Table of Contents
June 1999
- Inside Corner
If there were any question about which of the two largest bay area daily newspapers takes the rosiest view of life, look at how they approached the same report and the same statistics about Hillsborough County tourism. St. Petersburg writer Bob Andelman, a Maddux Report contributor, may have a big hit on his hands with his latest book, Built from Scratch, the inside story of The Home Depot. And the Tampa office of Fahlgren Advertising Inc. is charged with polishing the image of the Big Red Boat.
- Leads & Deals
Next Digital is the new name for the website technology company formerly known as Creative Solutions Interactive of Tampa. Amanda Atchley is the new media director at the at the Clearwater advertising agency, Devine Communications. In Lakeland, Breed Technologies Inc. has named Robin A. Kovaleski vice president of investor relations. And Edward W. Moneypenny has been named senior vice president and CFO at Florida Progress Corporation.
- Growth Strategies
Dhirendra "Sax" Saxena was one smart guy in India, but there was little outlet for his abilities, so he emigrated to the United States and now, with his son, Anupam, he is at the reins of a fast-growing engineering firm in Lakeland, ASC Geosciences Inc.
- Technology & Telecommunication
Teligent Inc. chose Tampa Bay as one of its guinea pig markets when it splashed onto the small business telecommunications scene with its 12-inch disc. So how goes the revolution?
- Banking & Investment
Wachovia Bank, 16th largest in the U.S., has been operating a loan production office in Tampa for more than a year. Now it's planning to leap into the general Florida banking, with Tampa as state headquarters and branches blooming everywhere.
- Grow or Die
Steve Uiterwyk got on-the-job training as an acquisitions expert with the Ferman Automotive Group in Tampa. Several months ago he joined Lonnie Orns and the Orns Organization's 36 Midas franchise shops. Can a hard-charging entrepreneur help lead a fairly aggressive family business into the automotive franchise history books?
by David J. Wilson
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