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According to Pete Coman, PTS Americas has designed “the smartest digital workplace in New York.” As the company’s chief technology officer, he helped open the space, which is occupied by the New York office of a Norwegian bank. The 26,000-square-foot office is located at 30 Hudson Yards, a 103-story tower on the west side of […]

In the world of IT, innovation happens through creativity and complex problem-solving. That’s why fully realized artificial intelligence remains a long way off, with AI just another tool for companies to use, says Paul Locander. AI, he explains, just can’t think for itself. Locander is the senior director of global IT services and infrastructure at […]

As Tropical Cheese Industries Inc. approaches its 40th anniversary, it can be celebrated as a quintessential American success story though it makes cheeses more typically found throughout Latin and South America. It was founded in 1983 by Rafael Mendez, who’d arrived in the U.S. from Cuba at age 17 with $50. He settled in Perth […]

The global pandemic shut down many things, but it didn’t halt the planned merger of two firms—Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders and Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton—which became Troutman Pepper on July 1, 2020. Nine months earlier, CIO Pramesh Naik had begun work on the project. Having been with the firm for two years at that point, he was […]

“It’s one thing to have a dynamic suite of insurance products the market wants,” states Philip LaCombe. “It’s another to implement and administer them effectively.” When Wellfleet Workplace began rolling out its innovative and flexible workplace benefits back in 2019, LaCombe and the rest of the company’s leadership team recognized that a critical market differentiator […]

It could have been a catastrophe for the owner of the rental property in Connecticut, recalls Premjith Lakshman Singh. A tenant had left the water running, and even if it didn’t cause flooding, the owner would have seen a spike in the water bill—money flowing down the drain. Instead, the property owner got an alert […]

In his 20 years as a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy—and as the first IT leader for the Pacific Trident submarine fleet—Paul VanAmerongen did everything from troubleshooting the mainframe computers to updating the unit’s networking equipment. But none of the challenges quite compare to the one in 1999, when he literally wrote the […]

You were out running errands, nearly done and headed home. Then came the fender bender in the parking lot. But beyond the crunching noise of the collision and some dents covered with paint streaks from the other car, this seems more an annoyance than a life-changing event. After all, both of you drove away from […]

For someone who hasn’t taken a class there in 25 years, Paul Fisher sure knows a lot about how Seton Hall University educates its students. As the university’s associate CIO, he should. From his days of helping to develop one of the first 1:1 laptop programs in the U.S. to assisting Seton Hall quickly shift […]

During his days as an elementary school physical education teacher, Patrick Jones found he needed more than a gym to get his point across. So, in a move that was unusual at the time, he created web pages and PowerPoint presentations. While that led to a promotion, it wasn’t the one he was looking for. […]