Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Fast 15: Douglas Hutchings

Native Brit Douglas Hutchings not only has found a home in Arkansas, but he’s also found a favorable environment for entrepreneurs. “I like to give credit where credit is due,”…

Fast 15: Dustin Hughes

Plenty of hours and good pay are what attracted Dustin Hughes to Kimbel Mechanical Systems. Hughes found a lot more than that, though, and is now the face of the…

Fast 15: Erin Fritsche

Erin Fritsche left the University of Arkansas with a degree in industrial engineering, only to accept a job at an organizational training company. “They really hooked me,” Fritsche said with…

Fast 15: George Purvis

George Purvis started college with ideas about becoming a dentist or physical therapist. “Three years of upper biology electives kind of burned my candle out,” Purvis said. A casual conversation…

Fast 15: Joseph F. Rumsey V

When he was 14 years old, Joey Rumsey began working summers for the family business, Zero Mountain Inc. The Fort Smith-based company — founded by Rumsey’s grandfather in 1955 and…

Fast 15: Joey Palmer

Joey Palmer’s already a 10-year veteran at USA Truck, having started there as a temporary, part-time employee while in college. After attending the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith for…

Fast 15: Kat Barlow

Running a successful dance apparel business and raising two young children already keep Kat Barlow on the move. But she’s recently taken on another labor of love. She and her…

Fast 15: Keaton Smith

Keaton Smith is excited by the increased opportunity his new position at IberiaBank gives him to make a difference in people’s lives. His previous role entailed customer service, opening checking…

Fast 15: Matt Miller

Upon graduation from the University of Arkansas in May 2007, Matt Miller had a choice to make — put the finance degree he just earned to use, or indulge his…

Fast 15: Ryan Frazier

Ryan Frazier began investing as a middle-schooler, challenged by his uncle to identify the hottest toys and gadgets among his peers. “Then we’d invest in it and see what happened,”…

Fast 15: Todd Varnadoe

When hired in November 2010 to run an Arvest Bank branch in Jane, Mo., Todd Varnadoe didn’t have much of a track record in the banking industry. Heading a local…

Fast 15: Trenton Moss

Trenton Moss earned a business marketing degree from the University of Missouri in May 2006 — and then didn’t have a clue what he wanted to do next. A brother…

Fast 15: Alexa McGriff

Just two years out of college and two years into her first job, Alexa McGriff has helped ONF grow its number of owners more than 30 percent, to nearly 9,000,…

Forty Under 40: Adam Arroyos

A native of treeless north Texas, Adam Arroyos had always liked trees, and when he came to Fayetteville for a Walmart shareholders meeting in 1994, he fell in love with…

Forty Under 40: Daniel J. Barnes

One the most rewarding parts of Daniel Barnes’ job is McClelland’s longstanding relationship with the University of Arkansas. The two entities have worked on a bevy of projects over the…

Forty Under 40: Chad Betts

Growing up in a rural, medically underserved community in the tip of the Oklahoma panhandle, Chad Betts knew he wanted to be a physician. With an eye on becoming a…

Forty Under 40: Brooke Bisbee

Brooke Bisbee said she’s always been drawn to surgery. She chose the field of podiatry so she could still perform surgery while also having the lifestyle she wanted. Bisbee graduated…

Forty Under 40: Meredith Brunen

Meredith Brunen’s always had a passion for helping students achieve their goals. “I consider myself a perpetual student,” she said. “What better way to give back and take part in…

Forty Under 40: Caroline S. Clarke

Caroline Clarke started with Wal-mart in 1997 as an intern in the real estate and design department. Today, the Little Rock native leads a team of more than 130 associates,…

Forty Under 40: Blair Cromwell

Blair Cromwell has had no less than six title changes at the Bentonville CVB. Her charge also changed recently, thanks to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. “Now we’re turning…