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James Yancey with CloudTags, Nickolas Downey with Nead Werx, Will McGinnis with Predikto Analytics and Sean Gordon with Intelliverse

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James Yancey/CloudTags

Nickolas Downey/Nead Werx, Inc.

Nickolas (Nick) Downey is CEO of Nead Werx, Inc., an Atlanta software-consulting firm. Nead Werx was named the 2012 Co-op Employer of the Year by the Georgia Tech Division of Professional Practice, and was named one of Atlanta’s top 45 best and brightest companies to work for that same year. Nick Graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002 with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and lives in East Point with his wife Candi. Nick is a member of the Atlanta Technology Angels and sits on the Board of Directors of several Atlanta organizations.

Will McGinnis/Predikto Analytics

Will McGinnis (Analytics Engineer) was the first employee at Predikto Analytics. With both a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University, and previous experience in process engineering, DoD Labratory research, quantitative finance, and software development, Will has the real world engineering experience to inform the data science with knowledge of the mechanical processes themselves. Will’s research background lies in predicting service life of military hardware in varied battlefield environments which effect the wear rates, and in the design of satellite control systems. Now at Predikto, Will serves in both a technical role, developing software and predictive models, and a client facing role, helping to bridge the gap between practicing engineers and the data scientists at Predikto.

Sean Gordon/Intelliverse

Sean’s passion is ensuring that his customers and employees win every day. He drives Intelliverse to exceed the expectations of every customer with cloud communications solutions that leverage the most current technologies and are reinforced by a world-class customer experience. Sean joined Intelliverse in 2012 from West IP Communications where he was most recently Vice President and over the past 11 years helped turn a $30 million unknown company into a $1.5 billion industry leader. He also held various leadership positions at AT&T, EMC and Nortel Networks Corporation. Sean holds a degree from the University of Connecticut and enjoys spending time with his two songs and coaching them in baseball and football.

High Velocity Radio

Linda Lee Hughes: The GreatRidge Company, Frank E. Paterno: Intelliverse, and John W. Fowler: Facility Supply Group

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Linda Lee Hughes/The GreatRidge Company

Linda Lee Hughes is the founder and CEO of The GreatRidge Company. Prior to starting GreatRidge, Linda held executive positions at The Coca-Cola Company, AIG, and The North Highland Company. She contributes to numerous Fortune 500 companies as a C-level consultant, and provides interim CIO leadership to many Small to Medium Businesses.

Ms. Hughes is a frequent speaker and author on business and technology topics. She has presented at numerous industry conferences as a panelist, individual presenter, and key-note speaker. She is heavily involved in non-profit activities and serves on the board of multiple organizations headquartered in the Atlanta area. She has been interviewed for articles appearing inÂ CIO Magazine,Â TechRepublic, as well as many local Atlanta magazines and has written articles for publications such asÂ Optimize Magazine.

Be looking for Ms. Hughes book which will be coming out August 1st, 2012, CEO’s Secrets to IT Success. TheÂ book provides CEOs advice and insight about the Information Technology (IT) function of their company. Some secrets found in this book can be heard today in our interview with her on the show!

Frank E. Paterno/Intelliverse

Mr. Paterno,VP of Marekting at Intelliverse, is responsible for all of Intelliverse’s Marketing activities including marketing communications, product management, and strategic development. Frank and his team strive to generate maximum sales activity by continually evaluating market conditions and creating industry-focused service offerings that effectively meet the demands of Intelliverseâ€™s customers.

Before moving into his current role at Intelliverse, Frank was most recently the Director of Product Management and previously the Channel Manager for Wholesale Services. Prior to joining Intelliverse in 1999, Frank worked for MCI and Arthur Andersen.

John W. Fowler/Facility Supply Group/Preferred Service Group

John W. Fowler is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Facility Supply Group. He has 30 years of business-to-business management experience including 13 years in senior management roles with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Mr. Fowler had responsibilities for the $600MM combined business units of Kimberly-Clarkâ€™s Filtration, Skin Care, Wiper, Office Building and Global Customer Contract divisions.

John is a pragmatic results-oriented business leader with extensive global experience in leading multiple P&Ls in Fortune 500 organizations, a clear leader in Industrial Supply Chain Management. He has an outstanding track record in design, developing and executing business strategies and operating plans, to consistently drive growth and performance targets, by sector, business and global regions.