Bobby Harris established BlueGrace Logistics, a third-party logistics company, in 2009. The company had revenue of $385 million in 2019 and anticipates breaking the $500 million mark this year. By 2023, Harris wants BlueGrace to be a multibillion-a-year company, with more than 3,000 employees. Harris comes from a philanthropic family, in addition to finding himself … Read more
PSCU’s CEO and President, Charles “Chuck” Fagan, was a boomerang employee. He left PSCU in 2012 and returned in 2015, with employees cheering when they heard the news, according to Brian Kosoy, vice president of corporate communications for PSCU. “He’s a very humble guy and big on promoting a family culture,” he says. When Fagan … Read more
Allen Brinkman leads the bank’s operations and commercial banking team in the greater Tampa market and reports to Austen Carroll, executive vice president, chief lending officer. The 94-year old, Florida-based bank entered the market last year through the acquisitions of Gulfshore Bank and Northstar Bank. Brinkman previously worked as managing director of Atlantic Merchant Capital … Read more
Lissette Campos has been named senior regional communications lead for the West Florida region of Florida Blue, the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan in Florida. Campos previously was director of community affairs at WFTS – A Scripps Media Company, in Tampa. “I’m thrilled to join the team of Florida Blue and look forward to learning … Read more
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp., the parent company of Florida Blue, acquired New Directions Behavioral Health, a managed behavioral health organization headquartered in Kansas City. GuideWell is currently a minority shareholder of New Directions. Through this transaction, GuideWell will acquire all interests from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City and Blue Cross Blue Shield of … Read more
As one of a team of architects responsible for the new St. Petersburg Pier, Ken Cowart has his favorite elements. There’s the tilted lawn, for starters; a grassy knoll stretching upward from the splash pad, it’s perfect for gaining a high vantage point and rolling down afterward (if you’re a kid, that is). Then there … Read more
► Moss Construction, in Tampa, was awarded a $14 million contract to renovate Northwest Elementary School in Hudson. ► ReliaQuest, a Tampa-based cybersecurity firm, entered into a partnership with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that includes its designation as the team’s official cybersecurity partner ►Bank of America is partnering with Feeding Tampa Bay, Metropolitan Ministries, Beth El Farmworker Ministry, St. Pete … Read more
Haley Crum is one of those rare stories. She was born in Dunedin, raised in Clearwater, and still lives, works and plays here to this day. She was raised in a close family and her dad was joined by her grandfather and in establishing Great American Temporary Services, a staffing and payroll firm in Clearwater, … Read more
