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Craig Taylor, Senior Vice President, Retail, Ackerman & Co. (Atlanta). With nearly 30 years of commercial real estate experience, Craig's focus is the sale of shopping centers throughout Georgia and more recently in key markets throughout the Southeast and Midwest. His focus is representing buyers and sellers of unanchored, specialty and second-tier anchored properties.

Craig views his role as a trusted advisor and strategizes with clients during all phases of the ownership cycle in order to maximize their objectives. He values long-term relationships with local and institutional-quality owners. With this approach he has closed on 200+ shopping centers totaling $1.3 billion in sales volume.

Prior to joining Ackerman, Craig was Senior Vice President at CBRE Capital Markets, where he was a leader in private market retail sales in the firm's Southeast region.

Tenant representation: Craig represents retail, office, and medical tenants who are seeking to open their first brick-and-mortar location or seeking to expand into multiple locations. Ackerman does this directly across the Atlanta Metro Area and has strategic partners in 30 offices across the US who it partners with in most metro areas.

Affiliations and education: Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, Member; Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Georgia; Emory University Goizueta Business School, BBA in Finance; Emory University School of Law, Juris Doctor.

Neil Mathew is a Sr. Business Banking Relationship Manager, VP with City National Bank, where he works with business owners and companies to deliver customized banking solutions. He partners with clients to understand their financial goals and provides strategic guidance across lending, treasury management, cash flow, and overall financial needs.

Neil brings extensive experience in Emerging Middle Market and Middle Market Banking, with a background supporting domestic and multinational companies across a broad range of industries. His expertise includes commercial lending, credit structuring, treasury management, depository solutions, foreign exchange, cash management, and relationship management. He is passionate about serving as a trusted advisor and connecting businesses with the resources needed to grow.

Beyond banking, Neil is actively involved in the local business community and serves as an Executive Board Member and Treasurer of the City of Chamblee Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys building relationships with local business leaders, supporting community initiatives, and helping create opportunities for businesses to connect, learn, and grow.

Harold Lopez is CEO & Co-Founder of EML Integrated Solutions, taking coordination off business owners' plates across call centers, logistics, catering consulting, and construction. A former C-suite sales director and contractor who has overseen multimillion-dollar operations, Harold builds the systems that let owners get back to building the business. Known around Atlanta as "the guy who knows a guy."

Every attendee gets a free 30-minute operations teardown: Harold and his team look at how your phones, catering orders, technology and delivery logistics actually run, then hand you a one-page plan of what to fix first, no cost, no commitment. Book it at the EML table or at www.emlisolutions.com.