Cohen & Company incorporates innovative solutions that enhance efficiencies and capabilities through the organization. Cohen is proactive in finding innovative solutions and ideas that increase growth. Since 2007, they have seen an increase in sales growth of 26.5 percent. Q: In what ways is your company an innovator in its industry, and how does...
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Tags: accounting, Cleveland, Cohen, Cohen & Company, CPA, innovation, Myeroff, Randy Myeroff, Sales Growth
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Infinium Architectural Wall Systems – Shawn Gaffney, owner & president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. A Boston architect specified a product for a large project in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Boston Consulting Group that didn’t exist. They turned to us...
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Tags: Cleveland, Engineering, North America
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Cleveland Packaging Inc. – Tim Spicer, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. One of the greatest business challenges that our organization faced and then overcame was deciding when it was time to add additional employees in order to grow the...
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Tags: Bryant & Stratton, Cleveland, Internet, Packaging, Technology
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GHI Internet Services – Frank Griffith, chairman, Pete Kever, president Q: How does your organization make a significant impact on the community and regional economy? GHI Internet Services has invested heavily in the youth of Greater Cleveland. Since our founding we have hired, trained, and mentored more than 50 interns from more than 15...
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Tags: Cleveland, Internet, Interns, Technology
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Longbow Research LLC – David MacGregor, president & CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you handled it? The biggest challenge we have faced is in starting up and building a Wall Street institutional research organization from Cleveland. From a group of seven people...
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Tags: Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, Research, Seven Hills
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Perceptis LLC – Bill Bradford, founder & CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Challenge: Raising investment dollars in Cleveland for a services business which would help Perceptis accelerate the introduction of additional solutions and build out service delivery with the...
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Tags: Cleveland, Customer service, customer support, investment, service industry
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Guild International Inc. – Mike Wheeler, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Our active US customer base has decreased by more than 80 percent during the past 15 to 20 years due to lack of growth in the U.S. steel...
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Tags: Cleveland, Community, International, International business, Machinery, Steel
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Risk International- Michael Davis, president and CEO, Douglas Talley, chairman Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Michael Davis, president and CEO: One evening our President, Del Jones, was in the old BFGoodrich headquarters in downtown Akron when Dave Burner stepped...
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Tags: Cleveland, Customer service, International, Northeast Ohio
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RNR Consulting – Holly Julius, president & CEO Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. Like most small business, RNR Consulting was affected by the economic downturn. In order to maintain profitability, we looked for cost-effective ways to grow our client base...
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Tags: Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, Opportunity, sustainable
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SCT – Gail Grueser, president Q: Give us an example of a business challenge your organization faced, as well as how you overcame it. SCT was working with a very large client on a post-accident safety interruption project. The client went bankrupt during the early stages of the contract, and SCT...
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Tags: Cleveland, COSE, LEED Certification, Real estate, Sustainability
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