CEO Exclusive Broadcast LIVE from the Vistage Executive Summit San Diego 2016

April 24, 2016 by ryanredhawk

On April 19, 2016, hosts Soyini Coke and Marc Borrelli broadcast live from The Marriott Marquis and Marina in San Diego, CA at the Vistage Executive Summit 2016.

This year’s theme was:

Bold leadership

Shifting perspectives through the power of peers

In a global economy ruled by constant disruption, the success of your business depends on your ability to boldly lead — as an entrepreneur, a dreamer, an innovator, a cheerleader, a visionary and a peer. Leveraging the power of your Vistage peers as well as top thought leaders, the 2016 Vistage Executive summit will help you gain a 360 view of your company and your leadership style, shift your perspective on your most pressing business issues, and achieve a plan of action for business growth.

Check out these great interviews…

Stephan Aarstol – Tower Paddle Boards

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Kevin Gelfand – Shakesmart.com

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Victor Ramsauer – LevitZacks

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Ken Kuang – Torrey Hills Technologies LLC

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Ted Bumgardner – Xpera Group

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Mike Glanz – HireAHelper

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Tony Glockler – SolidProfessor

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Alex Hinojosa – Human Capital Resources Management

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Jeff Winkler – Origin Code Academy

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James (Jamie) Awford – BN Builders

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Ernie Bray – ACD Corporation

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Jay Buys – Visceral LLC

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Jennifer Weissman – ProjectX Brand Lab

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Jennifer Robinson – Mission Healthcare

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Jane Finley – Kaiser Permanente

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Jennifer Miller – Access Destination Services

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Nick Miliotis –Carrier Management Strategies LLC

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Michael Patton – Pothos

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Chad Nelley – ESET North America

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Tom Loban – Ryan

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At the summit, attendees explored the different roles you need to master in order to transform your business:

The Entrepreneur: Where can you ignite growth in your organization?
The Leader: Are you leading your business or simply managing?
The Dreamer: Do you have a vision that everyone understands?
The Innovator: Are you able to identify areas that have gone stagnant in your business? Do you have the tools to address them?

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: Tips for Businesses Looking to Expand Beyond the U.S.

April 22, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta's Most Trusted Advisors: Tips for Businesses Looking to Expand Beyond the U.S.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

Stafford Hull, Marc Schwartz, Ryan Redhawk, Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk

Marc Schwartz / Schwartz International

Partner

Marc is cheerleader-in-chief with so much energy the firm’s coffee machine has to work overtime so the others have a chance to keep up. Marc loves to be outdoors and is always moving, frequently participating in long-distance swims and runs and whatever else lies in wait.

The founding partner at Schwartz International, Marc teams with a variety of U.S. and foreign individuals and business clients, providing strategic tax and financial solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.

Marc has lived and worked in the U.S. and abroad in both governmental and private sector roles. His diversified experience enables him to bring a practical global perspective to the individuals and businesses he serves. He began his career at a Big 6 accounting firm in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he built a strong foundation in federal, state/local and international tax over several years. He then transferred to one of the firm’s non-U.S. offices in Latin America where he continued to serve European, Asian, Latin American and U.S. clients.

A geographically diverse client base has allowed Marc to gain significant experience with tax treaties, outbound/inbound planning, repatriation, foreign tax credits, real estate investments/FIRPTA, branch taxes and audit defense. He has taught a graduate-level international tax course at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City and continues to lecture on international tax issues. In addition, Marc is a recognized author who contributes articles on international tax matters and legal issues to several trade publications.

Marc earned his BA from Colgate University, a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a law degree from Emory University. He is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of Portuguese.

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Stafford Huff / BNKJ (babush, neiman, kornman & Johnson)

Partner

Stafford’s many years of experience in public accounting, combined with his impressive and unique education, have contributed to his very strong and thorough understanding of the common and uncommon challenges facing growing businesses and their owners.

From the beginning of his accounting career in 1986, Stafford has benefited from his involvement in a wide variety of tax and accounting engagements. He prides himself on developing practical solutions and earning the trust of clients, associates and other members of the professional services team.

Stafford focuses his service efforts in taxation and business consulting. He is particularly knowledgeable in the areas of:

Real Estate Development, Construction and Investment Entities
Timber and Timberland Investment Entities
Physician, Dental and Orthodontic Entities
High Income and High Net Worth Individuals
Closely Held Entities

Stafford is a native of Atlanta and has earned degrees from the University of Georgia and the State University of West Georgia. He currently serves as Secretary on the Board of the Atlanta Tax Forum, and is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSPCA)

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Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing

President

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

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Laura Davis-Taylor with MaxMedia and Bryan Rose with The Snug Gastro Pub

April 22, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Laura Davis-Taylor with MaxMedia and Bryan Rose with The Snug Gastro Pub

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Laura Davis-Taylor, Bryan Rose and Ryan Redhawk

Laura Davis-Taylor / MaxMedia

EVP, Customer Experiences

Laura has been focused on creating meaningful brand experiences that bridge home, life, and store for over 20 years. Her experience is multifaceted, ranging across brand planning, digital engagement, store design and, more recently, next generation retail experience design.

She believes passionately that good brands do not make promisesthey deliver them in unique and emotionally-compelling ways. Done right, it is this that builds irrational brand loyalty. With this philosophy, she has worked with retailers such as AT&T, Toyota, Best Buy, Coke, LOréal/Lancôme, Lowes, Office Depot, Foot Locker, 7-Eleven, EJ Gallo and Unilever.

Laura is an active retail industry speaker and contributor on the subject of digital experience design for outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Time Magazine, the MMA and MediaPost. She’s an ongoing contributor for Digital Signage Magazine and Retail TouchPoints and her book, Lighting up the Aisle: Practices and Principles for In-store Digital Media, is the only existing resource for how retail brands can harness technology to reinvent their in-store experience.

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Bryan Rose / The Snug Gastro Pub

Owner

Bryan Rose has been a chef and restaurant owner with 20 years experience. I have worked with some of the top companies in the US. Currently operating 2 restaurants in Canton GA.

Cross Talk with the guests Laura Davis-Taylor, Bryan Rose and Ryan Redhawk

Spotlight Episode: Doing Good Atlanta

April 14, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Spotlight Episode: Doing Good Atlanta

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This is a spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio featuring non profit organizations in metro Atlanta. Highlighting the good work, community involvement and how to operate a succesful not for profit business.

Megan Bowman, Todd Shifflet, Alex Gossett Shifflet, Jim Hamm

Todd Shiflett / Georgia Highlands Medical Services

CEO

For more than 16 years, Todd Shifflet served as a key member of the management team at one of the most successful community health centers in South Carolina, and the nation. In that time, he served as the lead in garnering the funding as well as organizing and implementing the strategies that resulted in increased access to more than 16,000 new patients. He also served as architect of the organization’s corporate compliance; community health worker; communications; and private sector fundraising strategies – among other successes. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Winthrop University and has received several trainings and certificates in community health. He has served on many local and state boards, including the Byerly Foundation, the Butler Heritage Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, SC Rural Health Association, and several others. He has also received numerous accolades and awards for his work improving community health including a legislative resolution from the State of South Carolina for his tireless efforts to improve the health and life care system in the northeast region of the state. He joined Georgia Highlands Medical Services as its new CEO this year and has made some significant accomplishments – including a $1 million dollar grant to renovate and open a new specialty center in Forsyth County – over the past several months. He is married to Alex Gossett Shifflet and is the father of twins, Grace and Whitman.

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Megan Bowman / Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

Development Director

Megan Bowman provides nearly 20 years of progressive nonprofit leadership experience in the fields of executive management, philanthropy, and media relations. She began her career working in marketing and media relations for two trade associations in Washington, DC. In 1999, Bowman accepted the role of Executive Director of the Prince William County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Virginia. During her time there, Bowman transformed the struggling office into a strategic leadership chapter within the country, and was invited to participate in executive leadership and planning sessions at the national Red Cross headquarters office in DC.Bowman received the prestigious Gail B. Kettlewell Leadership Award for her management of the Red Cross response to the 9-11 Attack on the Pentagon, where she helped to orchestrate the organization’s largest disaster response in history. Since that time, Bowman has held other senior management positons for the Red Cross in development and, in 2003, created her own independent nonprofit consulting firm called Bowman Development Solutions. Her clients have included theFoster Care Support Foundation, Mommy’s Light, Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, and West Chester Public Library in Philadelphia. Today, Bowman serves as the Development Director of Angels Among Us Pet Rescue based in Atlanta. Her goal is to expand the organization’s development program beyond social media support alone. Bowman earned both an undergraduate degree in communications and public relations and a master’s degree in nonprofit management with a concentration in Philanthropy from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been married to her husband, Andrew, for 17 years, and has three daughters ranging in age from 7-12. In her limited spare time, Bowman enjoys exercise, cooking, travel, and spending time with her family, including their two rescue dogs, Luna and Jake. She resides in Milton, GA

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https://twitter.com/angelsrescue

https://www.linkedin.com/company/angels

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Megan Bowman, Development Director

Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

404/275.8741 (phone)

megan@angelsrescue.org

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Jim Hamm / Special Populations Tennis

Executive Director

Married (Jeanie). Graduated from Chamblee High School; attended DeKalb Junior College (now Perimeter College) and Georgia State (before it was a university). Moved to Atlanta in 1959 from Kentucky (pre-date I-285). Selected to the Chamblee High School Hall of Fame.

Business: Executive Director – Special Pops Tennis since 2005 and also employed by Cobb County School District in Transportation Department since 2011 as school bus monitor for the special needs students.

Special Pops Tennis: Founding member of Special Pops Tennis; elected to the Board of Directors in 2005. Chairman of the United States Tennis Association – Southern section Special Populations sub-committee; Member of the Special Olympics North America Tennis Development Committee; Tennis Coach of Team USA – Southeast Region at the 2003 Special Olympics Summer World Games in Dublin, Ireland; Head Coach of Team USA – 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece; recipient of the USTA Southern Section Adaptive Tennis Community Service Award; Tommy Nobis Foundation Philanthropy Award; Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities Vital Service Award; and Cobb County and Cherokee County Volunteer of the Year; Atlanta Falcon Community Service award.

website – www.specialpopstennis.org

e-mail – serve@specialpopstennis.com

telephone – (770) 998-7826

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Scott Ferraro with Schumacher Electric

April 13, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Learning Insights

Scott Ferraro with Schumacher Electric

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Learning Insights Radio provides case studies, lessons learned, and leading-edge business practices from learning leaders and TrainingPros Relationship Managers across the country.

“Selling Through Education”

Scott Ferraro / Schumacher Electric

Account Executive – National Accounts

Scott Ferraro has an extensive background in the automotive aftermarket. With over 20 years of experience working for manufacturers and distributors in the aftermarket, Scott is currently responsible for managing the NAPA Auto Parts business in North America for Schumacher Electric Corporation. His background in sales, marketing, and business development have exposed him to the importance of training and how it correlates to sales. In today’s interview, Scott discusses how training and education are part of the overall sales strategy for his company.

In addition, Leigh Anne Lankford from TrainingPros joins us and discusses current events at TrainingPros.

Veterans Connect Radio Episode 04

April 11, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Veterans Connect Radio Episode 04

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Veterans Connect Radio

A spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio and powered by Business RadioX. Co-Hosted by Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Brandon Skolnick with Gathering Of Angels. Featuring veteran entrepreneurs, support organizations, outreach groups and more in the Atlanta area continuing to serve our families, our communities and our country.

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VCR_04.11.16 — Tanya D. Bryant, John Phillips, Ryan Redhawk, Garrett Cathcart, Brandon Skolnick

Tanya D Bryant / Just Lovely Lipstick LLC

Personal Branding Expression Artist

Tanya Bryant is a retired twenty-one-year veteran who has been in two war campaigns. While the fatigues and combat boots are as close as the closet door, Tanya’s entrepreneurship journey led her right into the beauty industry. Today Tanya is the owner of Imagine Makeup Artistry, LLC and founder of Just Lovely® Lipstick, she markets herself as the Personal Branding Expression Artist. She helps business women to enhance their personal brand image so they can express who they are in their industry by using the power of color so they look and feel confident when presenting their business.

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Garrett Cathcart / Team Red White and Blue

Southeast Regional Director

Team RWB’s mission is to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to people in their community through physical and social activity. Join!

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John Philips LTC, U.S. Army Retired / Boots To Loafers

Author, Speaker, Leader / Vice Chairman VETLANTA

John has had a distinguished career in both military and civilian service. John is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army where he served in the Field Artillery as well as a Financial Comptroller. With more than 20 years of service, he served in Corps Artillery, Division Artillery, Army Headquarters and Forces Command, the largest command and the generating force provider for combatant commanders – at home and abroad. He has served in Europe, throughout the Middle East and the United States. Among his awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Assault Badge.

John is the Author of Boots to Loafers, Finding Your New True North which outlines a proven process of transitioning out of the military and into the private sector. He is also a contributing author to Paddling Guide to the Sunshine State and An American Crisis, Veteran Unemployment, Stand by Them/How You can Help/Solution. He has been featured on The Mike Huckabee Show, the Dennis Miller Show as well as a number of radio appearances across the country.

John is a finance executive at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia. In his spare time, John spends his time travelling with his wife, Sailing in the British Virgin Islands, remote wilderness trips in the western United States, and helping our nation’s military and veterans make the transition into society and finding a job in the private sector.

John holds a BS in Finance from University of Central Florida and an MBA from Syracuse University. He lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Georgia with his wife, the former Melissa K. Smith and their Australian Shepherd, Bear.

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Freeman Fields with iVault Home Protection

April 11, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Freeman Fields with iVault Home Protection

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Freeman Fields is CEO of iVault Home Protection — Freeman Fields CEO of iVault Home Protection is a decorated Navy Veteran.

Freeman Fields / iVault Home Protection

Owner and CEO

A successful entrepreneur, Freeman Fields I has many years of experience with start-ups. He developed his leadership skills while serving in the Armed Forces as the youngest person on his command to ever lead an entire division to oversee multi-million dollar operations. Since medically retiring from the Navy in 1997 due to an injury suffered during Desert Storm, he has diligently pursued his passion for entrepreneurship. Some of his many achievements include successfully becoming a real estate investor, twenty plus in construction, publishing two books, acquiring multiple patents and his latest endeavor, iVault Home Protection.

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iVault Home Protection does more than simply deter burglars as traditional home security companies and home alarms, it is one of the first home protection company to essentially turn your existing doors into security doors to actually STOP BURGLARS FROM ENTERING YOUR HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE. This is done by seamlessly reinforcing the door jambs to make the doors kick proof.

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: Why You Should Care about Social Security Planning

April 7, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta's Most Trusted Advisors: Why You Should Care about Social Security Planning

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Faye Sykes, Laurie Attaway and Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

Faye Sykes / Social Security Benefit Planners

Retirement Planner NSSA, CLTC

Faye Sykes, NSSA, CLTC is a financial planner with 11 years of experience assisting clients view their financial life from a holistic approach. Faye’s company Social Security Benefit Planners is a flat fee social security planning firm that helps baby boomers understand and implement their optimal plan. fsykes@socialsecuritybp.com 877-270-7727 to find out more.

Laurie Attaway / Attaway Linville

Partner

Laurie has been a real estate investor for more than 20 years. She has purchased, rehabbed, managed, rented, and or sold single family homes, multi family structures, commercial properties and even trailers and trailer parks. Laurie was frustrated with the CPA assistance that was out there for her and her partners. So in the late 1990’s she became a CPA, retired from corporate America and began providing Entrepreneurial Services to Real Estate players. In addition to being a CPA, Laurie has two business degrees from Mercer University and a Masters in Taxation from Georgia State University.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

Exclusive With Ricky Steele CEO of Steele Technology Partners

April 5, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Exclusive With Ricky Steele CEO of Steele Technology Partners

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Ricky Steele / Steele Technology Partners

CEO

Ricky Steele is a life long entrepreneur. Steele Technology Partners, www.steelejobs.com, is his 7th startup beginning with a restaurant in 1976. In 1986 Steele was named the Georgia Small Business Person of the Year by the SBA and represented Georgia in Washington, DC with the other 49 State winners. Steele is known for his passion for business but also for the community. Steele presently serves on the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center, Board of Advisors for Atlanta’s Table, a project of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Board of Advisors for the Kennesaw State University Entrepreneurship Center. Steele has been married to the “Love of his Life” for 36 years and the proud father of three children, Everett, Andrew and Rebecca. He is also blessed with two beautiful granddaughters, Sophie and Zoe.

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