John Sheppard's 30-year career has prepared him well for the calamities of 2020. So, when the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa wanted a seasoned executive to talk about managing through a crisis, Sheppard got the call. In the 1990s, Sheppard was about a week into his new job as president of Coca-Cola’s European Division when the company was forced to recall over 15 million bottles of Coke after it was suspected of making over 100 school children sick. The largest product recall in history began to unfold, and he was at the center of it. Every company experiences crises. And ..read more

This week on Trusted Counsel’s podcast show In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley and Partner John Monahon lead a new podcast series on leading during COVID-19: planning and action. Their first guest was Jane Gentry, CEO of Fusion, an experiential and trade show staffing company. During the course of the podcast, C-level executives and business owners will learn about: How to lead your organization during this unprecedented health pandemic – COVID-19 How Fusion brainstormed pivoting ideas to reinvent their business during COVID-19 to sur ..read more

This week on Trusted Counsel’s podcast show In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley and Partner John Monahon speak with Alan McKeon, President and CEO of Alexander Babbage. Fifteen years ago McKeon bought a market research company focused on shopping centers. Shortly thereafter, he recognized an opportunity for growth and embarked on the company’s first strategic business transformation. In the following years, he has successfully led Alexander Babbage through two more business transformations and has consistently grown his cash flow funded ..read more

This week on Trusted Counsel’s podcast show “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we interview Dan Drechel, Senior Vice President of BIP Capital, a venture capital firm based in Atlanta about his experience as the lead investor overseeing Saas, fintech, and devtools investments and in business transformations as an actual operator. Dan was part of a successful transformation during the dotcom boom era. In 1998, he interviewed for the Chief Operating Officer position at Security First Network Bank, a relatively new bank founded in 1994. Security First Network Bank was ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we continue our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. In our final installment of our six-part podcast series, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley of Trusted Counsel and Partner, John Monahon, speak with Michael Levy, Partner-in-charge of Aprio’s Transaction Advisory Services practice and Yelena Epova, Partner-in-Charge of Aprio’s International Services Practice about financial and tax considerations. Aprio is Georgia’s largest full-service CPA-led advisory firm ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we continue our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. In this fifth installment of our six-part podcast series, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley of Trusted Counsel and Partner, John Monahon, speak with Alvina Lo, Chief Wealth Strategist of Wilmington Trust. She oversees the wealth planning, strategic advice, and thought leadership services for Wilmington Trust’s fast-growing wealth advisory division. Wilmington Trust is a premier provider of wealth and instit ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we continue our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. In this fourth installment of our six-part podcast series, Partner, John Monahon of Trusted Counsel speaks with firm colleagues Partner, Allen Bradley and Attorney Valerie Barton regarding the legal side of selling a business. Trusted Counsel has led numerous businesses through the exit process and this interview provides very practical advice on what business owners need to do now to prepare legally to g ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we continue our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. In this third installment of our six-part podcast series, Partner, John Monahon of Trusted Counsel speaks with Massachusetts Executive, Peter Paglia. Paglia led two businesses through the exit process in the 2000s. He is the former President and CEO of Azimuth Systems that was acquired by Anritsu, a Japanese public company in 2016. He is also the former COO and Chief Revenue Officer of OnBoard Security, I ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we continue our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. According to a 2019 business trends study, 48% of business owners who want to sell have no exit strategy and many business owners are unprepared to sell. In this second installment of our six-part podcast series, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley and John Monahon of Trusted Counsel speak with Trey James, co-founder and (former) CEO of Atlanta-based Xcentric, a managed network services company, that sold to ..read more

This week on “In Process: Conversations about Business in the 21st Century,” we begin our third annual series of podcast episodes dedicated to the topic of preparing to sell your business. According to a 2019 business trends study, 48% of business owners who want to sell have no exit strategy and many business owners are unprepared to sell. In the first installment of our six-part podcast series, Managing Partner, Evelyn Ashley and Valerie Barton of Trusted Counsel speak with Vijay Rawat, the Managing Director GrowthPoint Technology Partners for his insight. GrowthPoint Technology Partners is ..read more