Features June 2022

Things were going very well at the startup company, but as can happen, keeping pace with its growth was challenging. One solution was to implement Workday software to help manage financial and human capital in areas such as payroll—including advanced compensation, time tracking and employee benefits. The catch? The startup needed someone knowledgeable to integrate […]

There’s a level of excitement and satisfaction to Rob Brown’s work with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that other technology professionals may rarely enjoy. “We’re helping people achieve the American dream,” he says. “We’re helping refugees and asylees looking to start their new life in the United States.” And there are many desperate and deserving […]

When Sachin Kundra isn’t overseeing the IT network and infrastructure for Chevron Federal Credit Union, he likes to try his hand at creating fusion cuisine at home. “It lets me take things that don’t seem like they would be good together—like pomegranate seeds in guacamole or lamb kabobs in eggroll wrappers and fried—come together and […]

Just building a website that offers health insurance coverage is challenging, says Will Kilbreth. “Members are not a monolithic block,” says Kilbreth, CIO for Community Health Options. “Some people are very engaged and you need to work hard with them. There’s also a large cohort that wants to sign up and then never hear from […]

A construction site is usually a place of controlled chaos. Bringing organized calm to the storm is The Brock Group. The small-craft construction company helps large industrial and commercial clients with maintenance, turnaround and capital projects. This includes building scaffolding, installing insulation, fireproofing and applying protective coatings. In addition to working with clients, Brock partners […]

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 […]

If it seems stories about ransomware and cyberattacks are never ending, there’s a good reason for it. According to the FBI, there were more than 847,000 cybercrime complaints in 2021, a 7 percent increase from the nearly 792,000 such complaints in 2020. The cost of cyber scams, such as extortion, identity theft and data breaches, […]

Indorama Ventures doesn’t really operate under the radar, but there are times when it seems that way, says Brian Ullrich. “I like to call us the largest petrochemical company you’ve never heard of,” he says. The company was founded in 1994 as Indorama Holdings and became Thailand’s first producer of worsted wool yarn while also […]

Mike King estimates there isn’t a day that passes without a Premier Packaging product arriving at someone’s home. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company has been making boxes, mailers and packaging supplies for almost 30 years. “If you ordered something online, you probably have one of our boxes,” says King, the company’s CIO. King’s role isn’t always […]