The Circuit is home to startups, entrepreneurs, and others looking for a collaborative space to create. Below you will see some of our current members.
Abdel Altamimi
Abdel is Managing Partner at Balco, helping Erick build and grow this innovative cloud startup. Abdel has years of experience in accounting and small business solutions and entrepreneurship runs through his blood. He is a valued part of our startup community.
Andy Meredith is an aspiring photographer, high school senior (Woodstock), mountain biker, lacrosse player, and eventual public speaker. He also happens to have an extra twenty-first chromosome (Down syndrome).
April Wier
She helps individuals and business become the best versions of themselves. This may come in the form of a new, or better, web site, or coaching to break through self-imposed limitations. She specializes in helping high-performers reach their goals online.
Southern Professionals, Inc. has been a full-service brokerage firm partnering with manufacturers and retailers across the Southeast for more than three decades. We work very closely with our buyers and manufacturers to help them achieve maximum success at the following DiscountRetailers: Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Fred’s.
Chris is the Senior System Architect at Tech Target. He has been in IT for 20 years, started with weather.com building their initial applications and then onto several startups including a few in the interactive television industry.
Co-Owner at Half Machine; a strategic storytelling film production company. | People have sadly become pixels and algorithms. As an experienced marketer, Drew focuses on “story + film” to help brands redeem trust and move people to meaningful action. The other half? “The human element”, which is what’s missing from most business strategies.
“Dustin is Public Safety Account Executive of North America for CIneMassive. As an experienced systems engineer and project manager, he now assists in developing collaborative visualization systems found in real-time crime centers, police departments, emergency management and public safety centers across the country.”
Erick Rivera
Erick Rivera is the founder of Balco: online business solutions. We provide online business solutions for the businesses that want an updated service experience.
Greg Patten is VP of Sales/Producer for Creative Muscle Studios. Greg Patten is a creative producer and sales professional with a background in broadcast media production and marketing. Greg’s constantly looking for new ideas to tell stories and has a passion for writing scripts and collaboration with other innovators in their field of choice.
Irina, CEO/Director of Creative Muscle Studios, is a creative film director and producer. Irina’s background in theatre acting and dance as well as marketing makes her a great people director who enjoys helping businesses visually tell their stories and connect with their audience in a compelling way. Irina can help even the most camera shy individuals […]
Co-Owner at Half Machine; a strategic storytelling film production company. | People have sadly become pixels and algorithms. As an experienced marketer, Jim focuses on “story + film” to help brands redeem trust and move people to meaningful action. The other half? “The human element”, which is what’s missing from most business strategies.
Malcolm Foss is a local entrepreneur and the President and Principal engineer for Erudite Engineers. Erudite Engineers, Inc. is a professional engineering, consulting, and design firm providing unparalleled service to discerning clients. We distinguish ourselves by offering knowledgeable and decisive solutions characterized by technical excellence.
Mark is Business Development Manager for Shootsa: an Australian based video startup specializing in four key offerings includingpurpose-builtilt camera kit and training, an intuitive cloud-based video management platform, professional editing service with a 24-hour turnaround and a team of on-demand camera operators by request.
Michelle is the owner Magnetize.ME, a digital marketing agency, and has expertise in search engine optimization for local business. She loves collaborating with other visionaries that enjoy pushing boundaries and building community through long term relationships with clients & colleagues.
She is a 2017 graduate of Cherokee High School and a current student at Chattahoochee Tech. She is majoring in media and communications and aspires to one day be working in the film industry. She is excited to be part of the Creative Muscle Studios team as Assistant Director/Editor.
Pat is the President/Founder of Engineering Search Partners, a civil engineer and focuses on the recruitment of Architectural, Engineering & Construction Market. He is a great asset to our community, loves getting to know people and finding ways to encourage them and add value.
Ron is CEO of Easy Vote Solutions. His passion is taking ideas and converting them into business reality. His obsession is reducing the time it takes to get work done. There are too many routine business tasks used every day that take too much time and labor to complete. Ron has heard “this is how we […]
Ryan Leary is a D.C. native now Woodstock-resident who is a Senior Solutions Architect at NVIDIA specializing in leveraging deep learning for novel problems related to time-series analysis, natural language processing, and speech recognition.
Stephen Taylor is the Founder and Executive Director of SNs360, a nonprofit dedicated to providing solutions for the disability community. He is a lifelong resident of the area and also a huge Star Wars fan.
As Blue Bench, my wife and I provide UX design, development, and consultation services to in-house teams and agencies, with a focus on user-centered design and development. I’m the development half of our team–you can usually find me building a web interface or experimenting with code as a medium for creative expression.
Waylon is a broker and manufacturer’s representative for Southern Professionals. He is an experienced leader with a proven track record as an entrepreneur, sales representative, strategic planning, and business growth.
April Gilbert is Account Executive at Blackairplane. She has business development and sales experience and earned her degree in Business Administration and Management from Chattahoochee Technical College.
David Baker is a developer for Blackairplane. He hales from Cartersville, is a KSU student, a data scientist, software developer, web developer, and children's advocate.
David Bowman is Co-Founder and Creative Director at Commotion Engine. Commotion Engine helps brands, marketers, and business owners communicate and promote ideas, products, and services to target audiences through compelling videos, animation, and content.
David Leggett is Managing Partner and Lead Design at Blackairplane. Blackairplane partners with inspiring companies to craft world-class websites and apps. As product experts, they quickly deliver products that empower businesses. Blackairplane helps organizations build the right product.
Eric Velji is Founder of Forerunner Foods. Forerunner Foods is a local produce distributor specializing in seasonal vegetables, fruits, nuts, herbs, and more. We work with small farms in the Metro Atlanta area as well as nation-wide distributors to source all your restaurant needs.
Gabe Arronte is Development Lead at Blackairplane. Blackairplane partners with inspiring companies to craft world-class websites and apps. As product experts, they quickly deliver products that empower businesses. Blackairplane helps organizations build the right product.
Jason is the Founder of Ridgeview Digital and a remote, full stack engineer specializing in JavaScript, AngularJS, Java 8, My SQL and more. He has a wife and five kids, is fascinated by blockchain technology and interested in learning more about startups.
John Howard is Design Lead and Founder of Blackairplane. Blackairplane partners with inspiring companies to craft world-class websites and apps. As product experts, they quickly deliver products that empower businesses. Blackairplane helps organizations build the right product.
Micah Neidhart is Co-Founder and Content Strategist at Commotion Engine. Commotion Engine helps brands, marketers, and business owners communicate and promote ideas, products, and services to target audiences through compelling videos, animation, and content.
Michael Caldwell is Managing Partner at Blackairplane. Blackairplane partners with inspiring companies to craft world-class websites and apps. As product experts, they quickly deliver products that empower businesses. Blackairplane helps organizations build the right product.
Sean O’Brien is the CEO/Founder of Affordable College. Affordable College is the Marketplace Solution for Community College Success. Helping more community college students afford and attain a high-quality degree, certificate or credential.
Shalakay is a CLOUD SOFTWARE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SPECIALIST with years of experience conceptualizing and spearheading projects, related to NetSuite as well as other SaaS and Cloud Software systems.
Will is the newest team member and a developer at Blackairplane and has years of experience in IT solutions. Will is a welcome presence at The Circuit and everyone loves his positive spirit and awesome ponytail.