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Past Speakers for May-June 2007
MAY 9 |
George Wicker |
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Sr Accounts Manager - ADC (ADCT) Broadcast & Entertainment Products |
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George started in the field of electronic equipment sales at the age of 19 at a small distributor in north Alabama. Subsequently, a venture into the automobile business as the owner of an AMC/Jeep dealership proved to be an outstanding failure, and God's restoration led George to Atlanta in 1984. Prior to his present position, George has worked in sales management for companies such as JVC, Fortel, and Utah Scientific. |
MAY 16 |
Mark Myers (tentative) |
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CEO/Broker - Myers Team Realty |
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Mark and Susie Myers and their dedicated team of real estate professionals provide real estate services for Walton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Newton, Rockdale counties and surrounding Metro Atlanta areas. They have earned prestigious awards and superior rankings including 400 Homes sold in 2001. The Myers Team was #1 Re/Max Team in Georgia in 2002 and in 2003 before becoming Myers Team Realty. Mark is a native Atlantan, attended South Gwinnett High School and Dekalb Community College and served over 10 years as a manager for Big Star Corporation. Among interesting things Mark has done include running for U.S. Congress and playing a part in the movie Smoky and the Bandit. |
MAY 23 |
Roy Johnson |
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President - Janitaire, LLC |
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Janitaire provides cleaning services for various commercial buildings in the northeast Georgia area. Roy was born in Columbia, Tennessee, and moved to Sandy Springs, Georgia, in 1999. His past employers include Home Depot and Sam's Club. |
MAY 30 |
Mark Whitley (tentative) |
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Coach - Parkview High School |
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Mark has been an outstanding addition to Parkview High School's coaching staff since 1999. He is the school's strength and conditioning coach and in the past was selected as National High School Strength Coach of the Year by Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society. Coach Whitley also works with the defensive linemen and serves as the boys' and girls' track and field coach. He has been a head football coach and athletic director in the past. Mark and his family attend Mountain Park First Baptist Church where he currently teaches the churches largest co-ed Sunday School class. |
JUN 13 |
Peter M. Pifer |
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Founder, President & CEO - Enhanced Telecommunications, Inc. |
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Enhanced Telecommunications provides software solutions for the converging technologies of television, telephony, and internet services and whose primary goal is complete customer satisfaction. Prior to founding ETI Pete was President and Chairman of EASICOM, Inc., a manufacturer of telephone equipment and developer of software systems involving automated call processing. Prior to EASICOM, Pete was President of Microwave Associates Communications' division of M/ACom in Burlington, Massachusetts, and he was also an executive with Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. where he served as Division Manager of their satellite communications division. Pete holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Ohio State University. Pete will share how he started ETI with God and one credit card! |
JUN 20 |
Paul McGraw |
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Founder & President - Hope Industrial Systems |
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Paul grew up in Ohio, attended Ohio University, and began his career as a Sales Rep for IBM. After operating a small Ohio company for several years, he relocated to Atlanta in 1982 to accept a position with Intecolor Corporation which was later acquired by Rockwell Automation. While at Intecolor, Paul served in various sales and marketing positions, the last being Director of Marketing for their Industrial Computer Business. He left Rockwell in 2000 to start his present company which designs and manufactures computer monitors and touch screens for the factory floor market. |
JUN 27 |
Oliver Tseng |
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Computer Engineer - VeriSign |
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VeriSign operates digital infrastructure that enables and protects transactions across the world's voice and data networks. Oliver has been with VeriSign since May 2006. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and has worked in the computer industry for the past 17 years. He has worked at various companies including Schlumberger, Scientific-Atlanta, HP, Andersen Consulting (Accenture), zebramart, SP Richards, and Datascan Technologies. |
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