The 12 fastest-growing Ozarks companies for 2012 have been determined, and three individuals will be honored via a trio of new awards.
The Dynamic Dozen companies, in alphabetical order, are:
- Burrito Concepts LLC, area franchisee for Qdoba Mexican Grill;
- Citizens Memorial Healthcare;
- Covington Holdings Inc., dba Ashley Furniture Home Store;
- CoxHealth;
- ECS, formerly Electronic Check Services;
- Intuitive Web Solutions LLC;
- Jack Henry & Associates Inc.;
- S&H Farm Supply;
- Springfield First Community Bank;
- Penmac Staffing Services Inc.;
- Red Monkey Foods; and
- SRC Automotive, a division of SRC Holdings.
The three individual honors and recipients are:
- Top Local Executive – Steven Brady, CEO and chairman of the board, Anderson Engineering Inc.;
- Top Local Financial Executive – Mike Finch, associate general manager and chief financial officer, City Utilities; and
- Top Local Sales and Marketing Executive – Rodney Jetton, marketing director, Schultz and Summers Engineering.
Dianna Parker, a business faculty member at Ozarks Technical Community College, verified the numbers in the Dynamic Dozen applications.
Parker also served on a panel of independent judges that chose the honored executives. Other judges were Nancy Bass, vice president of human resources, Students in Free Enterprise Worldwide; Jerry Chin, computer information systems department head, Missouri State University; Dori Grinder, executive director, Ozark Chamber of Commerce; and Kelley Still, executive director of Drury University’s Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.
Rankings for the Dynamic Dozen companies will be announced and the individuals will be honored at a March 1 reception and awards ceremony at Doubletree Hotel, 2431 N. Glenstone Ave. Tickets are $30 apiece and are available at
SBJ.net/D12.
Profiles of the honored companies and individuals will appear in a special publication that will debut at the event and be distributed in the March 5 edition of Springfield Business Journal.
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