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Randy DeWitt, CEO, Front Burner Restaurants (Twin Peaks)

Randy DeWitt is the Chief Executive Officer of Front Burner Restaurants, the group developing the nationally recognized Twin Peaks brand, as well as Ojos Locos Sports Cantina, Whiskey Cake, Velvet Taco, The Ranch at Las Colinas, Red Dog Right, and Mexican Sugar.

Since the launch of Twin Peaks in 2005, the mountain-lodge themed sports restaurant has expanded from one location in Lewisville, Texas to 46 locations by the end of 2013, with 25 planned to open in 2014.

Prior to Twin Peaks, Randy was the Founder and CEO of Rockfish Seafood Grill, a 14-unit chain of casual seafood restaurants. He also gained experience in shopping center development and owned and operated other restaurant concepts before creating Rockfish.

TwinPeaksRestaurant.com

Adrienne Akin Faulkner, President/CEO, Faukner Design Group

Adrienne Akin Faulkner is President and CEO of Faulkner Design Group.  In addition, Adrienne is President of Architectural–Images, an art company showcasing the artwork of her grandfather George L. Dahl, and Design Expediting Services International, a centralized receiving, warehousing, delivery, and installation company based in Dallas.

Adrienne has a passion for design and architecture. She must have inherited this passion by following in the footsteps of her grandfather, architect George L. Dahl.  A visionary ahead of his time, Dahl is admired for his multitude of works, but is most noted for his role as Chief Architect and orchestrator of the 1936 Centennial Worlds Fair Exposition in Dallas.

Faulkner Design Group is a fully integrated Interior and Architectural Design Firm offering a wide range of Design Services for its clients. Currently, the firm employs a 30 person staff in a 9,000 square foot mixed use office and has successfully designed, purchased and installed over 300,000 luxury condominium, multifamily, senior, assisted living, and student housing units in over 36 states and Canada.  In addition, Ms. Faulkner has personally designed several high-end residences, hospitality and corporate projects for select clients.

 FaulknerDesign.com

Phone: (214) 922-8008

Host Steve A Klein, Adrienne Akin Faulkner, Randy DeWitt

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Greg Smith, President/CEO, Accudata Technologies

Upon taking his position as president and CEO of Accudata Technologies in 2002, Greg Smith reorganized the company to meet the ever-changing marketplace and pursued an aggressive business strategy to diversify and expand the company’s services.

Under his direct guidance, Accudata built its network from the ground up, transforming the company from a single-service provider to the leading source of multiple data-validation technologies and a premier access hub for validating information associated with telephone numbers for businesses and consumers across the globe.

In addition, Greg became the first in the industry to suggest the addition of wireless and VoIP LIDB’s for true caller ID as well as collect calling services on wireless and IP-based phone systems. He expanded his company to reach a new consumer base by developing and distributing Privus Mobile — the world’s first comprehensive mobile caller ID service for smartphones.

Phone: (972) 390-2610

AccudataTech.com  

PrivusMobile.com

Barbara Williams, CEO, Careington International Corporation

As chief executive officer of Careington International Corporation since 2000, Barbara Williams oversees one of the largest non-insured, direct-pay model health care product aggregators and administrators in the nation. During her 25-year career at Careington, she has helped the company build a stellar reputation as an innovator, serving some of the nation’s most respected Fortune 500 companies.

Barbara and her team have expanded these same successful business models to the United Kingdom under the affiliate company, Munroe Sutton LLC. The Healthy Discounts brand by Munroe Sutton incorporates the successful health care solutions developed by Careington under Barbara’s leadership in order to provide access to savings on private dental and optical care throughout the UK.

Since 1979, Careington has helped over nine million members save on dental and other health-related costs by delivering affordable non-insured, direct-pay health care products and services to the market. Dedicated to improving individual health and well-being, Careington’s diverse portfolio of innovative consumer savings plans is designed to help program members save.

Careington.com

Phone: (800) 441-0380

Host Steve A Klein, Barbara Williams, Greg Smith