Features Region: Southwest

Farm waste doesn’t have to be wasteful, not according to Cresta Fund Management and its chief operating officer and general counsel, Ben Nelson. Headquartered in Texas, Cresta invests in sustainable infrastructure for a cleaner future. In short, it’s focused on helping North American companies decrease or eliminate carbon emissions. One way to do that is […]

Father really seemed to know best. So Soham Naik says about his dad who immigrated to the United States from India in the 1960s and eventually settled in Houston with his wife, where they raised their two sons. Though the elder Naik came from humble beginnings, he wasn’t short on native intelligence. He encouraged both […]

As the nation’s leading water logistics and chemistry provider for the energy industry, Select Water Solutions chose its new name to be more on brand with the business. It sounds simple to change a name, but it’s far more complex than just altering the corporate letterhead, Samantha-Anne Nadolny tells Vanguard from the company’s Houston headquarters […]

Mary Kay is a global skincare and cosmetics manufacturing beauty brand—and has been a path to entrepreneurship for people since Mary Kay Ash founded the company in Dallas in 1963. Over half a century later, the brand continues to empower women with business opportunities and trusted products while also evolving to meet the needs of […]

In a hot housing market with inventory low and there often being multiple bidders for a desirable property, cold cash has the inside track. So, what’s one to do if caught between trying to sell one house and buy another but lacking the wherewithal to consummate the deal ASAP?  Among the options: Harnessing the NAF […]

Adam Doganieri never expected to work in real estate. When he started his career as an engineer at Boeing, he knew something was missing, but it took him awhile to figure out what it was. Searching for that elusive puzzle piece, Doganieri began attending law school in the evenings. He graduated in December 2009, amid […]

Ontellus doesn’t keep medical and other sensitive records, it just retrieves them for a host of involved parties that include hospitals, medical clinics, law firms, insurers, claims adjusters and patients themselves. Each record being of much importance for its own reason, the sooner Ontellus can find and forward it—securely, of course—the better it serves its […]

Searching for the right partner can be a competitive pursuit. How much more favorable the odds can be when one harnesses Match Group’s global portfolio of online dating brands including Tinder, Match, Hinge and OkCupid, which have been helping people all over the world make meaningful connections for over 20 years. Yet Match Group faces […]

Fun, animated or unique mascots, more coverage for lower costs or 24-hour live customer service. Different insurance companies market their services in various ways to appeal to customers—and, as Tony Van Eck has learned after over 26 years in the insurance industry, bigger does not always mean better.   In fact, his current employer, Great Northwest […]

By any measure, InterBank’s growth has been a steady success. In about a dozen years, the bank, which operates in Texas and Oklahoma, has grown from $1.5 billion in assets to more than $4 billion. Deana Tillotson, who’s an executive vice president and the general counsel, expects more success—she’s spent the past two years preparing […]