powered by By Martin Lenkowsky; with additional reporting by Sally-Ann O’Dowd Using art to heal the sick and wounded, donning goggles to diagnose brain concussions, and a Palm Beach County hospital that wants patients to say “no to cheeseburgers,” are a few of the featured stories in this latest installment of SFBW’s series, “Innovations in
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Behaviorial health center looks for medical issues By Martin Lenkowsky Undiagnosed medical problems can be an invisible barrier when addressing addiction and other types of behavioral health, which is why the Florida House Experience takes a broad look at its clients. Chief medical officer and physician Ahmed Howeedy describes FHE as being much more than
Read More By Sally-Ann O’Dowd Elaborate art collections—long overlooked by financial advisers managing clients’ money—are becoming an integral facet of wealth management, according to a global study presented at Fort Lauderdale’s ArtServe. “We are seeing an expanding class of ultra-high-net-worth buyers who believe contemporary art is megacool,” says Adriano Picinati di Torcello, director and global art and
Read More By Darcie Lunsford The phones at IMS Worldwide, a Houston-based consulting firm that helps companies, local governments and real estate developers establish and operate foreign trade zones nationally, have been lighting up in recent months. As President Donald Trump amps up his trade-sheriff stance, the often-underused foreign trade zones program—established in the 1930s as a
Read More Powered by Compiled by Gilberto Medina, Research Director South Florida Business & Wealth surveyed accounting firms to seek those that had the largest litigation support accounting practice groups. SFBW presents the findings of the research in the list that follows, ranked by number of South Florida litigation support CPAs, then number of litigation support partners.
Read MorePowered By For a story accompanying the latest entry in SFBW’s series of lists, some of the region’s top CPAs convened to talk shop and share insights about litigation support accounting practices during a roundtable discussion. The panelists: • Marta Alfonso, principal of management advisory services and CPA at MBAF. • Eric Santa Maria, partner
Read MorePowered By Compiled by Gilberto Medina, Research Director South Florida Business & Wealth ranked the Top 100 South Florida law firms and is presenting them in segments of 25. This month we feature the law firms that rank 51-75. Ver Ploerg & Lumpkin leads the way as we present the next group of 25. Ranked
Read MoreSFBW celebrated its fifth Up & Comer Awards with a packed house at Xtreme Action Park in Fort Lauderdale. The awards were given to high achievers under the age of 40, which were judged on their individual achievements in the workplace and their charitable and civic contributions. The presenting Gold Sponsors were MSC Cruises and
Read MoreThe June installment of the South Florida Executive Roundtable featured a lively discussion that began with the quest for new talent and rounded out with insights on the most talked-about generation, the millennials. “I work with a lot of them and you have to teach them to pay their dues before they can get promoted,”
Read MoreMark Zoradi has served as Cinemark’s chief executive officer since August 2015. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Cinemark Holdings is a leader in the motion picture industry with 533 theaters and 5,964 screens in the United States and Latin America. It is the country’s third-largest theater company, with 339 theaters and 4,566 screens in 41 states.
Read MoreBy Greta Schulz Recently, I spoke to an organization that spent an ungodly amount of time, energy and money on social media to create lead generation. I asked, “Now what? How’s your closing ratio?” They looked at me like I had three heads. Just because we believe that we’ve found a new way to generate
Read MoreBy Stephen Garber How would the people in your life describe you and what drives you? How would your colleagues at work and clients describe working with you? How consistent are the answers? Change is inevitable. Think about the technology and environment that frame our day-to-day life. How many of us have a camera, a
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