Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its January CEO Connect with Moises Agami, chief executive officer of Valor Capital, in Clearwater. Presenting sponsors included Southstate. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Agami in front of a live audience. You can read Agami’s story here. Photos by Tacy Briggs-Troncoso. Video by Empowering Creative.
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Preserve Vision Florida, a Pinellas County-based statewide non-profit, will honor David Yates as its 2023 Person of Vision. The 44th Annual Person of Vision Award Gala will be held on March 2, in Clearwater Marina Aquarium’s Jacobson Ballroom. The dinner will be preceded by a reception on the Dolphin Terrace. According to a statement, “When
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Ally Capital Group, a Tampa-based real estate investment firm, and Paradise Ventures, a St. Petersburg-based real estate firm, have unveiled the first look at the reimagined mixed-use development, the Sundial. Designed by Behar and Peteranecz, a St. Petersburg-based architecture firm, the reimagined Sundial will feature multimillion dollars in improvements designed to revitalize the once upscale
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Ideal Agent, a full-service real estate technology company, has named Chad Hall director of sales and operations to lead its sales division. Hall is a veteran residential realtor, with more than 15 years of sales and operation expertise, with health care, financial and real estate companies. Most recently, Hall was with Matrix Medical Network where
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Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation (also known as the Van Wezel Foundation) announced a $10 million contribution from the Paul Seed Fund at KBF CANADA to the Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, to support the architect and design team in building a new performing arts center. Paul Seed founded StarTech.com, a company specializing in connectivity
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The TBBW Awards is a unique awards program, created by TBBW Magazine, to recognize distinguished women leaders whose dedication to their industries and communities deserves particular recognition. Judges looked at business and professional success, community involvement and mentorship as pillars in their judging. For this inaugural awards program, there was 291 unique nominations and 159
Read MoreMedical Technology Associates has acquired Energy Plus and its family of companies headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Energy Plus provides scientific equipment and facilities with a portfolio of services including clean air testing, certification, calibration, refrigeration, decontamination and training. Founded in 1979 by his father, Michael Geppert Jr. is the second-generation owner/operator of Energy Plus. “Michael
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Tampa Bay Wave, a nonprofit technology accelerator for entrepreneurs, has announced the startups that will participate in its CyberTech|X 2023 Accelerator program including companies from Australia, Israel, Mexico and Singapore. The CyberTech|X 2023 Accelerator is a 3-month tech business accelerator program that offers companies access to key resources such as a dedicated team of experts,
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KUDUCOM (formerly PBX-Change) has promoted Rebekah Nault to director of business development. Nault started with the company in 2007 and spent 10 years as a service deployment coordinator, three years as an account manager and another three years as a business and community development liaison, according to a statement. Nault has been heavily involved with
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The Motor Enclave has entered into a multi-year alliance with The Morgan Auto Group to be “The Official Automotive Retailer” of the 200-acre experiential motorsports venue, located at the corner of I-4 and I-75, in Tampa. “When we learned about The Motor Enclave coming to Tampa, we knew we had to be involved in some
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Pendry Residences Tampa has begun construction of the condominium tower in downtown Tampa’s Riverwalk. Pendry Residences Tampa will offer fully serviced living with modern-designed homes ranging from one to three bedrooms featuring expansive floor-to-ceiling windows and private terraces, starting from $1,175,000, as well as several penthouse residences on the top floors of the tower. Residents
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The Tampa Bay Latin Chamber of Commerce has named a new president and vice president. Danielle Hernandez will take over as president and Diana Walker was named vice president. Outgoing President, Cesar R. Hernandez, will transition to chairman of the organization, following a tenure that included the launch of the Latin Tech Accelerator, in partnership
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