Skip to main content

Greenville Business Magazine

People

Last Updated: Aug 01, 2017 03:05PM • Subscribe via RSS • ATOM

Diversity and Inclusion: Game On. Game Strong.

Aug 01, 2017 03:05PM ● By Emily Stevenson

My clients understand that staying competitive in today’s marketplace requires sustainable solutions to effectively engage diverse constituents.

Read More »
Carbon Fiber: Strands of Time

Aug 01, 2017 03:02PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The strands are high-tech descendants of textiles, the Upstate’s onetime economic powerhouse. “A lot of the terminology we use in carbon fiber,” Snyder says, “comes from the textile industry.”

Read More »
In High Spirits

Aug 01, 2017 02:52PM ● By Emily Stevenson

CEO Tammy Johnson brings four brands under one vision

Read More »
Ad Man Comes Home

Jun 01, 2017 07:54PM ● By Makayla Gay

Williamson is now chief creative officer and co-president of EP+Co., working with national brands such as Denny’s, Lenovo, Tumi, and Verizon.

Read More »
Software Firm Targets Behavior Health Care

May 01, 2017 08:08PM ● By Makayla Gay

When Mark Essex graduated from Clemson with a computer science degree, he and his wife, Karen, moved to Atlanta to pursue job opportunities. She took a position as a methadone counselor in a clinic operated entirely on pen and paper with no computer system.

Read More »
Ogletree Deakins Hits 40-Year Mark, Looks to the Future

May 01, 2017 07:55PM ● By Makayla Gay

On Valentine’s Day in 1977, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart, P.C., hung out its shingle. At the time, the firm had 16 attorneys based in Greenville and Atlanta, many with the goal to simply make it through the first year.

Read More »
Billiam Builds on Customization

May 01, 2017 07:41PM ● By Makayla Gay

Preferring to keep production numbers private, Mitchell says Billiam produced “thousands” of pairs of jeans in 2016, but he notes that production usually ranges from 50 to 150 pairs a week.

Read More »
Shine the Light on Your Nonprofit: Greenville Wordsmiths; Making Writing Fun and Empowering For Kids

Apr 04, 2017 02:52PM ● By Makayla Gay

It’s a simple concept that’s often overlooked: everyone is a writer. Whether through his or her career, personal journals, or even through their social media updates, everyone has a story to tell, and that makes them a writer.

Read More »
Gearing Up

Apr 03, 2017 05:10PM ● By Makayla Gay

In 2010, Robin Bylenga opened Pedal Chic, the first women-centric bicycle shop in the nation, on Greenville’s ever-popular Main Street. Now, she’s taking it a step further with her own custom line of bicycles specifically designed for women.

Read More »
Greenville Business Magazine
Keeping Industry Happy: GADC’s New Position Targets Retention

Apr 03, 2017 04:54PM ● By Makayla Gay

Williams, who spent 13 years at the Greenville-based McCallum Sweeney consultancy, will continue working closely with industry in her new role as the Greenville Area Development Corp’s first-ever existing industry manager.

Read More »
One Bank’s Sweet Spot

Apr 03, 2017 04:43PM ● By Makayla Gay

Southern First started with $11.5 million in capital and, Seaver says, “three or four key bankers who had always been in this market.” Today, the bank is the state’s third largest headquartered in South Carolina, with $1.2 billion in deposits.

Read More »
Transition Time: Konduros wants to take SCBIO to next level

Apr 01, 2017 02:56PM ● By Makayla Gay

New SCBIO president and CEO Sam Konduros believes life sciences can be a major economic engine for the state, much like automotives or aerospace. The sector offers great potential for the state to further diversify its industrial base.

Read More »
50 Years of Finishing Just Beginning

Mar 01, 2017 05:22PM ● By Makayla Gay

The Roy family uses the slogan “Finish Strong” for their half-century-old business. But Roy Metal Finishing Co., which patriarch Donald Roy started during textiles’ reign in the Upstate, seems as if it’s just getting started.

Read More »
Livin’ High on the Hog: Bacon-themed eatery expands to Texas

Mar 01, 2017 05:07PM ● By Makayla Gay

Bacon Brothers Public House, a popular eatery on Greenville’s Pelham Road, has expanded its “hoofprint” to include a location in Sugar Land, Texas, with other potential franchisees in Florida, Texas, and North Carolina.

Read More »
The skinny on Fatz: New CEO talks changes, plans for the future

Mar 01, 2017 04:53PM ● By Makayla Gay

Jim Mazany, the new CEO of Fatz Café says that continued craveable food offerings and genuine southern hospitality are what sets Fatz apart from the competition.

Read More »
Greenville Nets NCAA Score

Feb 01, 2017 04:48PM ● By Makayla Gay

Social media exploded last October when the news broke at the Southern Conference headquarters in Spartanburg : The NCAA just selected Greenville for the Division 1 men’s basketball tournament’s first round, March 17-19, with Furman and SOCON as co-hosts at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

Read More »
Locomotive Manufacturer’s Right On Track

Feb 01, 2017 03:07PM ● By Makayla Gay

It’s not every day you get to drive a locomotive, a brand-new one, just a mile and a half from downtown Greenville. But on a recent icy-rain day, Republic Locomotive allowed a visitor to do just that, to hop aboard one of its engines, the color of a No. 2 pencil, and take ’er for a spin—up a few yards of track and back again toward the shop, all with a simple joystick.

Read More »
Greenville Business Magazine
Film Studio Coming Into Focus

Feb 01, 2017 02:54PM ● By Makayla Gay

A film-production company, KOOLFLIX, opens a high-end soundstage in Greenville this month, thanks to a veteran actor and videographer who has worked from Times Square to Tinseltown.

Read More »
CEO Profile: Craig McCoy, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System

Jan 01, 2017 06:39PM ● By Makayla Gay

Craig McCoy was named CEO in June 2015, says his first year on the job was spent learning about the mission of Bon Secours and how that mission is carried out into the community.

Read More »
50 Most Influential

Jan 01, 2017 06:07PM ● By Makayla Gay

Greenville Business Magazine marks two decades of honoring the region’s Most Influential People in this issue. The selection of our 50 people is a result of staff research and community nominations.

Read More »
Greenville Business Magazine