For the remainder of the year we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes from this past year. Please enjoy our previous interview with Mike Lee, Dealer Principal of Freedom Kia of Morgantown.

Watch the previously recorded version here: https://www.facebook.com/positivelywv/videos/256615073228957

Freedom Kia: https://www.freedomkia.net/

Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | West Virginia Department of Commerce

This week we are speaking with Michael D. Adrian, President of Horizon Medical Technologies. Tune in to learn more about the important work Horizon Medical Technologies is doing in North Central West Virginia.

For 21 years Horizon Medical Technologies has been providing unique, value-added services for all facets of a corporate employee validation services, including background investigations, pre-employment substance abuse testing, random selection services, post-accident, and reasonable cause drug testing.

Horizon Medical Technologies: https://horizonmedtech.com/

Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | West Virginia Department of Commerce

Hawley Carlson is the Executive Director of Volunteer West Virginia, the state's commission on service and volunteerism. Volunteer West Virginia is a small state agency that promotes and supports AmeriCorps, disaster preparedness, and volunteerism.

Hawley has a Master's of Public Administration and over 15 years in the nonprofit and government administration field. She believes in empowering communities and people to make change. You can find her on weekends in the beautiful West Virginia outdoors.

Volunteer West Virginia: https://volunteer.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | West Virginia Department of Commerce

Ray Glymph is a Business & Life coach who helps encourage not only new but veteran entrepreneurs to better their businesses.

Mr. Glymph has inspired businesses of all sizes from mom and pop businesses to 8 figure corporations. His unique coaching style has awarded him the spotlight on many platforms. He has been featured on Yahoo, Google, and is a 40 Under 40 Candidate. His most recent Awards include best new Business of the year & NAACP Champion of Change.

Mr Glymph is a driven entrepreneur that knows a lot about triumph in the world of business and is able to achieve his dream of a successful career through self-motivation and determination. His ability to generate new ideas and thoughts & his positive vibes is what makes people love to be around him. His goal is to help entrepreneurs in business and make changes on a large scale to motivate them.

Glymph is offering one-to-one session so people can discuss their ideas with him.

For more information, visit https://www.rglymph.com/

Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | West Virginia Department of Commerce

Umbrella Arts is a performing and visual arts instruction facility based in dance, movement and somatic education.

Angela Dennis has an extensive catalog of career experience. She has been a staff member and guest instructor at educational dance organizations in Morgantown - spanning the state of West Virginia for over 20 years. Angela began her training at the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY.

Elizabeth Braithwaite is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a degree in theater and a minor in business. She pursued her career in theater with various production stage management projects and ultimately toured with the Missoula Children’s Theater (MCT). While at MCT, Elizabeth worked as an actor, director and instructor - leading various acting workshops for children ages 5-18.

Site: https://umbrella-arts.com/

Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | West Virginia Department of Commerce

ames L. Fawcett is president of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, which serves approximately 300,000 members through the company’s health care benefits business as well as a comparable number of additional members through the national BlueCard® program. Based in Parkersburg, Mr. Fawcett is responsible for all West Virginia market functions.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia serves approximately 246,000 members through the company’s health care benefits business and hundreds of thousands of additional members through the BlueCard® program. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of West Virginia holds the largest share of the commercial market, and more West Virginians carry a Blue Cross Blue Shield card than any other insurance carrier in the state. With offices in Parkersburg, Charleston and Wheeling, Highmark West Virginia employs more than 700 people and serves as a key economic driver in the state with its total economic impact reaching $262 million.

Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank | Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown 

Chris is 32 years old, born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Whitney, have 4 kids: Emmett, Hudson, Bowen, and Callie. Chris manages and owns 3 businesses in the Morgantown area. These businesses include City Neon, Mountain Man Axe Throwing, as well as Pop “The Soda Shop”.

POP "The Soda Shop" is a new business that Chris and his wife recently created. Taking Pepsi, Coke, and energy drinks - "The Soda Shop" adds flavoring, creams and purees to create unique drink combinations. POP also carries Hershey’s Ice Cream and does unique floats and milkshakes. Baked goods are coming soon as they are currently perfecting their recipes and searching for a part-time baker.

Pop "The Soda Shop": https://www.popthesodashops.com/

Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank & Highmark West Virginia & Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV

The Rambling Root is a brew pub located in Fairmont WV. They brew their own beer along with carrying a majority WV produced beers and a few fan favorites. They have 29 drafts and big bottle/can selection. Their knowledgeable staff will help you find the beverage you're looking for whether it's beer, mead, wine or cider. Their restaurant has eclectic Americana menu items that incorporate locally produced food as much as possible. With their constantly changing specials and wing sauces you can try something new every week! We embrace the pub culture and welcome everyone to come and spend sometime here with your favorite people!

The Rambling Root: https://www.theramblingroot.com/

Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank & Highmark West Virginia & Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV

Tammy was born and raised in the small town of Laeger, WV (pronounced yeager). Tammy grew up in a home where reading was encouraged from an early age. Furthering her education was important to her parents because they were never afforded the opportunity to go beyond 5th and 8th grade. However, they each had profound respect for learning and education - passing those traits on to Tammy.

Tammy is a graduate of Concord University with a degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education. She primarily taught in Tazewell County, VA and Mercer County, WV. Tammy retired early in 2014 and has lived in the Mercer County area for most of the past 42 years.

Tammy is the mother of three sons and "MiMi" to three grandchildren who all love to read. Alongside her eldest son, Tammy has owned The Hatter's Bookshop since 2016. In 2019, they purchased the building next door from their previous location. Yes - Tammy moved an entire bookstore. No - she won’t be doing that again. She loves being a part of the significant growth and improvement of downtown Princeton and looks forward to what the future holds for the area.

The Hatter's Bookshop: http://www.thehattersbookshop.com/

Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank & Highmark West Virginia & Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV

Stratagen provides next generation capabilities to Federal clients through strategic management, analytical, and IT solutions.

Our host spoke with Alex Guy, MBA, MSBA, PMP and Marc Krueger, MSSE, PMP both of which are partners of Stratagen.

Stratagen: https://stratagensolutions.com/

This was recorded during the Inaugural TechYeah Conference brought to you by Trilogy Innovations.