Technology

Tampa’s Bayshore Solutions announces major merger

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Tampa Bay Shore Solutions

Bayshore Solutions, a digital marketing and web development agency with offices in Tampa and Denver, merged with Spinutech, effective January 1. Spinutech, located in Chicago, Des Moines and Cedar Falls, Iowa, is a web design and marketing agency. The combined agencies will do business as Spinutech and will be able to offer clients a broader … Read more

Diamond View unveils new virtual studio in Tampa (PHOTOS)

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Diamond View Tampa

Diamond View, a five-time Emmy award-winning video agency in Tampa, announced the launch of Vū, a 10,000 square foot virtual production studio home to one of the world’s largest LED Volumes. Vū features extended reality (XR) technology that was recently popularized by Lucasfilm’s in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, as well as advanced in-panel … Read more

The year that changed everything

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If this year was a movie, it would have everything. Horror, comedy, tragedy … it would be an Oscar winner, no doubt.

Down the road, we will look back and have a different version of this experience in our heads.

But for now, it’s still fresh, not to mention ongoing.

TBBW wanted to do something different to end the year. We checked in with some of our past cover story subjects to find out what the year has been like for them, both personally and professionally.

How was their business? What lessons did they learn? Read on to find out.

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One Liners Hillsborough: ReliaQuest, Lazydays and more

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► 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

CEO Connect with Monica Hernandez (Transcript & Photos)

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Originally born in Colombia, Monica Hernandez has been in the information technology and consulting industry for more than 17 years. She’s the founder and CEO of MAS Global in Palm Harbor.

As a consultant, she’s had the chance to work with top United States experts, and talented teams, to serve the highest demands from global customers who are looking for expertise and guidance to meet their goals, deliver on schedule and be on budget.

MAS Global is a woman-owned, and Latina-owned, business that does $10 million-plus in revenue. It works with teams in Latin America and throughout North America.

Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Hernandez in front of a live audience at the Tampa Club. (Photos below)

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One Liners Hillsborough: Bloomin’ Brands, ReliaQuest and more

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►Royal Pets Market & Resort, a retailer providing a range of services including veterinary care, Royal Resort hotel, top-of-the-line nutrition, indoor dog daycare and a pet spa will open its first urban flagship store at Midtown Tampa. (Pictured above) ►Telepathy Labs, a Tampa technology company with an artificial intelligence platform, raised $6.6 million in an … Read more

Transformative technologies in health care: Navigating the crisis with collaboration and education

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For individuals and businesses, health is always a vital concern, but the current context makes affordable health care a primary focus. For those in the industry, it’s never been a better time to fix “a broken system,” as Steve Presser, president and chief operating officer of BeniComp, says. BeniComp, for “benefits and compensation,” is a … Read more

Keeping it real: ACS sustains its vibrant passion on virtual platforms

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Zoom confined their images to rectangles, but the virtual meeting room could not contain their passion. The American Cancer Society’s Southwest Florida team recently gathered a dedicated group of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer leaders, from Naples to New Port Richey, to swap tips, gain inspiration and emotionally connect for the cause. The Zoom meeting … Read more

Silver linings found during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Settling into the long Florida summer, industries and individuals are still grappling with the new normal in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even as our community, and business leaders, move forward with safety protocols for the re-emerging economy, families and companies are moving forward with positive lessons learned throughout the crisis. As John F. … Read more