Jim Davidson has played a key role in some of the biggest deals in the technology industry, including investments in Dell, Skype, Go Daddy, Alibaba, Avago, Seagate and Sabre Holdings, which operates Travelocity. For his impressive work in the investment arena, the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University will honor Davidson – co-founder, managing partner and … [More]
Three Lawyers From Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C. Named “Super Lawyers,” Fourth Named Rising Star
Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C., one of north Scottsdale’s largest law firms, is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s lawyers, Randy Nussbaum, Greg Gillis and Dean Dinner were named 2014 Southwest Super Lawyers while a fourth lawyer, John Parzych, was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star. This is Gillis’ first year receiving the award. Dinner, Nussbaum and Parzych are … [More]
EPA Names Maracay Homes Energy Star-Certified Homes Market Leader
Maracay Homes announced today that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a 2014 ENERGY STAR-Certified Homes Market Leader. The award recognizes Maracay Homes for its comprehensive LivingSmartR program. In 2013, Maracay Homes built nearly 500 ENERGY STAR certified homes. Collectively, these homes will save homeowners approximately $150,000 on … [More]
Attorneys at Roshka DeWulf & Patten Honored as Super Lawyers
Roshka DeWulf & Patten, a Phoenix-based business law firm representing clients in complex litigation and regulatory issues, is pleased to announce four attorneys have been honored as 2014 Southwest Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of accomplished attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and … [More]
Sam Fox Honored with 2014 Richard Melman Award from ‘Restaurant Hospitality’
Sam Fox, founder and CEO of Fox Restaurant Concepts, was selected by Restaurant Hospitality magazine as the 2014 recipient of its Richard Melman Innovator of the Year Award. Each year, editors of Restaurant Hospitality select the Richard Melman Innovator of the Year Award recipient after consulting with Melman himself. Other recipients of the award include Jose Andres, Danny … [More]
REDW Named Among Top Fastest-Growing Accounting Firms in the US
REDW LLC, one of the largest and most respected certified public accounting and business consulting firms in the Southwest, is pleased to announce that AccountingToday.com named the company the fourth-fastest-growing accounting firm in the U.S. during 2013. REDW was also recognized as the fifth-largest accounting firm in the southwestern United States. AccountingToday.com is … [More]
Hines Expands Strategic Phoenix Market Team
Hines announces the hire of four employees and the promotion of four employees who have decades of experience in development, property management and construction, building a robust and strategic Phoenix team. “We’re cultivating a talented team to reflect Hines’ strong commitment and further investment in the Phoenix marketplace,” said Chris Anderson, managing director of … [More]
Sundt Expands its Tempe Team
Sundt Construction, Inc., has promoted construction industry veteran Sean Lynch to operations manager for concrete construction. Lynch has more than 30 years of experience in the industry, 27 of which have been focused on commercial concrete construction. Lynch’s primary responsibilities in his new role are to continue to strengthen Sundt’s concrete construction team, ensure … [More]
First Internet Bank Expands Commercial Banking to Southwest US
First Internet Bank of Indiana, a premier provider of online retail and business banking services nationwide, today announced the geographic expansion of its commercial and industrial (C&I) lending services to the Southwestern United States, with the addition of three seasoned bankers operating from the Bank’s Phoenix-area loan production office. To lead the Tempe-based … [More]
AHA Award of Honor to be Presented to Rhonda Anderson, R.N.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its 2014 Award of Honor to Rhonda Anderson, R.N., DNSc, chief executive officer of Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. The award, presented on May 5 as part of the AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting, is given to individuals or organizations in recognition of exemplary contributions to the health and well-being of our … [More]
Avnet Recognized on the 2014 ‘InformationWeek Elite 100’ as a Top Business Technology Innovator
Global technology distributor Avnet, Inc. announced that it was named to the InformationWeek Elite 100 – a list of the top business technology innovators in the U.S. Avnet was recognized for automating the processes around one of the most critical sales areas for its enterprise computing operating group – performance-based incentive programs for its sales teams, customers and … [More]
Catharine Teeter Joins CBRE as Director of Operations
CBRE has announced that Catharine Teeter has joined the firm as its director of operations for Arizona and the Intermountain Region. In this role, she will partner with the firm’s market and regional leadership to develop and implement strategic priorities for operations. ”I am thrilled to welcome Cathy to the team. She is the perfect complement to our team of best-in-class … [More]
National Bank of Arizona Hires New Wealth Advisor
National Bank of Arizona (NB|AZ) is proud to announce Robert Wagner as a new wealth advisor at its Gainey Ranch Wealth Center. Wagner brings numerous years of financial planning, business development and strategic planning experience to his new position at NB|AZ. As an NB|AZ wealth advisor, Wagner will be responsible for developing high net-worth investment management … [More]
CCG Catalyst Hires Ryan Esquell as Senior Vice President of Business Development
CCG Catalyst, a bank consulting firm providing strategic direction for banks, has named Ryan Esquell as senior vice president of business development, focusing primarily on working with CCG Catalyst clients and prospective clients to develop and implement sound strategic initiatives as well as establishing increased executive-level relationships. Esquell has worked with a … [More]
Jeffrey H. Wolf Named 2014 ‘Legal Eagle’ by Franchise Times
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that local partner Jeffrey H. Wolf has been named Legal Eagles for 2014 by Franchise Times magazine. Legal Eagle honorees are attorneys who are viewed as the best franchise lawyers, at the top of their games, nominated by their peers, clients and the Franchise Times’ editorial board as the rainmakers, go-to … [More]
Linda Hunt, Dignity Health Arizona
With all the debate over healthcare, an aspect that gets little attention is the role of the healthcare consumer. But the more engaged the individual, the better the health outcome should be — and when this is translated to the workplace, employers are finding that engaging employees in their healthcare impacts the company’s healthcare benefits cost. The question is, how do … [More]
Comply or Deny? Businesses Deal with Healthcare Mandates
Four months since the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took effect, many Arizona business owners and managers are still struggling to understand how to comply with the law and embrace it in a way that makes sense economically. It continues to be a confusing time for employers, particularly since the Federal government has changed the deadlines and rules several … [More]
Ori Eisen: Sharing the Cure for Online Fraud
In ten years, Ori Eisen, founder of 41st Parameter, took his Internet-fraud-fighting company from zero revenue to $25 million with $80 million worth of backlog orders already in place and a sale to Experian, the global information services conglomerate, for $324 million. But the decision to go out on his own was not an easy one. As head of fraud detection at American … [More]
