ColoradoBiz articles from May 2004

ColoradoBiz archives from May 2004

West nile here to stay.(On Colorado)
May 1, 2004... RICK DERKSEN, A 51-YEAR-OLD WAREHOUSE WORKER FROM LONGMONT, died at the end of March, closing the book on the 2003 West Nile Virus outbreak in Colorado. He was the 61st person in the state to die because of the mosquito-borne disease. Hundreds...

Make govemment cut back, too.(Readers Respond)
May 1, 2004... I own a small business and greatly appreciate TABOR (Jeff Rundles, "The Wal-Mart of legislatures," February). There are times when state government needs to cut programs (bone and muscle). I have had to do the same in my business over the past...

Good tech advice.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Excellent article ("Technology Makeover," Mark Smith, April) in ColoradoBiz. You're the first that I've seen address these issues. I paid particular attention to the backup-and-recover piece of your article. Thanks for shedding light on a...

Give dishonor roll an 'F'.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... I could not believe the actions of this Tennessee school, nor the parents and/or school board agreeing to this idea (Jeff Rundles, "The dishonor roll," March). My husband and I live in California and our children transferred to a new school...

Making it in management: some do, some don't. why?(On Management)
May 1, 2004... MANY YEARS AGO, I GOT MY FIRST JOB IN management the way many salespeople do: I sold more advertising than anyone else, and the management at my company at the time thought that was the key to discovering new management talent. I was given the...

Doctors' orders: whimsical clothier outfits physicians, chefs.(Attitude at Altitude)
May 1, 2004... SANDI RICHTER HAS SPOTTED her Crazy Scrubs medical-clothing line on TV's "ER" and "Entertainment Tonight," and four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Paul A. Dreschnack wears them on his humanitarian journeys to India where he performs surgery to...

Adams goes global with StorageTek.(Playmakers)(Eula Adams appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... EULA ADAMS has joined StorageTek Corp. as vice president in charge of Global Services, the Louisville company announced on March 23. Adams will report to PAT MARTIN. StorageTek's chairman, president and CEO. StorageTek's Global Services revenue...

Citing personal reasons, Craig R. Barrett resigned as a director of Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, effective March 31.(Playmakers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Citing personal reasons, CRAIG R. BARRETT resigned as a director of Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, effective March 31. Barrett, CEO of Intel Corp., had been a director of Qwest and its predecessor, U.S. West Inc., since 1998....

Ann Schmitt.(appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... ANN SCHMITT has been named chief operating officer of The Aimbridge Group, a Denver-based provider of financial products through partnerships with credit unions. Before joining The Aimbridge Group, Schmitt was vice president of global risk...

Jay Picerno.(appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Centura Health, Englewood, named JAY PICERNO executive vice president and chief operating officer. Previously, Picerno was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Centura, the largest health-care system in Colorado. Picerno will...

Steven Shores.(appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... STEVEN SHORES has been named head of the Denver office for Hines, an international realestate firm based in Houston. Shores has been with the firm since 2000. His responsibilities will include development, acquisition/disposition and...

May coming soon.(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... 6 THURSDAY, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Conference and Trade Show. Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver, Keynote from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Exhibit hours 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Event includes a professional-development...

Law.(Insiders' Biz)(firms to add staff)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Sixty-two percent of lawyers polled nationwide expect their firms to add staff in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey developed by the staffing service Robert Half Legal, a division of Robert Half International. This is an...

Telecommuications.(Insiders' Biz)
May 1, 2004... * Level 3 Communications Inc., Broomfield, announced on April 1 it has acquired the wholesale dial-access business of ICG Communications Inc., Denver. Level 3 will pay approximately $35 million in cash for the business, which provides dial-up...

Finance.(Insiders' Biz)(Enhanced Capital Partners )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Enhanced Capital Partners, Greenwood Village, provided $1 million in subordinated debt financing to GolfTEC. The golf-instruction company plans to use the capital to increase company-owned store growth by 50 percent and to fund new...

Education.(Insiders' Biz)(advanced study education programs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * University College, the University of Denver's adult graduate education program, now offers both a master's in computer information systems with a concentration in information-systems security and a stand-alone certificate of advanced study...

Mergers and acquisitions.(Insiders' Biz)(OpTx)
May 1, 2004... * PENTAX Corp. of Japan announced the merger of two U.S. subsidiaries, PENTAX USA Inc. and PENTAX Precision Instruments Corp., effective April 1. The consolidated company will be known as PENTAX of America Inc. and have two divisions--imaging...

Dancing on the glass ceiling: women CEOs reflect on barriers.
May 1, 2004... The glass ceiling facing women in business is a barrier mostly in the mind of the beholder, say a number of Colorado women CEOs who have shattered the glass. But recent studies and a sustained conviction among other women's advocates suggest...

Precious mettle: country girl heals heartbreak of lost or stolen jewelry.(Top Women-Owned Businesses)(Directory)(Illustration)
May 1, 2004... Becky Baxman showed the makings of an entrepreneur almost as soon as she could count money, but nothing in her country-girl up-bringing in the tiny town of Cane Hill, Ark., hinted that she'd make her mark in the jewelry business. "I grew up not...

Red-ink behavior: how to spot it, and stop it from staining your bottom line.
May 1, 2004... Picture this: Brenda has been late to work at least once a week for the past six months; Patricia knows more about the customers she works with than anyone could imagine, gleaning the information in chatty phone calls with them; Dennis doesn't...

Tech under the big top: computerized devices key to Cirque du soleil.(High Tech Coloradobiz)
May 1, 2004... ROBERT LEMOINE IS TECHNICAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, the $500 million-a-year, ballet-and-circus company that has become the favorite entertainment of the nation's "creative class" in cities across the globe. ...

Tech startup of the month.(High Tech Coloradobiz)
May 1, 2004... ENGINEERED INTELLIGENCE FORT COLLINS ENGINEEREDINTELLIGENCE.COM FOUNDED: APRIL 2002 INITIAL LIGHTBULB: Originally from Stuttgart, Germany, Matt Oberdorfer was a tech writer, penning five books about programming, before...

Spam jumps 67 percent.(Ebuzz)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... MX Logic Inc., a Colorado-based provider of e-mail defenses, said in mid-April that spam traffic had increased 4 percent since January and 67 percent from one year ago. Additionally, in March, only 3 percent of unsolicited commercial e-mail...

Ball aids comet analysis.(Ebuzz)(Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.)(Tempel 1)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, in association with the University of Maryland and the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is developing and integrating the first spacecraft and instrumentation for...

FDA ok's atrix generic drug.(Ebuzz)(Atrix Laboratories Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Atrix Laboratories Inc., Fort Collins, announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Atrix's abbreviated new drug application for generic Benzamycin topical gel. This is the first approval for a generic...

Licensed appendicitis test.(Ebuzz)(DMI BioSciences Inc, BiOracle Ltd)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... DMI BioSciences Inc., Englewood, has licensed its novel point-of-care diagnostic test for acute appendicitis to BiOracle Ltd. BiOracle thus has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize DMI's patented technology; and DMI will receive...

Online innovator.(Ebuzz)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... DVCO Technology, a Denver-based online communications technology firm, won PR Week's "PR Innovation of the Year" award, the company said. DVCO was recognized for its RelationsCentral 3.0 software application that allows professional...

Steamboat springs chugs toward revitalization: some see another 'Aspen' if growth is restricted.(Who Owns Colorado?)
May 1, 2004... HARRY MARTIN IS ON ONE KNEE, FITTING A CUSTOMER FOR A NEW PAIR of custom insoles for her ski boots. His store, Steamboat Ski and Bike Kare, is a renovated gas station but it is clearly popular with locals. The rustic, grungy style is typical...

Book tackles small-business finance.(Small Biz)
May 1, 2004... ROBERT WALTER HAS SPENT 22 YEARS representing small businesses seeking financing, going public or trying to stay on the right side of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His career spans the days before, during and after the IPO mania in...

Big Chicken Barstools.(Cool Colorado Stuff)
May 1, 2004... After a stint in mortgage consulting, Jason Walsh "was looking to start up a different career," and he certainly succeeded in doing that. Teaming with Doug Walsh, his brother, and college pal (and award-winning Indy Car fabricator) Mike...

Flashflight.(Cool Colorado Stuff)
May 1, 2004... While software consultant and avid disc tosser Jeff Scott was "between jobs" in summer 2002, he threw an electric-lit disc and it broke in two. Sensing a wide-open niche in the market, he discussed a better quality product with...

Photovu PV1900.(Cool Colorado Stuff)
May 1, 2004... After Mark Van Buskirk and Robert Jordan were "downsized" from the Boulder County tech sector, they launched their own startup, PhotoVu. After a year of R & D, the three-employee company in February debuted the PV1900, a picture frame with an...

Physician Endorsed hats.(Cool Colorado Stuff)
May 1, 2004... Elissa Margulies and her husband, Michael Ross, are headwear veterans whose previous foray, Forget Me Not, was the rage with teen girls in the 1980s. (Remember the hats on TV's "Blossom"?) After selling that company in 1998, the couple moved...

Rocky Mountain: guide to executive meetings & travel.
May 1, 2004... * Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center * The Broadmoor * The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center * * Marriott International * Marriott South Central * Vail Valley Chamber and Tourism Burean * [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE GO BIG for...

Sherri Leopard: from tech writer to CEO.(Executive Edge; Leopard Communications)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... ON THE CORK BOARD BESIDE SHERRI LEOPARD'S COMPUTER HANGS A SIGN: "It's the content, stupid...." It's a stern reminder of what's most important for Boulder-based Leopard Communications, a $8.6 million business-to-business marketing...

Fast women.(Sports Biz; Amber Burgess and National Pro Fastpitch)
May 1, 2004... YOU'RE TIRED OF ARROGANT ATHLETES. You've had up it to your neckline with contract squabbles and steroid busts. You're burned out on $100 tickets, showboating rookies, no-trade clauses and free agents who disappear into the night. Your...

Words that always hurt me.(Rundles Wrap-up)(certain words in the language become trite and meaningless)
May 1, 2004... YEARS AGO, MY FRIEND MAGGIE RENNERT, AN ESTIMABLE WRITER whose musings even graced the pages of this magazine more than 20 years ago, complained about the use of the phrase "prior to." Some government hearings were going on at the time, and...