Georgia Business Radio May 8, 2015: Dr. Taz Bhatia MD with The Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Mark Gonsalves with FoodZEO.com, Jon Wright with Access Point Financial, Inc – Buckhead Business Radio

May 8, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio May 8, 2015: Dr. Taz Bhatia MD with The Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Mark Gonsalves with FoodZEO.com, Jon Wright with Access Point Financial, Inc - Buckhead Business Radio

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Dr. Taz Bhatia MD/Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine

Founder and Director

Physician, Best-Selling Author, Acupuncturist, Certified Nutritionist, Prevention Expert, Mom and Wife

Dr. Taz Bhatia, MD, is a board-certified physician, specializing in integrative, functional and emergency medicine with expertise in pediatrics, prevention and womens health. Personal health challenges in her twenties motivated Dr. Taz to go beyond her conventional training and pursue an alternative definition of health and healthy living. It led her to opening her now nationally recognized practice, the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, where providers help patients to navigate their journey to WHOLE health.

Dr. Taz MD, is a Fellow of the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine led by Dr. Andrew Weil, completing the fellowship in 2008. A native Atlantan, she attended The Westminster Schools, Emory University, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. She has served as a medical expert for CNN Headline News, a Dr. Oz Sharecare expert and been featured on numerous media outlets, including TODAY, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, The Weather Channel, EXTRA!, Live with Kelly and Michael and the Meredith Vieira Show.

Dr. Taz has since authored two books: What Doctors Eat and The 21-Day Belly Fix, frequently featured in Atlantas Top Docs and voted numerous times as Best Atlanta Integrative Medicine Physician. When not caring for patients, she can be found spending time with her husband and two young children.

www.AtlantaHolisticMedicine.com www.DoctorTaz.com Twitter Facebook Atlanta Holistic Medicine

Mark Gonsalves/FoodZeo.com

CEO

Mark Gonsalves has enjoyed a very successful 30-plus year business career building brands for major companies. He became interested in health and the impact our food has when he and his wife found out their then 5-year old daughter was diagnosed with a medical condition called Absence Seizures. Traditional medicine made things worse so they looked to nutrition as a way to address her challenge which proved quite effective.

Having owned a GMP-certified nutraceutical manufacturing company which made dietary and nutritional supplements for many popular brands, Mark and his wife Donna now have a weekly radio show, The Food Conspiracy, which airs Sunday’s on two AM stations in Atlanta. They educate listeners on what the Food Industry doesn’t want you to know about, how improper food contributes to sickness, obesity and disease and what you can do about it.

www.FoodZeo.com MyFoodConspiracy.com

Jon Wright/Access Point Financial, Inc

CEO

Jon Wright is the co-founder and CEO of hotel lender Access Point Financial. Jon has more than 25 of experience in the commercial real-estate and hospitality industries, specializing in capital expenditure finance and hospitality lending. He has worked with Ford Motor Credit, Holiday Inn Worldwide and was recruited by General Motors to form GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset Backed Lending Division. In addition to his commercial real estate experience, Jon is also an accomplished BMI, Inc. song writer with a #1 song to his credit.

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Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc – Buckhead Business Radio

May 5, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc - Buckhead Business Radio

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Robert Yancy, Terri Denison, Sandy Headley, Cassius Butts

Cassius F. Butts/U.S. Small Business Administration

Regional Administrator

Cassius F. Butts was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. He is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. During his appointment, Cassius has managed oversight of three record breaking years for SBA lending in Region IV. Nearly $15 billion in SBA-backed loans were awarded to small businesses within the aforementioned eight states.

Cassius Butts has over 20 years of experience in government, business, and public administration endeavors. Prior to joining SBA, Cassius was employed as one of three Chiefs of the Real Estate Owned Division with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2002.

Prior to his 10 year tenure within the federal government, Cassius Butts worked in senior leadership positions for city government agencies, national lending institutions and higher education. Since 2006, he has also been a Visiting Professor with DeVry Universitys Keller Graduate School of Management.

As co-founder of CB Consultants, LLC, Cassius Butts has advised many elected officials, local governments and many small businesses over the years. His community-engagement knowledge and appreciation of small business is extensive.

Cassius Butts is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Edgewood High School in Orlando, Florida. Cassius graduated from Morehouse College and received his graduate degree from Clark Atlanta Universitys School of Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commissions Regional Leadership Institute and is a 2012 Leadership Atlanta graduate.

www.sba.gov | Linkedin | @SBAsoutheast | @CassiusButts | Facebook

Terri Denison/U.S. Small Business Administration

Georgia District Director

Terri Denison is the Georgia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role since May 2002, she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the SBA’s programs and resources throughout Georgia. In 1987, Terri began her SBA career as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Agency’s Washington, D. C. District and Headquarter Offices. Other positions included working with the Agency’s 8(a) Business Development and One Stop Capital Shop programs and Office of Field Operations. In 1994, she served as the SBA representative on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Interagency Task Force. From 1996 to 2002, Terri was the SBA Indiana Deputy Director.

As Georgia District Director, Terri has received honors from the Atlanta Business League, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Microenterprise Network, Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Who’s Who in Black Atlanta.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Ms. Denison holds a B.A. Degree in American Government from Cornell University and an M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Personal interests include travel and ballroom dancing. She serves as the Vice President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta.

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Dr. Robert Yancy/SCORE Atlanta

Chairman of the Atlanta chapter

Dr. Yancy is Chairman of the Atlanta chapter of SCORE, a national small business assistance, volunteer organization. He was founding Dean of the School of Management at Southern Polytechnic State University and partner in several small business startups. He was recently named Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year (2015) by SBA.

www.Atlanta.Score.org | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Sandy Headley/Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc.

Chief Lending Officer

Sandy has been with ACE since 2007. While at ACE, Sandy grew its portfolio from $2 million to $28 million thus creating or saving nearly 4,000 jobs. She helped develop multiple ACE financial products, implemented credit reporting for loans, and expanded ACEs service area into Atlanta.

www.ACEloans.org | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Spotlight Episode Featuring the General Assembly Atlanta with our Special Guest Peter Franconi – Buckhead Business Radio

April 28, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Spotlight Episode Featuring the General Assembly Atlanta with our Special Guest Peter Franconi - Buckhead Business Radio

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Peter Franconi/General Assembly Atlanta

Regional Director

General Assembly is a global network of campuses for individuals seeking opportunity and education in technology, business, and design. BrightWhistle Dir of Account Management February 2013 July 2014 (1 year 6 months)Greater Atlanta Area [Acquired for $20M+ by Influence Health] BrightWhistle is working with many of the nations leading healthcare systems to transform their search and social footprint into viable channels for increasing revenue, acquiring new patients, directing patient populations, and influencing patient perception. AirWatch Account Executive October 2012 February 2013 (5 months)Greater Atlanta Area Tasting Table Business Development / Ad Sales December 2008 May 2012 (3 years 6 months)Greater New York City Area Joined organization as employee #3 and worked closely with the founder/CEO to lay the organizational groundwork and strategy, helping grow the team to 35+ employees Developed KPIs, reporting metrics, and competitive benchmarks to measure performance and success Established standard operating procedures for sales and client services collaboration, guiding the process from inception to deployment Identified product-market fit creating demand for a nascent publication resulting in triple digit growth in revenue, year over year for four years

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Kids Business Radio April 25, 2015 Host Dirk Ebener with Global CIF, Matt Pye and Josh Mitton with Impossible Astronaut Productions, Madison & Clarke Potts with MadisonClarke.com, Joshua Ford with McEachern High School – Buckhead Business Radio

April 25, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Kids Business Radio April 25, 2015 Host Dirk Ebener with Global CIF, Matt Pye and Josh Mitton with Impossible Astronaut Productions, Madison & Clarke Potts with MadisonClarke.com, Joshua Ford with McEachern High School - Buckhead Business Radio

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Kids Business Radio April 25th

Dirk Ebener/Kids Business Radio and Global CIF

Talk Show Host and CEO

Global CIF is an International Small Business Consulting firm that contributes to the success of our domestic and global clients by providing business processes and market specific consulting services to help their business to become even more successful.

Global CIF will focus on consulting with start-up companies and start-up trade shows to make their entry into the international market place successful. Companies are seeking specific hands-on solutions, training in a variety of business segments and cross cultural expertise. Today’s show we’re spotlighting a new “first to market” trade show event, the Kids Business Expo!

We offer solutions, strategies, global thinking, working beyond the box.

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Matt Pye and Josh Mitton/Impossible Astronaut Productions

Co-Founders

Impossible Astronaut Productions was founded in 2011 when filmmakers Matt Pye & Josh Mitton met. Matt Pye came from a background of sound engineering and a fond interest in Film & animation. Josh Mitton came from an animation and Film background as well After working on a couple short films together, the two decided to form impossible Astronaut. With the sole purpose of creating new and creative digital‐media both in the entertainment and commercial industries. In 2014 they moved the company from Jacksonville FL. To Atlanta Ga. and have seen much success. After winning multiple awards for their short films, they are now preparing to produce a feature length motion picture set to release in the summer of 2016.

www.Impossible-Astronaut.com | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

Madison & Clarke Potts/MadisonClarke

Owners

TEEN ENTREPRENEURS AND SISTERS MADISON AND CLARKE ARE THE OWNERS OF MADISONCLARKE.COM MADISONCLARKE’S EARRINGS ARE FULL OF CHARACTER, CREATIVITY AND BEAUTY. EACH PAIR OF HANDCRAFTED EARRINGS ARE ONEOFAKIND AND MADE FROM REPURPOSED MATERIALS. TO FIND THE EARRINGS YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR STYLE A UNIQUE AND FINISHED LOOK GO TO MADISONCLARKE.COM

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Joshua Ford/McEachern High School

Assistant Principal

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Gina Bleedorn and Scott Hickman with Adrenaline, Tandelyn Daniel with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steph Palermo with Just Steph, LLC – Buckhead Business Radio

April 21, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Gina Bleedorn and Scott Hickman with Adrenaline, Tandelyn Daniel with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steph Palermo with Just Steph, LLC - Buckhead Business Radio

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Gina Bleedorn/Adrenaline

Executive Director

Gina Bleedorn is Executive Director of Adrenaline, an experience design agency that spans from brand development to digital deployment to implementation in retail and virtual environments, connecting businesses and consumers. Her areas of focus include brand and marketing strategy, retail environments and holistic experience solutions. Adept in both traditional and interactive design, Gina has delivered outstanding brand and environmental solutions for financial institutions and retailers around the country.

www.AdrenalineShot.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Twitter (Gina) | Facebook

Scott Hickman/Adrenaline

Managing and Creative Director

Scott leads the branding group and focuses on agency operations while aligning creative efforts with client goals. With over 20 years of experience in brand strategy and development, print, interactive and motion design, Scott has been a key player in brand communications for clients such as Apple, Yamaha, Nike, Harley Davidson, IBM and AT&T. He attended Vancouver Film School for 3D Animation/VFX, has an MA in Global Politics and has taught at The Academy of Art in San Francisco.

www.AdrenalineShot.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Tandelyn Daniel/Georgia Restaurant Association

Member Development

The Georgia Restaurant Association represents the restaurant and food service industry at the state, county and city level to fight onerous legislation from materializing into law. Our top-notch government affairs team serves as the watchdog for your interests. Our mission: Advocacy, Education and Awareness Your support through membership shows your level of investment in your business and Georgia’s 16.5+ billion dollar food service industry. The GRA is sanctioned by the National Restaurant Association to operate Georgia’s only not-for-profit representing the state’s nearly 17,000 restaurants and food service locations. We hold educational classes on topics (i.e. tax rulings to food cost to PCI compliance) impacting your operations a minimum of 2x per month. Our core of endorsed services from our allied partners is sure to add money to your bottom line. From credit card processing, a United Health Care Partnership, music licensing and marketing tools, the GRA’s programs has your operational needs covered! But perhaps the most important reason for joining–it’s just the right thing to do if you are in the restaurant and food service business. It’s your fair share contribution to make sure you operate in a favorable business climate. From caterers with a commissary to mom-n-pops, to commissary management companies, to cafeterias to franchises, members enjoy a wide variety of services and benefits.

Steph Palermo/Just Steph, LLC

Author, Talk Show Host, Event Emcee

Steph Palermo is a local author, talk show host and event emcee. After successfully raising four boys and recognizing her own worth and potential, Steph decided to use her experiences to share her message. She has realized that everybody has two lives, and the second one begins when you acknowledge you only have one. Everyone deserves a fresh start and Steph points the way.

Steph’s dream is to share what it truly means to embrace life and live it to the fullest. Whether you are an empty nester, newly single or making new choices for a happier life, Steph’s message is for you, welcoming hope and promise for those over 40; life is just beginning.

Stephs anticipates becoming the very first television talk show host with a limb difference. She supports vast philanthropic endeavors with the message to educate and motivate her audiences to accept themselves and others despite our differences, seen or unseen. Steph promotes treating everybody with dignity and respect.

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Franchise Business Radio 04-15-15 Inaugural Episode! Host Pam Currie Guests: Jim Squire with Firestorm, Laurence Leopold SBA Industry, Pete Dosik with Shipe Dosik Law – Buckhead Business Radio

April 15, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Franchise Business Radio 04-15-15 Inaugural Episode! Host Pam Currie Guests: Jim Squire with Firestorm, Laurence Leopold SBA Industry, Pete Dosik with Shipe Dosik Law - Buckhead Business Radio

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11013098_1579702668956394_1858522707681754248_n — Pete Dosik, Laurence Leopold, Jim Squire, Host: Pam Currie

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Pam Currie/Franchise Intellect, Inc

Founder

Pam Currie has over 20 years in franchising and traditional corporate America; She has acquired business acumen from multiple perspectives of the franchise business model, starting at the franchisee level, then as a franchisor business support & trainer, to a franchisor launch & system developer, all of which included creating strategies for sales development and implementation of relevant training programs.

Her experience puts her in the role of training other franchise advisors. She founded Franchise Intellect and offers franchise consulting to individuals who are interested in pursuing franchise ownership and to franchisors that are looking to receive assistance in developing a franchise growth strategy and/or a training strategy. She specifically enjoys guiding her client’s in making a knowledgeable decision in selecting the best franchise based upon their criteria, with the objective of achieving financial health and life enjoyment.

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Jim Squire/Firestorm

EVP and Chief Development Officer

Jim Squire, Certified Franchise Executive, is Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Firestorm, overseeing franchise development and alternative channel expansion for the brand. Firestorm is a national franchise company specializing in crisis management, vulnerability analysis/threat assessment, and business continuity. Squire also serves as president and CEO of Franchise Marketing Advisors, LLC, a broad based franchise development consulting practice. Prior to Firestorm and FMA Squire was a senior executive with such well-known brands as the HoneyBaked Ham Company, Great American Cookie Company, Arby’s, Day’s Inns and the Howard Johnson.

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Laurence Leopold

SBA Industry Expert

Laurence has 20 years experience in SBA lending. He was formerly an attorney for the US Small Business Administration. After his time with the SBA, Laurence has worked as an SBA credit officer and as an SBA lender at several banks in the Southeast. Most recently he built the 50th largest SBA lending department in the country for a large community bank.

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Pete Dosik/Shipe Dosik Law LLC

Attorney

Pete Dosik is a recognized leader in franchise law. He is a Franchise Times Legal Eagle and former Chair of the Franchise Section of the Georgia Bar Associations. Pete graduated from Duke Law School in 1997 and his background includes five years as in-house counsel to the Churchs Chicken brand, operating and franchising more than 1700 restaurants in 23 countries. He and his partner Kitt Shipe founded Shipe Dosik Law, a boutique law firm focused on franchise law, in 2013.

www.ShipeDosikLaw.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

10995625_1579702735623054_8428839197639367158_n — Laurence Leopold, Pete Dosik,Pam Currie, Jim Squire,

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Debra Johnston with Berkshire Hathaway Luxury Collection and Ted Jenkin with oXYGen Financial

April 14, 2015 by Rich Casanova

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Debra Johnston with Berkshire Hathaway Luxury Collection and Ted Jenkin with oXYGen Financial

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Debra Johnston / Berkshire Hathaway Luxury Collection. Residential Real Estate

Luxury Collection Specialist

After a successful career as a top corporate executive, Debra Johnston entered the real estate industry with 25 years of sales & marketing experience. It paid o. In 2011 she brokered the second largest sale in Atlanta, putting her in the top 5% of real estate agents in the city. Then in 2014, she represented the buyer in the second largest sale in Atlanta. A fixture on Atlanta Board of Realtors’ prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club, Debra’s $30M listing portfolio currently features Buckhead’s most distinguished properties.

With a love of modern architecture and a passion for design, real estate comes naturally to Debra Johnston. “I specialize in superb marketing to best represent each client’s property,” says the 22-year Buckhead resident. “Whether a listing is worth one or $25 million, I pay attention to every detail and come up with a bespoke campaign. I pull out all the stops — aerial photography, video, floor plans, e-mail marketing, wide internet exposure and timely one-on-one consultations.” The proof is in Debra’s extensive clientele of elite buyers and sellers and her working relationship with Hollywood and Atlanta’s film industry. Known for her lively “Residence of the Month” open houses, Debra’s creative marketing/buying plan, implemented by Berkshire Hathaway Luxury Collection’s international marketing team, guarantees top exposure for all consumers and real estate brokers.

So, if you’re in the market for a new home today or just making plans for tomorrow, get the best — Debra Johnston.

Achievements & Certifications

• Current portfolio valued over $30M

• Second-highest Residential Sale 2011 & 2014

• ABR Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club 2005, 2007-2014

• Top Agent Magazine: Top 25 Georgia Agent 2013-2014

• Exclusive Atlanta agent – Haute Living Magazine

• Exclusive Atlanta agent – ClienteleLuxury.com

• Exclusive Atlanta agent – Chic Metropolitan Magazine

• Berkshire Hathaway Luxury Collection Specialist

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chairman’s Circle – Platinum Level

• Atlanta Board of REALTORS®

• National Association of REALTORS®

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Ted Jenkin/ oXYGen Financial Inc.

Co-CEO and Founder

Ted has been a financial advisor for more than 22 years and a CFP® for over 17 years. In 2008, Ted founded oXYGen Financial to help change the financial services industry by creating a new company that focused on serving the X and Y Generation. oXYGen Financial now has more than 1,400 client households over 320 million AUM. Ted has been featured in over 30 magazines and newspapers including being a current featured columnist on the The Wall Street Journal, The Experts, CNN/Headline News, and The Huffington Post. He has been on the cover of Investment News and REP magazine, runs a top ranked financial blog www.yoursmartmoneymoves.com, and is a social media guru. He has six advanced designations from the College for Financial Planning (CFP®, CRPC®, CRPS®, AWMA®, AAMS®, CMFC®).

Ted lives in Milton, GA with his wife Genna and three kids.

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Jason Cronk and Stancil Johnson with Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair, Kyle Valencia with Motivdeals and Valencia Productions,Wally Mlynarski with Elavon – Buckhead Business Radio

April 14, 2015 by Rich Casanova

Buckhead Business Radio

Jason Cronk and Stancil Johnson with Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair, Kyle Valencia with Motivdeals and Valencia Productions,Wally Mlynarski with Elavon - Buckhead Business Radio

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11108215_1578966449030016_2937777054294166517_n — Wally Mlynarski, Stancil Johnson, Jason Cronk, Kyle Valencia

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Jason Cronk/Stancil Johnson/Atlanta Bitcoin Consumer Fair

Co-organizers

Jason Cronk is a serial entrepreneur with three businesses under his belt. He is a long time IT professional and a licensed attorney in Florida. He is been in the Atlanta area for over a year now but also lived here as a child when his Dad attended Georgia Tech. He runs a Bitcoin related legal blog and is the Co-organizer of the Bitcoin Consumer Fair.

Stancil Johnson long time entrepreneur interested in Bitcoin because it’s the next big thing. Originally from Pennsylvania but 21 year resident of Atlanta.

2015 Event is Saturday April 18th.

51% Discount with Promo Code: Radiox

www.BitCoinConsumerFair.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Kyle Valencia/Motivdeals

Founder/Owner

Naturally passionate about creating and building. A dynamic high-energy leader driven for business development and innovation. Has owned and operated Valencia Productions for 11 years now and currently is the Founder CEO of MotivDeals Fundraising. The digital version of those plastic fundraising cards.Where is it that you derive the day to day motivation needed to be successful in this cutthroat world of startups?

www.MotivDeals.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Wally Mlynarski/Elavon

VP of Mobile Commerce Solutions

Global payments company and subsidiary of US Bancorp. Wally also leads the mobile payments innovation center at Elavon, which is focused on developing new mobile payment products and services.

www.Elavon.com