Delta Dental of Arizona has hired Barbara Crawford, who comes from United Concordia, as the dental insurance company’s vice president of sales and client service. “We are thrilled to welcome Barbara to the Delta Dental team,” said Allan Allford, CEO for Delta Dental of Arizona. “Her extensive experience selling dental plans as well as managing both sales and service teams will … [More]
107-Year-Old Valley Printer Wins ‘Best of Show’ Award
The Western States Printing Association (WSPA) held its Print Excellence Awards dinner and Employee Recognition event last Thursday. With printers from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming all competing, Phoenix-based printer O’Neil Printing was proud to take home several awards, including the coveted Best of Show award. O’Neil Printing received the honor of Best of … [More]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona Honors Quarles & Brady with President’s Award
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that its Phoenix office was selected to receive the 2015 “President’s Award” from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ), an honor given to longstanding corporate, foundation or individual donors who have helped advance the organization's mission. Quarles & Brady was honored during the BBBSAZ … [More]
Intravest Title Hires Jeff Sutherlin as Director of Business Development for the Southeast Valley
Intravest Title Agency, Inc. has hired Jeff Sutherlin as director of Business Development for the Southeast Valley. Sutherlin brings 13 years of real estate industry experience to Intravest Title and will play a key role as the company continues to expand throughout the Valley. Prior to his real estate career, Sutherlin spent seven years working as a supply chain manager at … [More]
Local Motors Announces Winners of LITECAR Challenge
With more than 250 conceptual designs submitted, Local Motors, in partnership with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), is announcing the winner of the LIghtweighting Technologies Enabling Comprehensive Automotive Redesign (LITECAR) Challenge. The design challenge served to accelerate innovative ideas by using novel material technologies, structural designs, … [More]
Arizona Polymer Flooring Announces Arif Kalam as Director of Sales & Business Development
Arizona Polymer Flooring (APF), a manufacturer of high-performance flooring products and concrete coating systems, is pleased to announce Arif Kalam now serves as director of sales and business development. Kalam will oversee the company’s business development and expansion strategies, as well as a team of nationwide sales representatives. He is responsible for forging new … [More]
InnovateHER 2015 Fastpitch Winners Alex Bradberry, Leiah Scheibel Selected for National $30,000 Competition
Alex Bradberry and Leiah Scheibel, who won the InnovateHER fastpitch competition that formally launched Arizona Women’s Education & Entrepreneur Center (AWEEc), a program of Arizona Women’s Education and Employment (AWEE), have been selected as finalists for the national SBA 2015 InnovateHER Business Challenge in May in Washington, D.C. The duo will compete against nine … [More]
BMO Harris Bank to Boost Credit to Arizona Business Owners by up to $2 Billion
BMO Harris Bank is making an additional $2 billion in credit available to businesses in Arizona over the next three years. "We're here to help, making more of our balance sheet available to businesses to support growth opportunities and help create new jobs,' said Tim Bruckner, Arizona Commercial Banking manager for BMO Harris Bank. "We have heard from our customers who say … [More]
CBRE Report Says Demand for Tech Workers is Driving Office Market Momentum in Metro Phoenix
Tech talent clustering is a growing driver of demand for office space in both large and small markets across the U.S., according to a new CBRE Research report, “Scoring Tech Talent” which ranks 50 U.S. markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Metropolitan Phoenix ranks at number 20 on the list. While established tech markets like San Francisco; … [More]
UnitedHealthcare Piloting a Program in Arizona to Give Select Plan Participants Walgreens Balance Rewards for Healthy Choices
People enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored plans in Arizona and Illinois can soon earn Walgreens Balance® Rewards points for completing certain healthy activities. Plan participants will have the opportunity to redeem points and save on merchandise at Walgreens in-store or online. Walgreens and UnitedHealthcare’s collaboration will integrate Walgreens Balance … [More]
Ballard Spahr’s William Hicks Recognized by Children’s Law Center
Ballard Spahr lawyer William A. Hicks III will be honored with the Adoption Sustaining Award of Excellence by the Children’s Law Center at today’s Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) of Maricopa County’s For Love of Justice Reception. Hicks is a longtime volunteer for the Children’s Law Center, where he dedicates his time to helping family members and others obtain custody of … [More]
Alliance Residential Named the Country’s Largest Apartment Developer
Alliance Residential has earned national recognition by making the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) annual multifamily industry rankings report. For the first time, the NMHC expanded to include the nation’s Top 25 Developers, with Alliance ranking as the No. 1 apartment developer with 7,500 starts in 2014. This follows Alliance’s No. 1 ranking on last year’s top … [More]
Early Warning and BioCatch Align to Help U.S. Financial Services Organizations Fight Fraud
Early Warning, a trusted leader in fraud prevention and risk management, announced today a strategic alliance with BioCatch, a global leader in behavioral biometrics, authentication and malware detection. Through this collaboration and Early Warning’s consortium model, financial services organizations (FSOs) can now gain and share behavioral intelligence to improve visibility … [More]
HomeSmart Tops Residential Real Estate Lists
Arizona-based real estate firm HomeSmart is setting record growth in today’s market. In the last two weeks, it was ranked at the top of two prestigious real estate industry rankings: RISMedia’s Power Broker Top 500, and REAL Trends 500. Both of these prestigious awards are based on sales volume and transactions from 2014. HomeSmart Phoenix was listed as the 12th-top real estate … [More]
2015 BBB Business Ethics Awards Winners Revealed
Better Business Bureau serving Central, Northern and Western Arizona (BBB) revealed the 2015 BBB Business Ethics Awards winners last night during its 14th annual dinner sponsored by Wells Fargo. For the first time, BBB also presented an award recognizing an individual's commitment to ethics. 2015 BBB Business Ethics Awards winners: Category 1 (1-10 Employees) Curt’s Auto … [More]
Carrington College Students Collect 100 Blankets/Towels for Arizona Humane Society
More than 100 blankets and towels were delivered to the Arizona Humane Society thanks to efforts by students in the Veterinary Assisting program at Carrington College’s Phoenix North Campus, located at 8503 N. 27th Ave. The April 3 donation to the local Humane Society was the result of a month-long collection effort by students as part of the Carrington Cares community outreach … [More]
Landmark Title Adds New Commercial Title Office to Team
Landmark Title Assurance Agency has added commercial title officer Josh Conant to its team. Conant will be lending his expertise in title research, underwriting and customer service to Landmark’s commercial transactions. Conant got his start as a title officer in 2002 with Fidelity National Title. Since then, he has worked in multiple industry-related roles. His past … [More]
Insight Awarded Contract to Provide IT Solutions for NASA
Insight Public Sector, a division of Insight Enterprises, Inc. — a leading worldwide technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions to business and government clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific — announced that it has been awarded a contract as part of NASA’s $20 billion Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) … [More]
