Features Region: Northeast

It wasn’t the kind of matrix you’d need Keanu Reeves or Laurence Fishburne to navigate. And it certainly wasn’t a mind-bending journey through multiple dimensions that Rick Lindberg had in mind. But the matrix Lindberg developed—one of his first initiatives as vice president and CIO at ASTM International—did help set the stage for how the […]

Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, HNL Lab Medicine is one of the country’s leading full-service medical laboratories, providing testing and related diagnostic services to physicians, hospitals, long-term care facilities, employers and industrial accounts through its 60 regional patient centers. When Harvey Guindi joined HNL as its new CIO in 2013, that legacy was a big reason […]

Despite the lofty language that infused our founding documents, history has proven that not all people have been treated equally in this country—especially with respect to education. That’s where the Association of American Colleges and Universities comes in. “Our goal is to help our member institutions provide the best quality of learning while ensuring all […]

Getting Prince George’s County Public Schools fully into the digital age has been a long process, but one that picked up speed as the 20th largest public school district in the U.S. found its schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. As Lisa Spencer tells it, she’s helped integrate the school system’s tech for more […]

For someone who accepted the job with no experience, Nick D’Aquila sure knows how to make tech work for Assisted Living Services Inc. But then, it’s not just any company he joined—it was founded by his parents in a room above the garage at their home in Connecticut. Now the CIO, D’Aquila is modernizing the […]

Years ago, a world didn’t exist that allowed a handful of people to build a billion-dollar business with no profitability. So says Kamil Sindi, the chief technology officer for video platform JW Player. He adds that there was pressure for the company to be profitable as soon as possible or it would mean the end […]

It’s not difficult to imagine meeting someone named John or Mary Smith. But imagine how difficult it can be to ensure the correct records and data are assigned to the right John or Mary Smith at a healthcare facility serving thousands of patients. And imagine how difficult it becomes to make those records available throughout […]

Piece by piece, Powell Electronics is a key supplier for the agriculture, defense and aerospace industries, supplying thumbtack-sized sensors and connectors or even the components that ensure space-bound rockets lift off cleanly and safely. These are not always everyday items, Powell Chief Information Technology Officer Scott Knote says, but from procuring components to custom assembling […]

It’s something of a perfect storm confronting New York City’s biggest provider of mental health and social services. The need has been so high in the wakes of COVID-19 and racial justice demonstrations, and the means of delivery so challenged with most everybody being urged to stay home. Times like these only underscore the need […]

The Zoom bombs came unexpectedly at Boston College High School, as they did in so many places once COVID-19 brought people online for education and other reasons. Some schools even had to suspend the virtual meetings, the unwanted and sometimes lewd intrusions becoming such a problem that the FBI and FCC would advise users to […]