Innovations Publishing LLC was formed in 2002 by its president and
CEO Ben Dyer. Dyer is a General Partner of the Atlanta Life
Venture Fund and Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Jackson
Securities, a mid-market investment banking firm that is affiliated
with the Atlanta Life Financial Group. He is also a General Partner
of Cordova Intellimedia Ventures. He is a member of Georgia's
Technology Hall of Fame and is best known as the founding president
of Peachtree Software. Dyer currently serves on a number of private
company boards, is a board member of the Georgia Tech Research
Corporation and sits on the External Advisory Council of the Georgia
Tech Research Institute. He holds a BIE degree from Georgia Tech
(Industrial & Systems Engineering) and an MBA in finance from
Georgia State University.Executive Editor Chris Hanks is a
lecturer at the University of Georgia where he teaches all of the
entrepreneurship courses for the Terry College of Business MBA
program and coaches national championship business plan teams. Prior
to joining UGA, he taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State
University and conducted numerous seminars for entrepreneurs at the
Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship. He
graduated with a BBA in risk management from the University of
Georgia and an MBA in finance from San Jose State University.
Partner Clifton V. (Buddy) Ray is a consultant in New
Media at Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting and is the former Executive
Editor of Innovations Publishing. He has over 25 years experience
managing and consulting with technology related businesses and
evaluating product concepts and strategies. He served as Director,
E-business Division for The Progeni Corporation, an enterprise
software application shop, and was previously Vice President of
Peachtree Software, Vice President of Technology for Comsell, Inc.,
and a technology consultant to News Corporation, Reed International,
TV Guide, AT&T, Cox Enterprises and others. Buddy holds BBA and MBIS
degrees from Georgia State University.
Innovations Publishing is a Research Partner of the Herman J.
Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship at Georgia
State University's Robinson College of Business.
The company is headquartered in the Technology Square complex in
Atlanta, Georgia. The company’s address is 75 Fifth Street, NW,
Suite 311, Atlanta, GA 30308.
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