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Kirsten Benefiel’s historic role in the security industry
Benefiel's "road map" charts a course to grow beyond traditional manned security into adjacent value-added services. HSS is broadening its technology portfolio. One new product, Spotlight, helps secure medical devices.
George Stafford’s venture into manufacturing satellites
Before the 2008 launch of Blue Canyon, Stafford and his co-founders thought the coming micro-satellite boom would be hampered by a lack of mass production. The company started making navigation and power systems, then began manufacturing entire satellites. Now, their new factory is projected to output about 20 satellites a month[...]
Pat Craig and the largest animal sanctuary in the world
In 2018, The Wild Animal Sanctuary acquired 9,000 acres near Springfield in southeastern Colorado. The property allows for 100- to 300-acre habitats and about 80 animals. The preserve could ultimately house upwards of 1,000 animals.
Christoph Heinrich elevates the Denver Art Museum
Heinrich, 60, came to the Denver Art Museum as a curator of contemporary art in 2007 and stepped into the director role in 2010. He has since helped elevate the century-old institution by shepherding a number of gifts to the permanent collection.
Wanda James and the political voice of the cannabis industry
James worked on Gov. Jared Polis' Congressional campaign and President Barack Obama's finance committee in 2008. But it was her brother's 10-year prison sentence that led her to align her entrepreneurial and political inclinations. James morphed her political consulting career into another venture, the Cannabis Global Initiative[...]
Drivers are in demand
The job of commercial driver, with a median advertised annual salary of $70,016, led all job postings in Colorado in the last week of July. Check out the top 10 most-posted job openings and median advertised salaries compiled by EMSI.
Sports teams are cranking up the volume on the digital experience
A fascinating experiment is unfolding as games are played in the absence of a live crowd.Technicians are making noise the digital way, by pressing buttons on tablet computers to evoke any of 50 pre-recorded crowd sounds. Behind the curtain, here is a fascinating existential question: Do you really need a live audience to stage a[...]
Best for Colorado: Business for good, in the face of the unknown
Best for Colorado celebrates companies that are leveraging the power of business to do better in Colorado. In a year shrouded in uncertainty, Best for Colorado not only reminds businesses that resiliency is possible, but that they have a responsibility to their communities—a commitment worth celebrating.
Well-being in tomorrow’s workplace
Colorado’s Center for Health, Work & Environment’s nonprofit program, Health Links, brings together science-led experts and mentors to equip employers to promote the health, safety and well-being of their workforces—right here in Colorado and with companies nationwide.
Marketing the Macabre: The Black Monarch Hotel
Thirteen decades after welcoming its first guests, the hotel spread its wings once again as the Black Monarch Hotel, a new contender for the scariest place to stay in the Rockies.
Will the pandemic permanently shift where we work?
Before COVID-19, Denver, like many vibrant city centers, was experiencing unprecedented population growth and a renewed interest in concentrated metropolitan office space. Then the pandemic came into play.
Rise of the Pueblo Chile
The Pueblo Chile Growers Association started to take shape in 2015. Now with about 15 member farms, the association helped cement the Pueblo chile brand instead of the previous, less geographic moniker: the Mirasol chile. Pueblo chile acreage in Colorado is rising.
