GenXYZ

As the top designer at Four Five One Events, Deirdre Wildman produces more than 100 events annually throughout Colorado and the United States.

Alexis Boian says it is unusual for a bank to hire someone who knows philanthropy, not banking.

Kristy Taddonio climbed the ranks of the McDonald’s distribution chain by demonstrating strength in sales and the ability to grow the company.

When a giant came knocking, BroadHop happily opened the door. in 2013, Cisco Systems Inc. acquired the company, a provider of next-generation policy control and service management for carrier networks. Kishen Mangat, who co-founded BroadHop in 2003, says the time was right to make the move.

Mitchell Gonzales thought he wanted to get into the hotel and restaurant management business. He majored in hospitality management his first three years at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, but then he had a realization.

It’s not uncommon for someone to make a little money waiting tables, flipping burgers or juggling employee schedules to help pay for college. It’s a little more unusual for that same person to fall in love with the business. “I…

Strategic connector, Hemming is the president of C10, a private network of C-level businesspeople and technology leaders that hosts exclusive events in cities across the U.S.

Listen to Matt Taylor talk about his business for a while and you realize his success largely resulted from taking some well-educated guesses.

What they lack in experience, these 25 top young pros make up for in drive, determination and ingenuity.

When Brandy Bertram was in grade school, all her report cards contained the same critique. “It always had ‘Challenges the instructor,’” says Bertram, currently the executive director of YouthBiz. “I was always asking, ‘Why am I doing this, what is this and where does it come from?’”

Problem-solvers, challenge-hurdlers, inventors, social activists, economic experts, app builders, wealth managers… the list goes on and on.

Resolution Research CEO Nina Nichols wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Madolyn Jones, her nominee for one of Colorado’s Top 25 Most Influential Young Professionals, is not – repeat, not – for hire.

Now in its third year, the feature we’ve dubbed "Gen XYZ" for the age-group or "generation" it represents – the under-40 set – has boomed in popularity and participation numbers, to the simultaneous delight and consternation of the judges who pour over the nominations to come to a consensus on the...

Amanda Adams, 29, wants people to be excited about a career in mining. That includes everyone from Girl Scouts on an educational excursion on Dinosaur Ridge to new hires at MWH Global, where Adams works as a senior geological engineer.

Karl Falk, 37, thinks his Air Force experience has helped him in his current career, which is negotiating real estate short sales. Falk is president and CEO of Summit Mitigation Services, which helps title companies and real estate brokers handle negotiations of short sales.

Usually the way to make sure a student learned something is to give a quiz. Unfortunately this isn’t practical for continuing education for health-care professionals. Marc Crawford’s company, Educational Measures, helps companies capture outcomes, or the impact of educational programs.

At 18, Michael Pytel was a new father and reluctant college dropout working as a warehouse clerk to pay the bills. It was actually an improvement over his previous job.

Similar to our GenXYZ profiles of young professionals making their mark in Colorado business, we set out to unearth companies that project a certain youthful exuberance, entrepreneurial zeal, and a forecaster’s sense of what goods or services will be of value in the marketplace.

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