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NOTEBOOK: Insurtech’s ties with Principal could spur more growth

Limelight Health, a fast-growing San Francisco-based insurtech company, is progressing with a product collaboration with Principal Financial Group, and by the third quarter expects to release a new digital underwriting app for Principal, said Jason …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 19, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: If satisfaction doesn’t drive employee engagement, what does?

Having team members who are disengaged at work is not only bad for an organization’s productivity — it’s actually bad for your employees’ mental health as well. That’s a takeaway I brought back from the …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 19, 2019
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On the Move: The week of April 29

Mary Ward

Focus OneSource

Hired as sales and marketing

mward@focusonesource.com


Cindy Broshous

Focus OneSource

Hired as client services – implementation

cbroshous@focusonesource.com


Sara King

Heartland

Promoted to project coordinator

sking@hrtlnd.us


Nic Merfeld

Heartland

Promoted to general …
By BPC Staff | Jun 14, 2019
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On the Move: The week of May 20

Megan Grandgeorge

Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority

Hired as senior marketing specialist

mgrandgeorge@ridedart.com


Rachel Vaughan

Salisbury House & Gardens

Hired as director of sales and events

rvaughan@salisburyhouse.org


Trina Flack

Catch Des Moines

Promoted to …
By BPC Staff | Jun 14, 2019
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On the Move: The week of May 27

Alan Hilgerson

On With Life

Hired as medical director

info@onwithlife.org


Shawna Swain

On With Life

Hired as physician assistant, post-acute inpatient rehabilitation

shawna.swain@onwithlife.org


Cristina DePriest

On With Life

Promoted to assistant director of nursing, post-acute …
By BPC Staff | Jun 14, 2019
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On the Move: The week of June 3

Ann Shelton

Goodwill of Central Iowa

Hired as chief financial officer

ann.shelton@dmgoodwill.org


Eric Prosperi

Goodwill of Central Iowa

Hired as director of commercial services

eric.prosperi@dmgoodwill.org


Justin Ruegg

Goodwill of Central Iowa

Hired as human resources …
By BPC Staff | Jun 14, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Is lazy thinking taking over markets?

“The value of a home always increases.” That certainty in thinking was one factor that helped lead to the blindness that was a major trigger of the Great Recession. Billionaire investor and Oaktree Capital Management …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Jun 14, 2019
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CRE Update: Homebuilders voice concerns with latest zoning code draft

Homebuilder Ted Grob had a vision for a 4-acre tract along East 46th Street south of Hubbell Avenue in Des Moines: Develop the agricultural land into lots for single-family houses that would sell for under …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jun 13, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Could trees be the new gravestones?

Many friends who experience the loss of a loved one have told me the same thing: We don’t talk about death enough. That extends to Silicon Valley, which has typically focused on what happens in …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jun 13, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 14 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 14 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 13, 2019