Past Speakers for May-June 2009

MAY 06	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

MAY 13	Rick Smith,
	Southeast Regional Director, The Real Estate Book
	Rick manages 23 real estate publications advertising for real estate professionals through both print and online for the real estate market. He previously owned real estate publications in the Atlanta, Georgia, and Hilton Head, South Carolina markets, plus a restaurant in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Rick has been managing real estate publications for over 23 years. For the past eight years, he has also served as an outreach to the Regional Youth Detention Center in Lithonia presenting weekly bible studies.

MAY 20	Dave Mims,
	President and Founder, Sophicity
	Prior to founding Sophicity, Dave ran a successful IT consulting firm, Mimsware Corporation for 10 years, and held software development positions with IBM and Intertech Information Management, Inc. Dave decided that Mimsware should focus its efforts solely on city governments and the municipal leagues that service them--sharing its expertise nationwide after originating in Georgia. Thus Mimsware became Sophicity, which is a combination of two words: Sophia, which is the Greek word for wisdom because it was a culture that helped define modern systems of government like our own; and City, which says up front who they serve and what they love. Dave is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, Microsoft Certified Database Administrator, and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer.

MAY 27	Gregory C. Smith,
	VP and General Manager, Xerox Mortgage Services
	Prior to Xerox, Smith co-founded and served as CEO of Advectis, Inc., the exclusive provider of BlitzDocs Collaboration Suite, one of the mortgage industry's most widely used solutions for electronic document collaboration. It enables a network of mortgage participants to manage the process needed to underwrite, audit, collaborate, deliver and archive loan documents electronically via an on-demand web-based application. Advectis, Inc. was acquired by Xerox in 2007. Greg also currently serves on the board of advisors for Mortgage Technology Magazine and is past President of the Technology Executive Roundtable of Atlanta.

JUNE 03	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

JUNE 10	Heinz Wegener,
	President of Cross Technologies, Inc.,
	and former Chairman and Executive Vice President of Wegener Corporation, a publicly traded company. Both companies manufacture satellite communications equipment. Heinz has also held engineering positions at Scientific-Atlanta, Georgia Tech, General Electric, and Magnavox. Heinz and his family emigrated from Germany in 1951, and he has been married to his wife Nan for 42 years. In 1978, he founded Wegener Communications which began in his laundry room and has grown to become an international supplier of satellite communications equipment. But even founding a successful company did not bring fulfillment until he invited Jesus Christ into his life as his Lord and Savior.

JUNE 17	Paul Miner,
	Founder of "Your Digital Therapist"
	Paul provides both home and Practice computer support to counseling therapists around Atlanta. Paul started out in the airline business many years ago as a Gate Agent and eventually worked up to a Technical Manager position for a Frequent Flyer Program for a startup discount airline. His career then evolved into the IT world where he has worked with companies such as IBM , Price Waterhouse Coopers and a national freight firm, Saia Motor Freight. Paul hopes to have his Masters Degree in the next five years and will move into a therapist role or a pastoral counselor role.

JUNE 24	Chuck Gerlach,
	Owner, MosquitoFree Backyards
	MosquitoFree Backyards sells, installs, and maintains mosquito misting systems for residential customers. Prior to starting this company six years ago, Chuck held various senior management positions in the corporate world working for various organizations that were involved in the electronic payments industry. He has a degree from the University of New Mexico in Applied Mathematics.

JULY 01	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.