Smart Business Magazine, June 2019

38 Smart Business Cleveland June 2019 Destiny Burns FOUNDER OWNER CLE Urban Winery Destiny Burns has brought her vision of a working winery and tasting room to the historic urban setting of Cleveland Height with CLE Urban Winery Although the number of wineries is growing at a rapid rate in the region Burns sets her location apart with a unique combination Guests enjoy multiple award winning wines in the tasting room while seeing the craft brewery style winery in action experiencing production from start to finish CLE Urban Winery wines are handcrafted and bottled on site to ensure high quality and affordable end products and are named in honor of Cleveland Burns hosts wine related events wine education and appreciation programs classes and clubs and plans to expand through additional local tasting rooms and a wholesale distribution channel David M Carr PRESIDENT Brennan Industries Brennan Industries a manufacturer of hydraulic pneumatic and instrumentation fittings adapters and accessories recently celebrated 65 years in business and President David M Carr leads the organization to continuously evolve with the times He conducts frequent process reviews with his management team and employees and makes smart improvements to streamline operations and boost customer accessibility His most recent improvement is the expansion of the companys Solon corporate facility built with employees in mind employees whom Carr considers to be Brennan Industries greatest assets The building will have state of the art technology in the warehouse and front office with collaborative spaces a dedicated training center and customizable workstations that can be used at standing or seated levels Carr will continue his open door policy encouraging innovative thinking and problem solving Mike Boddy COO The Anderson Dubose Co Since his promotion to COO of The Anderson Dubose Co AD in 2018 Mike Boddy has made significant strides in improving the safety sustainability and scalability of the organization which provides logistics solutions to corporations in the quick service industry Chief among his accomplishments was closing a complex 53000 square foot warehouse expansion Day to day operations continued smoothly through Boddys orchestration of resources and internal collaboration and AD celebrated two years injury free as of April 2019 Boddy has also made headway in implementing warehouse automations as well as the realignment of field and customer service operations to optimize special customer requests and restaurants backroom processes This realignment translates to a 9577 percent customer satisfaction rating ranking AD among the top percentile in the U S Joseph DiRocco REGIONAL PRESIDENT NORTHEAST OHIO Fifth Third Bank Under the leadership of Regional President Joe DiRocco collaboration and talent within Fifth Thirds commercial and private bank divisions have excelled DiRocco inspires this team to focus on the customer and the community by tying employees work to improving lives through financial solutions and supporting strong communities Chief among the banking institutions focus to improve lives is aiding millennials in paying down the significant challenge of student loan debt Fifth Third has developed two unique apps to help them do so the Momentum app enables debit card users to round up purchases to make micropayments toward loans while the Dobot app connects to a checking account and automates savings Since launching Momentum in 2017 Fifth Third has helped users pay down 2 million in student loan debt Aaron Christopher Evans CO FOUNDER AND CEO Drips Co founded by CEO Aaron Christopher A C Evans in 2016 Drips is leveraging innovative artificial intelligence to help brands connect with consumers the way they prefer to be reached and when Utilizing analytics of human behavior the Drips platform securely automates lead and customer interactions via email SMS text messages and automated calls The marketing software technology helps brands better scale their outbound efforts receive more qualified inbound calls create goodwill with their prospects and reduce overall lead generation costs Additionally Drips provides white glove service to continually test market campaigns and programs so clients continue to learn how to provide better messages to the consumer and improve performance With the success of its smart technology Drips is projected to double its revenue in 2019 Julie Chase Morefield PRESIDENT AND CEO Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Regional nonprofit Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio works with a vast network of partners to acquire gather and distribute nutritious food to tens of thousands of people throughout Crawford Erie Huron and Lorain counties Although it started as a small operation President and CEO Julie Chase Morefields efforts since joining the organization in 2004 have helped grow it into the largest hunger relief organization in North Central Ohio and the fourth largest largest nonprofit in Lorain County Under her leadership Second Harvest has significantly increased distribution of food and grocery products to member charities and developed education and programming around healthy nutritious food options Among these initiatives are a farmers market push fresh produce partner education and healthy School Pantries food distribution program 2019 Northeast Ohio Smart