Features Region: Midwest

Managing operations for a successful chain of pizza shops may not be the typical way to become an IT leader, but it’s certainly worked for Scott Stalnaker. Stalnaker, the executive director of IT infrastructure for Donatos Pizza, began his career with the venerable Columbus, Ohio-based pizza chain in 1993 and rose to become a district […]

Copy that? Actually, there’s much more to it at ARC, a global provider of digital printing, document scanning and storage services, and equipment for 40,000 customers. Whether it’s massive digital prints needed for planning and construction, signage and stickers used to mark social distancing spaces, or the banners celebrating the 2021 Major League All-Star Game […]

It’s been more than 90 years since brothers Loren and Dale Decker founded their company with a Model B Ford truck. They began by hauling items, including canned goods, plumbing fixtures, gypsum products and even windmills, throughout Iowa and adjacent states. From those beginnings in 1931, family-owned Decker has grown into three divisions—Decker Truck Line, […]

In early March 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic making its way to the U.S., leaders at Rotary International decided to do a trial work from home day. According to Cris Downey, the director of technology services, it went so well employees still haven’t fully returned to the office over two years later, even with the […]

When Devin Townsend joined the Nebraska Department of Transportation as a highway project construction inspector in May 2008, he didn’t envision eventually managing the department’s IT. Townsend was a civil engineer fresh out of the University of Nebraska where he’d earned his bachelor’s degree in transportation and highway engineering. He’d also served as a graduate […]

The mortgage industry can seem set in its ways for reasons that include the need to keep processes simple. Lenders might be dealing with billions of dollars and wary of cybersecurity risks. Sales reps may be experts in what they know but not so comfortable with new technology. And many mortgage applicants still prefer doing […]

ATMs are all about convenience and speed, but Clayton Weber wanted to add a personal touch to automated machine banking. So, in 2020, when it was time to update the ATMs for Security First Bank’s 26 branch locations across Nebraska and southwest South Dakota, he pitched the idea of video tellers. Since many branches are […]

Having a sick child is hard enough—technology shouldn’t be an added stressor. So says Jerry Vuchak, senior vice president and chief information officer at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. “I feel passionate about what this organization is doing, which is providing the very best care for kids,” Vuchak says. “Technology ultimately ties […]

If you’re in rural northwest Ohio, you might find yourself at Bryan Hospital, part of the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers healthcare system. Opened in 1936, the 85-bed hospital serves the residents of Bryan and surrounding counties. Except, as Wade Patrick explains, CHWC doesn’t handle certain medical operations, like brain or heart surgery. In such […]

After more than 20 years in IT, Nicollette Wands knows where her skills lie and where she’s eager to apply them with new opportunities in 2022. Most recently a CIO for the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology, or DoIT (she left in November 2021), Wands says the curiosity, creativity, resourcefulness and agility she’s applied […]