2025 Year In Review

Dear Ashish,

For 25 years, ACEOC has created a high-trust, CEO-only community through private dinners and curated CXO engagements.

That environment has driven real results: successful exits, capital raises, leadership growth, and new market offerings.

As we celebrate this milestone, we’re grateful for Chairman, Asif Ramji, and a community that continues to deliver across every market cycle.

Our mission remains clear as we move through 2026: connecting CEOs to capital, customers, talent, and mentorship.

Thank you for being part of the journey.

Since 2017, we have hosted 70 dinners supporting over 300 Atlanta CEOs. Our CEOs have dined at some of Atlanta’s finest eateries including:

If you qualify for our CEO dinners, but have not attended one, consider this a sign to join us at a few this year!

OUR CXO RECEPTIONS

Our CXO receptions bring together leadership at some of the best organizations in Atlanta to connect and cultivate relationships.

You will find C-suite executives at private and public companies, government representatives, leadership at Atlanta’s best universities, and many more leaders in the community at our CXO receptions.

Since 2017, we have hosted 20 CXO receptions with Alon’s Bakery, Atlanta Technology Village, and Alloy Marketing being some of the venues!

LEADER SPOTLIGHT

As an organization by CEOs for CEOs, we encounter some spectacular leaders in the Atlanta business community.

Here is a list of Atlanta executives who have made fantastic strides this year. Please join us in congratulating:

Damola Ogundipe Leads Acquisition of Plural Policy by SAI360
Josh King Sells Lexicon Tech Select Assets to CDW
Asif Ramji Exits ITEL in $1.3B Sale to NearMap and Exits AvidXchange in $2.2B to Take Private with TPG & Corpay
Ron Oertell Purchasing Power to PROG Holdings, Inc.
Dana Weeks Joins ACCESS GA Foundation Board of Directors
Ingrid Curtis is Appointed to CEO of Sparq
Ravi Venkatesan Sells Cantaloupe to 365 Retail Markets for $848M
Herman Schwarz Leads Acquisition of PatientCare EMS Solutions by Grant Avenue Capital
Bird Blitch Co-chairs Wellstar Grand Gala, Raising $1.25M
Baha Zeidan Launches the Definitive Guide to Rural Health
Aarti Sahgal Hosts the third Annual Eddie Awards for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Panna Sharma Launches AI tool for Smarter Cancer Drug Pairings
Tracy Tanner Named Truist Foundation Fellow
Atticus LeBlanc ‘s PadSplit Hits 20k-Unit Milestone with Shared Home Model
Armistead Whitney Joins Circadian Ventures as Venture Partner
Eugene Tutunikov Grows Swiss Watch Expo
Samirkumar Patel Raises $5M Series A for Moonlight
Alok Deshpande Leads SmartPath onto Inc. 5000 List for the Third Time
PJ Bain of PrimeRevenue Wins Global Finance Award
Jon Ziglar Joins Francisco Partners Consulting as a Senior Operating Partner
Brian Dally is Inducted into the Atlanta Dealmakers Hall of Fame
JP James Concludes Board Term at 21st Century Leaders
Pramod Sajja Launches SpectraONE, an AI-driven Supply Chain Platform
Krishna Arangode Strengthens the Kaizen Analytix Executive Team with Key Promotions
Eyal Benishti Publishes Forbes Article Sounding an Alarm on Deepfake Cyberattacks
AJ Briley Joins the Payments Strategy to Share Insights about Scaling ProLine
Esco Named Winner at Truist Community Initiative Pitch Competition
John Fitzpatrick Nominated as Finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Southeast Region
Mikhail Avady Reaches Seven-Figure ARR at Prodia
Scott Ellyson Builds Global Manufacturing Leader, East West Manufacturing
Prem Bhatia Leads Acquisition of Cooleaf by ITA Group
Dave Weintraub Celebrates 30 years in Business at Pinnacle Promotions
Eleanor Jones Leads Acquisition of Skintelligent by Codex Labs
Michael Davis of Homegrown Secures $10M for Thriving Cities Fund
Ortez Gude Ortez Gude Advances Airport Operational Readiness
Barry Patel Nominated as Finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Southeast Region
Luca Di Benedetto Leads Acquisition of Atex USA by BCNonwovens
Mike Shippel Secures Elevate Solutions Group Partnership with Plas-Fit
Pavleen Thukral Launches AI Data Infrastructure Startup, Magic Data
Dipesh Patel Creates a Blueprint for Growth from Solo Dentist to DSO Leader
Starr Douglas Solves Hospitality Staffing Problems with On-Demand Talent Marketplace
Zwade Marshall Doubles Loan Commitment to $100M for Physician-Centric Lending Platform
Matt Eberhart Discusses AI and Security Data in CISO Podcast
Christian Ries Debuts Buckhead Wine Club, The Perlant
Matt Tebbe Leads Cartus through 70-Year Milestone
Dr. Joe Sutherland Weighs in on AGI’s Future
Daniel Arcila Ranks in Top 100 Meat & Poultry Processors
Lowell Hays Leads AvonRisk through Acquiring AS&G Claims
Missy Taylor Promoted to CEO at Phobio
Anik Khan Scales MaxRewards Team Despite Mass Layoffs in Tech Sector
Blake Patton Spearheads Tech Square Venture’s Participation in Rainforest’s $29M Series B
Mike Dowdle Leads Circadian Ventures’ Investment in VeroSkills’ $5.3M Raise
Philip Lewis Makes Inc.com’s Founder-Friendly Investors 2025 List with Fulcrum Equity Partners
Raj Choudhury Drives Alloy Marketing’s Rapid Growth Through Strategic Acquisitions
Sid Mookerji Advocates for High-Touch Investing

STAY CONNECTED

If you need to get in touch with the Atlanta CEO Council, please send us a direct message through our LinkedIn page or through our website.

We will continue sending updates and invites via email, so please save this email address to your contacts to make sure our emails reach your inbox.

Special thanks to our CEOs, Founding Company Members, and Board of Advisors. We look forward to seeing you at future events!

Your friends,
The Atlanta CEO Council Board of Directors

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