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Robert Hilburn, President | GnatWork Networks
From Cloud Computing to Security- New Basics in IT for Small Businesses
Questions and answers about cloud services have many small businesses or startup companies unsure of the best decisions for their IT structure. We will go through some steps that can help with making some decisions on new cloud technologies, company security, and ongoing IT management.
In 2001, after working as a support engineer and consultant for over 20 years, Robert Hilburn started GnatWork Networks to help bring technologies that were fiancially or technically out of reach for small to medium size businesses. Robert directed GnatWork in acquiring business from two failing IT support companies and building customer bases in medical, legal, and financial practices around the Southeastern United States.
Robert received a degree in Management and two minors in Psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned an MBA from Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business and Economics receiving both Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honors.
678-417-9885 | robert@gnatwork.com | www.gnatwork.com | @gnatwork
Pamela Adams | The BizLynks Center
Where Businesses Go To Connect
Entrepreneurs. Freelancers. Consultants. Mobile professionals. Industrialists. Whatever the title, when it comes down to making business happen, numerous small business owners opt to bypass their home office or the expense of brick-and-mortar storefronts for the convenience of public Wi-Fi hotspots at coffee shops and bookstores. However, public may be too public…from loud background music and the chatty baristas to the librarian’s continuous reminder of the “Quiet, please!” sign.
The nation’s economic rollercoaster has made many rethink business expenditures, especially fancy “virtual” offices – matchbox spaces that too often feature more fees and isolated workspace. Sure, you may have a hi-rise downtown address, but is it worth it if you can’t afford the office space and office supplies?
What’s a successful business owner to do? Coworking spaces provide an opportunity for small business owners to mix work and business collaborations in a professional environment designed with them in mind. Coworking builds a community of focused, business-oriented people who desire increased productivity and networking. The BizLynks Center was born out of the desire to offer small businesses and mobile professionals a “work, learn, play” environment where they can work for themselves but not by themselves.
Pamela Adams is a technology strategist, trainer, speaker, author and the owner of BizLynks Consulting Group, LLC, an Atlanta-based technology consulting firm. With a career that spans over 20 years in Information Technology and Internet marketing strategies, explaining the technical to the “technically-challenged” is what she does best. In keeping with her tagline, Linking Technology to Business Growth, Pamela’s mission is to help businesses increase their productivity and sales through the effective use of technology. As a serial entrepreneur, in June 2011, she opened The BizLynks Center, a world-class meeting, training and social workspace that offers business and personal development workshops, networking and social events and a coworking community where professionals can work without the overhead of leasing and maintaining an office suite. Pam served as the Regional Development Director for Constant Contact from 2007 – 2011, and during that time, presented to over 14,000 seminar and conference attendees. She continues to provide email marketing workshops and boot camps, speaks regularly at conferences and offers email campaign management services and consulting as a Constant Contact Solution Provider & Local Expert. She has designed programs and trained numerous small businesses, entrepreneurs, associations and non profits on how to enhance and improve their businesses through innovative and affordable Internet marketing strategies. With a heart for God and a passion for helping others connect with that still small voice within, R. Pamela has also complied some of the most moving messages circulated online in recent year in her inspirational gift book, “God is in Your Inbox.” She serves as the Minister of Business Affairs at DaySpring International Ministries, Inc., is a member of Women About Biz and is a 2005 & 2011 Turknett Leadership Character award nominee. Pamela, a native of Hinesville, GA, graduated from Emory University with a Math and Computer Science degree and a Psychology minor.
678-825-5201 | rpamela@thebizlynkscenter.com | www.thebizlynkscenter.com | @bizlynkscenter