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Karlos Walkes with Team XiQ, Sanjay Parekh with Prototype Prime and Gabrielle Jewell with Sourced.

July 26, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Karlos Walkes with Team XiQ, Sanjay Parekh with Prototype Prime and Gabrielle Jewell with Sourced.

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Sanjay Parekh, Steven Julian, Gabrielle Jewell, Duffie Dixon, Karlos Walkes

Karlos Walkes/Team XiQ

XiQ is a tech startup that has created the Stinger. It’s a smart device that replaces the conventional ignition on most non-automotive vehicles and machines. The Stinger works with a mobile app to introduce a new level of keyless vehicle security, activation and engagement.

Sanjay Parekh/Prototype Prime

Prototype Prime is an incubator that focuses on early stage software and hardware technology startups. Their 12,500-square-feet offers open, collaborative workspaces, a podcast room, event space, and design & development lab. Funded by the City of Peachtree Corners and in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology’s ATDC, Prototype Prime’s mission is to provide teams with the support they need to launch and scale.

Gabrielle Jewell/Sourced

Sourced. began with a very clear vision: Be the reason their clients have more time. Time for your kids. Time to perfect your big presentation. Time to kick up your feet and watch a movie. Time to think. You have a lot to do, and it’s hard to find the time to do it all. This is why they exist. Sourced. is here to make it easier for you to achieve your individual goals and spend time how you want to, all while taking the pressure off. Take your life back, focus on the important things, and delegate the rest to Sourced.

Spotlight on Startup Riot

February 19, 2015 by rhondachale

Atlanta Tech Leaders

Spotlight on Startup Riot

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Sanjay Parekh / Startup Riot

Sanjay Parekh is the Founder of Startup Riot, an all-day event which highlights 30 startups through three minute, four slide presentations given by the startups. The startups subsequently answer questions from a judging panel for three minutes. The upcoming event will be March 4, 2015 at Terminal West.

Patrick Braswell / RealNex

Patrick Braswell is the former CEO of Ten Eight a Deal Automation Solution for Commercial Real Estate Brokers, Owners and Tenants. Ten Eight was purchased by RealNex August 2014, 2 years after Patrick and his co-founders launch the Ten Eight.

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Rob Kischuk / PerfectPost

Rob Kischuk is CEO and Founder of PerfectPost, a Social Media Optimization Platform for small and midsize businesses. PerfectPost was in the first class of the Flashpoint Startup Accelerator, and our investors include Mark Cuban and Atlanta Angel Investors. Rob has been involved in Atlanta startups since graduating from Georgia Tech 15 years ago, including Air2Web and LivePerson, both acquired by public companies, as well as WeTheCitizens and Xeko Elf Island.

Turner Smith with Health IT Leadership Summit and Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot

November 13, 2014 by rhondachale

Atlanta Tech Leaders

Turner Smith with Health IT Leadership Summit and Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot

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Turner Smith / Health IT Leadership Summit

Dr. Smith has extensive experience in the design, implementation, and training necessary to build successful telemedicine programs. Dr. Smith is passionate about innovative application of Health IT to increase patient engagement and education in healthcare, improve outcomes, reduce costs, and bridge the gap between patients and access to quality care.

He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Technology Association of Georgia, Health Society and is Chairman for the annual Health IT Leadership Summit in Atlanta. Additionally, Dr. Smith is a member of the Health IT Subcommittee and Public Policy Task Force of the Bioscience Leadership Council at the Metro Atlanta Chamber. He has presented at the American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting and also serves on a working group for the Georgia Department of Education which is developing the curriculum for the Health Science Cluster to align with Federal Career Clusters and career pathways.

Dr. Smith received his Psy. D. degree from the American School of Professional Psychology/ Virginia Campus, an MA in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, and his BA from Hampden-Sydney College. Dr. Smith lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and he enjoys shooting sporting clays and playing tennis in his free time.

Sanjay Parekh / Startup Riot

Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot, Jessica Park with JPark Events, Drew Voyles with Young Life Africa Expeditions and Michael Muldoon with La Tagliatella

January 24, 2013 by rhondachale

Atlanta Business Radio

Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot, Jessica Park with JPark Events, Drew Voyles with Young Life Africa Expeditions and Michael Muldoon with La Tagliatella

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Sanjay Parekh/Startup Riot

Sanjay Parekh is the Founder of Startup Riot, an all-day event which highlights 30 startups through three minute, four slide presentations given by the startups. The startups subsequently answer questions from a judging panel for three minutes. This year’s event will be February 20, 2013 at The Tabernacle and features keynote speakers T.A. McCann and Adam Rich.

Jessica Park/JPark Events

Jessica Park, Director of JPark Events, is a certified event planner and entrepreneur here in Atlanta, as well, she is a native Atlantan. Jessica’s near 20 year tenure in the restaurant and service industry has given her the skills to organize peers and charges to get things done in a high volume environment. A demeanor perfectly suited for event planning, proving to unusually skilled in multitasking and troubleshooting. Jpark Events has catered an afternoon tea and dessert for the Dalai Lama, has been featured in Martha’s Circle, and on Style Me Pretty, and Ruffled Blog. Her work has also been seen in Occasions Magazine, The Atlantan Brides, and Pretty Pear Bride featuring her custom dessert tables. Recently she was voted best caterer in Atlanta by Wedding Industry Experts.

Drew Voyles/Young Life Africa Expeditions

Drew Voyles is a Regional Coordinator with Young Life Africa Expeditions. YLXA is a division of the non-profit global organization, Young Life, passionate about sending students, young adults, and families on Trips to Africa that go beyond comfort zones through full-immersion experiences. Partnering with more than 20 different Young Life Africa communities across 13 Countries, YLXA has taken over 1,200 people on 91 Trips over the past 7 years to serve and experience the heart of Africa through a different lens. Countless people both in Africa and the U.S. have come home from these Trips with their lives forever changed.”

Michael Muldoon/La Tagliatella

As President of Polish-owned AmRest Holding’s La Tagliatella, LLC in the US, Michael Muldoon is responsible for developing the strategy and executing day-to-day operations of the European-based Italian restaurant concept. With more than 130 La Tagliatella restaurants across Europe, Asia and India, Michael opened the brand’s first U.S. flagship location at the Shops at Metropolis in Midtown Atlanta, Ga., in December 2012, followed by a second location at Emory Point in Atlanta in January 2013. A third location is slated to open in Arlington, Va., in March 2013. With Michael leading the way, AmRest plans to open more than 100 La Tagliatella locations nationwide in the next few years.

Prior to introducing La Tagliatella to the U.S., Michael was president of the $240 million Applebee’s division of AmRest and led the turn-around and eventual sale of the Applebee’s division. He spent time as vice president of human resources of AppleGrove which was acquired by AmRest in July 2008. Michael has spent his entire career in the restaurant industry beginning as an hourly employee and working his way through various leadership positions in operations and support functions.

Michael holds an MBA from the University of Georgia and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Eastern Michigan University. He lives in Roswell, Georgia with his wife Charity and their two sons, Michael and Declan.

Two Great Atlanta Connectors – Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot and Stephen Brown with Cohn and Wolfe Public Relations

February 2, 2012 by lee kantor

Atlanta Business Radio

Two Great Atlanta Connectors - Sanjay Parekh with Startup Riot and Stephen Brown with Cohn and Wolfe Public Relations

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We opened the show with Sanjay Parekh founder of Startup Riot. Startup Riot is a day long conference that started in 2008. The event focuses on giving entrepreneurs 3 minutes to present 4 slides in front of a large audience. The event has grown and expanded over the years. Last year, the event expanded to Seattle and we added career fairs as an additional way to help entrepreneurs succeed.

We closed the show with the first nominee in our “Atlanta Connectors” series – Stephen Brown, Managing Director of Cohn & Wolfe. Stephen was nominated by Cindi Kurczewski.atlanta connectors

Stephen is at the helm of one of Atlanta’s top public relations firms, Cohn & Wolfe, an international communications firm that was founded in 1970 right here in Atlanta. As managing director, Stephen is in charge of cultivating great talent in disciplines such as marketing, media relations, corporatecrisis and issues management and social media and serving national and local clients to achieve businessresults. Stephen prides himself on his tireless networking throughout town – be it with companies, nonprofit boards, professional associations, in affinity groups and of course on the newest frontiers ofsocial media. He will provide tips on networking – from working a room to reaching decision makers –and will share his own experiences of making matches between Cohn & Wolfe’s great products and services with companies in need of great sales and marketing results.