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Most businesses had to make the hard pivot to a virtual work environment as states imposed regulations and lockdowns during the Pandemic of 2020. Now that the workforce is getting vaccinated, companies are thinking about how to manage their workforce and office strategies. Ronnie Cannon, Managing Director of the William Leonard Company, leads a commercial real estate team focused on high technology clients. Join Ronnie and his panel for a discussion on what companies are likely to do as they return to the office. Ronnie explores the migration plans of companies to regional offices, what industry segments are likely to come back to the office or stay virtual, and what you should know about the return to the office.
Ronnie Cannon has been active in the commercial real estate advisory industry since 1997 and has significant expertise in the development and implementation of real estate and workplace strategies that helps organizations drive greater profitability and avoid the unforeseen risks associated with real estate decisions and agreements. For the last 6 years, Ronnie has served as the Managing Director of the WM Leonard & Co, an Atlanta-based commercial real estate firm specializing in representing hundreds of tenants over the years align their real estate strategy with their company’s business plan.
Prior to joining the WM Leonard & Co team, Ronnie was a principal for 15 years at Cresa, headquartered in Washington, DC, an occupier-centric commercial real estate firm with over 80 offices serving 2,000 clients nationwide.
Shred-it is the largest document destruction provider in the world.
In 14 countries and in 170 markets, we’ve become the world-standard and industry best-practice for information security and workplace privacy.
In the more than 30 years since our inception, we have developed proprietary technologies, exclusive protocols and practices, and innovative products and services, designed exclusively to protect businesses of any size from the ongoing threats and risks of workplace privacy breaches.
John Wichmann is COO and co-founder of Maptician. Maptician is a cloud-based workplace enablement solution that helps companies streamline the return-to-office and a shift to a hybrid or other flexible work model.
Maptician provides companies with predictable cost savings related to their use of office space and equips them to use their space in a more intentional way; supporting their employees’ desire to connect, collaborate, innovate, and help new team members feel connected sooner.
Gary Yates is a Principal in Hickey & Associations, a global leader in site selection, location strategy, credits & incentives advisory, and labor analytics with active projects in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. HICKEY assists businesses with the critical data capture and strategic vision to navigate a global real estate footprint. Gary is a highly accomplished and enterprising location selection executive and has both domestic and international experience in project management, sales, analysis, and strategy. In his position at HICKEY, Gary ensures that his clients have optimal geographic locations for their businesses across varied industries, with focus on workforce issues and demographic trends.
Professional services organizations are traditionally an office-bound workforce, but in 2020 they had to go against tradition and field a virtual workforce. Lockdowns restricted staff to their homes, slowed down client projects and impacted billable work. Economic uncertainty impacted client budgets leading to the need for cost and operational efficiencies. Join our expert panel from the accounting, legal and insurance industries to navigate how changes they were forced to make in 2020 are impacting their workforce strategy for 2021.
Kris Dobbins directs the marketing activities for SecureRisk the 4th largest insurance agency partnership in the United States with over 100 agency members across the Southeast. Kris focuses on bringing value to the owner-member agencies by providing various tools and resources to help agencies streamline their sales process, market their solutions and grow their agency revenue. Kris helps bridge the relationships between the agency members and over 85 partner carriers and service providers endorsed by the SecureRisk network to ensure that the producers and owners have a full view of the insurance products available for commercial and personal lines as well as technology and services needed to run the agency.
Adam is the Chief Information Officer for Frazier & Deeter, a top 50 accounting firm headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas, London, Minneapolis, Nashville, North Georgia, New York, Philadelphia and Tampa. Prior to his time at Frazier & Deeter, Adam was a Citrix architect for Cenveo, Inc. (CVO),a leading global provider of print supply chain solutions for mid to large sized enterprises.
Senator John Albers represents the 56th District, which includes portions of Fulton and Cherokee County. John is an experienced technology, cyber-security, marketing, finance and operations executive most recently serving as the CIO for Atlanta-based law firm, Fisher Phillips.
As a Georgia State Senator, John serves as chairman of the Public Safety committee and the vice chairman of the Regulated Industry and Finance committees. He is also a member of the Rules, Appropriations, Veterans, Military and Homeland Security, and State & Local Government Operations committees. Senator Albers is a member of the Senate leadership serving as the Chief Deputy Whip and serves as the chairman of the Atlanta-Fulton County Delegation.
Bruce Ahern is an experienced marketing professional, focusing on high-level communication strategy, sales implementation and positioning for acquisition. Ahern’s experience includes the management of investor relations, M&A and corporate information programs designed to strengthen a company’s perceived value and market reach.Ahern is a respected author and publisher. He built a family of technical publications and is a frequently quoted speaker, commentator and industry analyst.
The growth in the transportation and logistics industry has never been stronger as in the past year. As we stayed home and locked down, businesses and consumers moved to an online economy ordering everything from groceries to building supplies that needed to be shipped and delivered. With the explosion in demand, technology became the driver to increase efficiency and enable the industry to keep goods moving and deliveries on target. Join our panel to discover the technology strategies that evolved and accelerated during the pandemic that have now become the “next normal” in the transportation and logistics industry.
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Jeff Fischer has over 35 years of experience in the Global Supply industry with the final 25 at UPS. During his UPS career, Jeff developed innovative and integrated logistics solutions for the world’s largest Fortune 100 companies. During his tenure he also was a member of the Mailboxes Etc. (MBE) acquisition team that converted the 3,200+ shipping retail network into today’s UPS Stores.
The FSL Group is a leading provider of logistics services and transportation consulting. With multiple locations and strategic affiliates throughout the US, as well as in Canada and Mexico, our core focus is to help our clients exceed their goals by maximizing efficiency and optimizing results.
We offer a full spectrum of supply chain and logistics services. Our staff of multi-experienced transportation professionals will design creative solutions that fit your business goals.
Ryan Crandall directs the IoT and Mobile Solutions for MetTel, a leading provider of customized, integrated and managed communications solutions for enterprise customers. MetTel offers IoT [Internet of Things] fleet management technology to help customers automate their fleets for greater efficiency, insight and control. In addition to developing the transportation and logistics industry and offerings for MetTel, Ryan has also served as the VP of Sales for North America for Retriever Communications, a provider of field service management software, Director of Sales for LoJack Corporation an
After what is undeniably the most challenging year the restaurant industry faced in 2020 there is quite a bit to keep your eye on in 2021 as the industry recovers. Our panel of industry experts bring an interesting perspective on the trends to keep in mind as you work with your restaurant customers. Join panelists Robb McKerrow, CEO of r*development, a restaurant brand strategist, Efrem Cutler, the VP of R&D, Corporate Executive Chef for Bloomin’ Brands, Michael Cala Head of Procurement and Category Management, for Cheetah Foodservice and Karen Bremer, CEO of the Georgia Restaurant Association as they give you their insights on the restaurant industry in 2021 and beyond.
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Robb McKerrow leads r*development, a design and branding consultancy with a strong track record of developing restaurant concepts that resonate with the consumer and bring strong economic returns for the ownership. Robb has overseen the design and development of over 1000 restaurant locations for regional and national chains, as well as creating many strong local independent locations. Branded restaurant & retail prototypes developed by Robb over the years have included Longhorn Steakhouse, Lone Star Steakhouse, Tanner’s, Arby’s, Mrs Winners, Shane’s, PJ’s Coffee, Doc Green’s, Bonehead’s, Planet Smoothie, Flying Biscuit, Flip Flop Shops, Appleton Learning, Twin Peaks, 5 & Diner, Buffalo’s Café, Ted’s Montana Grill, Golden Rule BBQ, Shoney’s, Atlanta Bread Co., The Grape, Miller’s Ale House, O’Charley’s & Surchero’s Fresh Mex. On the boards is a new high-end Steakhouse to be named H&W in Peachtree Corners, GA being operated by The Norsan Group.
Chef Cutler develops and engineers the core menu recipes for Bloomin’ Brands International, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, and Aussie Grill. He also populates a pipeline of products for future markets, collaborating with manufacturers on formulas and recipes
that differentiate the brands. He has over 35 years of culinary experience, including training and product development for companies such as Ritz-Carlton, Occidental Grand Hotel’s Chef for Café Opera, and Rochester Meat Company. He also owned a successful café and bakery in Roswell, Georgia and served as a Chef Instructor for the Art Institute of Atlanta,
where he pioneered a new curriculum for the graduating class of International Food and History. Chef Cutler holds a degree from Baltimore International Culinary College and has traveled the world promoting and teaching the cooking techniques of his Southern heritage.
Michael Cala directs the procurement and category management for Cheetah Foodservice, an e-commerce platform designed for independent restaurants to order restaurant supplies at wholesale prices in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Michael has run his own consulting organization and held a variety of sales and marketing positions in foodservice including district sales management at SYSCO, sales and marketing leadership positions at US Foods, Regional Vice President at Frosty Acres, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Palo Alto Foods.
Karen Bremer leads the Georgia Restaurant Association as its CEO with the association serving as the unified voice for Georgia's 18,933 eating and drinking place locations with total sales in excess of $24.9 billion. Karen has chartered a career in the restaurant industry for over 45 years, spending the last 10 as President of the GRA. Prior to that, Karen owned her own restaurants, Dailey’s and City Grill Restaurants for 8 years. She also served as the President of the Peasant Restaurants for almost two decades.
What is really happening inside the industries you sell to the most? Industry insiders from medical, retail, restaurants, government, schools & colleges and professional services reveal the technology the plan to buy now and in the next year. Explore the sessions, join roundtable discussions and networking lounges and share ideas.
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The event helped thousands of channel professionals get business back on track with an engaging series of short sessions ranging from business growth and financial strategies, how to pivot customers to remote working, and leading a team through crisis.
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