Atlanta Business Radio

Stan Brovont with Office Evolution spent over 35 years as a business executive, where he held roles as the chief marketing officer and lead corporate strategist at ARRIS, where he played a key role in launching the company into multiple new products and international markets. Brovont is eager to use his business expertise to not [...]

Jackie Cannizzo is the Executive Director of C5 Georgia Youth Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering teens from under-resourced communities. Other projects include the launch of Dare to Golf, a program dedicated to helping women in business use golf to advance their careers and helping PGA Junior League Golf go national. Jackie is also the [...]

Jim Berryhill is the CEO, Co-Founder, and Director of Value Management pioneer DecisionLink. He has spent over 30 years in enterprise software sales and sales management, leading high-performance teams at ADR, CA, Siebel Systems, and HP Software with a focus on value selling. Jim founded DecisionLink with a vision to make Customer Value a strategic, [...]

It wasn't available to you. Now, it might be. This was the amount. Now, the amount is different for a different year. Here's the eligibility criteria. Now, here's some new criteria too. What sounds like a befuddling riddle is actually a description of The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). It's changed a lot in the [...]

Ashley Lansdale, Regional Public Relations Manager, Amazon Khary Miller is a Delivery Service Partner with Amazon Logistics through his company Black Star Delivery. Khary began his business with Amazon Logistics in August 2020 and runs a team of 70 delivery drivers with 33 vehicles delivering Amazon packages to customers in Metro Atlanta. Prior to becoming [...]

John Morehouse is the Director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing where he is able to draw on his multiple decades of experience in order to meet the many needs of Georgia s manufacturing industry. From 2012 to 2016, John served as the Director of Manufacturing Education Programs at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. [...]

Andrew Pentis has covered the cost of higher education and other personal finance topics, starting with ValuePenguin in 2015. His work has appeared in more than 40 publications, from LifeHacker and U.S. News & World Report to Marketwatch. He also pens an Ask the Expert column for Debt.com. In addition, Andrew previously worked in marketing [...]

As Chief Executive Officer of DefenseStorm, Steve Soukup is responsible for the strategic direction, daily operations and growth of the company. Prior to assuming this role, Steve served as Chief Revenue Officer for two and a half years where he led the Sales and Marketing teams, resulting in 3.5X growth in DefenseStorm s customer count, numerous [...]

After 33 years in banking, Melanie Brown, Owner of Strategic Business Assistance, decided to become an independent loan consultant and bring her best in class work ethic and experience to her clients with a more diverse approach. Now she can pre-screen a client s loan request with multiple lenders. By doing this she can determine where a [...]

Jonathan Miller, Principal at Whitehead Industrial, represents the fourth generation of the Miller Hardware Company, a proud Georgia resident small business, located in Valdosta, Georgia, serving the people and communities of South Georgia since 1908. The company currently operates under three distinct divisions: Whitehead Industrial Hardware, Miller Hardware and Seasons Garden Center. On the foun...

Brantley Basinger is the principal of Mallory & Evans Development, LLC and is responsible for the oversight of Mallory & Evans development and acquisitions platforms and capital procurement. Additionally, Brantley seeks out new ventures for Mallory & Evans to help the company expand and grow in the many industries it touches. Basinger plays a vital [...]

Jesslyn Elaine Rollins was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She went to the Lovett School, the College of Charleston, and then University of Georgia where she graduated with honors in Theatre and Communications. While she was working as a Recruiter, her father, an Atlanta Anesthesiologist, approached her with a product he invented called, "BIOLYTE." [...]

Jennifer Sherer is the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Georgia State University. The Institute is focused on expanding an innovative and entrepreneurial culture inclusive of all students, faculty, and staff at Georgia State as well as engaging alumni and the external community to advance innovative ideas, create new enterprises, and transform existing [...]

John Ryan is Chief Marketing Officer for Georgia Multiple Listing Service and has been with the company for 28 years. His responsibilities include the growth and expansion of the MLS across Georgia and the contiguous states, promoting and marketing the Georgia MLS brand to existing and prospective members, and spearheading the development of the company s [...]

Leslie Pearce's current role is Senior Vice President of Inside Sales for Fiserv. Her team is responsible for direct sales in the B2B model. Under her leadership, the team has consistently delivered revenue growth, realized expense reduction and maintained high employee morale. Leslie Pearce leverages over 20 years of success in multiple facets of sales. [...]

Guido Vliegen is an accomplished C-Level executive, consistently performing as a business development strategist and international operations pioneer. He has extensive experience in management, leadership and demonstrated success even in the most challenging business environments. He has a multi-discipline background and extensive international sales, marketing, new business development, branding,...

While COVID-19 may have negatively impacted many businesses last year, others are ramping up for growth in a big way. And, according to Hanny Akl, "It just seems like the way to grow these days is through M&A." Mergers, acquisitions and transaction activity is booming. Business valuations are high, potential tax changes are coming and [...]

Malcolm Xavier Eve leads Crown Castle s public affairs strategy and activities for the South Area of the U.S. including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. [...]

As President and CEO of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits since 1998, Karen Beavor has led GCN s growth into a leading state association empowering nonprofits through education, advocacy, research, consulting and business support services. Karen has served as a board member or advisory board member of a variety of civic and nonprofit organizations including the [...]

Stacie Francombe, Sign Greeters CEO and co-founder, is a passionate entrepreneur who is always looking for opportunities to exponentially scale business growth, while bringing value and the highest level of customer service to her clientele. Her diverse business background in Marketing, Branding, Operations, Financing, Writing, Coaching, Motivational & Public Speaking, Event Production, and Televi...

Rudy Krehbiel has been working with startups for over ten years as a student, operator, and investor. He got his start while studying finance and entrepreneurship at Miami University. After college, Rudy joined YapStone, a venture-backed fintech in the Bay Area, where he worked to align product, sales and ops with revenue targets and strategic [...]

Southern-born, Jennifer Hill Booker traveled to Paris to study French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts only to discover that rustic French and Southern dishes use many of the same ingredients. Jennifer used this as the basis for culinary exploration in her second cookbook, Dinner Déjà Vu: Southern Tonight, French Tomorrow. The [...]

Entrepreneur, Mark A. Wilson is the President and CEO of Chime Solutions, Inc. based in Atlanta, GA. Chime Solutions is a leading provider of business process outsourcing services, primarily focused on customer care. Wilson has over 25 years of experience in the business information services industry and has held senior level sales and operations management [...]