Mayor Tommy Battle appoints Amy Kenum as Geographic Information Services Manager

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Mayor Tommy Battle announced the appointment of 21-year City of Huntsville employee Amy Kenum to the role of Manager of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Kenum, a Lawrence County native, was appointed head of the Geographic Information Services Division during the April 27 Huntsville City Council meeting. She will lead and help grow the GIS […]

Mark Splawn Joins U.S. Space & Rocket Center as VP of Projects, Infrastructure

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Mark Splawn has joined the U.S. Space & Rocket Center as Vice President of Projects and Infrastructure. In this role, Splawn will oversee large-scale capital and construction projects as well as key Rocket Center departments, including facilities, security and environmental and technical services. Splawn was previously director of facilities at Dynetics, Inc., […]

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. and ServisFirst Bank Elect New Board Member

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Betsy Bugg Holloway to the ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. and  ServisFirst Bank Board of Directors. “ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. is proud to announce and welcome Dr. Betsy Bugg Holloway as a new  Board Member,” states Tom Broughton, ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Chairman, […]

Deltek Appoints Dinakar Hituvalli as CTO

Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, announced today that it has appointed Dinakar Hituvalli as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this position, Dinakar oversees Deltek’s engineering and cloud operations teams, and will report directly to Mike Corkery, Deltek’s President and CEO. Dinakar will drive continued growth and innovation […]

NASA names astronauts to next moon mission, including Space Camp graduate

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an event at Ellington Field near […]

Eric Moore promoted to partner at Patterson + Sheridan

Eric Moore has been promoted to partner at the intellectual property and technology law firm Patterson + Sheridan LLP. Moore will be working in Huntsville and Dallas for the firm. He has worked within the computer science discipline for more than a decade, first entering the field as a developer of military software. “It is […]

ServisFirst Bank Huntsville Announces New Vice President

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), announced the promotion of Lee Anne Logginsto Vice President, Treasury Management Sales Officer for the ServisFirst Bank Huntsville region. “Lee Anne has shown outstanding leadership within our team,” said Andy Kattos, ServisFirst Bank Huntsville Regional CEO. “She has done an excellent job of serving both our external […]

C Spire Moves CFO Ben Pace to Birmingham Office to Chart Growth in Alabama

C Spire’s CFO Ben Pace is moving to the company’s Birmingham, Alabama office to pilot continued growth and expansion for the diversified telecommunications and technology services firm across the state. Pace previously worked in C Spire’s Ridgeland, Mississippi headquarters for the past 23 years. The move comes in the midst of a $500 million investment in fiber infrastructure […]

UAH researcher earns $598K NSF CAREER Award for work on lithium-ion batteries

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Research focused on why and how lithium-ion batteries may suddenly fail energetically, causing smoke, fire or even an explosion, a phenomenon called thermal runaway, has earned a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award totaling $598,181. Dr. Guangsheng Zhang, an assistant professor in the […]

Poarch Band of Creek Indians’ Stephanie Bryan recognized as ‘CEO of the Year’

Business Alabama has awarded Stephanie Bryan, Chair and CEO of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, with its first ever CEO of the Year award. Hundreds attended the Birmingham luncheon where Business Alabama held its inaugural awards event honoring the best in business around the state. In bestowing Bryan with its first ever CEO of […]