The rolls of adhesive-backed paper can stand as high as 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide before becoming the little labels consumers see on appliances, deli packages, health and beauty aids and prescription medications. Those rolls of labels are the bread-and-butter product offered by Mactac North America, and for more than 20 years, it’s […]
Features Region: Midwest
Thurston Smith – Swope Health Services
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people’s physical health, it’s also taken a toll in other ways. “People with a history of mental illness were among the first people we reached out to because we can’t let them fall through the cracks,” says Thurston Smith, the CIO with Swope Health Services. “Just because COVID is […]
Matt Nicolls – Technology Partners
Call it the Midwest’s answer to Silicon Valley, a place where innovation and collaboration go hand in hand. Here, 25 miles west of St. Louis, Matt Nicolls and his team at Technology Partners are creating custom software solutions to help clients gain an edge—guided by a few, ironclad principles. “For us, it starts with communication, […]
Katrina Biscay – University of Cincinnati
Playing orchestral music is a demanding, nuanced task, involving dozens of musicians to stay on-time and on-tune. But doing that remotely? With the added difficulty of poor internet connections and Zoom awkwardness? Katrina Biscay admits she hasn’t yet discovered how University of Cincinnati students and music professors can bridge the gap between virtual and real […]
Jeff Cole – OneSpan
Dying of a snakebite or losing oxen to starvation or drowning might not sound like the best inspiration, but it’s exactly what started Jeff Cole on his pursuit of technology. “I used to play the Oregon Trail game in grade school, and that is what really hooked me on computers,” Cole says. “Did I know […]
Rajeev Ronanki – Anthem Inc.
Do you know how many ways there are to treat someone with diabetes? Sydney Health can answer that, says Rajeev Ronanki, the President, Digital Platforms for Anthem Inc. However, Sydney Health does not wear a stethoscope, tell a patient to say “ahh” or screen blood sugar levels—it’s an app that reminds people of health care […]
Eric Kammerzelt – Parameter1
According to the Pew Research Center’s report on newspaper trends, the 2020 print and digital circulation of Sunday newspapers was only 25.8 million, down from 62.6 million in 1990. In fact, Pew Research Center saw sales of several major newspapers—New York Times and Chicago Tribune—decrease by 40 percent from 2019 to 2020. At the same […]
Luke Anderson – Cub
A Midwest grocery chain, Cub—as in Consumers United for Buying—had been making strides in e-commerce, but with COVID-19 and other factors raising the stakes, it reached out to Luke Anderson in September 2020. A veteran tech boss and consultant who had plied his skills in other industries, he soon recognized that a grocery presents challenges […]
Brian Newgent – Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc.
The morning of March 26, 2018, was one that Brian Newgent will never forget. For Brian Newgent, it started out the same as any other day: shutting off the alarm, eating breakfast and brushing his teeth. It also happened to be the day that his employer, Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, became a billion-dollar, publicly-traded company. Once known as White Construction, […]
Sarah Trimble-Oliver – Cincinnati Public Schools
For eight consecutive years, enrollment at Cincinnati Public Schools had been increasing. Then the COVID-19 pandemic happened. Some students transferred to schools with different safety protocols, some started home schooling and others moved. And, as districts nationwide experienced, many parents have delayed kindergarten for their kids. But, despite a 4 , Sarah Trimble-Oliver is confident […]
