Birmingham company gets Arizona funding; Pepper Place director wins award; Mobile Chamber COO retiring; Founding CEO of Downtown Huntsville takes soccer job; Alabama companies win awards

Birmingham company gets funding from Arizona

Birmingham-based XpertDox has received $1.5 million in funding from a private equity firm based in Arizona. XpertDox specializes in medical coding powered by artificial intelligence.  – Bham Now

Pepper Place director wins Les Dames grant

Leigh Sloss-Corra, executive director of the Market at Pepper Place, won one of four $2,500 grants given by Les Dames d’Escoffier International as part of the group’s inaugural Women of Purpose Growth Grants. LDEI has a Birmingham chapter. – Cision

Mobile Chamber COO retiring

Mobile Chamber Chief Operating officer Bob Chappelle, who has been with the group for more than two decades, has announced his retirement. Chappelle is retiring effective Feb. 1, 2023. – Mobile Chamber

Founding CEO of Downtown Huntsville named to MLS post

Chad Emerson, founding CEO of Downtown Huntsville Inc., has been named managing director of business operations for Huntsville’s MLS Next pro club. – News 19

Alabama companies win Apiture awards

Birmingham-based Oakworth Capital Bank and Tuscaloosa-based Alabama Credit Union earned two of the top three awards given at Apiture Accelerate, a conference in Austin, Texas, to recognize companies using Apiture’s digital banking platform. Oakworth was named Innovator of the Year, and Alabama Credit Union won Consumer Banking Innovator.   – Yahoo! Finance