Small Business Experts
Kim T. Gordon is one of the country's leading experts on the small-business market. Over the past 30 years as an author, marketing expert, speaker and coach, her work has helped millions of small-business owners increase their success. For more than a decade, Kim's Entrepreneur magazine columns and online columns, which appear regularly on Yahoo Small Business, MSNBC, AOL and other major sites, have provided solid advice on growing a business to between three million and fifteen million readers monthly.
For more than 20 years Mark has worked directly with senior-level leaders to help them profitably grow their business in nearly every industry sector including aerospace, automotive, bio-tech, construction, consumer products, electronics, financial, high-tech, home-improvement, manufacturing, medical, training and many service-based businesses. His clients have included American Express, Cedars Sinai, Northwestern Mutual Life, PHH, Yamaha and scores of other firms. A leading advocate of small business he has consistently appeared on FOX television and his articles have been published by Business Week, Entrepreneur, Fortune, CNN/Money and numerous other publications. For 10 years Mark hosted the CBS radio show, "The Small Business Hour" and in 2003 was voted "Journalist of the Year" by the Small Business Administration. An organizational psychologist, he is a graduate of Rowan and Rutgers Universities and Keller Graduate School of Management. He is author of the new book, Rules of Attraction and for the last 15 years he has been active as a senior instructor for Dale Carnegie Worldwide, the largest training organization in the world.
Ramon is a journalist, technology evangelist and editor of Smallbiztechnology.com and author of "Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses". He co-produces the Annual Small Business Summit (since 2006), produces the Taste of Technology Small Business Series and is a speaker (including Inc 500).
Ramon is not "just" a technology writer, but, as a former small business technology consultant, he has years of hands on experience in building networks, installing software, upgrading computers and supporting the technology that small businesses use on a daily basis.
Contributors
Bill Thomson is Cbeyond’s marketing services expert. You can reach him at bill.thomson@cbeyond.net
Bob Smith is Cbeyond’s broadband and network expert. You can reach Bob at Bob.Smith@cbeyond.net.
CP Morey is vice president of products & marketing at AuditMyBooks (www.AuditMyBooks.com), an Intuit App Center company that automatically double checks accounting records to detect errors and possible fraud.
Morey began his career 18 years ago as a CPA with Ernst & Young. He left public accounting after 3 busy seasons to earn an MBA and join the technology industry. Over the last 15 years, Morey has held leadership positions in product management, product marketing and business development with tech companies ranging in size from start-ups to multinational, Fortune 500 firms. Morey is a veteran of cloud computing having launched the industry's first Enterprise Asset Management SaaS in 1999. He went on to help build the security as a service market with industry leaders including Internet Security Systems and IBM.
Morey is a member of the Intuit Partner Platform Advisory Board and the Principle Investigator for a National Science Foundation research project on small business fraud. He is a frequent speaker at industry events including Scaling New Heights, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference, the Annual Fraud & Forensic Accounting Conference and The Sleeter Group's Accounting Solution Conference. Morey earned an MBA from Thunderbird, the #1 ranked International Business program in the world, and a BBA from the University of Cincinnati, the #10 ranked accounting program in the U.S.
CP can be reached at at morey@auditmybooks.com.
David Kahn is a partner in the Los Angeles and San Diego offices of Latham & Watkins, is a member of the firm’s Finance Committee, and is chair of the Los Angeles office Tax Department. He has represented investment banks, public companies (including public real estate investment trusts), U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, public charities, and private tax-exempt foundations. A graduate of California State University at Northridge and Harvard Law School, Kahn is a member of the California Bar Association, and was the Chair of the Corporate Tax Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association from 1997 to 1998. He has authored numerous articles dealing with various aspects of federal taxation and was recently selected by the U.S. Treasury Department to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. To read more about his experience, visit: http://www.lw.com/Attorneys.aspx?page=AttorneyBio&attno=02465
Geoff Cummings is Cbeyond’s marketing services expert. You can reach him at geoff.cummings@cbeyond.net
Jon Harmer is Cbeyond’s messaging and collaboration expert. You can reach Jon at jon.harmer@cbeyond.net.
Melanie Kreh is Cbeyond’s mobility expert. You can reach her at melanie.kreh@cbeyond.net.
Sam Fiorella is vice president of strategy at Tri-Media Interactive Marketing Technologies. He has more than 20 years of experience in the digital realm. Among his many accolades, he pioneered the world’s first online campsite reservation service. Follow Sam on Twitter:@samfiorella
Shana Keith is Cbeyond’s public relations expert. You can reach her at shana.keith@cbeyond.net.
Tara Adams is the San Diego Field Marketing Manager for Cbeyond, a voice and broadband Internet provider built exclusively to serve small businesses. Tara is responsible for the brand strategy, event marketing, PR and grassroots outreach for the San Diego region.
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