The largest grocery store merger in history between two Idaho greats took place on January 29, 2015—and standing in the middle of the action was Albertsons Companies’ Rucha Nanavati, who had to help oversee $280 million of IT synergy as part of the larger deal. By the numbers, the merger of Albertsons, a Boise, Idaho-based […]
Features Region: West
Rishma Khimji – City of Reno
Every business owner dreads the permitting process. Depending on the space’s size and location, dozens of documents and licenses might be required. Fire safety, air and water pollution control, sales tax paperwork, health department checks: It’s enough red tape to mummify the building (that’s a code violation, by the way). In Reno, Nevada, all you […]
Rolland Kornblau – El Rancho Unified School District
Most adults were educated from grade school through college in traditional classrooms, which almost always included rows of desks and a large blackboard stretching across one wall. Although this is the way lessons and lectures have been given for two centuries, give or take, many recent studies suggest it is the wrong approach. According to […]
Rick Belliotti – San Diego International Airport
To an outsider, the sheer cost and complexity of running an airport would make it seem a poor place for experimentation. But that’s not the case in San Diego. The 661 acre San Diego International Airport (SAN) has a history of trying new things. Since 2014 it has been recycling water from the air conditioning […]
