Past Speakers for November - December 2014

NOV 05	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

NOV 12	Bill Lohnes,
	Co-Founder of Wise Path
	Bill rapidly progressed in his career over the years from being a registered financial representative into agency management roles and a Life and Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table. In 2002, he co-founded an independent financial planning group to bring together his own ideas with the best practices and resources from his large financial group experience, and in 2008 he co-founded Wise Path. Using an endowment-based investment methodology, Wise Path creates intelligently personalized wealth strategic focus and personalized client attention inherent in a smaller firm.

NOV 19	Gerry Baron,
	Chief Marketing Officer, Cirrity,
	a leading channel-only cloud services provider which helps its partners transform their business and drive increased profitability with a suite of secure, compliant cloud-based solutions that deliver recurring revenue, opportunities for add-on services, and strong competitive differentiators. Gerry has spent his career leading sales, marketing and professional services teams for high technology companies including Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Systems, S1 Corporation, Magnet Communications and S2 Systems, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his MBA in General Management from Goizueta Business School and is a career mentor for both schools.

NOV 26	Erik Mogelgaard,
	VP of IT Infrastructure & Operations, Altisource,
	a premier marketplace and transaction solutions provider for the real estate, mortgage and consumer debt industries offering both distribution and content. They leverage proprietary business process, vendor and electronic payment management software and behavioral science based analytics to improve outcomes for marketplace participants. Erik has extensive experience in IT and Data Center Operations working for such companies as Syniverse in Tampa, Florida, Global Payments in Atlanta, Georgia, and Cox Communications, Atlanta, Georgia. Early in his career, Erik was a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, DC, and he is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

DEC 03	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

DEC 10	Tom Townsend,
	Real Estate Agent, Virtual Properties Realty.Biz.
	Tom began his corporate career after serving three years active duty in the Far East with the Army Security Agency, an arm of the NSA. He began his career with Hyster Company, a manufacturer of heavy equipment which spanned 26 years and steady promotions to executive level positions. He left Hyster to start his own staffing company which was ultimately purchased by Randstad where Tom utilized his entrepreneurial skills to run Randstad's profitable franchise division based in New York. After leaving Randstad in 2000, he and his wife moved to Tampa Bay and bought a sailboat. However, he quickly learned that he enjoyed working more than he realized and launched into consulting and real estate ventures.

DEC 17	Alan Metcalf,
	Handler with Federal Express
	Alan has worked at Federal Express at the Atlanta airport for over ten years working on the flight ramp and the truck deck. He has been the lock captain on airplanes ensuring that all packages are firmly secured prior to takeoff and is currently doing MSDS where he is responsible for making sure that packages are scanned correctly. Prior to this, Alan served as a Collector for Trust Company (SunTrust) for eight and a half years. He is past President of the Gwinnett County Chapter of the Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International and is a graduate of Oglethorpe University where he received a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts.

DEC 24	Christmas Eve, No Meeting
	Jesus is the Reason for the Season! - Merry Christmas!

DEC 31	New Year's Eve, No Meeting
	Happy New Year!

JAN 07	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.