Features Region: Northeast

Kadion Phillips remembers the happy day when voters in Oxford, Massachusetts, approved almost a million dollars to support technology initiatives for its public schools. The funding was necessary, says Phillips, the director of instructional technology and student information systems at Oxford Public Schools. With a small K-12 student population of 1,600, Phillips believed the lack […]

It’s a three-legged stool, she says. People, processes and technology being the three essential ingredients that comprise data security at Radian Group Inc., a Philadelphia firm that manages risk and provides services for the mortgage and real estate industries. Seems unusual that Donna Ross would list technology last. Especially since it’s what differentiates a chief […]

Taking seriously his mission to serve the underserved communities in southeast Pennsylvania, Isaiah Nathaniel must have had some foresight early last year. CIO of Delaware Valley Community Health Inc. since January 2019, and a member of the team for the previous 11 years, he was prepping the Philadelphia-based nonprofit network to better provide virtual services […]

The Kings of Leon are playing to a full house—actually, it’s a full field. The night is getting chilly, but as the bottles are passed and the red Solo cups are filled, the crowd’s warmth spreads like the wail of the fiddle. As the band reaches its crescendo, the night sky behind the stage platform […]

It’s funny. Jeffrey McShane has spent his entire professional life working for law firms, but he isn’t a lawyer. In fact, he laughs at the idea of going to law school and working as an attorney. But while it’s true that McShane is so comfortable around lawyers that he’s chosen to work alongside them for […]

Bob Boucher and his team have never had to go back to school to learn how to guide IT at Central Maine Community College because they’ve never really left the campus for very long. “I have four people reporting to me who were previously in work-study programs and are graduates,” says Boucher, a CMCC grad […]

When a company is spun off from or sold by another larger entity, a sense of cautious optimism is to be expected. With new ownership come new opportunities—and a chance to become indispensable. That was certainly the case for Pittsburgh-based water technology company Evoqua Water Technologies when, in 2014, it was sold by its global […]

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 […]