Chris McFadyen
A Space & Missile Giant’s 51st Year in Alabama
Boeing Co. bases two of its corporate enterprises in Alabama — space and missiles — and its 2, 550 Alabama employees make it the...
Building a Southeastern Tech Contender
Larry Lilley is the CEO of one of the leading IT consulting firms in the Southeast, Birmingham-based CTS Inc. Computer Technology Solutions has grown...
High-Gain Hedge in Hospitals
Medical Properties Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust based in Birmingham, is riding high, in spite of a languishing recession that’s been especially anguishing...
Cyber Security is an Important Emerging Area and a Tough Problem
Marc Bendickson is CEO of Dynetics, one of Alabama’s largest private companies — 1, 055 employees, sales of $267 million — and one of...
Lawsuit Against Mobile Firm for Human Trafficking and Racketeering
In May, three lawsuits were filed in federal courts in Mississippi and Texas claiming that Mobile-based ship repair company Signal International LLC engaged in...
Schools and the Alabama Education Association
Henry Mabry is head of the Alabama Education Association. Historically one of the strongest special interest groups in Alabama politics, the AEA suffered one...
Not Big Enough to Succeed
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been lobbying for an increase in the justice system’s share of the 2014 general fund...
Critical Thinking Command
Gen. Charles Krulak took the job of president of Birmingham-Southern College in March 2011, following a career in the Marine Corps and...
Finns’ Alabama-based Advance on U.S. Market
Mick Wallis heads up one of the largest stainless steel plants in the world and the newest. He is president of Outokumpu Stainless...
Finns Fire up Massive Melt Shop
In a January 2012 move to become the largest stainless steel producer in the world, the Finnish company Outokumpu Oyj paid $3.6...