If you are an owner, board member, senior executive or part of a family business then you will likely face challenges you’re not quite sure how to address. You won’t want to miss this program…why? Because we’ll introduce you to concepts and people to help you deal with these challenges.

Corporate Financial Solutions has earned a reputation for getting to the underlying truth of crucial financial issues within companies and with discretion. Debra Pauli founded the firm in 1997 and brings senior level experience, on site, to evaluate issues crucial to minimizing risk in business transition. 

As a CPA with additional certifications in Financial Forensics (CFF), Business Valuation (CVA) and Turnaround (CTP), Ms. Pauli brings expertise and experience to company stakeholders facing challenges due to growth, decline or management performance issues. Ms. Pauli has consulted with Boards, Owners and Lenders in supporting stakeholders with such business challenges as management change, cash shortage due to business decline, and investigation of business opportunities. Ms. Pauli’s experience includes CFO of a growth company experiencing challenges due to parent company financial reversals and Controler of an NYSE company in transition due to industry change.

404-625-1348  |  dpauli@corpfinsolve.com |  www.corpfinsolve.com |  @DebraPauli

Starting a Virtual Business

How to set up a successful virtual company. What you really need, what is your focus, how to stay on task and how to look professional to the outside world.

Simple tips to help you leverage social media to to attract more clients, build your brand, and grow your business!

Shelly Brown is the Founder and CEO of Social Bug Media. Whether it’s training a group or working one-on-one with a client to map out a social media strategy, Shelly’s focus is always on providing simple, easy-to-implement, results-oriented solutions. After ten years of personal entrepreneurial success, ranging from an online business to a retail storefront, Shelly now uses her own personal experience and strategies to help her clients succeed.

678-467-6709  |  shelly@socialbugmedia.com |  www.socialbugmedia.com |  @heyshellybrown

What’s it like to be a Member of a private club?

Imagine going to a restaurant, bar, golf course or tennis courts where all your friends hang out and everyone knows your name. Your kids can come here too and they will be safe and learn to play golf and tennis. And the food is great, the beer is cold and we have all your favorite drinks. It’s your home away from home.

Career coaching has typically been a perk of being a CEO or executive at an organization. With the economic downturn and the resulting need for every professional to actively manage their career, coaching has become even more important for professionals, inside and outside of the boardroom. Hallie Crawford, Founder of Create Your Career Path and Certified Coach, discusses how professionals at any level can leverage coaching to their advantage to further their career, define their next career direction and enhance their work performance. She will give you 3 ways you can best leverage a career coach as well as other career resources to protect your best investment-your career.

Hallie is a certified coach, speaker and author from Atlanta whose coaching company, Create Your Career Path, helps people identify their ideal career path, navigate their career transition and nurture their careers. She is living her passion. Her team of coaches work with people of all ages, have clients worldwide, and have helped thousands of people achieve their career goals. She’s been coaching for over 10 years, and has undergrad and graduate degrees from Vanderbilt and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has served on the Board of the Georgia Coach Association, and is regularly featured as a career expert in the media including CNN, Fox Business News, the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo HotJobs, Forbes.com and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Let’s face it, finding employment in today’s job market is tough. For every opening or requisition, there are countless candidates competing to gain the attention of hiring managers and recruiters. This topic will cover effective tips and strategies to assist job seekers in positioning themselves for success and how to outshine the competition.

Wanda is a Certified Professional Career Coach and a multi-credentialed Resume Writer with more than 12 years of experience and a proven track record of success in career coaching and in crafting stellar resumes. Wanda is client-oriented, flexible, and focused. She is passionate about helping others realize their career potential. Committed to providing outstanding customer service and support, Wanda takes pride in ranking among the very best in equipping career seekers with the skills and strategies necessary to win in today’s tough job market. 

Prior to founding Elite Resume Writing Services, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, Wanda had been a top Operations and Training Development Professional in a major Fortune 500 corporation for over 21 years. This gave her the knowledge and perspective needed to coach graduating seniors, entry-level employees, career changers, professional managers, and senior executives alike.

Leveraging exceptional communication, organization, presentation, comprehensive research, and client relationship management skills, Wanda assists clients with everything from job search strategies, to creating winning resumes, improving interviewing skills, and negotiating fair and equitable compensation packages.

As a highly articulate and effective communicator, Wanda works well with individuals on all levels. Acknowledged as a resource person and key contributor to numerous organizations, she has consistently achieved the highest possible ratings for organizing and facilitating highly effective coaching and development sessions.

Credentials include:
Master of Business Administration in Advanced Leadership (MBA)
Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management (BBA)
Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC)
Certified Employment Interview Professional (CEIP)
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)
Academy Certified Resume Writer (ACRW)
Career Thought Leader Workshop Facilitator
Contributing Author to numerous Expert Resume Publications
Ezine Articles Expert Author
Certified Six-Sigma Greenbelt

There is talk at the highest levels of telecom of when to unplug today’s public switched telecom network (PSTN)for the final move to an all-IP global network. But that cannot happen unless and until the vast installed base of fax terminals can continue to reliably send and receive fax in real time as is done today. And, after extensive testing by the SIP Forum, an association, primarily, of equipment vendors, and the i3 Forum, comprised of nearly 40 of the world’s largest telecom carriers, fax-over-IP (FoIP) in international calls is not reliable enough to support the coming transition. 

Today, we are talking with Mike Coffee, CEO of Commetrex Corporation Alpharetta, GA, a supplier of FoIP technologies to the industry and the co-chair of the SIP Forum’s FoIP Task Group, about what is being done to make FoIP ready for the coming PSTN-to-IP transition.

By adding the Smartsoft team, Mobiquity has established the company’s operations in the Southeast, providing a hub for customer engagement in the region. The new office will be led by former Smartsoft CEO Dan Homrich and will include key Smartsoft employees, who are specialists in building and deploying mobile applications for SAP. Smartsoft Mobile Solutions has been named one of the top 40 most innovative companies in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia. With deep experience developing for both B2B and B2C markets, the Smartsoft Mobile team has built more than 50 mobile solutions since 2009, including apps for The Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Haverty’s Furniture, McKesson, IHG and The Weather Channel. Many are available to consumers through various app stores. This move enables Mobiquity to deliver even more comprehensive SAP-based mobile solutions by bringing together the company’s proven expertise in mobile innovation and user experience with Smartsoft’s proven skills developing and deploying mobile applications for SAP. Both companies are currently SAP partners. “The combination of talent and experience that this represents will create a development powerhouse for SAP and its customers,” said Dan Homrich. “We’re pleased to be part of such a visionary organization that is growing so fast. This is a case where the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts.” According to Mobiquity Founder and CEO Bill Seibel, “This move brings on board the best mobility talent in the Southeast. Dan and his team share our philosophy of delivering outstanding solutions to our customers and combining forces will enable us to rapidly scale work with SAP, better serving our growing customer base in the Southeast and across the country.” This announcement follows closely on the heels of news that Mobiquity has further expanded its leadership team both in the Northeast and the Southeast, growing to 140 employees and profitability in just 15 months.

About Mobiquity

Mobiquity is a professional services firm working with the Global 2000 to create innovative mobile solutions that drive business value. Clients benefit from the breadth and depth of our cross-disciplinary teams to unleash the power of mobile. Integrating strategy, user-experience design and app development, Mobiquity delivers across the entire mobile ecosystem, driving business innovation and competitive advantage. Since its inception, Mobiquity’s client roster has surged to more than 70 companies (the majority hailing from the Fortune 500), including CVS, Boston Scientific, Fidelity Investments, MetLife, the New York Post, Putnam Investments and Weight Watchers International. Mobiquity was named by Network World as one of the hot technology startups to watch in 2012. SAP also selected Mobiquity as a partner to help customers develop and implement mobile strategies and applications that optimize investments in SAP enterprise solutions. To learn more, visit www.mobiquityinc.com. Media Contact press@mobiquityinc.com

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Roger W. Vaughn is Owner/President of D-Unity Group, LLC which is a Service Disabled Veteran and Minority Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Mr. Vaughn is a retired Air Force veteran professional having served as an Aircraft Maintenance & Maintenance Instructor. He also worked with various government agencies from (DES) to Department of Defense (DoD) to Federal contracting (CSC & ISS) to independent business consultant; and now entrepreneur utilizing his vast array of knowledge to help various businesses to acquire government contracts; develop and expand their horizons; and achieve their goals. His expertise includes program/project management, curriculum development, and logistics support, business development, purchasing, and consulting. His mastery of business process and procedures is unparalleled with additional areas of expertise comprised of teaching exceptional customer service skills and building long term relationships. Mr. Vaughn has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix, in Tucson, AZ; a Bachelor of Science (BS) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL; and Associate of Arts (AA) from Community College of the Air Force. He has served as the Vice President of Armed Forces Communication Electronic Association (AFCEA)-ATL Chapter and currently serves as Small Business Representative for the organization. Additionally, Mr. Vaughn mentors diverse/minority high school students at the Performance Learning Center (PLC) in Marietta, GA. He is the co-facilitator of a small business networking breakfast held once a month in the metro Atlanta area. Mr. Vaughn is currently teaching educational workshops and seminars on government contracting process and procedure at the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.

678-701-8495  |  roger@dunitygroup.com |  www.dunitygroup.com |  @dunitytgroup

Helen Rice is an attorney who practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate, guardianship, elder law, real estate, and small business law. She graduated from Furman University in 1991 and Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law in 1994, and she is admitted to practice law in Georgia and Tennessee. Helen became an attorney because she genuinely enjoys helping people to solve and avoid problems. She began her career working with the disaster assistance branch of the Small Business Administration (SBA) for over seven years. She later served as general counsel to a privately held group of financial services companies with multiple domestic and international offices. She has written and presented proposed laws for passage in the Georgia legislature, and she authored a set of financial services regulations that were adopted by the Prime Minister of Belize in 2008 relating to international commerce. She now works with the small firm of Robinson & Miller in Alpharetta, where she is able to form a personal relationship with each client, getting to know people and situations in depth in order to make custom tailored recommendations. Helen prepares wills, trusts, advance directives for health care, family limited partnerships, powers of attorney, operating agreements, and related documents for individuals, families, and small businesses in order to protect their assets, minimize tax liability, and make sure that their wishes – however simple or complex – are fulfilled no matter what circumstances may arise in their lives.

770-817-4999  |  hrice@robinsonmiller.com |  @robinsonmiller  |  www.robinsonmiller.com