Members
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.
Adam Eskew
Adam is the owner of a local roofing company, and is now dipping his toes into the digital marketing world with his start-up agency “RoofLeads.com.”
Ben Carter
Ben is the founder of Grow ROI, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs make quicker and better decisions through value proposition design, business modeling and customer discovery.
Charles Cloud
Software engineer/project manager for Philips that loves Woodstock. Always on the lookout for new business ideas that intersect technology and community.
Charles Davis
Charles is the CFO and Founder of Easy Vote Solutions.
Chuck Ingram
Chuck is Co-Founder and CEO of CongruentX where he helps visionary intrapreneurs grow their companies by aligning people and technology around customer expectations
David Priddy
David is the business development leader for ClimeCo, an advisor, developer and transaction facilitator of environmental commodities in the renewable energy and environmental sustainability markets.
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.
Michelle Edwards
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.
Robert Posey
Locally born and Low Country raised, Robert found his love for entrepreneurship at the young age of 15. Just a short 17 years and some blood, sweat, and tears later, he’s become recognized for his ability to quickly build and scale sales teams.
Ron Davis
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 […]
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Andy Meredith
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 Gilbert
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.
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.
Bert Blackburn
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.
David Baker
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
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
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.
Drew Davis
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.
Eric Velji
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
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 Davis
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.
Jim Nichols
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.
John Howard
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.
Justin Meredith
Founder of Canister Studio – designer, photographer and father to three kids including Andy Meredith of andymeredith.com.
Micah Neidhart
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
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
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 Gibbs
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 Marple
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.
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