Spotlight Episode with Justin Barnes from iHealth

June 13, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Spotlight Episode with Justin Barnes from iHealth

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Justin Barnes, Health IT Industry Leader, Joins iHealth drawn by opportunity to help providers navigate new payment models.

Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Justin Barnes

www.iHealthInnovations.com

Justin Barnes, one of the best-known thought leaders in health IT, has joined iHealth as Partner and Chief Growth Officer. iHealth was formed recently when iHealth Solutions, LLC acquired DNA Healthcare Inc.(DNAH); the new company is operating under the name of iHealth.

“Healthcare organizations and providers are being challenged with new payment models, and iHealth helps to address that,” Barnes said. “Through a robust technology platform combined with high-touch support, we are navigating healthcare providers through the future of healthcare and helping them to thrive. “I truly believe that all care providers that intentionally and deliberately engage with these new payment and care delivery models, and create the right partnerships,will have more opportunity in the future than they have today,”

Barnes added. “Justin Barnes has a deep passion for helping providers succeed in these turbulent times for the healthcare industry,” said Venkat Sharma, iHealth Chief Executive Officer. “His extensive healthcare experience and expertise in new care models, such as value-based care, will greatly benefit the company as well as the customers we serve.”

Barnes was a member of Greenway Health’s senior leadership team for11 years, directing Greenway’s marketing, corporate development, strategy, government relations and international affairs. He has pulled several members of the original Greenway team into iHealth.After leaving Greenway in 2014, he has served as a corporate, board and policy advisor focused on assisting companies, associations and entrepreneurs with growth and acquisition strategies.

Prior to Greenway, Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of the patient-provider communications and engagement company, Healinx. Today, Healinx is known as RelayHealth. Before Healinx, Barnes held several positions with HBO & Company/McKesson.Barnesserves as Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS EHR Association as well as Co-Chairman of the Accountable Care Community of Practice where he assists these organizations with industry strategy and leadership. Barnes is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio show “This Just In” on Healthcare Radio and Business Radio X. Barnes has formally addressed or testified before Congress as well as the last two Presidential Administrations on more than 20 occasions with statements relating to value-based medicine, accountable care, interoperability, EHR meaningful use, consumerism, innovation, patient engagement, quality, HIPAA, the globalization of healthcare and much more.

Barnes is a public speaker on these issues and has appeared in more than a 1,200 journals, magazines and broadcast media. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy.

About iHealth– iHealth helps healthcare providers navigate to value-based care and thrive under new payment models. iHealth offers Revenue Cycle Performance™, which includes comprehensive revenue cycle services, and supports population health and care coordination through a robust, innovative technology suite and high touch professional services.

www.iHealthInnovations.com

Media contact: Lynn Hood, Press@iHealthInnovations.com, 678-974-2623

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Having a Well-Defined Business Technology Process (Part 2 of 2)

June 8, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Having a Well-Defined Business Technology Process (Part 2 of 2)

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“Strategic Insights Radio”, co-hosted by David Wilkins and Vlad Rusz of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp, will discuss how to make the right technology choices for your business. This episode explains what questions a company should ask when determining the right technology for their business, how technology can enhance a business’s overall profitability, and also how technology can help build a company’s ROI.

Dave Wilkins/Sterling Rose Consulting Corp

Dave Wilkins has over 30 years experience working for companies such as E&Y, Whitridge Associates, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM in business and technology management and consulting. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp and the Business Unit Manager for the Business Technology Division of Sterling Rose Consulting.

Originally from Michigan, he has a BBA and MBA from the University of Michigan, but he has been a resident of Gwinnett County Georgia for over 20 years. In his 30 years in business and technology, he has worked with clients in multiple business sectors including finance, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and government.

About “Strategic Insights Radio”:

“Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals MEGA Mixer June 2nd 2016

June 7, 2016 by alexgshifflet

The MEGA Young Professionals networking event of the year is here! Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber, Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce, Dunwoody Perimeter Chamber, North Fulton Alliance of Young Professionals, Junior Chamber International (JCI), Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and UPS are co-hosting a Metro Atlanta Mega Mixer! Bring your friends and co-workers for a night of laid back business mingling while enjoying a complimentary Bourbon, Tequila and Cider tasting, business card swap corn hole and so much more!

Alex Gossett Shifflet and her assistant Grace McKenzie Shifflet covered the MEGA Mixer for Business RadioX.

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ymixer — Alley G. with Ryan Prior, creator of The Forgotten Plague.

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Zach / Urban Tree Cidery

Jordan Gillins / The Dunwoody Chamber & Wendy / Corporate Travel

Zubair Hossain / Tag

Kyle Valencia / Valencia Productions

Brian Taylor / Keller Williams

Jordan Suresky / AAA Travel

Kristen Hallom / Comcast Business

Katie & Sara Chukoian / Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber
Social Media & Communications Mannager

Alvin Miller / Educator & Motivational Speaker / ALEMILLER15@GMAIL.COM

Ryan Prior / Forgotten Plague

John Hagon / TeleData Select

Brandy Duncan / Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber

Jasmine Coer /Color Your Story

Brandy Duncan

Brandy Duncan / Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber
Marketing & Events Manager

Sara Chukoian / Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber
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Frank Fenello with UHY Advisors, Jason Walker with Deputy, Mike Popowski with Dagger and Charlie Whitfield with Whitty Apps

June 1, 2016 by alexgshifflet

Atlanta Business Radio

Frank Fenello with UHY Advisors, Jason Walker with Deputy, Mike Popowski with Dagger and Charlie Whitfield with Whitty Apps

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Frank Fenello / UHY Advisors

Managing Director

Frank Fenello is managing director of the UHY Atlanta office, and leads the national management consulting practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in management and professional consulting in the finance, audit and accounting professional services industries.

UHY Advisors, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest professional services firms in the U.S., delivering financial, tax and business consulting services to companies ranging from mid-sized to the Fortune 500. The firm’s innovative Management & Technology Consulting practice provides a one-stop solution for a company’s financial and operational functions, with a full suite of services to transform a company’s performance and profitability.

Jason Walker / Deputy

President, Americas

I’m a dreamer of “the way things can be,” and have a passion for finding simple and elegant solutions to complex problems by utilizing innovative technology.

A thought leader within the SaaS and retail industries, I’ve worked with some of the biggest brands you know, including Home Depot, HP, Best Buy, Target, Apple, and Nokia. With over 20 years of experience, my team has driven sales quotas exceeding $10 billion, reduced turnover by 54% and increased top line revenues by over 300% YoY through leading large scale business transformational efforts throughout North America. Behind it all was a focus on delivering phenomenal customer experiences.

Currently, I serve as President, Americas of Deputy, a leading cloud technology equally loved by managers and employees who want to take charge of work and life in the hourly economy. In this role, I lead Deputy’s North and South America service areas, overseeing marketing, business development, strategic partnerships and customer experience, to ensure Deputy can spread its awesome workforce management solution with the entire world.

When I’m not helping businesses transform the experience of hourly employment for the 21st century, you can find me somewhere in the outdoors fishing, biking and hiking or asking someone “why” for the hundred-bajillionth time.

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Mike Popowski / Dagger

CEO

Mike took the helm at Dagger last year to drive the companys vision, culture and growth. He brings 15 years of digital, social and brand-building experience. A proven client service and team leader, Mikes had success in building campaigns and activations for the worlds biggest brands across a variety of industries. Since joining Dagger, the agency has created work for some of the worlds biggest brands, including: Interface, Aflac, Carters and Mizuno.

Mike joined Dagger from TBWAChiatDay New York, where he led the global repositioning for GSKs global smokers health business, Nicoderm CQ (US). For GSK, TBWA deployed TV and digital content assets through a centralized model that disseminates content to Australia, UK, Brazil and Europe.

Mike was previously SVP, Client Partner at Moxie, where he architected the agencys early content marketing practices for Cisco Systems, UPS and Wells Fargo. He led a fast-growing, interdisciplinary team of over 40 FTE account directors, account managers, project managers, social media strategists and community managers, creative, producers analysts and technologists.

He was one of the early pioneers of social marketing as a consultant for AARP from 2008 to 2011, and implemented early digital content practices for AARPs renowned Travel Ambassador, Peter Greenberg, and Health Ambassador, Martina Navratilova. Mikes previous stints include AOL and SureClick, an Inc. 5000 digital agency based in Washington, D.C.

Mikes a native Vermonter and now resides in Atlanta.

Charlie Whitfield / Whitty Apps

CEO

Charlie Whitfield is the CEO of Whitty Apps LLC, a SBA certified 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WBE, Woman Owned and Operated Company. We are an emerging Software Engineering & Integration Company, specializing in mobile and device technology. We provide architecture, design, development, and project management expertise for our clients. Our innovative mobile software solutions focus on solving unique challenges, productivity, customer experience, and marketing strategies that have an impact on your success. Charlie’s leadership skills honed in the military and corporate world enabled her to develop a business model and entrepreneurial vision that encourages and fosters leadership skills focused on empowering other Veterans and Woman business owners to continue to make meaningful contributions to our nations defense as well as local communities.

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Papa Samb with IT Secure Solutions

May 27, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Papa Samb with IT Secure Solutions

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Papa Samb / It Secure Solutions

Founder & CEO

Immigrant from Senegal, graduated at ASA College(Brooklyn, NY) in Network Administration and Security.

Worked for various Organizations as a Consultant and formed IT Secure Solutions in 3 different States( NY, NJ, and the recent GA location).

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Dave Norton Creator of InContextNow conference in Atlanta

May 25, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

Dave Norton Creator of InContextNow conference in Atlanta

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David Norton, PhD is founder and principal of Stone Mantel, which has guided hundreds of brand leaders in creating meaningful brand experiences. Norton founded the Digital Collaborative in 2013 to help companies collaborate in conducting research about consumers and the impact of digital in their lives. He is the author of the new book DIGITAL CONTEXT 2.0: Seven Lessons In Business Strategy, Consumer Behavior And The Internet Of Things. Norton is also the person behind InContextNow: The Conference On The Internet Of Things For Marketers, Business Strategists And Research Leaders which is taking place in Atlanta on June 2 & 3, 2016.

Stone Mantel InContextNow

Small Business Matters 2016 Conference

May 24, 2016 by alexgshifflet

4th Annual Small Business Matters Conference of 2016

May 20, 2016

Hyatt Villa Christina

The SBM conference is a nonprofit event. All proceeds benefit Real LEDGE, an organization devoted to the development of the next generation of entrepreneurs.

www.RealLEDGE.org

Special thanks to Tim Fulton for inviting Business Radiox.

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Joe Garley / Cindy Miller Communications

Bill McDermott / McDermott Financial Solutions

Tim Morrison / Write Choice

Caitlin Smith / Wellcentive

Adrian J. Cronje /Balentine

JohnBellman / Vistage

Cal Morgan / President of the Atlanta Human Society

Garrett Jacobs and Colton Moore / Winner of the KSU top 100 competition

Jeff Cunningham / Seyfarth Shaw

Mary Parker / All In One Security

BB Webb / Owner of The Carl House & Author of Build Your Business

Matthew Stamper / CEO & Founder of iBuy

John Lee / John Lee Books

sbm4 — Ryan Redhawk McPherson and Bill McDermott

KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

May 24, 2016 by alexgshifflet

Atlanta Business Radio

KSU Entrepreneurship Center Presents The Shrimp Tank

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Where can a young entrepreneur figure out how to turn their dreams into reality? Just take a step into the Shrimp Tank. The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

Hosts of The Shrimp Tank Chris Hanks and Ted Jenkin.

juddshrimp2 — Wesley McCormick, Lee Heisman, Judd Igler and Chris Hanks

Judd Igler / Savant

Co-Founder

Judd Igler has been working in the computer technology field for 17 years. He attended college at Southern Tech where he studied Computer Science. From there he started his computer career at one of the largest closing attorneys in the state of Georgia where he was quickly moved to the position of Network Administrator. From there, he began working with multiple companies’ networks at a business called Digital Agent. He furthered his knowledge with experiences working on many different network configurations and support structures. Judd also began studying, and later became certified, to work on enterprise class firewalls and security systems.

After working in the support field for many years, he saw where many IT support providers were dropping the ball performing troubleshooting and network repair. He did not like the way the support systems were setup to gouge clients at high hourly rates for problems that always seemed to reoccur. In 2006, he partnered with Lee Heisman to start Savant, a managed services company. He started the company with the intention of bringing a new proactive approach to network support at an affordable monthly rate.

Recently, Judd has been focused on consulting his current clients on how to best secure their networks. Co-founding Ask A Privacy Officer (AAPO) was a natural progression. With AAPO, Judd brings the technical security part to the table from his experience of working with many different companies to secure their networks based on their industries standards.

savant shrimp — Wesley McCormick, Lee Heisman, Judd Igler and Chris Hanks

Lee R. Heisman / Savant Comprehensive Technologies

(Co-Host)

Lee R. Heisman is the owner and CEO of Savant Comprehensive Technologies, My School Pool and Ask a Privacy Officer. Prior to this, Lee was the founder and CEO of H and W Printing and Brainstorm Design Works, a full advertising agency and commercial printing firm located in Atlanta, GA. He has a Master Degree from Rutgers University and is on the Advisory Board of the KSU Entrepreneurial Center. Lee has sold 2 of his previously businesses over the years through mergers and acquisition. Before launching his Entrepreneurial Career, Lee was a Licensed Physical Therapist in New Jersey for over 3 years

Chris Hanks/ KSU EC

(Co – Host)

Christopher C. Hanks is the founder and executive director of the KSUEntrepreneurship Center. Prior to this, Hanks was the founder and director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of Georgia. He has owned multiple businesses, including music, e-commerce, publishing, and export ventures. He is also the co-author of a best-selling book on low risk entrepreneurship.

Hanks leads the International Entrepreneurship Institute and is certified in business valuation, providing expert witness testimony. Before teaching at UGA, Hanks taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University and assisted in leading the Russell Center for Entrepreneurship. He earned a BBA from University of Georgia and an MBA from San Jose State University. Before launching his first business, Hanks held corporate risk management positions in the pharmaceutical and beverage industries.

Ted Jenkin/Oxygen Financial

(Co – Host)

Ted Jenkin has spent the past 22 years giving personal financial advice to thousands of people across the United States. After graduating from Boston College in 1991, Ted spent more than 16 years working for American Express Financial Advisors/Ameriprise Financial. He was one of the youngest people in the history of the company to reach both Field Vice President and Group Vice President level. He managed more than 800 financial advisors throughout 8 states in his last position with the company. He won the premier performer award, leader of the year award, and had the number one office in the country for more than two years in a row. In 2008, Ted founded oXYGen Financial to help revolutionize the financial services industry by creating a new company that focused on serving the X and Y Generation. oXYGen Financial now has more than 1,700 clients throughout 25 states across the country. Ted has been featured in over 25 magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and The Huffington Post. He has six advanced designations from the College for Financial Planning (CFP®, CRPC®, CRPS®, AWMA®, AAMS®, CMFC®) and is an on air radio personality featured on the popular drive time Atlanta radio show The Rock 100.5 Morning Show on Rock 100.5 FM. Ted lives in Milton, GA with his wife Genna and three kids Olivia, Lyla, and Louden.

JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, Kevin Geraghty with Revenue Research and Thad Oviatt with ParkENT Cycles

May 23, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Business Radio

JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, Kevin Geraghty with Revenue Research and Thad Oviatt with ParkENT Cycles

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Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson, Kevin Geraghty, JoAnn Holmes and Thad Oviatt

JoAnn Holmes, Esq. / HOLMES@LAW, LLC

Attorney and Founder

JoAnn Jo Holmes is the founder of HOLMES@LAW, LLC(www.holmesatlaw.com), where her practice focus is Business Law & Contracts, Trademark & Copyright, Software & Tech. She works with a broad array of clients, including professional service providers, consultants, software and creative content developers, and manufacturers. Having practiced law for nearly 17 years, her goal is to live the firms slogan Your Business Ally™.

A graduate of Stanford University and Emory School of Law, her career began in the Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) practice group of Troutman Sanders, a prominent Atlanta based law firm. There, she successfully represented a gamut of diverse clients, from startups to multi-billion dollar companies like Chick-fil-A, Microsoft and WalMart.

Moving in-house, Jo served on business management and legal teams in senior leadership roles for both public and private manufacturing companies. For more than a decade, she was the go-to lawyer for her business units with presence in North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim. She has overseen IP portfolios in more than 130 countries, is well accomplished in negotiating sophisticated domestic and international commercial contracts, and in resolving high dollar disputes.

Jo has spoken extensively about business law, technology, and intellectual property. Currently, she writes the business law section for the Gwinnett Citizen newspaper, and speaks for SCORE, a longstanding resource partner of the Small Business Administration. Likewise, Jo volunteers with Leadership Gwinnett, Discovery High Schools Entrepreneurship Academy, the SE Gwinnett Coop food pantry, and the Stanford Alumni Association.

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Kevin Geraghty / Revenue Research, Inc.

President

Kevin is responsible for the creation of $3 billion in documented corporate value. He has built successful analytic departments and profitable business models for Fortune 500 clients. Kevin received the Edelman Laureate Award in 1996 and 2016 for outstanding Operations Research practice and received the DM News Martech Award for Data Science in 2015. He is the author of machine learning patents for Dynamic Pricing and Paid Search marketing.

Thad Oviatt / ParkENT Cycles

Founder & CEO

ParkENT Cycles just wants to HUG your bicycle and keep it safe. We produce an electronic bike rack. The rack is a bicycle locking system built into a custom bike rack. To use the rack a person just needs to push their bike into the rack, activate it with the paired phone app (or key card, or attached kiosk), and the bike rack locks up the bicycle. The electronic bike rack locks the wheel and frame of the bicycle. The rack is safer than any other bicycle lock on the market.

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