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Month: September 2014

Michelle Savard Wilmington Brewing Company, Rick Drumm Traction Coaching and Craig Stinson Arts In Wilmington

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Michelle Savard – Wilmington Brewing Company 

Wilmington Brewing Company and Wilmington Homebrew Supply is owned and operated by John and Michelle Savard.  We are Wilmington natives that have fallen in love with the craft beer and wine culture. We both went to the University of North Carolina Asheville. The unexpected education that came from living in Asheville was the knowledge gained by being surrounded by professional breweries and home breweries. Quickly, we began to brew beer and wine for ourselves. Living in Asheville which has been awarded, “Beer City USA” grew our passion for homebrewing and teaching homebrewing to all our friends and family. We took a trip to Europe touring many different breweries in 7 different countries. One of our favorite experiences was touring the Cantilion brewery in Belgium and meeting the head brewer. We also took a private tour in a German regional brewery named Farny. At this time, John thought he wanted to be a professional brewer. He started working at a packaging brewery in Asheville, but quickly figured out he wanted to brew more varieties than a professional was capable. While working at the brewery, he had an opportunity arise that led to a great opportunity for both John and Michelle.  John was offered a job at the local homebrew supply store which is one of the best homebrew supply stores on the east coast. He was working and learning about the industry as fast as he could. He gained a great deal of knowledge about homebrewing and what was important in order to succeed as a homebrewing shop.

Connect with John and Michelle on:     Facebook    Twitter   Instagram

Rick Drumm – Traction Business Coaching

Rick Drumm is the founder and president of Traction Business Coaching. He has 35 years of business management experience ranging from start-ups to being non-family president of a privately owned family business with revenues of $160 million.  Traction Business Coaching specializes in helping business owners and entrepreneurs unleash transformational growth potential in their company. We help high achievers identify the tools needed to grow professionally and personally so their company can join that top five percent of businesses that comprise the high-growth firms in any market. Founded by Rick Drumm an accomplished entrepreneur with decades of senior manager experience, Traction Business Coaching is a growing enterprise. Today, it is powered by the values that were instilled when the firm was first launched: a commitment to greater accountability, clarity, honesty and personal/professional success. Rick is a certified business coach through the Professional Business Coaches Alliance.  Whether you are seeking to fine-tune your business to reach peak performance, or to overcome personal barriers that stand in the way of you achieving greater success, Traction Business Coaching works with you to develop a personal plan. Step by step, we build a business-development system tailor-made for your unique needs, engineered for greater profitability and growth.

Connect with Rick on:     Facebook    LinkedIn

Craig Stinson – Arts In Wilmington

Craig Stinson is the creator of Arts In Wilmington, a weekly newsletter connecting artists, arts professionals, and arts advocates in Wilmington, NC. Craig is a native of Wilmington and attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He has extensive arts and culture administration experience, having worked at the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Alamo historic site. Craig currently serves as Development Director of the Cucalorus Film Festival. He encourages you to subscribe to the Arts In Wilmington newsletter by visiting: www.artsinwilmington.com Craig’s personal contact information is found at: www.craigstinson.com

Connect with Craig on:      Facebook    Twitter   Instagram    LinkedIn

Special Edition Voice Of Business Talks With Dan Brawley and Thomas Varnum from Cucalorus

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Cucalorus Film Festival

Cucalorus announces 89 films as early selections for this year’s 20th anniversary film festival. From love-lost unicorns to teenage bank robbers, the early list is a winning combination of family films, social justice documentaries, hits from the festival circuit, and unexpected festival diversions like Dance-a-lorus and Visual/Sound/Walls. More than 200 films will screen in various festival programs like Magnolia, Vanguard, Voices, Kids-a-lorus, Works-in-Progress, and Convulsions.

Dan Brawley – Director, Cucalorus Film Festival

Dancing to several tunes (mostly offbeat) all at once, Dan Brawley is the multi-media collaborator and curator leading Cucalorus since 1999. A graduate of Duke University and a native of Wilmington, Brawley is busy traveling around the world to find new films and challenging artists and bring them to the festival. Ever restless, Brawley is also the Past Chair of Atlanta-based non-profit Alternate ROOTS, an organization that supports the crossroads between art and activism.

Thomas Varnum – Brooks Pierce Law Firm and Cucalorus Board Member

Thomas Varnum is an intellectual property, film and business lawyer with the Brooks Pierce law firm. He helped Brooks Pierce open its office in downtown Wilmington in 2013. Varnum grew up in Northern California, and attended UNC Chapel Hill before earning his law degree at UC-Davis. Now he lives, works and plays right here in beautiful Wilmington.

Josh Harcus and Sara Harcus co-owners of Huify and Grace Swartz founder of Renaissance Fit and Being with Grace

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Josh Harcus and Sara Harcus  Co-Owners of Huify

We love inbound marketing  because we’ve seen the results it provides for us and for our clients. Lead conversion rates are significantly higher than industry averages when a company serves as a resource and not a soapbox.  Founded in 2012, we are a gallant group of skilled individuals who are passionate about what we do. Our team has an abundance of variety, with backgrounds in marketing, writing, and graphic design. Our office is located in coastal Wilmington, NC. When not hard at work you’ll find Hüify members lurking in the nearby coffee shop, lounging in the company hammock, or conquering video games in the conference room. Josh serves as the Head of Inbound Strategy at Hüify. His experience has helped him steer Hüify in the direction of online marketing. Long gone are the fluffy vanity metrics as a means for indicating success – Josh has turned the company’s focus to genuine, measurable, and attainable outcomes that help take Hüify’s clients beyond the stagnating threshold of mediocrity and into new levels of reach for their brand. Josh began to capitalize on his talent for performing at a young age with the start of his first company, Magik Productions. After growing his company and professionally busking for 12 years, Josh added DJ’ing to his business arsenal, which he used to pull off the largest student-led event in UNCW history. Over 2,500 students attended the event, which was organized completely through Facebook. The success of this event testified to the growing magnitude of social media’s effect on human interaction. Josh has consulted brands such as Car and Driver, Springer Global Publishing, and Compact Power Equipment Rental. He has also spoken at conferences alongside Google, Facebook, Bing, and Hubspot. Sara Harcus graduated from UNCW with a B.S. in Chemistry in December 2012. On that same day she married her husband and best friend, Josh Harcus. She now owns and operates Hüify with Josh as the Head of Content Development. The analytical training she received at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UNCW has helped contribute to Hüify’s overall mission of decreasing the cost of acquiring new customers for their clients.    Connect with Huify’s team at:  LinkedIn   Facebook

 

Grace Swartz – Renaissance Fitness Programs and Being with Grace

Grace is a part time  host for Health Beat/Your Hometown Show on WWAYtv3.  She moved here from Charlotte where she began her Fitness Career. As a result of her total being philosophy  the  BODY*SOUL*HOLY SPIRIT*class was developed which builds SPIRITUAL MUSCLE as well as physical.  The class was inspired by the “Inten*Sati’ training of Patricia Moreno.  Grace is a Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Coach with a focus on mature health and well-being. Private sessions are customized . Group Classes are available at New You Inspired, the only Christian fitness studio in Wilmington and other locations in Wilmington and Leland.

Originally from NYC, Grace spent 20 years as an Ad Agency Account Manager before moving to Dupont, where she led the corporate Marketing Excellence Awards Program, helped employees adapt Continuous Improvement to their business Areas, and produced motivational meetings and business  seminars.  This is where she met her husband, Randy , a native North Carolinian.

When asked if she misses New York, Grace says, “ It’s always been Randy’s mission to come back home, and we love it here in Wilmington.  This is the last stop for us. So, I look forward to coaching wellness here for a long time.”  Connect with Grace at:   Twitter   Facebook

 

Terry Espy Momentum Group, Paul D’Angelo Wilmington Housing Authority and David Foster Holmes Security

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Terry Espy – Momentum Group

For over 25 years, Terry Espy, owner of Momentum Group has brokered, developed and managed projects in the multi-family, retail, hospitality, office, medical and mixed-use sectors in areas with significant barriers to entry.  She is known in the industry as a business person who utilizes an entrepreneurial approach to development, conquering complex projects while creating strategic partnerships.

She is an accomplished real estate professional with a unique spectrum of expertise ranging from turn-key real estate development, site selection and entitlement, project design, team leadership skills, interior design skills including programming, space planning and FF&E procurement, to graphic design and collateral production. She has an extensive background in tenant/landlord representation and lease negotiations.

Momentum Group has evolved from it’s roots in project management to a fully integrated real estate development company.  For over two decades,  Momentum Group has developed projects in the medical, multi-family,     retail, hospitality, office and mixed-use    sectors. 

A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Espy has received numerous business honors including “Who’s Who in Outstanding Young Women”, Triangle Business Journal’s “Women in Business Award”, and Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s “Pinnacle Award”.  She has been interviewed by The New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, Money Magazine and most recently, The Wall Street Journal.

Paul E. D’Angelo – Wilmington Housing Authority

Paul D’Angelo is the Planning Manager for the Wilmington Housing Authority and heads the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which transforms distressed communities with public and assisted housing into viable and sustainable mixed-income neighborhoods of opportunity.  Choice Neighborhoods requires an organized holistic effort to include local and regional leaders, stakeholders, government officials, non-profits and residents.  We currently work with over 80 partners and have an email list of contacts and collaborators of nearly 400.  Areas of importance in the revitalization effort include job training and employment, economic development, investment, affordable housing, infrastructure, parks & recreation, income opportunity, access to healthy foods, and place-making.

In addition, Paul is the WHA representative for the Tri-County Homeless Interagency Council (TRI-HIC), the Cape Fear Housing Coalition (CFHC), the Lower Cape Fear Regional Sustainable Communities Consortium (FOCUS), City of Wilmington Comprehensive Plan, New Hanover County Comprehensive Plan, Cape Fear Commutes 2040, 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness, City Council and the Hillcrest Community.  At the WHA, Paul has also gained experience and expertise in the daily operations of a Public Housing Authority, as well as experience in Section 8, resident relocation, tax credit development, mixed financing, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), and grant writing.

Paul received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Delaware with a minor in Management Information Systems (MIS), a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Video with a minor in Journalism from Georgia State University, and his Masters in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a focus on Urban Planning & Preservation.  He has been a resident of Wilmington, NC, for over 10 years.

David Foster – Holmes Security

Dave Foster – North Carolina native.  With Holmes Security since 2008.  Prior to that I was in the cellular telephone industry beginning in 1988 with Cellular One, then GTE Wireless/Verizon (General Manager and Regional Manager positions).  In 1998 I was involved in the start up of SunCom (Triton Wireless) which was subsequently sold to T Mobile.  I am a 1976 graduate of Methodist University, and I co-own a sports broadcasting and production company, Mid-South Sports Network.  Married with two daughters – both UNCW graduates – and a 1 ½ year old grandson.