Many of the future challenges the health care, insurance, accounting and retail industries will face in 2008 have been ongoing business trends from years past. See how the Top Influentials in the Business and Consumer Services area successfully face these challenges.
Construction industry leaders have experienced a tumultuous year in which the county has endured wildfires and a sharp drop in residential building. Discover how Top Influentials in this sector have adjusted to the changing times.
The Transcript takes a look at some of the leaders who continue to pursue opportunities in the finance and law industries.
There is no getting around the fact that the subprime mortgage collapse is affecting the commercial as well as the residential markets. These Top Influentials are finding ways succeed in this sluggish time.
San Diego's reputation as a hotbed of life sciences and technology is thriving, and these Top Influentials continue to develop and produce innovative products.
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North Island Credit Union was recently honored for ethical business practices by the San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) at the 2007 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics. North Island Credit Union was the only winner in the 250-499 employees category. The award represents a two-decade -- and ongoing -- commitment to the pursuit of workplace excellence. This quest began with North Island's adoption of the National Malcolm Baldrige criteria as a template to improve its organizational effectiveness and to reflect its commitment to delivering ever-improving business value and ethics to its members. That commitment remains today. 
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Richard Russell started his career of giving financial advice by losing money. 
As Imperial Capital Bancorp Inc.'s (NYSE: IMP) chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer, George Haligowski is focused on focusing his bank's needs to be ready for opportunity. 
Mike Maslak has served as CEO of North Island Credit Union since he came to San Diego in 1987. During his tenure, North Island's assets have grown from $300 million to more than $1.5 billion, with more than 17 branches throughout San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. 
As managing principal of the San Diego office of Fish & Richardson, John Phillips spends much of his time positioning the firm for growth. 
For San Diego attorney Harvey Levine, 2007 was like any of his previous 30-plus years practicing law: busy, successful and marked by personal recognition. 
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