Tag: best-in-class

Forty Under 40: Brad Jones

Brad Jones, 31, not only got to fulfill his dream. He got to do it with a friend. The Greenwood native graduated in 1993 from the University of Arkansas with…

Forty Under 40: Darren K. Lee

Darren Lee was working as a welder in Alaska when he suffered an injury that he was told would need surgery to repair. He visited a chiropractor and changed his…

Forty Under 40: Ronald L. Loveless II

Ronald Loveless, 32, has been at Remington Products Co. in Bentonville for less than two months, and already he’s talking about the company’s “domestic and global goals.” “I hope to…

Forty Under 40: Matt Mawby

Matt Mawby likes seeing new faces in town. But he likes seeing more familiar ones in his office. As vice president and general manager of Rogers-based Professional Business Systems since…

Fast 15: Alex Blass

Alex Blass is the youngest employee of Sage Partners LLC to make partner. Two years ago, Blass was one of six partners who founded sister company, Sage Asset Solutions. The…

Fast 15: Caleb Khazoyan

Caleb Khazoyan’s unique design approach took root more than 10 years ago when he led an international team of students to create two award-winning indie games. As founder of Biotech…

Fast 15: Hannah Cicioni

Hannah Cicioni has a difficult, but welcome, problem — finding enough time to devote to her bill-paying job as an up-and-coming real estate developer and also to her labor of…

Fast 15: Chris Brown

Chris Brown, CPA, says he’s more people-person than accounting guru. During his career at one of the state’s largest accounting firms, he thrives on the relationships he forms with customers…

Fast 15: Patrick Grace

When Patrick Grace applied to join Collective Bias, it was a young startup. Grace was working for Tyson Foods Inc. as an intern, and leaving the more established company might…

Fast 15: Lauren Stokes

Three years ago, Lauren Stokes kick-started her multimillion-dollar clothing brand with a $20,000 line of credit that she secured with a “pinky promise” made to a local banker and family…

Fast 15: Corey Thompson

Corey Thompson didn’t want to see his doctorate research on solar technology ride off into the sunset. So, he used it to start a business. Thompson and three other partners…

Fast 15: Stephen Spicer

Stephen Spicer has always had a no-nonsense attitude about his career. While his classmates wanted to be astronauts and cowboys when they grew up, elementary-age Spicer said he’d like to…

Fast 15: Jessica Boyd

Jessica Boyd is on a mission to make a difference, and nothing, not even a breast cancer diagnosis at age 25, has slowed her down. Boyd was diagnosed in December…

Fast 15: Claire Meadors

When Claire Meadors joined Saatchi & Saatchi X in January 2015, she knew immediately it was where she was meant to be. The company culture is Meadors’ favorite aspect of…

Fast 15: Zane Ludwick

When Zane Ludwick graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in finance, he already had five years’ worth of real-world banking experience under his belt. The early…

Fast 15: Cameron Magee

Cameron Magee was well on his way to becoming a history teacher when he had a revelation. What if he could do what he loved on Tuesdays? Magee, a Bentonville…

Fast 15: Will Roth

Will Roth is a salesman. His merchandise is the Arkansas Razorbacks. There likely has never been a more perfect match between vendor and product. Roth was raised on the Hogs….

Fast 15: Katie Eaves

Growing up, Katie Eaves’ interest was in fine arts, and after being recognized as one of the state’s top soprano voices while competing at Fayetteville High School, she received a…

Fast 15: Cody Few

Cody Few is just two years removed from college, but he is already thriving in the competitive world of executive recruiting. Few joined Stout as an intern a little more…

NWA Women in Business: Angela Belford

Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.S., business administration, University of Arkansas; M.S., internet marketing, Full Sail University in Florida Professional background: Belford’s knowledge and abilities in the areas of web-based technology, search-engine…