. This includes high rise, multi-family, parking garages, hotels, offices and condominiums.

Revitalized Structures, a division of Tendon Systems, has over 30 years of experience from over 400 projects focused exclusively on structural strengthening, restoration, repair and retrofit services for all types of structures. With over 30 years of industry experience, the company leadership has the in-house know-how to design and construct even the most challenging structural changes and repairs. Their specialty lies in the combination of structural engineering and the field crew and leaders to execute designs appropriately. Their expertise lies in carbon fiber strengthening, external post tensioning and structural steel reinforcement. Spall repairs, epoxy crack injection, expansion joint repairs and more are all in their normal line of activities.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Carla Carraway with Precision Planning, Matt Hyatt with Rocket IT and Terri Jondahl with CAB Incorporated

September 12, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Daniel Kaufman with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Carla Carraway with Precision Planning, Matt Hyatt with Rocket IT and Terri Jondahl with CAB Incorporated

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Carla Carroway, Dr. Daniel Kaufman, Matt Hyatt, Terri Jondahl, Mike Sammond — Carla Carraway, Dr. Daniel Kaufman, Matt Hyatt, Terri Jondahl, Mike Sammond

Dr. Daniel Kaufman/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber is the forum where business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and the philanthropic and public service communities come together to craft a common vision for the Gwinnett community.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the President and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber and is responsible for the overall leadership, management and direction of the 2,700-member organization located in Duluth. Dr. Kaufman most recently served as the charter president of Georgia Gwinnett College. He is a decorated Army veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He has worked for the White House National Security Council and with the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Carla Carraway/Precision Planning

Precision Planning is a Gwinnett based business that has provided engineering, architectural and surveying services throughout Georgia for over 30 years. They work diligently to improve the quality of life for the communities they work with through unique and innovative design principles and superior customer service. Their employees and principals are involved in numerous civic, charitable and community-based efforts in and around Gwinnett County.

Matt Hyatt/Rocket IT

Serving Gwinnett County and surrounding areas since 1995, Rocket IT helps businesses and other organizations thrive by taking care of people and making technology attainable, useful and reliable.

Terri Jondahl/CAB Incorporated

Unsurpassed excellence since 1982, CAB Incorporated is a leader in international supply chain and quality management, specializing in supplying industrial castings and forgings, steel pipe flanges for waterworks, and wind tower components for industrial applications on three continents. With manufacturing and distribution in the U.S. and engineers on the ground around the world working with supplier factories, CAB’s deep expertise in manufacturing and process control drives down costs and minimizes risks of an international supply chain and provides options for U.S. based inspection, manufacturing, assembly, just in time inventory management and other value added services.

Robert Locke with Crown Realty Management, Kathleen Teare with Atlanta Partners Property Management and Lisa Fuqua with Onward Real Estate

September 11, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Robert Locke with Crown Realty Management, Kathleen Teare with Atlanta Partners Property Management and Lisa Fuqua with Onward Real Estate

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Robert Locke, Kate Schermerhorn, Kathleen Teare, Lisa Fuqua

Robert Locke/Crown Realty Management

Crown Realty Management is a 30-year-old property management company specializing in buying, renovating, leasing and managing homes in the Atlanta area. They currently manage 1,000 houses with a 30-person staff. They are active training other investors and managers in the art of the property management business and have acquired 14 other management companies.

Kathleen Teare/Atlanta Partners Property Management

Atlanta Partners Property Management is a full-service property management company serving the metro Atlanta area. Their services include, but are not limited to, providing complete rental services for tenants. Theye also provide leasing services, management services, and leasing with management services for homeowners throughout the area. They are owned and managed by professional realtors who have more than 50 years of experience in the real estate and property management industries.

Their belief system focuses on integrity, honesty, commitment, communication and trust. Their mission is to provide world class service to their clients and customers

Lisa Fuqua/Onward Real Estate

Onward Property Management, a division of Onward Real Estate, is a full-service company specializing in residential and commercial leasing, property management, and sales. They have staff in place for administrative and accounting duties who support their fully licensed agents with both real estate licenses and certified property management specialists designations. The agent is the point of contact throughout the relationship, beginning with listing the property for lease (or sale), screening and placing the tenant, managing the property and then selling (if client desires). They are a one-stop shop, whether the clients are investors, or simply temporary landlords waiting out market conditions.

Doug Foote with Georgia United Credit Union and Trey Tompkins with Admin America

September 11, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Doug Foote with Georgia United Credit Union and Trey Tompkins with Admin America

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Dominick Rainey, Doug Foote, Trey Tompkins, Nikole Toptas

Doug Foote/Georgia United Credit Union

Georgia United Credit Union is one of Georgia’s largest and strongest not-for-profit financial cooperatives, serving more than 122,000 member-owners across the state. From home and auto loans to free checking with identity theft protection, bill pay and mobile banking, Georgia United’s goal is to save members time and money. It’s easy to open an account online at www.georgiaunitedcu.org or at any Georgia United branch. Services are available to all Gwinnett County residents.

Trey Tompkins/Admin America

Admin America is an independent third party administrator of employee benefits based in Alpharetta, GA. Admin America had provided consulting and administrative services primarily to small businesses located in Georgia and adjacent states since 1988. Admin America’s services are focused on compliance with federal rules governing employee benefit plans. Services include FSA and HRA administration, COBRA compliance and ERISA and PPACA consulting.

Admin America’s team of 14 full time administrators is led by Trey Tompkins, a benefits attorney with over 17 years experience helping small businesses plan and maintain compliant benefit programs.

Dr. Louis Cavallo with AC Spine & Wellness Center and Martin Birkbeck with American Family Insurance

September 10, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Louis Cavallo with AC Spine & Wellness Center and Martin Birkbeck with American Family Insurance

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Martin Birkbeck, Mike Sammond, Dr. Louis Cavallo

Dr. Louis Cavallo/AC Spine & Wellness Center

AC Spine & Wellness Center (formerly AC Chiropractic Life Center) is an integrated family wellness center, combining the benefits of chiropractic and functional medicine to achieve your optimal health. Functional medicine measures how the organs and systems of the body are functioning and then use nutrition and other natural treatments to regain proper working of the body’s systems. Their goal is to identify those problem areas, restore deficiencies naturally and prevent them from leading to serious illness and disease.

Dr. Jeanette Altieri and Dr. Louis Cavallo have been serving the Gwinnett community for over 21 years and are dedicated to creating a healthier world, naturally! They specialize in family care, pediatrics and pregnancy, sports performance and frozen shoulder therapy. AC Spine & Wellness’ multi-specialty team provides you with a non-surgical approach to your pain or injury. They offer specialized in-house testing which allows them to look inside your body and see what’s going on, helping them effectively direct you in your quest for better health. Their goal is to achieve healing from the inside out as opposed to the medical model of healing from the outside in.

Martin Birkbeck/American Family Insurance

The Martin Birkbeck Agency of American Family Insurance opened the first Gwinnett office of the Fortune 500 company in 2009. Martin’s Agency is a multi-line insurance agency providing home, auto, business and life insurance.

Bill Blackwell with The Gwinnett Center and Jess Villegas with Leading Concepts Group

September 5, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Bill Blackwell with The Gwinnett Center and Jess Villegas with Leading Concepts Group

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Mike Sammond, Bill Blackwell, Jess Villegas

Bill Blackwell/The Gwinnett Center

The Gwinnett Center is a 90 acre campus located off Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, GA. The Center includes The Arena at Gwinnett Center, a 13,000 seat multi-use facility that hosts concerts, sporting events, corporate events and religious gatherings. The Convention Center has 50,000 square ft. of exhibit halls, 23 meeting rooms and a 20,000 square foot Grand Ballroom. The Performing Arts Center is a state of the art 700 seat theater used for plays, corporate events, dance recitals and traveling shows. The Hudgens Center for the Arts is also located on campus but is operated separately from the other venues, but the Gwinnett Centers sales staff does handle bookings of the facilities for weddings, receptions and other gatherings. The Center employs approximately 100 full-time and over 200 part-time people. The Gwinnett Center is directed by the Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and operates as a non-profit organization. The bricks and mortar are owned by the County but the Center has operated without County funding after construction. This year they celebrate 10 years service for the Arena and Grand Ballroom and 20 years service for the PAC and Convention Center.

Jess Villegas/Leading Concepts Group

The LC Group (Leading Concepts Group) is a business consulting organization dedicated to elevating the systems-thinking capabilities of every individual in the organization to positively impact results, the development of leaders at every level of the organization, and the construction of strategic plans and business models that are aligned with the objectives of the organization.

Ginger Summerville with Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Properties Sugarloaf, Heather Wilson with WMT Global/Keller Williams Realty and Stan Jones with Stan Jones Team/Keller Williams Realty

September 4, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Ginger Summerville with Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Properties Sugarloaf, Heather Wilson with WMT Global/Keller Williams Realty and Stan Jones with Stan Jones Team/Keller Williams Realty

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Ginger Summerville, Stan Jones, Heather Wilson, Kate Schermerhorn

Ginger Summerville/Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Properties Sugarloaf

Ginger Summerville with Keller Williams Realty has been blessed to have helped many Atlantans with one of the largest transactions of their lives… buying and selling their homes. Now more than ever, she is ready to assist the needs of your friends, family and co-workers with their real estate needs. Choosing the right agent is the most important first step.

A home is not a home because of its room dimensions or the color of the walls. It is about how you feel when you walk through the front door. And the way you can instantly envision your life unfolding there. This is about more than real estate. It is about your life and your dreams. Ginger appreciates your referrals and looks forward to speaking with you soon!

Heather Wilson/WMT Global-Keller Williams Realty

Heather Wilson has been in the industry for more than 18 years, including banking, finance and real estate. She is the owner/commercial broker for WMT Global and associate broker with Keller Williams Realty. She focuses on relationship strategies and consulting, and has a referral-based business model. Heather provides global exposure for her client’s properties in order to bring buyers and investors to your neck of the woods. She spends a great deal of time each week meeting clients at their front door.

Stan Jones/Stan Jones Team-Keller Williams Realty

Your Real Estate PROs have over seven years of real estate experience in the Metro Atlanta market, including short sales and foreclosures. Stan Jones Team is affiliated with Keller Williams, Atlanta Partners in Duluth and are very pleased to announce that PRO agent Stan Jones has been ranked #1 Independent Agent in 2009, 2010 and 2012! Stan Jones Team has been recognized as a leader in Georgia and more specifically in Gwinnett County in sales volume. Their top priority is to make your home buying or selling experience meaningful and as smooth as possible. The focus for them is to serve the best interest of their clients.

Vanessa Germain with CottageCare and Cathy Morrow with Room Reflections

August 28, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Vanessa Germain with CottageCare and Cathy Morrow with Room Reflections

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Vanessa Germain, Kate Schermerhorn, Cathy Morrow

Vanessa Germain/CottageCare

CottageCare was founded in 1988 by CEO and President Tom Schrader. Since then, CottageCare has grown from one office into an international corporation serving the United States and Canada. Vanessa’s location opened in Lawrenceville in 2007, and just moved to Suwanee in February. They will clean your home whether it’s a Cottage or a Castle.

Cathy Morrow/Room Reflections

Have the home you always wanted… whatever you want it to be! Room Reflections believes home is some place special. It’s often where we make our largest investment of ourselves, our finances, our time. So whether you want to relax, get energized, entertain, or cocoon, their interior design services allow you to get the most enjoyment possible from your largest investment.

Decorating your home with Room Reflections Interiors is an exciting, fun, and collaborative process! They work hard to earn your trust, to create your dream rooms, and to exceed your expectations in every way. Room Reflections also offers real estate staging and color consulting services.

Dr. Benson Karanja with Beulah Heights University, Scott Brandt with eQuorum and Sharon Mason with Cobb Chamber of Commerce

August 28, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Dr. Benson Karanja with Beulah Heights University, Scott Brandt with eQuorum and Sharon Mason with Cobb Chamber of Commerce

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Dominick Rainey, Dr. Benson Karanja, Scott Brandt, Sharon Mason, Nikole Toptas

Dr. Benson Karanja/Beulah Heights University

Founded in 1918, Beulah Heights University (BHU) has become known as one of the nation’s oldest and fastest growing Bible institutions. Beulah Heights University is proud of its heritage as a training institution for students interested in learning ethical leadership for the ministry and the marketplace. Beulah Heights University offers students a curriculum that is centered in its core values of Biblical Inerrancy, Integrity, Global Missions, Dedicated Servant-hood, and Diversity suitable for Christian leadership in a host of arenas.

Scott Brandt/eQuorum

Organizations that rely on engineering content need a better way to securely and simply manage documents. That’s why they turn to eQuorum’s comprehensive, yet easy-to-use solutions to manage their data – from design to manufacturing to production. Whether you are a product engineer, facilities manager or IT executive, eQuorum’s ImageSite helps you improve version control, enhance collaboration and generate more efficient and timely work processes. You save valuable time finding important documents and leveraging intellectual property to drive improvements throughout the enterprise. eQuorum: Engineering documents. Elevating productivity.

Sharon Mason/Cobb Chamber of Commerce

As one of the most influential business advocacy organizations in Georgia, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce is the only organization in Cobb County dedicated to bringing the community and its leaders together to create jobs and strengthen the economy and quality of life so businesses and the community can achieve more. The Chamber achieves this by creating jobs and driving economic development; strengthening the community and the region; growing member businesses and nurturing leadership; and connecting businesses, government and the community.

The Cobb Chamber’s mission is economic and community development, advocacy and world-class member services.