CEO Connect

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its November CEO Connect with Cliff Scott, chief executive officer of Career Match Solutions, at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Presenting sponsors for the event included CI Group, CLA and Shumaker. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Scott in front of a live audience. Photos by

Trevor Burgess was the founder and chief executive officer for C1 Bank, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange, in 2014, the same year he was named the American Community Banker of the Year. C1 Bank eventually was sold to the Bank of Ozarks for $402 million, in 2016. That same year, he

TBBW’s October CEO Connect spotlighted Jim Norman in an engaging live interview and networking event in Tampa.

Steve Frey launched Oasis Corporate Housing during the financial collapse of 2008.  By 2018, the company had $62 million in revenue and, by 2022, revenue jumped to $120 million. He is projecting to grow that number to $145 million, in 2023.  Bridgette Bello, chief executive officer and publisher of Tampa Bay Business and Wealth, interviewed

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its September CEO Connect with Trevor Burgess, chief executive officer of Neptune Flood Insurance, at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Presenting sponsors included Project Dynamo, Npersepective and Northern Trust. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Burgess in front of a live audience. Photos by Heike

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its August CEO Connect with Steve Frey, chief executive officer of Oasis Corporate Housing, at the Floridan, in downtown Tampa. Presenting sponsors included Shumaker and Warren Averett. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Frey in front of a live audience. You can read the cover story here.

By the age of 30, Amanda Tress wanted to be a millionaire. She checked that “to-do” off her list a few years prior.  She met her retirement goals by 2018. She was only 32. In 2022, FASTer Way to Fat Loss, Tress’ Clearwater-based company, had revenue of $47.5 million. In 2023, it’s estimated to break

Like Father, Like Daughter with Richard Gonzmart and Andrea Gonzmart Williams The historic identity the Columbia Restaurant has made, in Ybor City, is undeniable. It’s a story told, over and over, but the succession plan, and the dynamic between the current leadership, is yet a new story and one Tampa Bay Business and Wealth was

t he Galati family relocated from Westchester, New York, to Hollywood, Florida, in the late 1960s.  The family ended up on Anna Maria Island, which is where the family’s business, Galati Yachts, is still based today.  With the passing of Michael Senior (the patriarch), in 1992, the business was passed down to his five children,

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its July CEO Connect with Amanda Tress, chief executive officer of FASTer Way to Fat Loss, at the USF Muma College of Business, in Tampa. Presenting sponsors included Southstate and Talent Cloud Staffing. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Tress in front of a live audience. You

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its June CEO Connect with Richard Gonzmart and Andrea Gonzmart Williams, owners of the Columbia Restaurant and the 1905 Family of Restaurants. Presenting sponsors included The Bank of Tampa, Nperspective, CLA (CliftonLarsenAllen) and the Sunshine State Economic Development Corp., or SEDCO. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed

Lisa Holland was appointed as chief executive officer of the nation’s largest privately owned aviation services and real estate network a few weeks before COVID-19 shut down the world and while dealing with the unknowns of a global pandemic that essentially grounded air travel until the world adapted. Meanwhile, she was finding her foothold as