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Bart Valdez — CEO of the Year 2022 Finalist
Colorado is full of devoted entrepreneurs, business leaders and tech-savvy visionaries who are constantly taking the business world to new heights. It’s no secret that here, at ColoradoBiz, we love the Colorado business community. That’s why, every year, we spotlight the most impressive CEOs throughout our Centennial[...]
How the Fort Collins Pig & The Plow Farmstead Bakery Became a Post-COVID Success Story
You may have read the popular Farming Fort Collins Blog turned online farm and ranch directory, turned e-zine, The Pig & The Plow: From the Field, but have you stopped by the Pig & Plow Farmstead Bakery and met the woman behind it all? Erica Glaze has been busy. After growing up in the fresh, […]
Cory Kwarta — CEO of the Year 2022 Finalist
Colorado is full of devoted entrepreneurs, business leaders and tech-savvy visionaries who are constantly taking the business world to new heights. It’s no secret that here, at ColoradoBiz, we love the Colorado business community. That’s why, every year, we spotlight the most impressive CEOs throughout our Centennial[...]
Introducing ColoradoBiz’s 2022 CEO of the Year – John Street
A cousin of John Street once expressed surprise that such a creative soul would be drawn to a career in business. Street, an accomplished clarinet and piano player who studied business and accounting at Notre Dame, reasoned that he’s “ambidextrous” in terms of interests and aptitudes, and that, besides, business lends itse[...]
InBank and InBankshares, Corp Announce Mark Christian as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
InBankshares, Corp (OTCQX: INBC) and its wholly owned subsidiary InBank (together, the “Company”), an independent commercial bank serving the Colorado Front Range, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico markets, announced earlier this month that they have added veteran banking and operations executive Mark Christian as Ex[...]
Q&A — Michael Walters Talks Future of Business Banking with KeyBank
ColoradoBiz caught up recently with Michael Walters, who in September was named Keybank’s head of business banking across a 15-state footprint. Walters, who was named a ColoradoBiz Top 25 Young Professional in 2020, previously served as executive vice president and west regional retail executive, overseeing KeyBank’s retail [...]
Haynes Boone Hires Top Colorado Banking and Finance Lawyer Erin Simmons in Denver
Erin Simmons, who handles complex lending transactions for financial clients, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Denver-based partner in the firm’s Finance Practice. Erin has a broad lending practice representing banks, financial institutions, businesses, and private equity sponsors in structuring and negotiating secured an[...]
Matt Barnett, Co-founder, The Basketball Social House
Matt Barnett is the co-founder of The Basketball Social House in Centennial, Colorado. The 21,000 sq. ft. venue has a variety of basketball courts, private suites, digital games, gourmet kitchen, a full bar, and an upscale lounge. The first of its kind, the facility is dedicated to bringing families and friends together to enjoy[...]
Jimmy Bemis, Co-Founder, The Basketball Social House
Jimmy Bemis is the co-founder of The Basketball Social House in Centennial, Colorado. The 21,000 sq. ft. venue has a variety of basketball courts, private suites, digital games, gourmet kitchen, a full bar, and an upscale lounge. The first of its kind, the facility is dedicated to bringing families and friends together to enjoy [...]
Good Company: Mike Shand, CEO of Bron Tapes
Mike Shand joined Bron Tapes as a sales representative in San Diego in 2003. The company manufactures, customizes and distributes adhesive tape of all kinds to industries ranging from aerospace to construction to film. Its Killer Red Tape is trademarked as “the world’s best double-sided tape.” The 150-employee business now[...]
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Names Six New Inductees for 2023 Program
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain are pleased to announce that they will add six new inductees in 2023 to the Colorado Business Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes influential state business leaders, past and present. The just-named class will be inducted at the 33rd Colorado Bu[...]
KeyBank Names Michael Walters as Head of Business Banking
Last Thursday, KeyBank announced that Michael Walters has been named Head of Business Banking, overseeing Business Banking across Key’s 15-state footprint. Walters previously served as Executive Vice President and West Regional Retail Executive, overseeing KeyBank’s retail branch network across the western U.S. In his n[...]
