President & CEO Appreciation Financial (8 years in NV) Type of Business: Insurance and Financial Services | Hails from: Phoenix, Arizona 8 years with company in Nevada | Based in: Las Vegas How did you first get into your profession? An agent met with me to go over my own financial goals and retirement savings. I realized that what he was doing was so important and … [Read more...] about Movers & Shakers: Terry Kennedy
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The PENTA Building Group Hires Three New Project Leaders
LAS VEGAS – The PENTA Building Group, a leading commercial contractor in Las Vegas, announced it has hired three employees to help lead ongoing projects, including senior project engineer Reymundo Gonzales, project manager Cassey Phillip and superintendent Lyle Knox. Prior to joining PENTA, Gonzales served as a senior project engineer with Level 10 Construction. His efforts … [Read more...] about The PENTA Building Group Hires Three New Project Leaders
Utilities Update: Building the Infrastructure
Utilities across Nevada are moving forward with projects large and small, and hoping like everyone else that a real and sustained economic comeback is just around the corner. From one end of the state to the other, initiatives are being undertaken, plans drawn up, projects carried out and the future prepared for by utility companies and others who know that growth can’t … [Read more...] about Utilities Update: Building the Infrastructure
The Survivors: Builders and Developers in Nevada
The economic downturn in 2007 left both residential and commercial developers and builders in the Silver State scrambling for work. Many were forced to downsize their staffs, and some even closed their doors. “Since 2008, the development business has been a fraction of what it was,” said Doug Kiersey, president of Dermody Properties, a Reno-based industrial … [Read more...] about The Survivors: Builders and Developers in Nevada
Nevada Industry Excellence: Manufacturing
With manufacturing suffering nationally along with the rest of American business, it is largely thriving here in Nevada. The engine has been a combination of factors – from legislative miscues in California and a strong Nevada workforce and overall business climate to the relatively low price of land and facilities, an available and affordable workforce, savvy strategy and … [Read more...] about Nevada Industry Excellence: Manufacturing