July 13, 2021 The original story is available here. By Brian Hallenbeck Mashantucket — Last year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic that caused Foxwoods Resort Casino to temporarily shut down for the first time, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe stepped up its diversification efforts, hiring a chief executive officer to lead Command Holdings, a business-development company in the planning stages since 2017. On Tuesday, the new entity stepped out of the shadows, announcing its acquisition of CeLeen LLC, an information technology company headquartered near St. Louis, Mo., and Quattro Consulting LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that provides services to government organizations. “We’ve been looking to expand outside gaming since Day One,” said Rodney Butler, the Mashantucket chairman. “Having to shut down during the pandemic validated the theory — which we already knew to be hypothetically true — that we’ve got to be involved in other things.” Butler said the tribe first pursued government … Read More

In Tampa Bay Business Journal June 9, 2022 Click here for original article: By Pam Huff, June 9, 2022 TAMPA, Fla. -The Tampa Bay Business Journal has determined the 50 fastest-growing privately held companies in the area in 2022. The Fast 50 is ranked on companies’ percentage of annual growth over a three-year period. Final rankings will be revealed in an event on July 28. To qualify, companies had to be privately held and locally owned; been in operation since. Jan. 1, 2019 or prior; have annual revenue of at least $1 million in 2019 or $5 million in 2021; and be headquartered in Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk or Sarasota counties. Here are this year’s Fast 50 in alphabetical order. Abyde AgAmerica Lending Baldwin Roofing Company Blue.cloud Boomerang Transportation Boos Development Group Inc. Broadstaff Brundage Group Brundage Workforce Solutions Building Easier Construction Group Burgess Civil Byte Federal Inc. CR Fitness Holdings … Read More