Justin’ s guest is Mariann Yeager, CEO of The Sequoia Project (@SequoiaProject). Justin and Mariann discuss interoperability strategies and best practices as well as The Sequoia Project’s new patient matching white paper. The Sequoia Project was formerly Healtheway.
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – November 13, 2015) – On October 21, 2015, Cobb Business Radio welcomed to the studio Gillian Greer with the Vinings Historic Preservation Society. Host Lenise Williams sat down with Greer to learn more about Vinings and its place in Atlanta history.
Gillian Greer serves as the Executive Director for the Vinings Historic Preservation Society (VHPS) whose mission is to maintain and preserve The Yarbrough House, The Old Pavilion, and The Pace House and educate the public on the history of the area. The town of Vinings is located in Cobb County alongside the Chattahoochee River and ten miles northwest of Downtown Atlanta. Originally home to many ferry stations along the river in the 1800’s, Vinings is home to rich history that helped build Atlanta and Cobb.
The Solomon and Penelopy Pace House was built with the remains of the 17-room antebellum home of Vinings founder Hardy Pace. Today, The Pace House plays host to weddings and other celebrations. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The Old Pavilion was originally built as an open-air structure in 1874 by the Western & Atlantic Railroad. In 1995, it was moved to the grounds of The Pace House where it is used for community events, weddings, receptions and parties.
The third property protected by the VHPS is The Yarbrough House, built in 1880 and inhabited by the Pace family for over a century. Over the years, it operated as a tea house and restaurant. Presently, the VHPS has undertaken the mission of restoring the building to its original historical floor plan and outfitting it with original 1880s period furniture.
To learn more about Greer’s role in maintaining historic Vinings, listen to the entire interview on Cobb Business Radio.
About Cobb Business Radio:
Each week from the Zaxbys (Lower Roswell Road and South Marietta Parkway) Studio, host Lenise Williams highlights the best and the brightest business owners located in and also serving Cobb County. Cobb Business Radio airs on Wednesdays at 10:00am Eastern.
About Business RadioX®:
Business RadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get the Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. Business RadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: https://lee-kantor-project.sprod02.rmkr.net.
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – November 13, 2015) – On November 1, 2015, Midtown Business Radio welcomed to the studio Marie Hunter with KRG Oil Company. NOWaccount CFO Archie Jones introduced Hunter to host CW Hall who spoke with her about being a female entrepreneur and disrupting the industry.
Marie Hunter is the Owner and President of KRG Oil Company, a family and female owned fuel and petroleum products business. The company has positioned itself to serve the needs of small to mid-sized clients that require quantities of fuel and petroleum products that are below what larger fuel companies are willing or able to fulfill. KRG services a variety of customers including general contractors, tree companies, landscapers, trucking companies, grinding/grading companies, recycling companies, hospitals, hotels and many more.
Hunter started KRG with her father, who himself had spent numerous years in the fuel business, after she was laid off from a previous job. “KRG Oil was started because we felt that the fueling industry was missing good, old fashioned customer service,” said Hunter. “Our corporate philosophy is to treat all of our customers with professionalism and respect, no matter how big or small the client company.”
As an entrepreneur, Hunter and her team want the success of this business to be used as a platform to encourage others to “think outside of the box” and to give back to the community.
To learn more about Hunter and KRG Oil Company, listen to the entire interview on Midtown Business Radio.
About Midtown Business Radio:
Each week, from the Business RadioX® studio in Midtown, host CW Hall interviews Atlanta’s top business professionals to learn what makes them the best at what they do. Midtown Business Radio airs on Tuesdays at 11:30am Eastern.
About Business RadioX®:
Business RadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get the Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. Business RadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: https://lee-kantor-project.sprod02.rmkr.net.
Robert Baker from Pfizer and ATD NYC Metro stopped by our NYC studio to discuss the definition and importance of organizational culture.
Robert Baker / Pfizer and ATD NY Metro
Robert Baker is Sr. Director, Enterprise Training Strategy with Pfizer. He is also the current President of ATD NY Metro.
Lee Hecht Harrison’s Joanne Layne stopped by our remote NYC studio to discuss change management and how to become change ready.
Joanne Layne / Lee Hecht Harrison
Joanne Layne is SVP & Change Management Practice Lead with Lee Hecht Harrison. She demonstrates thought leader level of knowledge and understanding of consulting on organizational change management, talent development and learning initiatives and solutions. Joanne leads change management initiatives globally and regionally, including employee engagement, culture change, and organizational effectiveness. She has extensive experience building organizational and leadership capability during restructurings, IT transformations, mergers and acquisitions.
Joanne has a drive-for-results orientation with the ability to translate complex, strategic topics into specific, understandable goals, tactics, action plans and deliverables. She has superior presentation and facilitation skills, strong planning, proposal writing and project management skills, the ability to organize/prioritize work, manage multiple tasks and projects and function effectively as a self-directed leader. Joanne has a proven excellence in client facing roles. She partners with Regional and Global Business and Functional leaders to identify project requirements and resources, and follow-through to increase organizational effectiveness.
Joanne has a strong business acumen in the financial services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries. She has Subject Matter expertise in change management, resilience, training and development, employee engagement and career development. Joanne is able to work well with diverse levels and cultures. She has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management.
Kaliym Islam from the DTCC discussed using Agile to demonstrate the value of training and talent development while at our remote NYC studio.
Kaliym Islam / Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
A “fresh voice among the usual author/guru crowd…” who “…brings the credibility of someone who makes a living DOING, rather than TELLING,..” is how Kevin Kurse (The e-Learning Guru) describes Kaliym Islam.
This pioneer in the application of business and technology trends to learning programs has the unique ability to identify the connections between business trends, technology and learning, and to facilitate the organizational change required to implement the required solutions.
Teams under Mr. Islam’s direction have won International STC awards for innovative learning content, been cited by Josh Bersin as a best practice learning organization, and named finalists in the Chief Learning Officer Learning Elite program.
Mr. Islam is the author of three books – Agile Methodologies For Developing and Measuring Learning, Developing and Measuring Training the Six Sigma Way and Podcasting 101 for Trainers, a contributing author to The Field Guid to the 6Ds, The Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Prussience in Six Sigma DUNDU, and The German e-Learning Handbook, and a featured blogger for Training Industry Inc.
He is currently the client learning officer for the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) where he is responsible for all global customer facing learning activities. Mr. Islam can be reached at kaliym@thetrainingpro.net or you can follow him on twitter @thetrainingpro.
Jennifer Tocci stopped by our NYC studio to discuss the key challenges in global compliance training.
Jennifer Tocci / Compliance and Training Specialist
Sharon Claffey Kaliouby from State Street Global Advisors discussed innovation in a regulated environment while at our remote NYC studio.
Sharon Claffey Kaliouby / State Street Global Advisors
As Head of Product Education Sharon builds institutional and individual capabilities as related to products, asset classes and investment themes aligned with SSGA targeting distribution channels. She will design curriculum to increase the effectiveness of distribution and investment management professionals in delivering key products and solutions to clients, consultants and prospects.
Previously, Sharon was the Head of Sales Academy Learning Partners for Thomson Reuters. In her role, she ensured consistent learning and sales enablement delivery globally, she worked with her Learning Partners in Europe as well as Asia as they are the regional advocates and supporters of learning activities; together they worked closely to build and refine Thomson Reuters induction programs, role-based learning and development curricula.
In the past, Sharon ran market strategy for Intellum, a private LMS and collaboration software provider, after having served as technical advisor for a firm developing an eLearning suite of governance and security modules. Previously, she served as SVP for Enterprise Ireland in an international sales role that helped Irish companies with their learning solutions and through which she launched the Irish Learning Alliance. With Thomson, she held varied roles designing and developing eLearning for specific needs and user populations, including a customized learning solution to increase sales force effectiveness. She is certified in multiple instructor-led training programs and has presented or facilitated discussions on Learning topics at global industry conferences.
In 2007 Sharon received an ‘Executive Certificate in Innovation and Strategy’ from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Sharon was also a two-time member of the USFA National gold medal women’s sabre fencing team.
While at our NYC studio, Christopher Calta discussed what makes great leaders, both locally and globally.
Christopher Calta / Caltavating Consulting
I drive largescale global employee development strategies as a Learning and Organizational Development Executive and/or a Leadership Development Executive.
I excel in customizing development needs, communicating objectives, developing global people strategies and evaluating success criteria during periods of change utilizing my wide range of skills.
During my career, I have become passionate about teaching leaders to develop engaged teams that collaborate and innovate across an organization to achieve results. I strive to optimize employee performance capacity, in consultation with organizational leaders, to exceed business goals.
I am known as an outstanding communicator who excels in the facilitation of small to large group collaboration, and for my involvement of all stakeholders to implement changes rapidly and effectively.
As a Learning and Development Executive and / or a Leadership and Organizational Development Executive, I spark innovation with a continuous focus on improvement as an Employer of Choice, creating work environments supporting ongoing learning and career development.
