Our Guests for the September 23rd/24th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Mike Jones, President, United Country Auction Services

Sam Darwish, CEO, Skinny IT

Join us Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday afternoon at 2:00 for an Encore Presentation on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)

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Mike Jones, President, United Country Auction Services

An auctioneer since 1978, Mike Jones, serves as President of United Real Estate Group where he supports the nation’s largest integrated system of real estate auctioneers. Mike is also President of Mike Jones Auction Group and President and Director of Texas Auction Academy.

United Country has over 700 offices in 45 states with 4,000 associates. Mike provides United Country auctioneers with cutting edge and industry changing processes to enhance their individual company’s performance and to offer a wide range of marketing & technology services as well as project assistance.

Mike founded the Texas Auction Academy in 1992, one of the nation’s largest auctioneer training programs. The school has trained over 2000 auctioneers. Mike has conducted over 3,000 auctions globally for clients including Fortune 100 companies, international banks and the United States government.

United-SCS.com                   TexasAuctionAcademy.com

                 Phone: (214) 945-4556                    Phone: (972) 387-4200

Sam Darwish, CEO, Skinny IT

Before venturing out on his own with Skinny IT, Sam Darwish spent over a decade in senior leadership positions at technology companies like CompuCom, OnForce and Locus Telecommunications. Sam’s knack for developing new – or revitalizing – business units was called upon multiple times in these roles.

Founded in 2010, Skinny IT specializes in providing information technology services to enterprises across various industries. Utilizing longstanding relationships with top-service IT providers, hardware manufacturers and software publishers, Skinny IT transforms businesses’ IT departments and improves efficiencies by offering system design and engineering, professional services, system integration, as well as ongoing logistics and support.

SkinnyIT.com

Phone: (800) 473-4307

  Host, Steve A Klein, Sam Darwish, Mike Jones

Our Guests for the September 16th/17th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

David Brooks, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Independent Bank

Jamie Ross Killough, CEO, GMR

Join us Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday afternoon at 2:00 for an Encore Presentation on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)

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David Brooks, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Independent Bank

David R. Brooks is Chairman of the Board, CEO and a director of Independent Bank, a position he has held since the Company was formed in 2002. David began his banking career in the early 1980s with a large regional bank and has been active in community banking since he led the investor group that acquired the Bank in 1988.

Independent Bank Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Independent Bank, operates 41 banking offices in three market regions located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas and is a $5 billion dollar community-centric lending institution providing relationship-driven banking products and services operating out of McKinney.

David has a long history of community and civic involvement, and is passionate about education serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Baylor University from 2000-2004; as President of the Board of Trustees at McKinney Independent School District; as a McKinney City Councilman and nine years on the Board at Houston Baptist University.

IBTX.com

Phone: (972) 562-9004

Jamie Ross Killough, CEO, GMR

Jamie Ross Killough, recently appointed CEO for GMR, is no stranger to her family’s business, growing up with GMR since its inception in 1991.

GMR is a Dallas-based company that helps companies nationwide maintain consistent security, lighting design and brand and compliance standards since headquartered in Heath Texas.

After earning her Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University, Jamie took a full-time position with Southwest Sports Group. Previously at GMR, Jamie served as the senior vice president of Inspections Operations and Finance where she worked across all departments. Her primary focus was on the communications and technology processes to support business operations, financial forecasting, analysis and reporting. She has worked full time at GMR since 2002.

GMR1.com

Phone: (972) 771-6038

Host, Steve A Klein, Jamie Ross Killough, David Brooks