Ingram's Magazine July 2022

Corporate Report100

BARR Advisory

1 st Year

United Mortgage Gross Revenue: 2018: $1,291,173 Growth: 356.081% Average Annual Growth Rate: 118.69% Full-time employees: 27 No, we’re not changing the name of the magazine name to DeNeve’s. But, yes, that is Scott DeNeve you see on the cover of this issue for this Top 10 CR100 finish and again with company affiliations on this list both here at No. 10 and again at No. 44 with Platinum Mortgage, the entrepreneurial brainchild that has made 10 appearances on this list since its debut in 2013. What can we say? The dude gets around, and where he goes, growth follows. Nab-bing a Top 10 finish with another company, he says, fol lows much the same pattern: Having a great team with a strong plan. United Mortgage specializes in residential home purchases, refinancing and agricultural lending. As a premiere non-bank lender, DeNeve says, “we have the flexibility with loan products and terms to offer our customers competitive financing options. Our variety of lending programs are perfectly suited to the needs of our customers.” Who are Damon Anderson and David Barnes? If you’ve been follow ing the CR100 in recent years, you’ll know them: They founded the Energizer Bunny of regional freight brokers, and for a third straight year they have Tallgrass Freight in the Top 10. The logistics company based in Shawnee continues to truck on down the growth road, driven by an experienced, veteran staff and a mindset among its three dozen employees that today is but a yardstick by which tomorrow will be measured. Growth, Barnes says succinctly, “is what we do,” and it flows from delivering on the holy trinity of logistics today: Safe, effi cient and affordable movement of cargo through unparalled customer focus with brokerage services. Founded just a decade ago, Tallgrass Freight has emerged as a full-service logistics solution provider with a wide range of transportation and logistics services. Among them: ship ping solutions for less-than-truckload needs, full truckload shipping, flatbed and intermodal services, temperature-controlled shipping and other specialty services. 2021: $5,888,793 Gross Revenue: 2018: $1,028,898 Growth: 438.057% Average Annual Growth Rate: 146.02% Full-time employees: 48 The past 10 years have been logistics heaven for the Kansas City region. Will the next 10 present similar growth potential for data centers and, by extension, cybersecurity? Some recent mega-develop ments in that space suggest it’s possible, and that’s where visionaries like Brad Thies will be positioned for success at BARR Advisory. Or, in his case, further success. Thies founded the Fairway company in 2014 to provide cloud-based security and compliance solutions specializing in cybersecurity consulting and compliance. In that short span, his team has drawn in companies from around the world with high-value information in cloud environments like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Among them are enterprises operating in highly regulated environments, including technology, financial servic es, health care, and the public sector. The keys to growth, he says, are differentiators that include people and culture, core values that include transparency, simplicity, unmatched support and being prepared for the future, along with a drive to develop new service lines. 2021: $5,536,060 Tallgrass Freight 5 th Year Gross Revenue: 2021: $142,924,000 2018: $28,593,167 Growth: 399.854% Average Annual Growth Rate: 133.28% Full-time employees: 36 2 nd Year

(l-r): Julie Mungai, Cyber Risk Advisory Manager; Whitney Perez, Director of Quality and Compliance; Whitney Lindsey, Head of People and Culture; Lauren Hannawald, Head of Brand Strategy, Communications and Creative Services; Brad Thies, Founder and President; Vince Maduri, Head of Business Development; Mitch Evans, Director of CISO Advisory; Kyle Helles, Head of Attest Services.

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(l-r): Chelsea Pike, VP-Account Services; Tim Bateman, CFO & Data Expert; Mike Clemmons, VP-Operations; David Barnes, COO & Co-Owner; Damon Anderson, CEO, Co-Owner & Founder; Mandy Maples, Senior Finance Manager; John Ruf, VP-Information Technology; Sean Richardson, VP-Growth & Development; Chloe Marshall, Director of Agent Development.

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The leadership team at United Mortgage (from left): Scott DeNeve, Alan Kalell, Anthony Mesh, Scott Lightner and Kent Hackman.

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