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Alex Membrillo of Cardinal Web Solutions & Allison Reinert of ALR Marketing Solutions

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Alex Membrillo

Alex Membrillo / Cardinal Web Solutions

Alex Membrillo is the Founder & CEO of Cardinal Web Solutions, a digital strategy agency based in Atlanta, GA.  The company was ranked the #1 fastest growing agency in the Southeast (The Agency 100, 2013), earning over $10 Million in revenue since launching in 2009.  Cardinal Web Solutions specializes in innovative, results-based SEO and SEM marketing campaigns, backed by in-depth Web analytics. The agency has developed results-driven digital marketing programs for brands including Papa John’s Pizza, Cox Media Group, and Hilton Hotels.

At only 30 years old, Mr. Membrillo is one of the most respected leaders in the digital marketing industry. He has been a featured speaker at various conferences including American Marketing Association and an expert contributor for many national and industry publications including The Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur.

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Allison Reinert / ALR Marketing Solutions

Allison Reinert is the Founder & CEO of ALR Marketing Solutions, a digital marketing and public relations agency based in metro Atlanta, GA.  Founded in 2009, they specialize in strategic, results-driven marketing campaigns. The agency’s solutions are designed to produce the greatest Return on Investment and brand awareness for clients in Business-to-Consumer industries including hospitality, medical, professional services, and non-profit.

Ms. Reinert is passionate about helping fellow Entrepreneurs and business owners grow their companies.  She has served on various local Chamber and business association boards, as well as supported the development of business incubator programs in metro Atlanta.

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Brad Dodge of Dodge Communications

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Brad Dodge / Dodge Communications

Brad Dodge founded Dodge Communications in 2001 with a belief that healthcare companies of all sizes and specialties must have compelling, professional brands to compete effectively and grow in a sustainable way. He began his career selling practice management systems to physician practices in the early ’80s, and has held positions in sales management, product management, corporate marketing and advertising. Dodge has worked with more than 250 organizations that sell products and services to the healthcare industry.

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Harvey Hillyer of Dermani Medspa and Brook Franklin of Lashout Cosmetics

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Harvey Hillyer / Dermani Medspa

Harvey Hillyer started BenchMark Physical Therapy 20 years ago, a company with which he is still active involved. Since that time he has started and sold a homecare agency and a durable medical equipment company. About 2 years ago he helped his wife, Allison Hillyer, leverage her knowledge and skills as a Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Esthetician to start Dermani Medspa.

Brook Franklin, Licensed Esthetician, has been a key member of the Dermani Medspa team since the beginning. Brook started Lashout Cosmetics and Dermani Medspa now works with Brook and her product line.

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Brook Franklin / Lashout Cosmetics

Brook Franklin, a Licensed Esthetician and Makeup artist originally from Northridge, California has always had a passion for the “Glitz & Glam” Lifestyle. She attended The School of Performing Arts in Studio City, California at the age of 7 and began studying modern dance, song interpretation, modeling, and acting, where she grew to love all aspects of the entertainment industry.  In 1994 her mother decided to move the family to Atlanta, GA where she has resided ever since, making it her second home. As a young teen, Brook was the go to girl for all the newest makeup trends among her peers.  After high school she worked in a few corporate positions and finally found her way back to the beauty industry when she accepted the Retail Team Leader position at “The Aveda Institute” in Buckhead and gained over 8 years experience working there and at other Aveda concept Salons and Spas throughout the city of Atlanta. She developed a passion for makeup and skincare and saw a void in the beauty industry and at that time she enrolled and completed the skincare program at the International School of Skin and Nail care in January, 2007 and has been licensed by the state of Georgia since 2008.

Working at some of the top spas in Atlanta, Brook has also been certified in Chemical Peels, Microdermabrasion, Cellulite Reduction, Micro-current (ultra tighten and tone), L.E.D. Treatments, Laser Hair Removal, IPL Treatments, as well as been trained by the top eyelash extension company, Extreme Lashes, and she is always seeking the newest and highest quality services to provide to her clients, which is one of the most important things to her.  After learning about the importance of healthy skin, Brook sought out ways to incorporate a makeup line that embodies the same values and concepts.

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Dr. Elaina George of Peachtree Ear, Nose & Throat and Frank Martin

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Dr. Elaina George

Dr. Elaina George / Board Certified Otolaryngologist, Radio Show Host, Author

Dr Elaina George is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Biology. She received her Masters degree in Medical Microbiology from Long Island University, and received her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr George completed her residency at Manhattan, Eye Ear & Throat Hospital. Her training included general surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, pediatric ENT at The NY-Presbyterian Hospital, and head and neck oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She has published in several scientific journals and presented her research at national meetings. As a solo practitioner in private practice who is also a small business owner, she has a unique perspective on the problems of health care delivery, the true costs of healthcare and viable solutions. Dr George is a recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award in 2008 and 2009. She was recently honored with membership in The Leading Physicians of  the World and Who’s Who Top Doctors Honors Edition.

Dr George’s interest in the politics of healthcare and the reform effort have led her to become both a powerful voice for the practicing physician and an advocate for the patient. She is on the advisory council of Project 21 black leadership network, an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research. She is a contributor to a wide variety of websites including BigGovernment.com,  Newmediajournal.us,  and Amy Ridenour’s National Center Blog. Dr George has been a recurring  guest discussing a wide range of medical topics on Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Newsmax, and she has appeared on Frances & Friends to discuss the consequences of Obamacare with a world wide audience of over 500 million people.  She has also been a medical expert on a range of shows including The Barry Farber Show, The Chuck Wilder Show and Butler on Business. Dr George hosts her own show,  Medicine On Call on Americas web Radio and Liberty Express Radio, a weekly talk show that explores health issues and the politics of medicine. She is also a keynote speaker for CSL entertainment and American Entertainment International.

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Frank Martin / The Medical Consultants Group

Frank Martin’s job is to make medical practices better businesses. His products and services increase profitability, improve clinical results and patient satisfaction. Martin has learned that good patient care and good business can and should be one in the same. Healthcare IT is changing the landscape and can facilitate better communications between all members of the Healthcare community. He is very well versed in the application of healthcare IT at the doctor’s office level and his strength is helping practices use technology to improve both their business and their ability to care for patients.

Frank Martin was born and raised in Chicago, and moved to Atlanta in 1977. He is married to a wonderful woman from MS. Martin has been in Healthcare for the vast majority of his career and in Healthcare IT for the past 10 years.

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Warren King and Richard Kirby of Vistage International

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Warren King / Vistage International

Warren King spent over 36 years with the BP/Amoco Corporate System. Responsibilities included CEO positions in major join ventures and global business management for commodity chemicals. He has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore and traveled throughout the world.  He is also an adjunct professor of International Business, Operations Management and Business Strategy at the University of North Georgia.

Warren currently chairs a Vistage Chief Executive Board made up of CEOs, Business Owners and Presidents in, and around, the Atlanta area.

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Richard Kirby / Vistage International

Richard Kirby’s 30 year career in Corporate America expanded from engineering management into sales management, with intermediate stints in marketing and training and development. Subsequently, he began his own executive coaching company and has served hundreds of executives and managers in diverse industries and professions. In the first half of 2015, Richard successfully launched the only Vistage group in Atlanta serving small business owners.

Richard is a Certified Management Consultant, a Board Certified Coach, and a published author. His interests include golf and music.

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Gregg Simon of Metro Atlanta Chamber with Baha Zeidan and Todd Fryburger

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Gregg Simon / Metro Atlanta Chamber

Gregg D. Simon is Vice President of economic development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). In his role, Simon works to build and manage relationships with our economic development partners across the 29-county metro Atlanta region and cultivate job growth across MAC’s industry clusters: bioscience, technology, mobility, supply chain & logistics and global commerce. He also assists businesses and their consultants in their evaluation of metro Atlanta for new or expanded operations.

Previously, he served as senior director of project management at MAC, and worked with partners and MAC’s project management team to support businesses interested in expanding or relocating to the region. Before that he was director of technology industry development at MAC, focusing on building Atlanta’s technology cluster and growing jobs in the areas of Internet security, wireless mobility, software development and digital media.

Simon brings more than 20 years of economic development experience to MAC. Prior to joining MAC, Simon was manager of business engagement for the Atlanta Development Authority (ADA) where he helped existing businesses and attract new ones to the city of Atlanta. Before coming to Atlanta, he was the director of business services for the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development, a private non-profit economic development organization dedicated to business growth in Massachusetts. He also worked for Empire State Development, New York State’s economic devel­opment agency with a focus on business retention and expansion in the Buffalo regional office.

Simon’s work in Atlanta, Massachusetts and New York has included administration of tax and financial incentive programs, business retention and attraction marketing initiatives, economic development policy creation and implementation, and special event planning. He has worked with businesses such as Mercedes-Benz USA, Panasonic Automotive Systems of America, Ernst & Young, Novelis, Kemira, Invesco, Wipro, Bristol Myers Squibb, Straumann, Target, General Motors, 3M, Ford, Delphi and many others to support business expansions resulting in job retention and creation.

Simon is a graduate of the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY and lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.

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Baha Zeidan / Azalea Health

Co-founder and CEO of Azalea Health. Responsible for providing the strategic direction for Azalea Health as well as collaborating with partners and co-founders on the day-to-day operations growth of the company.

Baha is a strong proponent and advocate for Health IT, cloud computing, mobile development, pervasive computing, and big data analytics.

Baha’s daily mission is to empower smart and talented people while cultivating quality relationships with partners and shareholders that aid in the further advancement of Azalea Health.

Valdosta State University graduate with a BS in Computer Science, and currently pursuing my Masters degree in Information Technology Management with focus on Healthcare Information Technology Management. In 2008, Baha received the GOLD Award (Graduate of the Last Decade) Alumni Award from Valdosta State University for demonstrating professional achievements and exceptional community service.

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Todd Fryburger / StarMobile

Todd Fryburger, President and CEO of StarMobile, has over 30+ years experience in enterprise software and enterprise mobility for respected technology industry leaders, including Cramer Systems (acquired by Amdocs), PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle), CSC, Chrysler Systems (acquired by IBM), GE Information Services (now GSX) and CompuServe (acquired by AOL).  Todd previously served as the CEO of enterprise mobility leader CAS AG (acquired by Accenture).  He most recently led Global Enterprise Mobility for SAP.

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Jeff Cunningham of Seyfarth Shaw and Dr. Robert Willis of Foxcode, Inc.

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Jeff Cunningham / Seyfarth Shaw

Mr. Cunningham, a partner in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and member of Seyfarth’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax practice groups, serves as outside general counsel to many growing mid-sized businesses, and concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, and general corporate matters. He counsels clients—from entrepreneurs and start-ups to large privately held companies—through each phase business: choice of entity, business plan development, capital raising, equity and ownership agreements, commercial transactions, and exit strategies.

Mr. Cunningham represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, both buy-side and sell-side, as well as joint ventures and significant financing transactions.  He develops strategies on both business and legal aspects of marketing, sales, negotiating transactions and relationships, and corporate governance. Mr. Cunningham advises clients on commercial financing matters and negotiates acquisition financing, private debt and equity financing, and venture capital. He works with clients across many industries including manufacturing, distribution, business and professional services, staffing, residential and commercial construction, and distribution.

In addition to business and transaction counseling, Mr. Cunningham utilizes his background in federal, state and local taxation gained while working in two of the Big Four accounting firms to provide advice on effective tax rate minimization, tax compliance, and tax optimized structuring.

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Dr. Robert Willis / Foxcode, Inc.

As the Founder & CEO of Foxcode, Robert Willis leads the company’s investment activities, advisory services, capital raising and strategic direction. He has more than 25 years of experience in industries from investment banking and finance to energy, infrastructure, telecommunications and technology.

In 2008, he led the acquisition of nsoro, LLC by MasTec, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. nsoro is a telecommunications services firm responsible for building and maintaining the wireless network for companies such as AT&T in the United States and India. He is senior advisor and acting President of the nsoro/MasTec division.

Prior to Foxcode, he founded Alpine Computer Systems, a network operating systems company, at the age of 15 and as the Principal Owner and Chief Executive Officer grew the company to over $35 million in revenue. Alpine was on the Inc. 500’s list of the fastest growing companies in the United States for three consecutive years before he orchestrated a $25 million strategic merger of Alpine with the Delphi Group, a UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange. As President of the IT division and CIO of the Delphi Group, he supervised the acquisition of 35 companies. He helped to orchestrate the sale of Delphi to Adecco S.A., a Fortune Global 500 company, and served as the Executive Vice President of the IT division.

In July 2004, he formed Gaming VC, an entity that he used to acquire a European online gaming company. In December 2005, under his lead, Gaming VC acquired and subsequently performed an initial public offering in the amount of $160 million on the London Stock Exchange. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded company. He has since sold all of his interests in Gaming VC although the company continues to operate and trade on the London Stock Exchange.

He received an honorary Ph.D. from Newbury College and served on its board of directors. He lives in Miami and Philadelphia. He is on the board of the nsoro Foundation.

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Linda Gabbard of Framework Initiatives Company and Wayne Kurzen of The Kurzen Group

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Linda Gabbard / Framework Initiatives Company, LLC

A high performing Strategic Execution Consultant and Vistage Chair, Linda Gabbard is known for driving growth and results in large global companies, start-up businesses, and turnarounds.  Her consulting practice specializes in strategic execution, change management, leadership development and executive coaching. She has deep experience in the manufacturing space with experience in product marketing, sales, general management, leading international business units, and change management.

Recognized as a change agent and strategist, she combines teamwork, creative problem solving, and a sense of humor in supporting clients in the execution of complex strategies in fast-paced environments.  Winner of Vistage Chair Excellence Awards, Master Chair, and National Chair of the Year awards, she is a certified Co-Active Coach (CPCC and ACC) and Leadership Circle 360 Practitioner.

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Wayne Kurzen / The Kurzen Group

Wayne Kurzen is an International Award Winning Business Advisor, Coach, and Speaker with over 30 years of business and leadership experience. In over 11 years as a Certified Business Coach, Wayne has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs grow their business and have a “life.” Wayne has worked with Leadership Teams of more than 60 Entrepreneurial Companies ranging from $1 to 100 Million in revenue – focusing on Successful Businesses that want to break through to become a market leader.

Wayne is a former decorated USAF Pilot where he commanded a Unit of 700, and was promoted early to Colonel (top 1% of his peers). As the owner of several businesses, he secured the first exclusive U.S. Distributorship for Europe’s then second largest decorative brass hardware manufacturer. In less than two years, he grew this start-up business to a point where they were supplying products to Home Depot.

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Mark Samuels and Shabbir Bambot of LumaMed, LLC

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Mark Samuels / LumaMed, LLC

Mark Samuels is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of LumaMed, LLC. Mr. Samuels is an experienced public and private company executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in technology and biomedical product development.  Mr. Samuels has founded three companies and has raised over $65 million of investment, including an IPO.  Mr. Samuels has led research, development, and commercialization efforts on four medical device products, including three currently on the market. Additionally, he has led research, development and commercialization efforts on a non-invasive replacement for cervical cancer screening currently undergoing Phase III pivotal trials at Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (ticker:GTHP)

Mr. Samuels earned his Master’s degree from Georgia Tech. He is a named inventor on nineteen (19) issued US patents and eight (8) US patent applications.

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Shabbir Bambot / LumaMed, LLC

Shabbir Bambot is co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of LumaMed, LLC. Dr. Bambot has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and over 20 years of experience in developing innovative medical devices, business development, intellectual property development, regulatory strategy and clinical trials. He is currently co-founder and CTO at LumaMed, LLC, a company focused on developing imaging devices to help surgeons see cancer margins during surgery.

Dr. Bambot previously co-founded Guided Therapeutics, a company developing products for non-invasive and point of care cancer diagnosis. He has been instrumental in the successful launch of multiple medical diagnostic products, the AVL/Roche OPTI 2® blood chemistry analyzer and the SpectRx BiliChek® Non-invasive Bilirubin Analyzer and the Guided Therapeutics LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan. He is a named inventor on 10 (ten) US patents and several additional applications under prosecution. He has several publications in the areas of clinical monitoring and diagnostics and is the recipient of several NIH SBIR grants totaling in excess of $6.5 million for developing non-invasive diagnostic devices. He frequently serves on review panels for scientific publications and NIH grant applications.

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Sid Mookerji and Tom Delbrook of SPI

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CEOSid Mookerji / SPI

Sid Mookerji is Global CEO and Founder of SPI. He has built the organization with a passion about providing the best client experience for Retailers worldwide looking for services and innovation in IT and is recognized as an expert on outsourcing, IT services and technology solutions for the Retail Industry. He has received the Indian government’s Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In 2008, he helped secure SPI’s placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine’s list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI’s rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc Magazine several times.

Sid holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS, Pilani, India and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business. He serves on NASSCOM’s Regional Council and the Academic Advisory Board of SDM Institute for Management Development.

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Tom Delbrook / SPI

Tom Delbrook is SPI’s Chief Financial Officer and leads SPI’s Finance and Legal teams worldwide.

Tom is a highly respected figure in the financial circles particularly in the areas of Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions. Till recently, Tom was Managing Director and Co-Head of the Transportation, Logistics and Shipping group at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, based in New York, NY. Prior to Credit Suisse, Tom worked for United Parcel Services, Inc. for over 20 years, the last seven years as the Vice President of Finance based in Atlanta, GA. Tom completed over 60 acquisitions and executed over $20 billion in the capital markets through his career at UPS as well as leading the company’s Initial Public Offering.

Tom has also been an Executive in Residence and Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at Kennesaw State University. He has served as an independent consultant to several private equity and hedge funds in the transportation and logistics industry. Tom has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University and a Juris Doctorate from IIT – Chicago Kent College of Law.

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