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Follow on Google News | Allied Logistics, Inc. Graduates From Landmark ProgramFifth Mentor Protégé Connection class incorporates lessons from 12-month program
By: Milton Kirby “Fostering relationships between the mentors and protégés helps spark learning in both directions,” Georgia’s Mentor Protégé Connection, formerly the Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program, teams successful companies such as Georgia-Pacific, Coca-Cola and United Parcel Service with smaller, growing Georgia-based businesses to increase the odds for success. Each class commits to a 12-month cycle that includes one-on-one mentoring sessions, specialized training seminars, networking events and mandatory progress reporting sessions. Twenty-six mentor companies teamed with protégé businesses to incorporate best practices into areas such as accounting & finance, human resources, strategic planning, marketing, Web site development, operating efficiencies and organizational planning issues. This year’s protégés reported numerous successes, including: · Revenue growth even in challenging economic conditions · Significant operational improvements · Identification of new markets · Website redesigns · New sales and marketing opportunities The Mentor-Proté “An estimated 95 percent of all businesses in Georgia are small businesses, and Mentor Protégé Connection helps them achieve their goals and forge key business relationships,” A complete list of the fifth Mentor-Proté Corporate sponsors of the program are GE Energy, Georgia Power, Hardin Construction, Lockheed Martin, The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting Systems and UPS. The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state’s sales and marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, locating new markets for Georgia products, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a location for film, music and digital entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development. For more information, please visit www.georgia.org/ Mentor-Proté Mentor: Turner Construction Company Protégé: Accura Engineering and Consulting Services, Inc., Atlanta Mentor: Georgia Power Company Protégés: Agility Surveying Company, Inc., Marietta; ARS Mechanical, LLC, Conyers Mentor: The Coca-Cola Company Protégé: Allied Logistics, Inc., Atlanta Mentor: Skanska USA Building, Inc. Protégé: Atlanta’s Cascade Concrete Pumping Foundations, Inc., Atlanta Mentor: Cox Communications, Inc. Protégé: Bellsoft, Inc., Lawrenceville Mentor: Hardin Construction Company, LLC Protégés : Cadence Group, Inc., Atlanta; Raymond Engineering Georgia, LLC, Conyers Mentor: Wachovia Protégé: Courseault Commercial, Inc., Atlanta Mentor: GTECH Corporation Protégé: Data Systems & Games, Inc., Austell Mentor: Citizens Trust Bank Protégés: Elgia, Inc., Alpharetta; Giavanna Constructors, Inc., Lawrenceville Mentor: S.L. King & Associates, Inc. Protégé: Exalt Integrated Technologies, LLC, Atlanta Mentor: Turner Associates Architect & Planners, Inc. Protégé: Formcase, Inc., Norcross Mentor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Protégé: GSE Facility Services, LLC, Atlanta Mentor: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Protégé: Hadley’s International Productions, Inc., Atlanta Mentor: AGL Resources, Inc. Protégé: Integrated Construction Management, Inc., Lithonia Mentor: Agile 1 Protégé: Larche’ Communications, LLC, Atlanta Mentor: Heery International Protégé: Lemongrass Consulting, Inc., Locust Grove Mentor: United Parcel Service Protégé: McPherson, Berry & Associates, Inc., Ellenwood Mentor: Jordan, Jones, & Goulding, Inc. Protégé: Neogate, LLC, Tucker Mentor: GE Energy Protégé: Phoenix Solutions, Inc., Loganville Mentor: H.J. Russell & Company Protégé: Scott & Sons Holdings, LLC, Atlanta Mentor: Georgia-Pacific Corporation Protégé: Stag Enterprise, Inc., Ball Ground Mentor: Accenture Protégé: Sun Technologies, Inc., Duluth Mentor: The North Highland Company Protégé: Turnkey Solutions, LLC, Alpharetta Mentor: Stevens & Wilkinson Protégé: UpBuild Design, LLC, Decatur Mentor: LexisNexis Protégé: VanRan Communications Services, Inc., Doraville Mentor: AT&T Protégé: Visions Telecommunications, Inc., Lawrenceville # # # Allied Logistics, Inc. is an Atlanta, GA based supply chain & freight transportation solutions provider. The company places a premium on providing sourced and dedicated freight transportation alternatives to meet demanding needs & schedules. End
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