Everyone was a winner at the inaugural Ed Pitch event Tuesday night, but the biggest winners are the students who will benefit from creative ideas developed by seven Arizona college students. Ed Pitch is the latest effort by Social Venture Partners Arizona (SVPAZ) to support philanthropic efforts aimed at children and education. Arizona college students from Maricopa County … [More]
P.B. Bell Named Largest Donor to Arizona Multihousing Charitable Foundation
P.B. Bell, a local real estate firm with concentrations in the development, acquisition and management of apartment communities, has been named the largest donor to the Arizona Multihousing Charitable Foundation for the third year running. AMCF represents the giving programs of various different management firms under the Arizona Multihousing Foundation. Over its lifetime, … [More]
Original ChopShop Continues Expansion with Opening in North Scottsdale
Original ChopShop, a neighborhood eatery crafting ‘Just Feel Good Food’ from whole ingredients, announces the opening of its sixth restaurant in The Promenade located at 16203 North Scottsdale Road on Mar. 8. The Phoenix favorite is also gearing up to take the concept national, starting with its entry into the Dallas market this April. Expansion in the Phoenix market will … [More]
SRP Names New General Manager and CEO
Salt River Project’s Board of Directors today selected Mike Hummel to succeed Mark B. Bonsall as the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer and lead day-to-day operations of the community-based, not-for-profit public power utility. Hummel, 57, will assume responsibilities in May. Hummel is currently SRP’s Deputy General Manager of Resources & Finance. Bonsall … [More]
Phoenix Wins Connected City Award
The City of Phoenix received the “Connected City Award” in recognition of the City’s commitment to connectivity and wireless infrastructure investment. “Phoenix is dedicated to leading the nation in technological innovation and connectivity, and we must work collaboratively to attract businesses and a skilled workforce through high-quality infrastructure, entertainment, and … [More]
Six Arizona Bioscience Firms Selected for 2018 Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program
Six Arizona bioscience startup firms have been competitively selected by the Flinn Foundation to participate in its 2018 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program, receiving $30,000 each in funding support and program services administered through a nonprofit partner. The Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation has allocated $825,000 in grants since 2014 to nonprofits to administer funding … [More]
LeadMD Launching Learning Accelerator for Digital Marketers
LeadMD, the world’s leading marketing operations agency, is launching Marketemy, a 12-week experience accelerator for digital marketers. The paid program will enable participants to gain access to marketing curriculum, first-hand marketing experience and cutting edge technology from within one of the top agencies in the modern marketing space. This first of its kind … [More]
Roaming Robotic Sensor Earns Oneneck First Patent
A robotic sensor earns OneNeck® IT Solutions their first-ever patent. The Lewis, U.S. Patent No. 9,843,847 for “Temperature-Humidity Monitoring Assembly for Closed Server Cabinet” disclosure and claims are directed to a vertically sweeping roaming robotic-sensor designed to move up and down a closed server cabinet. Data centers include hundreds of such cabinets. During each … [More]
FedEx Launches Sixth Annual Small Business Grant Contest
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today announced the launch of its sixth annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest, which recognizes passionate and innovative small businesses from across the country who aspire to take their businesses to the next level. This year, the contest offers a total prize pool of $120,500 to ten U.S. based small businesses, including a credit for print and … [More]
‘Fast Company’ Names Best Western® Hotels & Resorts One of Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR
Fast Company today announced its annual ranking of the world’s Most Innovative Companies (MIC), honoring Best Western Hotels & Resorts with a spot in the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR category. The brand was recognized for its two-prong approach to VR/AR – including the Best Western Virtual Reality Experience (BWVRE), which uses virtual reality to reinvent the … [More]
Five Companies from Mexico to Participate in PHX Startup Week
As part of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s efforts to attract international companies to Greater Phoenix, five companies from Mexico have been invited to attend this year’s PHX Startup Week events and experience firsthand the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the market. In its fourth year, Techstars Startup Week PHX, powered by Chase for Business ®, is taking … [More]
WebPT Acquires BMS Practice Solutions, the Leading Revenue Cycle Management Company for Physical Therapy
WebPT, the leading rehab therapy software platform, today announced it has acquired BMS Practice Solutions, the largest and most-tenured billing and collections company serving the rehab therapy market. With WebPT and BMS –– the two leaders in the outpatient rehab therapy market –– coming together, therapy practices of all sizes now have an end-to-end solution for attracting … [More]
Arizona Tech Council’s Steven Zylstra Named 2018 CompTIA Tech Champion
CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, the world’s leading technology association, has named Arizona Tech Council President and CEO Steven Zylstra a recipient of the 2018 CompTIA Tech Champion award. Zylstra joins Colorado Senator Cory Gardner and Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton in receiving this year’s honor. The CompTIA Tech Champion … [More]
Docutech Executive Vice President of eStrategies Harry Gardner Named to ‘Mortgage Professional America’ Hot 100 List
Docutech, the leading provider of document, eSign, eClosing and compliance technology for the mortgage, home equity and consumer lending industries, today announced that executive vice president of eStrategies Harry Gardner was named to Mortgage Professional America’s 2018 Hot 100 List. The annual list highlights 100 individuals who have made a significant impact on the … [More]
Avnet Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for Fifth Year
Avnet (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, has been recognized as one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere® Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Avnet’s consistency in leading with purpose and integrity has now been lauded by Ethisphere for five consecutive years. “On behalf … [More]
Sports Business Arizona: A Prix View of Things to Come
On Friday, February 9 , Group One Thousand One and ISM Raceway sponsored a symposium on the regional impact of sports at the ISM Raceway in Avondale, AZ. The event was attended by local media invited guests and students from Arizona State University, who attended to learn about the sports’ ecosystem and how sports has impacted local communities in Arizona. The event opened … [More]
Tempe Chamber Unveils New Website, Member Resources
The Tempe Chamber of Commerce today unveils a new website and client relationship management (CRM) platform that will add an innovative next step in the Chamber’s 110-year history. The Tempe Chamber announces it partnership with EventBank, a cloud-based software company that specializes in software development, event management, mobile apps, digital marketing and user … [More]
Third Annual Women in Brewing Collaboration Brings ‘Murder She Oat’ to Arizona Tap Rooms During Arizona Beer Week
Dozens of women involved in the Arizona craft beer industry came together earlier this month at Lumberyard Brewing Co. in Flagstaff to celebrate the movement of women in industry and to brew a beer for charity. Cleverly named “Murder She Oat,” the creamy brew is dubbed a “throwback oatmeal IPA,” and has a velvety mouth feel combined with a heady blend of Simcoe, Mosaic, … [More]
