As chief executive officer, Lou Carmichael helped merge two of the metro’s largest low-income health care providers. The merger between Oklahoma Community Health Services and Variety Health Center resulted in a new company with a brand-new name.


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As facilities engineer for XTO Energy, Richard Culmer needed a company that could keep production on track and be easy on the budget. He found both in Oklahoma City firm Flogistix. Read more

John Krasno has done many things in his lifetime, but what he does best is breathe life into what others say is beyond saving. Read more

In 1996, managing partner Frank Nelson helped sink a ton of money into 20,000 square feet of old warehouse space in Bricktown. Read more

When Stephen Koranda accepted the position of executive director of the Norman Convention & Visitors Bureau three years ago, it always amazed him that people would stop by and say how hard it was to find them. Read more

Ask most people to run down their 10-year goals, and you’re likely to get a few “um”s and a few “I’d like to”s. Read more

For Marcus Williamson, relationships are everything. And maybe more so than anyone else on the Oklahoma City University campus, the Meinders School of Business director of outreach pays particular attention not only to the message he’s sending out, but the medium he’s using.

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Ivy Bradford’s career as a travel agent has followed a path different than most. The manager of Prime Time Travel in Edmond got into the business in 1987 and worked through 2000 before taking a break for motherhood. Read more

To most people, leaving a job as lobbyist or general counsel for Devon Energy Corp. for a life in the gaming service industry would seem like a big gamble. Read more

Don Eckhoff played the game for the better part of a decade. Read more

In her role as vice president of rural services for Mercy Health System of Oklahoma, it’s Cindy Carmichael’s job to expand the system’s presence across the state. Read more

A new alliance is helping defense industry businesses go on the offensive. Read more

It was the mid-’90s and the tide was starting to turn. The $246 billion tobacco legal settlement was still a few years away, but popular opinion regarding smoking had reached the tipping point. Read more

Debbie Musick always hoped potential clients wouldn’t ask the question. Read more

Former Edmond Mayor Patrice Douglas still remembers when she sat her son down on the bed and told him that Mommy had a new job. Read more