In retrospect, it could have been worse for Newark, New Jersey, in the spring of 2017. Sure, the municipal computers were hacked and the Garden State’s most populous city held up for $30,000 in bitcoin by a couple of high-tech miscreants in the Middle East. But that same duo likely extorted even more in untraceable […]
Features February 2020
Enrique Calderón – Grupo Multimedios
“Si queremos hacer las cosas diferentes debemos cambiar nosotros mismos”. La frase no le pertenece a ningún filósofo, es más bien el concepto que engloba el reto que ha asumido Enrique Calderón como líder del área de tecnología de Grupo Multimedios. Su carrera dentro de la empresa se remonta al año 2007 cuando inició su […]
Francisco Juarez – Almex
Every day, trillions of pounds of freight are hauled along air and sea routes, highways and railroads all around the world. For its part, Mexico-based Almex performs numerous less than truckload (LTL) shipments every day, its wares reaching destinations throughout Mexico, and the U.S. and Canada via strategic partnerships. Managing all this cargo is no […]
Jason Inman – Elkhart Community Schools
On his first day at Elkhart Community Schools (ECS), Jason Inman remembers walking into the IT Department and seeing everyone running around answering phones and filling out service tickets nonstop. Staff was surely busy, but it wasn’t exactly what the new director of technology services envisioned as best practices for taking technology and educational programming […]
Jay Chandran – Advantage Rent A Car
Imagine picking up or returning your rental car at any location—a bus stop, airport or Wal-Mart parking lot—just by using your mobile app. You could do everything from picking out your car and signing the contract to locating your vehicle, unlocking it and paying your bill. That’s the future Advantage Rent a Car’s Chief Technical […]
Jay T. Reed – Aimbridge
Hotels are always abuzz with activity. It’s almost a Broadway play, with acts including conference and guest reservations, catering and room service, meeting room scheduling, housekeeping, event management, facility maintenance, custodial, security and more. Yet guests don’t care why the elevator works or how the hotel ballroom booked a headliner, just as they might not […]
Tammy Klotz – Versum Materials, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA
When Air Products & Chemicals Inc. spun off its electronic materials business in October 2016, the spinoff’s CIO asked Tammy Klotz to lead the information security program for the new company, Versum Materials. She was flattered, but apprehensive. After all, the world of electronics moves at rapid speed, with instant access to sensitive information providing […]
