CEO Brent Shafer will be leaving Cerner, the Kansas City, Mo.-based healthcare technology company announced today. The board of directors has initiated the process of identifying the company’s next CEO. Shafer plans to serve as chairman and CEO until his successor has been appointed, at which time he will serve as a senior advisor for a year. The Cerner board also has approved a new share repurchase program, which allows…
Crux KC
Moving forward requires a little speed, and three Kansas City executives have teamed up to put the pedal down with Crux-Xcelerate. Rick Kahle, former president of Lockton’s Kansas City Employee Benefits Office, Melea McRae, founder and CEO of Crux KC and former CMO of the KC Chamber, and Dave Johnson, former sales executive at Sprint and YRC Worldwide, launched their new business venture, Crux-Xcelerate, in January 2019. The new business is a…
KCSourceLink
KCSourceLink just released its sixth annual state of entrepreneurship report, which reveals that 50 percent of 2018’s top venture capital-funded companies in Kansas City got their start with early-stage investment programs that emerged after 2012. KCSourceLink, a local entrepreneurial network, has published its “We Create KC” report for the last five years, which covers six imperatives identified as key areas of development in the region’s entrepreneurship and economic growth. According to…
Central Exchange has opened registration for its 16th annual Leadership Lyceum, Kansas City’s largest leadership development conference. The day-long conference will take place April 23 at the Overland Park Convention Center from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  This year’s theme is “Invest in You: RISE.” The event, chaired by Commerce Bank’s Kevin Barth and Charlotte Kemper, will feature several afternoon breakout sessions as well as keynote speeches, including: Diana Kander, New York…
Good Energy Solutions
Good Energy Solutions’ horizons are bright: the Lawrence-based solar energy company was recently recognized by the Kansas Small Business Development Center as the University of Kansas’ 2019 SBDC Existing Small Business of the Year. The annual awards ceremony took place in Topeka on March 12. Each year the Kansas SBDC recognizes existing, emerging and exporting Businesses of the Year from the eight Kansas SBDC regional centers. Good Energy Solutions owner…