Ingram's October 2023

ZACH FISCHER PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK

ROSIE HOLLIS BLUE KC

ALLIE KNAPP TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PARTNERS

Entering the highly competitive bank ing market in Kan sas City is no task for the faint of heart—or spirit— but Zach Fischer brought both to

Assess. Find crea tive insights. Culti- vate solutions. Drive ROI. Those are the four pillars of org- anizational success, says Rosie Hollis. Turns out, they

It’s not enough to meet your clients’ needs—you have to stay ahead of them and anticipate them to succeed, says Allie Knapp. If you can do that, says

work just as effectively with one’s own career success. “Entrepreneurs have eyes and ears open, constantly looking for opportunities and gaps that are resulting in administrative expense erosion and wasted resources that could result in your organization lagging behind in the market,” says Hollis, 27, a program manager for Blue KC. What that looks like in action: On one project with projected revenue of $2 million, her team discovered that Blue KC was absorbing fees that should have been passed on externally. That alone, made a bottom-line impact. Or migrating the sales organization to a digital workplace environment, which drove collaboration and increased productivity.

the task when St. Louis-based Peoples National Bank crashed the party in Jan uary 2022. The first step meant building a team, something that comes naturally to this Truman State academic All-American from 2018, an experience that shaped him in two ways: “First, always surround yourself with great teammates and a mentor who gives you the confidence to be your best,” says Fischer, 28. In his case, that was bank President Jason Ramthun, whose assignment of Fischer to this region is paying off: In the first 18 months of operations, Fischer’s team closed more than $85.7 million in new loan volume. Things like “handwritten notes, a knock on a customer’s door or introductory phone calls have proven to be extremely powerful.”

the 25-year-old senior account executive for IT staffing firm Technology Solutions Partners, “this is where true innovation can happen.” A 2020 KU graduate, she has secured a role as mediator between TSP’s clientele and the firm’s team of technical recruiters, overseeing and managing more than 30 accounts and strategic sales efforts. “Trying to stay ahead of my clients, I aim to provide solutions that will not only benefit their companies but also create a win for TSP,” she says, while building trust for both parties. That trust will come in handy when the innovation arrives: “One key to success in entrepreneurship is having the ability to evaluate the future and then create solutions before your audience is even aware of the need themselves.”

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