Past Speakers for January & February 2018

JAN 03	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

JAN 10	Chris Roberts,
	President of GPR Sales, Inc.
	Chris has been involved in a wide variety of industries filling the role of senior management, ownership and consulting. Those industries include, packaging, printing, software, and direct sales. He has been a resident of Georgia since 1979. This month Chris is preparing to launch Ignite: Living the 2nd Half of life with Passion, Purpose and Joy. Ignite is designed to bring new life to the local church whose attendance is going down and whose membership is aging. Chris was saved while on business in Crossville, TN. He has remained focused on ministering the Kingdom of God as a businessman, in business, through business.

JAN 17	Don Crews,
	Owner and President of Handpiece Xpress, Inc.,
	a company that services and repairs dental handpieces (dental drills). Prior to his current company, Don spent 18 years in the software industry primarily on establishing strategic partnerships with technology and services providers including Coopers & Lybrand, Price Waterhouse, KPMG, Arthur Anderson, Sybase and Microsoft. He held Director of Alliances and Business Development positions with several companies including Dun & Bradstreet Software, System Software Associates and Broadvision. While continuing to operate Handpiece Xpress, he is currently in the process of launching a new venture called Parcision which provides turn-key analytic services that enable small and mid-sized businesses to create and implement high ROI customer focused marketing campaigns.

JAN 24	Donald Bloom,
	Chief Executive Officer of Prime Retail Services, Inc.
	Prior to this, Donald was CFO of Tab Merchandising, Inc., VP of Cagle, Bloom & Company and Partner, Henry & Company, CPA's. Donald has also served on the boards of several profit and nonprofit organizations. He is a member of ARE Executive Committee, NARMS Accreditation Committee and the Atlanta Chapter of USGBC. He is heavily involved with church and homeschool, is on the Board of Advisors of Gainesville Care Center, and does nursing home visitation.

JAN 31	Os Hillman,
	Founder and President of Aslan Group Publishing, and President of Marketplace Leaders.
	Aslan Group is an organization designed to produce Christian books, videos and audio products designed to equip marketplace leaders to fulfill their purpose and to influence culture for Christ. Previously, Os owned and operated an advertising agency for 12 years serving clients such as American Express, Steinway pianos, Parisian department stores and Thomas Nelson publishing. He is author of 18 books and spoken in over 26 countries and is also author of the popular e-mail blog entitled TGIF Today God Is First that is subscribed to by 150,000 people daily worldwide in 104 countries. Os has been featured on CNBC, NBC, LA Times, New York Times and many other national media as a spokesperson on faith at work. Os has one married daughter and is married to Pamela.

FEB 07	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

FEB 14	W.B. Williams,
	CMD, MAGD, MICCMO, General Dentist, Suwanee Dental Care.
	Dr. Bill Williams has served his patients with compassion and understanding since 1975, and believes the patient's experience does make a difference. He is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Master of the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics as well as the team dentist for the Gwinnett Gladiators for the past 11 years. He is also the dental director for Kenya Medical Outreach Dental missions with annual mission trips to Kenya since 2001.

FEB 21	Eric R. Ressler,
	Adjunct Professor of Business, Bellhaven University.
	Beginning as a college student, Mr. Ressler has invested in and assisted, managed, and led in a variety of startups and early stage companies, including in mining, real estate, publishing, technology, consumer services, marketing consulting, and education. Most recently, Eric served as the School Director for 15 years and later as an intrapreneur for the Atlanta English Institute. Mr. Ressler holds degrees in Literature (BA, Claremont McKenna), Business (MBA, UCLA), and theology (MAR, Yale).

FEB 28	David S. Weiner,
	Solutions Architect.
	Primarily focused on the technology industry as an infrastructure design engineer, David has been a serial entrepreneur for most of his life. Born in Ohio, David has lived in Southern California, South Florida and now Georgia since 2009. He was born and raised Jewish, became agnostic, then Buddhist Shaman, and was saved by Jesus in July, 2012. As a new man, David's deepest desire is to serve the Lord and the less fortunate. He is currently working on several projects supporting the homeless and providing them an opportunity to reintegrate and contribute to society. Continuing on the entrepreneurial path, David is also pressing forward to bring new security technology and associated venture to market.

MAR 07	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.