Links:

• Impact 2:52

Managing Partner | Impact 2:52

Bio:

Chad Merrill has a long history as a successful entrepreneur, having been involved in the creation and leadership of multiple businesses. Most recently Chad founded Impact 2:52, LLC which owns and operates 7 athletic facilities in the Atlanta area operating as D-BAT Baseball & Softball and TOCA Soccer.  The mission of Impact 2:52 is to Inspire, Influence & Impact.

Prior to Impact 2:52, Chad was a Founding partner in Onepath Systems. Founded in 2006 it has grown to a $200 million dollar technology company with over 1,500 employees. Prior to Onepath Systems, his companies included a technology and cabling company operating in seven states and a travel and technology company that was sold to Synovus in 2001. His special strengths lie in leadership, strategy, strategic partnerships and out-of-the-box thinking that leverages partner skill sets to create Win-Win-Win relationships.

In late 2017, Chad became the President of the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International.  FCCI is a 40 year old ministry whose vision is transforming the world through Christ one business leader at a time.

Life:

Originally from Swainsboro, Georgia, Chad attended boarding school in NYC before attending Emory University &  Georgia State University in Atlanta. An entrepreneur at heart, he enjoys working with partners to create companies and opportunities for others to succeed. Chad lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Robin, and their two sons. Chad sits on the Truett McConnell University Board of Visitors, and the Boards of FCCI International & Amplio Recruiting. He enjoys spending time with his family, coaching entrepreneurs, traveling and living an active lifestyle.

Fun facts:

“Angel investing is a contact sport. It is not about investing in companies. It is all about investing in people and their families. I love it and wouldn’t think of doing anything else. God uses me every day in these activities as an angel investor.”

Links: 

• Paparelli.com

• Twitter

Blog Posts:

• What’s an Angel Investor to Do?

Bio:

For over 20 years, I’ve been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur. My mission is to help you take the next steps in business and life.

10 facts about Charlie

1. Professional angel investor and co-founder of 12 startups.

2. Invested in 23 startups in the last 23 years.

3. Since 1992 focused on helping entrepreneurs start and build their company.

4. Mentors 10 startup founders and advise many more on a daily basis.

5. Offices at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.

6. Founder and director of Angel Lounge in Atlanta.

7. Had five exits which netted an 50% IRR (internal return rate).

8. Continually thinks about helping entrepreneurs build the company of their dreams and great value for investors.

9. A recovering alcoholic who, thanks to the recovery process, entered into a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

10. Has a God given passion for entrepreneurs, to love and serve them.

I have 3 beliefs…

1. There is a reason God puts each entrepreneur in my life. I need to discover the reason and help with next steps for the entrepreneur.

2. Every day I must intercede in prayer, asking God to share his mercy, blessing and protection for every entrepreneur who shares their story with me.

3. My investment and mentoring relationships tie my destiny to God’s destiny for the entrepreneur. It is always a wild ride.

 Links:

• Website

Teaching Pastor and CEO | Living on the Edge

Bio:

Chip Ingram is the teaching pastor and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. Chip’s direct, practical teaching style helps everyday believers apply God’s truth to relevant issues, relationships and challenges. Reaching more than a million people a week, his teaching can be heard online and through hundreds of radio and television outlets worldwide. In his winsome, down-to-earth way, he reveals Bible truth about God’s perspective on marriage, understanding love and sex, raising kids, money, and how to live the Christian life in today’s culture. A pastor for over thirty years, Chip is the author of many books, including Culture Shock, The Real Heaven, The Real God, The Invisible War, and Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships.

Life:

Chip and his wife, Theresa, have four grown children and twelve grandchildren and live in California.

 Links:

• LinkedIn

Family Wealth Director | Keel Point

Bio:

Cam work at Keel Point with a blended background in finance and law. He leverages that background helping high net worth and ultra-high net worth families achieve their goals through effective risk management, investment, tax planning, exit planning and estate planning strategies.

Cam graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He ran a search fund and worked in investment banking in New York prior to coming to Keel Point.

He enjoys people, the outdoors, college hoops, finance, real estate, any athletics he can squeeze in, and serving in his church. He and his wife, Caitlin, live on Capitol Hill with their son, Brooks.

 Links:

• LinkedIn

Founder | Sunstone Group

Bio:

Carl is a leading expert in learning and development. He has 30 years experience in consulting, completed 100+ consulting assignments and facilitated 1500+ workshops on strategy, leadership, marketing and sales development. Carl completed his masters at a seminary, but his calling is in the marketplace. As a serial entrepreneur, Carl founded the Sunstone Group, a holding company that owns businesses in technology, consumer products, healthcare, business process outsourcing, mining, financial services, real estate, hospitality, education and management consulting. The group is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Surabaya, New Delhi, Austin (Texas), and St. Petersburg (Russia).

Carl has an inextinguishable passion to help organizations perform through enhancing the capabilities of their people. He has deep insights into the inner workings of various industries, including financial services, healthcare, life sciences and biotechnology as well as fast moving consumer goods. Carl uses his knowledge and expertise to develop industry competency standards and train industry leaders.

Carl is often engaged as a strategy consultant by MNCs, NGOs and government organizations to drive innovation and strategic leadership workshops. Clients include UBS, Credit Suisse, Chinatrust, Singapore Tourism Board, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Franklin Templeton, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, American Airlines, BASF and Leo Pharma. He sits on the board of several NGOs including Church World Service, Family First Global and serves as a Synod member of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.

Partner | Vertex Ventures Management Pte Ltd

Bio:

Carmen Yuen has been working with startups since 2000. In the last five years or so, she started contemplating how faith can be lived out in our work, and how everything we have belongs to God—including our business and breath. While she is professionally attached to a secular Venture Capital Fund Management company, her aim is to work with Christian entrepreneurs and equip them with disciple-making skills.

God has been gracious and allowed Carmen to witness His workings in a few companies where fund-raising and business growth are concerned. As an entrepreneur would say, “Prayer Works!” (Amen!). She looks forward to being able to share with entrepreneurs more stories on answered prayers, and to encourage more to pray over their businesses.

 Life:

God has blessed Carmen with a long-suffering husband and four wonderful children. Her hope is they will bring Jesus (in speech and action) with them wherever they go, and they will be conscientious in speaking Jesus to their friends.

 Carmen serves in her church—a 200-strong family church in the Christian Education vertical. This year, their goal is to continue with Inductive Bible Study on Elijah. Two items in her midterm bucket list are picking up barista skills and acrylic painting.