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Don’t only talk infotech with Geneviève Bertrand. She’ll be the first to acknowledge the people she oversees are better versed in its nuts and bolts, but that’s only half the business. Just as important is recognizing where IT is needed and applying it to enhance operations. That’s what she does as chief information officer at […]

While agriculture is one of the biggest industries in Latin America, Edgard Jaramillo doesn’t think there’s been enough investment in digital infrastructure for it. “We see that as a huge opportunity,” the general manager of Microlink says. “And it’s not just about financial gain. It’s about the ability to have greater social impact.” Microlink, based […]

Prior to taking over strategy and architecture within IT, Christine Vanderpool would receive requests for similar programs or systems from multiple departments. For example, some of Florida Crystals’s workforce wasn’t part of the company email system and often was left out of important communications. Around the same time Vanderpool began setting up their email accounts, […]

Most of us buy staples like bread and milk from supermarkets and groceries, but these stores need to purchase their goods from somewhere, too. Often enough, Weston Foods provides baked goods, from cakes and scones to loaves of bread, and Joe Abidaoud’s team puts the technology in place to make ordering easy. Since joining Weston […]

Rob Schulz has always been one to see the forest for the trees— literally. After graduating from the University of Victoria with his Bachelor of Science in Geography in 1992, he joined Coast Forest Management Consultants. There, he designed roads and bridges to be used for logging, and he measured how much usable timber a […]

He’s in the homestretch of a lengthy infotech career, though Baldomero Gutierrez probably never will be one for the rocking chair. He’s too active. Plus, he’s now finding his working life at its most fulfilling, so retirement can wait another three or four years. In 2008, he was promoted to chief technology officer for Mexican […]

For more than 40 years, energy companies, including Halliburton, ExxonMobil and Baker Hughes, have turned to Quail Tools for the pipes, tools and other equipment needed to extract valuable energy resources—including those buried 5,000 feet beneath the earth’s surface. But while Quail’s wares have long been considered some of the best in the industry, by […]

That’s a wrap. Actually, at Paragon Films, it’s more than one wrap, because the company manufactures rolls of films and stretch wraps used to contain and protect pallets of goods during shipping and storage. As Kenny Mullican learned when he became CIO at Paragon Films in 2013, those wraps can be made to protect against […]

If you’ve flown on an airplane or had an MRI at a hospital, chances are your life’s been touched by the work of Allegheny Technologies Inc. Since ATI was formed by the merger of Teledyne and Allegheny Ludlum in 1996, the maker of specialty metals has outfitted customers in industries from aerospace and defense to […]

Joe Sheridan is used to being the go-to guy for IT problems. In fact, in most of the leadership jobs he’s held the past 12 years, his first task has been to “turn around IT.” That’s led him to do everything from managing networking improvements to designing and building new business applications. He began this […]