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Month: March 2014

Courtney Moss with City Club of Buckhead, Rick Crain with Breakthrough Business Solutions, Doug Norwood with Swarm Agency, Jeff Waller with 7 Mindsets, Tamara Diahann with BOSSNews Atlanta

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Rick Crain/Breakthrough Business Solution

Rick Crain (guest co-host) is the Founder and CEO of Breakthrough Business Solutions, an Atlanta based consulting firm specializing in Business and Leadership solutions for fast growth companies. His career stems from over three decades in leadership roles for the world’s largest employer services company where he was responsible for $300M in processing revenue. Rick has taken two startups to $15M and $45M respectively. He has won multiple industry awards for excellence in service and innovation.

Rick is one of the founding partners and co-developers of DrawSuccess, a fun and innovative process that transforms teams to high-performing based on playing a board game. He holds numerous certifications including Business Coaching, Executive Coaching, Master Executive Coach Trainer, Project Management, and Strategic Organizational Leadership. Rick plays Senior Men’s Baseball to keep his competitive edge.

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Courtney Moss/City Club of Buckhead

Courtney Mercedes Moss is originally from Douglasville, GA the only child of Mignon and Gary. Courtney attended a small private school K- 12th . After high school, she attended the University of West Georgia for four years and graduated July 2013 with a degree in Public Relations and minor in Marketing. Throughout college, Courtney interned with Cumulus Media where she earned recognition on the Dean’s list and received the Professional Development Award. Courtney was actively involved on campus as a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority, American Marketing Association, and Public Relations Student Society of America.

After graduation, Courtney accepted a Concierge position with the City Club of Buckhead in September and was promoted to the Asst. Membership Director in December where she performs sales related activities, marketing, and hosting new member orientations and networking events. Courtney has been with CCB for six months and currently a member of Junior Chamber International and the Metro Atlanta Chamber.

City Club of Buckhead is a private fine Dining, Social, Business and Athletic Club that is located on the 18th and 19th floors of the Atlanta Financial Center in the heart of Buckhead. City Club offers exquisite cuisine, premiere service, a state of the art fitness facility with personal trainers, a private indoor pool and deluxe spa services. You also will always be amazed and impressed by the dining experience at City Club. Their menu changes seasonally and we offer a daily special at both lunch and dinner. Our many complimentary monthly networking events create exposure for you and your business while establishing both personal and professional relationships with Buckhead business leaders.

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Doug Norwood/Swarm Agency

Doug Norwood is an accomplished, innovative business development and marketing professional with more than 25 years of proven success in delivering revenue and building brands in highly competitive business environments. Carrying a diverse background of agency and corporate marketing, Doug has driven profitable successes in CPG, technology, telecom, hospitality and retail with particular focus in the areas of sports, entertainment, events and online marketing. With extensive experience across all disciplines of marketing, as well as ecommerce and business development, Doug has created and executed successful growth programs for powerhouse companies and brands such as General Mills, Pillsbury, InterContinental Hotels, Comcast, Best Buy, Miller Brewing, Rent.com, EarthLink, Sears, SC Johnson, Office Depot and many others.

Doug has earned a reputation for developing and growing long-term, high-value relationships while providing senior leadership and strategic management to the development of ideas that drive business and profitability.

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Jeff Waller/7 Mindsets

Jeff is a leading expert on youth achievement. He has dedicated the last decade to studying and understanding the critical elements that define high achievers. Jeff’s work is currently impacting over 50,000 students globally and coauthored The 7 Mindsets to Live Your Ultimate Life.

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Tamara Diahann/BOSSNews Atlanta

California born Tamara Diahann is the Founder and Editor of BOSSNews Atlanta the “Publication for the Female Over-Achiever.” While trying to expand her personal training company back in 2011, Tamara found it difficult to find one location for sound better business advice and resources. Taking the saying “be the change you want to see in the world” literally, Tamara launched BOSSNews in September of 2013. Its purpose is to become the hub of information for personal and professional development for female executives and entrepreneurs around the country.

The publication is released seasonally and features marketing articles, beauty advice, local female trendsetters, business operation tips, women’s health, recaps from local events, regional business news/climate, etc In the spring of 2014 Tamara, along with Executive Producer Sole Profit will be taking a portion of her publication “The BOSS Spotlight” beyond the pages of her magazine and turning it into a talk show called A-List Weekly “Where Entertainment Meets Business.” This hybrid of “Live with Kelly & Michel” and 106&Park offers entrepreneurs and entertainers a marketing platform unlike any other currently available.

Tamara prides herself for being a fearless trendsetter and believes the only thing standing in the way of who you are and who God wants you to be is… well you. “There’s nothing to it but to do it.” Is one of the many famous sayings of Tamara’s father Eugene Bradley, and words she lives by and hopes to encourage others to do the same. Her mantra is “Unapologetically live the life you were designed to live.” For more information please visit the listed links. BOSSNews Atlanta “The Publication for the Female Over-Achiever”

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Jeff Lovejoy with ActionCOACH Atlanta, Jonathan Sparks with Sparks Law Practice, Dr. Ruben Boling with the University of North Georgia, Lloyd Lofton with American Eagle Financial Services, Leo “Skip” Shababy with Skips Hot Dogs, Larry White and Tres Crow with The Ritz Group

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Jeff Lovejoy/ActionCOACH Atlanta (Co-Host)

Jeff joined ActionCOACH Atlanta out of a desire to help owners grow their businesses in pursuit of their dreams and to provide a positive contribution to their community. His goal is to take the seemingly complicated responsibility of running a successful business and making it simple and fun. He helps owners de-mystify sales, marketing, planning, profit growth, leadership, business systems, time management, team building and financial management responsibilities. In working with Jeff, business owners are able to increase the success of their business which increases profits while gaining more “free time”.

Examples of the benefits Jeff has provided local business owners include:

• Doubled annual revenue for a remodeler
• Dramatically improved efficiency of a nonprofit’s Executive. Dir.
• Developed a marketing plan for an IT company
• Implemented recruitment process for a med. spa
• Worked with owner of engineering business to design their sales process
• Adopted formal planning and review for a retailer
• Increased sales performance at recreation company
• Taught CPA how to make better use of his time

Prior to joining ActionCOACH Jeff had built a successful 26 year career in sales, sales management, sales support leadership, marketing and project management. As a Senior Vice President at Bank of America and Wachovia he led initiatives that achieved dramatic results.
• Increased sales teams’ annual results by over 27%, on average, through training and simplifying the sales process
• Played key role in driving division’s sales teams towards consultative selling
• Developed a team that improved the quality of over 900 proposals
• Led initiative to raise the quality of marketing communications
• Received a national award for best practices in sales effectiveness in financial services.

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Jonathan Sparks/Sparks Law Practice

Jonathan Sparks is the Principal Attorney at Sparks Law Practice. He works as the “on-call” in-house attorney for many small to medium-sized local businesses. He has worked as an attorney at King and Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia, and interned at the United States Senate Office, the Attorney General’s office for the District of Columbia, and the United States Department of Justice. He is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School, where he excelled at Corporate and Business law, Torts, Litigation, and Securities law.

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Dr. Ruben Boling/University of North Georgia

Ruben Boling Director, Center for the Future of North Georgia at the Mike Cottrell College of Business, University of North Georgia.

As part of the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia and as Director of the Center for the Future of North Georgia, Dr. Ruben Boling’s primary focus is to promote entrepreneurship and business leadership in the classroom and regional and international business community.

Over his 30 years in business and academics, Dr. Boling has developed an expertise in the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship and management. During his business career, Ruben served in leadership and staff positions for several major companies including Arthur Andersen, Georgia Power and WorldColor. He has also served as owner or co-owner of two different small businesses and as a key partner in start-up initiatives in larger companies and institutions. His managerial and consulting experience has spanned several industries and focused on enhancing or improving strategy, customer acquisition and retention, and operations.

Ruben received his Doctor of Business Administration with a focus in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from Kennesaw State University, Master of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology, and Bachelor of Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University.

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Lloyd Lofton/American Eagle Financial Services

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Leo “Skip” Shababy/Skips Hot Dogs

Leo “Skip” Shababy is the founder/owner of Skips Chicago Dogs. In 1977 Leo Shababy Sr. and son Leo “Skip” Shababy Jr. moved their families from Chicago Illinois to the land of sweet tea and BBQ, Atlanta Georgia. Combining a hard work ethic, family values and a passion for quality food the duo set out to bring the great taste of the “Windy City” to Atlanta and in 1979 Skip’s Chicago Dogs was introduced.

Featuring Chicago Style Vienna Beef Hot Dogs, Italian Beef Sandwiches and Maxwell Street Polish Sausages, Skip’s has become a staple in the Atlanta area for high quality food served up loud, fast and fun just like in Chicago!

Though Skip himself has been working the biz for the past 35 years you can still come in throughout the week and catch him behind a register or putting together some delicious Chicago cuisine….all with a smile on his face that is contagious!

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Larry White/The Ritz Group

Larry White is the Founder and CEO of Retail Electronic Visions a software development company providing social media communities for Retail, Capital, Emergency Management, Yachting and Sports vertical industries. Retail Electronic Visions is the holding company for brands doing business as the Ritz Group, (www.ritzgroup.org) TheAisles (www.theAisles.net) and eLink 911 (www.elink911.com)

In 2012 Retail Electronic Visions purchased the 26 year old Ritz Group and added the Capital Community, a Reg D private equity solicitation community, for entrepreneurs, Investors and service providers. In addition, the Capital Expo was launched as the industry’s first video virtual e-trade show for companies raising equity funds under the Invest Georgia Exemption Act (IGE)

The Ritz Group meets monthly at the City Club to network and added Shark Attack where 3 companies (Bait) pitch for 15 minutes to 3 Industry ICONS (Sharks). Shark Attack is professionally hosted by Bob Rathbun, Fox Sports South broadcaster for the Hawks. 8 exhibitors are featured at the Networking Event.

In addition to providing members with electronic Incubation and physical networking, the Ritz Group provides members with a free and fee-based services to improve the “investor-readiness” of early and later stage companies through debt, crowdfunding and equity funding process.

New 2014 programs will include online delivery of Equity-U courses, Ritz Group Radio to showcase our members, Angel Meet-Ups to serve our Angels, plus the launch of Blue Chips – a new collaborative approach to fund Georgia’s “best” disruptive Technology, Consumer Goods, Medical, Food and Beverage and Entertainment early-stage ventures.

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Tres Crow/The Ritz Group

Tres Crow is an experienced marketing and sales professional. Having worked successfully in a variety of fields–as a lender, banker, insurance agent, membership manager, marketing and copywriting freelancer, as well as a sales and operations manager at both regional and national retail banks–Tres have a wide-ranging view of several key aspects of the business and entrepreneurial communities.

He has an eclectic range of personal and semi-professional interests, which make him exceedingly unique in the business world. In addition to over 8 years of sales, marketing, and management experience, Tres is also a published fiction author who has completed two novels, an adapted screenplay, and countless short stories. He spent over 8 years in Nashville and Ann Arbor, MI as a songwriter, releasing 2 LPs, 2 EPs, and 2 digital singles during that time. He has also developed a keen interest in developing green and sustainable solutions through entrepreneurship, which led him to form the Green Entrepreneurs of Atlanta group in October of 2013, which has seen its membership grow to 30 in just a few months.

He completed his MBA at University of West Georgia in July, 2013, where he maintained a 4.0 GPA and was honored with induction to the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. He is currently an Ambassador for the Ritz Group, tasked with growing and maintaining membership.

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Reid Hutchinson with Private Bank of Buckhead, Michael Pink and Billy Upchurch with Construx Solutions Advisory Group, Chuck Harris with Harris Medical Associates, Jim Beach with School for Startups and Mary Marshall with Marshall Advisors, LLC

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Reid Hutchinson with Private Bank of Buckhead

Reid Hutchinson is a Vice President aReid Hutchinson is a Vice President and Relationship Manager for Private Bank of Buckhead. He is an experienced banking professional whose work in the industry began while still in college, expanded through a major bank’s “University” lending training program, and ultimately transitioned to community banking. The majority of his career has been in the Atlanta banking market. Reid previously served as co-founder and president of NRG SVRS, LLC, a residential/commercial energy efficiency contractor. In keeping, he is a licensed general contractor. This licensure and experience in residential and light commercial construction dovetails nicely with his work in banking, helping him understand not only the lending needs of clients, but also the general needs of entrepreneurs, small businesses and individuals.nd Relationship Manager for Private Bank of Buckhead.

“I commit to the client that I will provide them with great service,” Reid says, “and understand and have empathy for borrowers and depositors.” He is a graduate of Wake Forest University, has been the captain of a Brookhaven Boys and Girls Club softball team since 2002, and has played club flag football weekly since 2002.  Reid enjoys involvement in professional organizations such as the Green Chamber of the South, the Association of Young Real Estate Professionals and the Atlanta Homebuilders Association. Reid and his wife Lawren, who is a pharmacist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, welcomed their first child, a son, in 2013. They attend Peachtree Presbyterian Church, have two dogs – a Golden Retriever and a Beagle, and live in intown Atlanta.

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Michael Pink and Billy Upchurch with Construx Solutions Advisory Group

Michael Pink – Is the founded Construx Solutions Advisory Group LLC in January 2012. Mike has worked in the construction industry his entire career, providing advisory and consulting services on large scale construction projects all over the world. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and received his Masters in Business Administration from New York University.

Prior to founding Construx Solutions, Michael worked for some of the most prestigious consulting firms like KPMG, Deloitte and FTI, performing capital project and construction consulting. Ever the innovator and entrepreneur, Michael saw an opportunity in his industry to better serve the client by focusing on minimizing costs and maximizing results.

Billy Upchurch – Mr. Upchurch is an experienced construction consultant who regularly provides clients with data analysis and management services. He has consulted on construction projects on a global scale and has experience in project controls, project scheduling, contract review, program assessment, cost, productivity, earned value management, delay and disruption, program management and dispute resolution concerns. His main sub-field of expertise lies in project document controls and organization.

Billy received his BS in the field of Building Construction in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and also received a BS Minor as part of a Public Policy curriculum focusing in Law, Science, and Technology.

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Chuck Harris/Harris Medical Associates

Chuck is a founding Partner with Harris Medical Assocites and is a native of the Atlanta, Georgia area. He graduated with honors from the University of Georgia where he attended on a full four year track scholarship. Chuck has over 30 years of healthcare staffing experience focused primarily on physicians and midlevel providers. He is formerly co-founder and President of Harris, Kovacs & Alderman, one of the nations largest permanent placement firms. Under his leadership, HKA Locum Tenens was established and provided locum tenens services for all physician specialties for both commercial and government entities across the US. The companies overall successes and growth resulted in their designation as an Inc. Magazine 500 fastest growing privately held companies.

The current Harris Group of companies include: 1. Harris Medical Associates ( which provides locum tenens staffing to commercial hospitals and medical groups throughout the United States:; a government division which provides locum tenens to DOD, VA and Indian Health Service facilities; and, a Psychiatry division), 2. Harris Medical Search ( which provides permanent physician and midlevel placement throughout the U.S, 3. Harris Medical Hospitalists ( which provides Hospitalists physicians to hospitals throughout the U.S.- both government and commercial) and 4. www.PhysicianEmployment.org – an industry leading job board for physicians and midlevels to apply for positions.

Chuck was a founding member of the National Council of Medicine at Emory University and a board member of Atlanta Leukemia Research, Inc. He began and oversees a 34 -year-old philanthropy with the Charles Harris Run, a 10k road race in honor of Chuck’s father, Dr. Charles E. Harris, who succumbed to leukemia at age 49, in 1981. The race has raised over $1 million for leukemia research at Emory University.

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Jim Beach/School for Startups

Jim is known for this belief that entrepreneurship is not about creativity, risk, or passion. Jim’s first book, School for Startups, was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2011 and reached as high as number 9 on Amazon’s business section. Promoting the book, he has done over 100 radio interviews, was featured in a UPS commercial, was referred to as the Simon Cowell of venture capital by CNN, and was excerpted by Entrepreneur magazine and the Wall Street Journal India.  Author of “School for Startups,” Jim argues that entrepreneurship is not about creativity, risk, or passion. Featured in a UPS commercial, published by McGraw Hill, hired by SunTrust, Wells Fargo, and Toshiba, and featured speaker around the US and in Egypt, Dubai, Japan, Brazil, and India, he is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship.

At the age of 25, Jim founded American Computer Experience. From 1993 to 2000, Jim grew the company with no capital infusion to $12 million in annual revenue and to over 60 permanent and 700 temporary employees, operating in 39 states and in three countries. The company was the world’s largest technology training company for children, and enjoyed corporate tie-ins with Microsoft, Intel, Lego, NASA, and many others. In 2000, Jim closed two rounds of venture funding, one for $2.4 million and another for $6.4 million. Jim was selected as one of the “Forty under Forty” most influential citizens by Georgia Trend magazine, and he appeared on NPR, MBNBC, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wired, and Entrepreneur Magazine as an expert on technology and education.

In 2001, Jim joined the Institute of International Business at Georgia State University. He taught international entrepreneurship, with a focus on risk avoidance, creativity, and internet marketing skills, and was lectured at universities in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, India, Dubai, and Egypt. In 2002, Jim started his first import/export firm, called TimelessChair.com. The firm was the result of a bet he made with a class. In 2009, Jim founded the School for Startups, a web resource devoted to teaching his philosophy of low risk entrepreneurship. He is Executive Director of a non-profit source on entrepreneurship for over 100 countries calledInternationalEntrepreneurship.com. Jim has presented for or on behalf of Wells Fargo, Toshiba, UPS, SunTrust and others on topics as diverse as the “Future of Oil Scarcity,” “How to Export in a Down Economy,” and “Getting to Number One on Google.”

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Mary Marshall/Marshall Advisors, LLC

Mary E. Marshall is the author of Putting Together The Entrepreneurial Puzzle: The Ten Pieces Every Business Needs to Succeed (2014). She has spent her career helping entrepreneurs turn their small businesses into successful ventures. In January of 2014, Mary was nominated by the SBA for their Small Business Award. Follow Marshall Advisors on LinkedIn, and subscribe to Mary’s blog at www.mary-marshall.com

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Danita Harn with Harn and Associates, Alex Muñoz with Consulting Solutions Results (CSR), Bob Ingram with Fulton Communications, Andrew Snyder with NOODLEit, Inc., Micki Taylor with International Staffing Partners, Louis Agudo with Open Door Insurance Group and It’s A Great Day For Business, Inc.

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Danita Harn/Harn and Associates Back Office Solutions

Danita Harn, founder and CEO of Harn and Associates has many years of experience in business across various market verticals from the gaming industry to SaaS and HRIS technology.  Harn has an extensive portfolio of hands-on experience and expertise in both ongoing operations management and rapid corporate growth.  Harn served in executive positions tasked with financial turn-around tactics within a complex professional employer organization and a gaming casino.

She was also the owner of 3 small companies simultaneously. During Harn’s career, she implemented a variety of processes, procedures and work flow maximization methodologies to improve profit margins and effectively grow the book of business, including assessing and improving the implementation of training, mitigating risk, service modeling, and performance management tools.

Harn has held executive positions in the fields of operations and human resources, including Paychex, Inc. and Harley-Davidson franchises. Historically, Harn has owned and managed businesses and possesses over 15 years of hands-on experience in building the proven business practices that help companies position themselves to grown and/or sell.

Danita created programs for customer service organizations that won a national award out of 1800 other companies. Harn has been featured in customer service magazines and in various business based commercials and articles.

Harn has shown pride in her community by serving on various hometown boards such as the Board of Taxation, the Todd Burks Foundation, Fire Department Boards and continues to practice altruism through local charities.

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Alex Muñoz/Consulting Solutions Results

Alex is an Atlanta native. Owner and Principal of CSR, LLC  he graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in Management. He went on to receive a Master’s degree in Information Systems from The George Washington University. After a 15-year career in manufacturing and financial services, Alex broadened his experience by working in diverse industries ranging from health information management to the non-profit sector. He was instrumental in the turn-around of a public company which recently sold for $300MM.

Alex has served as a mentor in the Catholic Charities Leadership Program as well as the Georgia Tech Mentor Jackets program. He is President of the Georgia Tech Intown Alumni Network and an event sponsor for the George Washington University Alumni Association Atlanta Club. He currently serves on the board of the Nobis Center, a non-profit organization that provides job training and employment for people with disabilities. He was instrumental in the foundation of NobisWorks (f/ka Recycletronics), an e-waste recycling business that provides employment for disabled veterans and funds training programs while reducing e-waste in landfills.

He and his wife María are active members of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta and are the parents of five children ranging in age from adolescent to young adult. His business specialties include: Excellence in turnarounds, start-ups, and the integration of acquired organizations. Taking on both long as well as short term assignments, able to examine, diagnose, and recommend solutions; differentiator is that Alex IMPLEMENTS solutions in order to achieve desired results.

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Bob Ingram/Fulton Communications

Bob Ingram has been providing Atlanta-area businesses with solutions for their telecommunications needs since 1984. His firm, Fulton Communications, is #1409 the Inc.5000 for 2013. Based in Roswell, they are Mitel’s and Vertical’s number one partner in North America.

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Andrew Snyder/NOODLEit

Andrew Snyder is President & CEO of NOODLEit, Inc. an Atlanta based Oracle Consulting firm. NOODLEit specializes in consulting on Oracle Software which is used by several local Atlanta businesses to run their back office systems such as accounting, procurement, HR, customer relationship management and manufacturing. Oracle makes the software and NOODLEit helps companies maximize the value of their software investment.

Andrew Snyder, founder of NOODLEit, launched the business in Atlanta over 10 years ago. Mr. Snyder has over 15 years of Oracle consulting experience and helped several area companies with their Oracle consulting resource needs. He has completed Software Selection, Business Process Re-Engineering, Process Improvement and Software Assessment projects. Mr. Snyder’s past clients include industry leaders in energy, local government, transportation, logistics, healthcare insurance, medical equipment, restaurant service, telecommunications and bedding and furniture manufacturing industries.

Mr. Snyder’s professional career began in the consulting organization of Computer Associates and he went on to hone his skills as part of Arthur Andersen’s Oracle practice. He is an Ohio licensed Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Atlanta OAUG Coordinator. Mr. Snyder earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with majors in Accountancy and Finance from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio.

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Micki Taylor/International Staffing Partners

INTERNATIONAL STAFFING has partner services for 50 States and 45 Countries where Micki Taylor, Senior Partner, was most recently responsible for a McKinsey & Co. start-up as an HR Consultant/Project Manager for the #1 Consulting Firm in the World for a special project recruiting and staffing Temps, World Traveler Consultants, Managers and Engineers. Her life’s work has been as an HR Consultant specializing in recruiting, staffing, payroll, on-boarding, project funding, benefits, worker’s compensation, tax compliance, staff augmentation, PEO, Employer of Record, Direct Hire, Temp and Contract. Micki provides a full suite of human resources for Fortune 10-1,000 companies with more than 25 years of experience where she completely understands the direct impact of hiring exemplary employees for a corporation’s image.

Her background provides a wealth of knowledge of best practices for staffing and recruiting Top talent where she has a complete understanding of the needs of both the employer and the employees that enable her to identify synergistic situations that benefit both parties.

Expertise is in recruiting and staffing for C-suite, Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Office Administration, Accounting, Finance, IT, Telecommunications, Engineering, Healthcare Management and Recent College graduates.

Industries are in accounting, finance, admin, software, IT, engineering, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, food & beverage, hospitality, human resources, legal services,
marketing/advertising and healthcare.

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Louis Agudo

Louis Agudo is affectionately regarded as “Mr. Positive”. He believes “the glass is always half full” and “the journey is the destination”. Louis states we should always be growing, learning and investing in ourselves. Refreshing our mind, body and spirit to take us to the places and successes we were always meant to have.

Louis Agudo is a speaker, educator, motivator and coach for many small business owners, entrepreneurs and individuals. Louis conveys his passion in teaching people how to live a life that is full of opportunity through his philosophy of credibility, discipline and gratitude. He truly believes in Zig Ziglar’s philosophy, “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough people get what they want”

Louis is President and CEO of It’s A Great Day For Business, Inc and with his business partner Randall Phillips, he has effectively garnered the respect and admiration to all he encounters with his positive attitude and spirit.

He is also owner of Open Door Insurance Group specializing in Life and Health coverages for all but specifically the 50 year old and over market and especially Medicare.

Whether one on one coaching or speaking in front of a packed auditorium, Louis’s engaging style envelops the audience in a spirit of trust and an attitude of anything is possible.

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