D CEO November-December 2009

Southwest’s Gary Kelly, voted CEO of the Year, keeps aiming high in a challenging environment.

To some, Robert and Myrna Schlegel and their family of entrepreneurs have come to epitomize “Texas excess.” But there’s no questioning the clan’s business accomplishments.

Off-the-rack is so last year. For discerning businessmen (and women), we present the best spots in North Texas for custom-made clothes.

Most respondents expect improvement in the Dallas-Fort Worth economy next year.

The Texas state president of Capital One Bank talks commercial lending.

A corporate web log allows you to make direct connections with customers.

These handy cellphone applications could keep local executives in the know while they’re on the go.

Sister station KXT aims to bring new audience to public radio.

Ethics reforms are important to keep Dallas in business.

Gil A. Stricklin’s Dallas nonprofit group helps company employees with everything from weddings to funerals.

A history of regulatory violations plagues the record of the radio personality and investment advisor.

She and her team at My Personal Valet will do everything from paying your bills to the dreaded holiday shopping.

Tim Byres and the Bolsa boys transform the Belmont Hotel’s restaurant into a hip hot spot with great smoked meat. Just don’t call it a barbecue joint.

Brash, hard-driving, president and general manager Steve Mauldin battles to make it happen.

Memorable comments culled from “CEO Spotlight,” a weekday program on KRLD-AM (1080) featuring interviews by business analyst David Johnson

The CEO of Dallas-based Sundiant Inc. says his company has produced a cutting-edge technology that not even newest iPhone boasts. Not yet, anyway.

When pondering pacesetting CEOs, don’t overlook a couple of guys named Jones and Lively.

Focus groups can be helpful, but they¹re never definitive. So use them wisely.