The UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 program, presented by the UAB National Alumni Society, annually recognizes the fastest-growing and most successful businesses owned or operated by UAB alumni.
UAB National Alumni Society’s Excellence in Business Top 25 Class of 2023.Top companies owned or managed by University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni have been recognized by the UAB National Alumni Association.
This is the 12th year of the UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 program. Selection will be based strictly on revenue growth information collected during the application process. NAS, in partnership with Warren Averett, ranks and verifies nominee companies based on annual growth over the three most recent reporting periods.
Join NAS to celebrate the accomplishments of these outstanding business leaders at a reception and dinner on Thursday, June 13, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., in Alumni House. Tickets to the 2024 awards dinner are $50. Buy tickets online.
This year’s speaker will be Fred Gilbert, DPT, Chief Human Resources Officer at MovementX. He is a graduate of the School of Health Professions in 2022 and he is a recipient of his Excellence in Business Top 25 in 2023. The top three fastest growing companies with revenues of more than $10 million or less than $10 million will also be recognized.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information, please email Margaret Whitesides at mdwhites@uab.edu.
UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 Class of 2024
- Simple Gestures, Leslie Lloyd, Master of Public Health, 2011, UAB School of Public Health
- Air Hygiene International, Inc., Quinn Bierman, Master of Public Health Science, 1994, UAB School of Public Health
- Chris Sykes, Alabama Wildlife Center, Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Communication Management concentrations in 2016, Master of Public Administration in 2017, Master of Arts in Communication Management in 2019, College of Arts and Sciences
- AmFirst Federal Credit Union, Teresa Owens, Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1999, Master of Business Administration in 2022, Collat School of Business, and Audra Weber, Bachelor of Science in Financial Science with an emphasis in Financial Management in 1996; Collat School of Business, Master of Business Administration 2021
- Bay Area Building Solutions, Eric Lanctot, Master of Business Administration, 2002, Collat School of Business
- Business Interiors, Inc., Jack Womack, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 1986, Collat School of Business
- Clinkscales Land Surveying, LLC, Steven Clinkscales, Master of Public Administration, 2014, College of Arts and Sciences
- Disaster Doctor, Mark Martinelli, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 1991, Collat School of Business
- Empowering Counseling and Coaching, Kathryn Ely, Master of Arts in Counseling with Emphasis in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2018, Faculty of Education
- Fast Slow Motion, John Burdett, Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science, 2000, College of Arts and Sciences
- GoRescue, Brady McLaughlin, Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Communication Management, 2009, College of Arts and Sciences
- Higher Yields Consulting, Cory Waggoner, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, 2008, College of Arts and Sciences
- LUCA, LLC, Trey Fulmer, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 2007, Collat School of Business
- J. Harris Construction Services, LLC, Kevin Hicks, Master of Business Administration, 2015, Collat School of Business
- Magic City Pest Control, Kenzie Prosch, Bachelor of Science in Personalized Learning for Young Children with a Major in Personalized Design, 2019, School of Education.
- Medical Billing and Consulting Services, LLC, Bill Cockrell, 1984 Master of Business Administration, Collat School of Business, Charles York, 2004 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management Information Systems, Collat School of Business in 2011, Faculty of Engineering, Master of Engineering with specialization in Information Technology Management.
- Mosaic Interpretation Services, Emily Haynes McGee, Master of Arts in Sociology, 2019, College of Arts and Sciences
- MovementX, Fred Gilbert, Doctor of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
- Nomad Tax, Krystal Pino, Bachelor of Science in Accounting 2011 and Master of Business Administration 2014 from Collat School of Business
- Revere Control Systems, Jason English, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 1992, Collat School of Business
- Right Choice Accounting Solutions, Albert C. Hurston, Bachelor of Science in Marketing, 2012, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 2016, Collat School of Business, and Lauren Hurston, Bachelor of Science in Social Work, 2012, College of Arts and Sciences
- Rivers Electrical Services, LLC, Mathew Rivers, 2013 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rhiannon Rivers, 2009 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 2013 Collat School of Business Master of Business Administration
- Strategic Tax & Accounting, LLC, Brett Sheedy, Master of Business Administration, 2011, Collat School of Business
- Vujee Vegan, Nikia Lightfoot, BA in Theater, 2000, College of Arts and Sciences
- Zaden Technologies, Valentine Nwachukwu, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2014, College of Engineering, UAB Honors College
