Brent Leary Brent Leary is a crm industry analyst, advisor, author, speaker and award winning blogger. He is co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, an Atlanta based CRM advisory firm covering tools and strategies for improving business relationships. Clients include Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Intuit, SAP and other major technology companies. In 2009 he co-authored …

Beth Summers/Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce  Kelly Clark/First Watch  First Watch is a daytime-only restaurant open daily from 7 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. that specializes in delicious Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch creations all freshly-prepared. Their creative menu features traditional favorites like cooked-to-order eggs and omelets, fluffy, plate-sized pancakes, hot soups, fresh salads and mouth-watering sandwiches as …

Sarah Miller Caldicott/The Power Patterns of Innovation  A great grandniece of Thomas Edison, Sarah Miller Caldicott is an innovation process expert. She works with organizations that want to bring innovation to the center of their business practices, accelerating growth and relevance. Inspired by a family lineage of inventors dating back five generations, she has been …

Eric Tejeda/PossibleNOW  Eric Tejeda is the Director of Product Marketing for PossibleNOW. PossibleNOW provides enterprise preference management solutions that empower direct marketers to personalize multi-channel communications to prospects and customers. Eric supports the organization’s growth objectives by productizing and launching innovative new products and services that fill critical needs in the marketplace. He also directs all …

Christine Heller/Sandy Springs|Perimeter Chamber of Commerce  Carolyn Axt and Irene Schweiger/Workforce Development Alliance Recognizing the importance of an adequately trained, skilled workforce to the long-term economic vitality and growth of the community, the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce has convened the Workforce Development Alliance to facilitate the establishment of partnerships between businesses, educators, non-profits and …

Debbie Fuse/Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce Doug McKendrick/McKendrick’s Steak House Brian Olson/Cafe’ Intermezzo Alon Balshan/Alon’s Bakery and Market

Eric Holtzclaw /Laddering Works  Eric V. Holtzclaw is founder and CEO of Laddering Works, a marketing and product strategy firm. He advises clients on the development of customer-centric products, services, marketing messages, and experiences. Eric has spent more than 20 years founding multiple start-up companies, including one of the first profitable Internet enterprises. Eric speaks …

Lisa Decker/Divorce Money Matters  Lisa C. Decker – referred to by her clients as Miss Money Matters® – is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and the CEO and founder of Divorce Money Matters®, and Speed Divorcing Workshops, as well as the soon to launch online community, DivorceTownUSA.com. Ms. Decker is a frequent radio show guest and …

Kara Tarantino/Vericom Corporation  A results-driven strategic marketer with 25 years in the healthcare industry, Kara is intuitively passionate about bringing health literacy messaging mainstream and developing content for healthcare audiences that can be acted upon in order to positively impact patient behavior. Kara has led marketing at Vericom Corporation for more than 18 years, diligently …

Christine Heller/Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce  Andrea Hall/City of Sandy Springs  Andrea Hall currently serves as the Economic Development Director for the City of Sandy Springs, where she is responsible for facilitating the location or expansion of businesses in the City. In this role, Andrea works with various partners at the local, state and regional …