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Jake Lacy of Breakout Atlanta, Stephanie Forrester of Zoe Auto Body and Mike Cohen of Transportation Specialist’s Group

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Mike Sammond, Jake Lacy, Stephanie Forrester, Mike Cohen, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Jake Lacy, Stephanie Forrester, Mike Cohen, Steven Julian

Jake Lacy/Breakout Atlanta

Jake Lacy, Breakout AtlantaBreakout Atlanta offers fun and exciting Breakout Games. Each Breakout Game is a real-life escape room adventure for a small group. Work together as a team to escape the room before time runs out. It’s great for groups of friends, family, or coworkers. You’ll solve puzzles, crack codes, find hidden items and more in order to escape. You have one goal: escape the room in under one hour.

Stephanie Forrester/Zoe Auto Body

Stephanie Forrester, Zoe Auto BodyAt Zoe Auto Body, they make customer service a priority. Their people are highly trained and are dedicated to the commitment of quality, workmanship and service that their business was founded on. Their technicians have several years of experience behind them. Zoe Auto Body is proud to serve the auto body repair needs of the Sugar Hill area. When the safety of your family is on the line, why settle for second best?

Mike Cohen/Transportation Specialist’s Group

Mike Cohen, Transportation Specialist's GroupTransportation Specialist’s Group (TSG) is a third-party logistics company specializing in cost savings, technology and back-office efficiencies surrounding freight. They perform a free analysis to determine the level of the savings opportunity. All rates, savings and fees are totally transparent and disclosed shipment by shipment in a weekly billing report. The program is fully funded by the savings. This includes the RFP process which will secure contracts for each and every client individually. TSG has its own in-house Transportation Management System which is included. They audit and pay the bills. They set up accounting rules and their customer service unit handles all the back-office support which includes labor intense shipment issues.

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Bruce Sharp with BB&T and Ray Ramu with Saia, Inc.

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Bruce Sharp/BB&T

Bruce Sharo, BB&TBB&T is a fast growing, full services financial institution that has been existence for over 140 years. The Bank reports assets of over $180 billion and is highly rated by the credit agencies. Although the organization is a significant regional company, the approach of its professionals is to lead with advice by meeting regularly with clients, face to face, in order to better understand their needs so solutions might be customized at the local level.

The Mission of the Bank is to make the world a better place by helping Clients achieve economic success and financial security, by providing an environment where their Associates can learn, grow and be fulfilled in their work, by helping their Communities be better places to live, and by generating a safe and sound investment for their Shareholders over the long-term. The Associates of the Bank cannot execute successfully on this mission without a strict adherence to the Bank’s core values, with the foundational values of Honesty and Integrity being integral to the success of the Bank since 1872.

The Commercial Team in Duluth serves business clients by assisting with capital formation, cash management, employee benefits, risk management, and personal banking/wealth management needs. Please contact one of the following team members—all of whom are located in Duluth, GA—for a consultation:

Bruce Sharp, Market President, 678-957-3814
Addam Taussig, Senior Vice President, 678-957-3798
Houston Bass, Senior Vice President, 678-957-3794
Blake Gober, Vice President, 678-957-3812
Preston Etheridge, Assistant Vice President, 770-813-2130

Ray Ramu/Saia, Inc.

Ray Ramu, SaiaSaia, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA), with 2014 revenues of $1.3 billion, offers customers a wide range of less-than-truckload, non-asset truckload, and logistic services through their three operating service groups – Saia LTL, Saia Logistics Services and LinkEx. The company operates 147 terminals in 34 states and is home to the industry-exclusive Customer Service Indicators and Xtreme Guarantee. With headquarters in Johns Creek, GA, Saia employs 9,000 people nationwide. In addition to its headquarters, Saia’s operations in Georgia include terminals in Athens, Augusta, Ellenwood and Savannah. The company has close to 1000 employees working at the five facilities.