Deborah Barnhart Describes Herself as a “Rocket Baby”
Deborah Barnhart is a self-described “rocket baby, ” a child who grew up in Huntsville during the booming years when the von Braun team...
Seven Eleven Fabrication – Design Partners
Maybe it was by design that Robert McCown and Kevin Hollingshead became partners in a sideline business.
They went to rival high schools in the...
Banking and Bankers – Rising Stars of Alabama Banking
Meet 13 emerging leaders in banking, chosen from the standouts of the Alabama Bankers Association’s two programs for talented young bankers — Alabama Banking...
Healthcare – Birmingham is Builder’s Launchpad
Florida-based DeAngelis Diamond Healthcare Group chose Alabama as the base for an aggressive geographic expansion, setting up, in 2011, a regional headquarters in Birmingham,...
Cyber Attack and Security: Managing the Risk of Cyber Attack
Editor’s Note: Gary Shertenlieb, of Palomar Insurance, died in early May, not long after talking with us for this article.
In 2013, cyber thieves hacked one...
Canola Crop – 100-Year-Old Farm Yields a New Crop
In 2007, Ernst Cebert, Ph.D., a research scientist at Alabama A&M University, visited Bridgeforth Farms in Tanner. He wanted to share his recent research...
Heidi Elnora – How to Build a Nationwide Boutique
Like many a girl, Heidi Elnora dreamed of beautiful ball gowns and sketched her elegant designs. But unlike most of the others, Elnora has...
The Farmer’s Chief Executive
Jimmy Parnell grew up knowing what it meant to work literally until the cows came home. As a child at his family’s Chilton County...
Polaris Industries (Leading Manufacturer) – Alabama’s Latest Big Ride
Scott Wine, 48, is CEO and chairman of Polaris Industries, the world’s leading manufacturer of powersports vehicles — off-road vehicles and snowmobiles — with...
Auburn Alumni Seed the U.S. with Fast Growing Companies
For the first time in its storied history, Auburn University dedicated a day recently to honoring a new kind of tiger — the sort that slices through business challenges and swallows the competition.