XPX Atlanta – Business Owners Panel Perspectives from the Business Owners who have Exited

Back by popular demand, we’ll be bringing in three panelists who have built and sold businesses to share their insights about their experience and wisdom to share with the M&A community! We will be hearing straight from the horses’ mouth about what works, what they’d have liked to have done differently, and how we in the M&A community can better improve the exit experience of business owners.

Moderator:


Sabrina Donley
Fractional Chief Marketing & Growth Officer
Chief Outsiders

Sabrina helps mid-market companies accelerate growth and increase enterprise value. Over her 25+ year career, she has led growth initiatives across industrial, manufacturing, technology, and medical device companies, including participating in more than 15 acquisitions at Emerson Electric and Filtration Group and serving on the leadership team for the $2.1 billion CenturyLink data center carve-out. She works with founders, CEOs, and private equity-backed companies to build scalable engines through market positioning, go-to-market strategy, and execution that strengthen buyer confidence, and improve exit readiness.


Panelists:

Mitch Skyer

Mitch’s entrepreneurial journey began in 2007 when he founded Solstice Transportation Group and continued in 2010 as co-founder of Passio Technologies. Following Passio’s successful acquisition by Transit Technologies in 2020, Mitch remained with the organization, leading portfolio company Faster Asset Solutions until July 2025. AFI Strategic Partners, founded in 2025, helps business owners accelerate growth, increase enterprise value, and achieve successful exits. A New York native and Atlanta resident for 30+ years, Mitch and his wife, Lisa, have three grown children and share an empty nest with two beloved doodles.

Meredith Jolly

Meredith is a former technology CEO, executive coach, Vistage Chair, and certified Peernovation facilitator. During her operating career, she led two software companies through successful acquisitions while also experiencing the value of peer advisory firsthand as a Vistage member. After selling her second company, Meredith became a Vistage Chair and now works with CEOs, business owners, and trusted advisors to strengthen leadership, decision-making, and performance. Her Peernovation certification builds on the models and frameworks used by leading CEO forums to help teams turn insight into action, action into habit, and habit into sustained performance.

David Shaw

David was the founder of Postec, Inc. a Georgia “C” Corporation founded in 1987 in Marietta Georgia. Postec became one of the leading providers of Micros Hospitality Systems in the United States. Postec acquired additional locations in the Southeast with offices in Greenville, Charlotte, and Knoxville and grew into one of the largest POS Resellers with over ninety employees and Major Account installations countrywide.

Postec became a 100% employee-owned company August 2016 as a newly formed “S” entity with existing employees with over 20+ years of service.

11:00 – 11:30 – Doors open and casual networking over coffee.
11:30 – 11:40 – Seating, food plating, and start of the program with announcements.
11:40 – 12:00 – Table networking and topic question discussion.
12:00 – Introduction of panelists.
12:01 – 12:40 – Panelist program.
12:40 – 12:55 – Q&A.
12:55 – 1:00 – Closing comments and end of program.

Registration Fees:  

Atlanta Members - $35.00
Atlanta Members Same Day Registration Fee - $45.00
Atlanta Sponsor $0.00 
Sponsor Guest $0.00
Drawing Winner $0.00

XPX Chapter Network Members - $45.00  
XPX Chapter Network Members Same Day Registration Fee - $55.00

Non-Member $55.00 
Non-Member Same Day Registration Fee - $65.00

TiE Member: $40.00 
TiE Member Same Day Registration Fee: $50.00
TiE Board Member: $0.00 (Limit two per month)

Event Registration Cancellation Policy: You may request a full refund for your event registration up to 72 hours before the scheduled date and time. After that deadline, the sale is final and no refunds will be issued. The registration fee is non-transferable, non-substitutable and no replacements are offered.

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