October 2014 Features

  • SunTrust Pursues Homegrown Leadership in Georgia

    October 29, 2014

    Here at Georgia CEO, we’ve conducted a series of interviews with SunTrust presidents from Savannah, Columbus, Albany and Macon. One common theme between these leaders is they have strong ties to Georgia. They were either born or reared here, attended college or have family ties to the state. Jim Manley, regional president of the Macon/Columbus/Albany region, might be the most homegrown of the five.

  • Hannah Solar Ensures Georgia’s Place in the Sun

    October 27, 2014

    Georgia is one of the fastest growing solar markets in the country and Hannah Solar, winner of the 2014 Champion of Change Award, is accommodating commercial-industrial and agricultural demand for solar energy. We talk to CEO of Georgia-Based Hannah Solar Pete Marte about the growth of the industry in the state.

  • Economics of Emotions: The Vital Role They Play In Business

    October 24, 2014

    Let me illustrate a problem that many small businesses can relate to. When we were just starting out as a “little-tech-company-that-could,” we struggled to properly market ourselves right out of the gate. For example, we once had a customer tell us, “If your company designed a Coca-Cola can, it would be a white can with black list of ingredients.” Let me be the first to say – ouch. But why did that impression exist?

  • Wells Fargo Supports Georgia Small Biz in Post-Recession Economy

    October 23, 2014

    Wells Fargo serves 2.9 million Georgians with deposits of $29.6 billion. The reach of Wells Fargo, however, extends far beyond the customers who use its 281 bank stores distributed across the state. The bank’s leaders and staff are committed to positively impacting the whole of Georgia’s economy through small business programs available both to customers and non-customers.

  • GaMEP Positively Impacts Georgia’s Manufacturing Sector

    October 21, 2014

    U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance, and the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Program (GaMEP) is ensuring that Georgia’s manufacturing industry resurges with the nation’s.

  • Delta Data Software Launches Partnership with Accel-KKR

    October 16, 2014

    After 29 years of serving Columbus and beyond, Delta Data has reached a new milestone: partnering with their first institutional investor. Executive VP Burton Keller shares that the strategic partnership was crucial “to take the company to the next level. We have gone the family and friends route up until now. Not only can [Accel-KKR] provide serious capital infusion, but they can also help advise us.”

  • Case Study: Reimagining Our Downtown, How Greenville SC is Building One of the Best in America

    October 15, 2014

    In Savannah, a Critical Issues presentation by HunterMaclean featured the successful and now famous revitalization efforts in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina, and its mayor, Knox White. White, the featured presenter at the seminar held at Savannah Technical College, said, “We’ve worked very intentionally with planners to create a great city.” And a great city they did make.

  • Georgia's Credit Unions Celebrate International Credit Union Month

    October 13, 2014

    Credit unions statewide are celebrating International Credit Union Month this October. In Columbus, its no different, with local credit unions joining in the celebration.

  • Georgia Military College Celebrates 135th Anniversary

    October 09, 2014

    Mayor Tomlinson has proclaimed October 14, 2014, to be Georgia Military College Day in recognition of its 135th Anniversary. On that day the Columbus Campus of GMC will host a celebration starting at 11:30 on its campus located at 7300 Blackmon Road. Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the public are invited.

  • CSU’s Turner College of Business Announces 5th Annual Business Plan Competition

    October 08, 2014

    Columbus State University’s Turner College of Business has announced plans for its fifth annual Business Plan Competition, offering prize money totaling $9,000 for first, second, and third place winners.

  • University System of Georgia Studies Demand for Georgia Film Academy

    October 06, 2014

    The University System of Georgia trademarked the name Georgia Film Academy as a proactive measure in its process of determining whether the state of Georgia has need – and the exact nature of the need – for such an institution.

  • CSU Cultivating a Culture of High Performance

    October 02, 2014

    Columbus State University’s new Center for Professional Solutions kicked-off service to the corporate community in Columbus with a Lean Six-Sigma Yellow Belt Certification workshop on September 16th. The Center for Professional Solutions is a new service of Columbus State University’s Division of Continuing Education that focuses on performance improvement through consultation and training to the Columbus, GA region.

  • Delta Community Credit Union CEO Lends an Ear and a Hand to Members, Employees

    October 02, 2014

    Chat with Delta Community Credit Union CEO, Hank Halter, about auto financing, mortgages and commercial lending, and he’ll give you his full attention and impart a wealth of knowledge about the industry.