The 44th annual St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show will be held at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater—Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park (next to the Dali Museum) from January 20 to 23. Florida residents who love boats, sailing enthusiasts and those in the market for a luxury vessel can anticipate … Read more
CR Fitness, Crunch Fitness’ largest franchisee, has named Tony Scrimale as its chief executive officer. Scrimale has more than 25 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. His experience includes club development, regional management, sales and operations. He started in the fitness industry by selling club memberships and cleaning gyms. In 1997, Scrimale … Read more
Action Zone, an entrepreneur support organization that serves military community members in establishing, or growing, their businesses, has named Kishima Garcia as its new executive director. Garcia is an entrepreneur, United States Air Force veteran and a military spouse. She previously was executive vice president of human capital and strategy at Quiet Professionals. “Inviting Kishima … Read more
ProVise Management Group named Eric Ebbert as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Ray Ferrara, who is the founder of ProVise and was the previous CEO, will remain as executive chair and chief compliance officer. Jon Brethauer will succeed Ebbert as ProVise’s president. “I look forward to setting the stage for our future growth as we … Read more
When Ed Ellsasser steps into his new role as chairman of CEO Council of Tampa Bay, in January, he will have his hands full. After all, outgoing Chair Hugh Campbell, president of AC4S Technologies in Tampa, once said that leading active troops in the military was easier than leading a large group of type-A business … Read more
If you’re looking to get out of the house and celebrate the New Year in style, there are several events happening in the Tampa Bay area on New Year’s Eve. ST. PETERSBURG Flute & Dram 234 Beach Drive, NE, St. Petersburg Time: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Info: Live entertainment, cocktail specials, champagne toast at … Read more
The co-founders of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving, Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman, will be featured on the season premiere of CBS’ “Undercover Boss” on January 7. The episode follows Friedman and Soliman as they wear disguises and work alongside their employees. Friedman and Soliman have shared exclusive teasers from the episode with Tampa … Read more
It’s not an awful way to spend a Friday that’s supposed to be a workday. Grab a few of your friends, best clients or both. Duck out of the office, hop on a private jet leaving from Sheltair Tampa’s “executive airport” within minutes of parking your car. Let the networking, conversations and cocktails flow—as you … Read more
Ideal Agent, a Tampa-based real estate technology company that connects home sellers with agents across the United States, added GHS Holdings to its investor list, which is led by Chairman Harsha V. Agadi. Agadi is a serial entrepreneur of multiple public, and private, companies such as Church’s Fried Chicken, Friendly Ice Cream, Krystal, Little Caesars … Read more
Andy Mayts is in the process of officially starting his tenure as chair of the Tampa Bay Chamber. “As we start off the new chamber year, we’re going to be committed to several different initiatives that are in works,” Mayts says. Leadership development, supporting active military, spouses of military and veterans, were a few of … Read more
