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Hal Smith Restaurants is a restaurant management company based in Norman, Oklahoma, founded in 1992 by Hal Smith. The company operates over 80 locations across seven states, featuring a diverse range of dining options from casual to upscale. Annual sales approach $250 million, and the company emphasizes strong customer service and employee training. The company develops, manages, and franchises various restaurant concepts. Its portfolio includes full-service dining options like Charleston’s Restaurant, Red Rock Canyon Grill, and Mahogany Prime Steakhouse. It also features casual and themed concepts such as Ted’s Café Escondido, Louie’s Bar & Grill, The Garage, and Pub W. Hal Smith Restaurants has a history of franchising, having previously managed Outback Steakhouse and On The Border Mexican Cafe franchises. With a focus on community-centric locations, Hal Smith Restaurants continues to expand, including new openings like Neighborhood JA.M. in Oklahoma City planned for Spring 2025. The company is dedicated to culinary excellence and creating memorable dining experiences for a wide range of customers.
Clearsultings innovative problem solving and proven technology workflows help finance leaders embrace digital to become better business partners. Acting as a link across your business, we connect your vision with the processes, technology, and systems that yield success. We offer enterprise performance management, digital reporting, finance effectiveness, financial close, risk advisory, and treasury services that take a digital-minded approach to push your business further. Marketplace awards and recognition: • Certified - Great Places to Work (2023, 2022) • Inc. 5000 "Fastest-Growing Companies" - Inc. (2022, 2021, 2020) • #1 "Best Small Firms to Work For" - Consulting Magazine (2019) • "Seven Small Jewels" - Consulting Magazine (2019, 2018) • Top 25 "Best Consulting Firms" - Vault (2019)
Fogo de Chão is a Brazilian chain of churrascarias, or steakhouses, founded in 1979 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The restaurant specializes in the traditional gaucho method of churrasco, which involves fire-roasting high-quality meats over an open flame. The founders, who grew up in Brazils Serra Gaúcha region, opened their first restaurant to share this culinary heritage. The company expanded to the U.S. in 1997 and has since grown to approximately 76 locations worldwide, including 59 in the U.S. The dining experience at Fogo de Chão features continuous service, where Gaucho chefs carve skewers of freshly grilled meats at the table. The all-you-can-eat menu includes up to 16 types of meats, along with a market table of salads and traditional Brazilian sides. The restaurant promotes a casual dining atmosphere, welcoming guests to enjoy a cultural Brazilian experience without a formal dress code. Fogo de Chão is committed to sourcing and preparing ingredients with respect for food, reflecting its rich culinary traditions.
Sterling Bank "Your one-customer bank" is a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria which has evolved from the nations pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank. Sterling Bank prides itself in its purpose to ‘Enrich Lives, and reflects its overall business aspirations in its vision to ‘be the financial institution of choice. This it plans to achieve by (mission) ‘delivering solutions that enhance stakeholders value, through four core values: Customer focus, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence (CITE). With strong Corporate Governance, the bank has a vision-led and values-driven experienced team with a track record of delivery. With over 3,000 professional employees, Sterling Bank has about 1,000,000 active customers, and operates from 189 business offices, about 776 ATMs and more than 3,000 POS terminals across Nigeria. Sterling Bank operates with a three-pronged market focus. Its business lines and operations are structured around these segments; Retail and Consumer market, Commercial and Institutional market and Corporate and Investment market. Our purpose of enriching lives is what drives us to support society. We have contributed positively to our environment through several initiatives such as #STEM (Sterling Environmental Makeover), Meet The Executives, Get Ready For Work, Sketchamania, and several other interventions within other areas especially Education.