Carlos Hidalgo, Author of The UnAmerican Dream, is a 25-year business veteran who has held various corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures and served in non-profits. Hidalgo co-founded his first company in 2005 leading it to two consecutive Inc. 5000 Awards before departing and launching his second company VisumCx. In addition to his current [...]

Chris Carneal is grateful to be the Founder and CEO of Booster, the #1 school fundraising company in America. Since 2002, Booster has raised schools over $300 million for local education through its flagship program the Boosterthon Fun Run. As the son of an educator, Chris created Booster to help schools flourish. It profits schools [...]

John Peak is a die-hard technologist, who at 26 decided to start his own company so he learned how to raise capital, manage people, and many more things that the software developer in him never thought he would have to deal with. Come hear about his journey and the work that goes on at [...]

Andy Fried, a Business Consultant with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (UGA SBDC), has over twenty-five years experience in the financial, retail and real estate sectors. He began his career as a CPA with Laventhol and Horwath in New York. In 1984, Mr. Fried became owner and President of a retail business [...]

Grace Hayden is dedicated to building comprehensive wealth management strategies to suit each of her clients’ financial paths. By establishing and maintaining good relationships with her clients, Grace is able to set up her clients accounts based on their needs, goals, and objectives. In addition to being a familiar face around Atlanta Planning Group, after obtaining [...]

Lisa Winton is the CEO of Winton Machine Company, founded by her and her husband, George Winton, in 1997. With over two decades in managing the business together in Gwinnett County, she remains the finance and business development mastermind and George continues to be the engineering brains. The mission at Winton is to design and [...]

Colonel Ted Studdard always wanted to be a Marine. He began his service as a Private and would go on to retire 29 years later as a Colonel. His Marine service included leading an artillery platoon in combat, teaching tactics and leadership at the Marine Corps University, and planning and directing combat operations for a [...]

J. Ryan Williams has over 20 years of experience in application development and has been producing audio and video for nearly 30 years. He founded Websuasion in 2007. He is our system engineer, working with clients to develop custom application architecture. He’s the one you’re likely to see out at networking events and the first point [...]

The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact. Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM. Trisha Stezzi is an award-winning change-maker with a two-decade [...]

Robin Mladinich, Director and Executive Coach, Executive MBA Program at Georgia State University, has twenty years of experience in global leadership and program development. Expertise in coaching and growing high potential executives; creating leadership development programs and curriculum to evoke transformation; facilitating and managing international programs. Highlights include establishing Executive MBA leadership and coaching program, [...]