Features July 2022

Jericho Simmons is not among the doctors, CRNAs, advanced practice providers or nurses Sound Physicians provides to health care networks throughout the U.S. for acute care services. However, as chief information security officer, Simmons manages the company’s security, ensuring that sensitive data such as personal health information is protected. Founded in 2001, Sound Physicians is […]

In the world of IT, innovation happens through creativity and complex problem-solving. That’s why fully realized artificial intelligence remains a long way off, with AI just another tool for companies to use, says Paul Locander. AI, he explains, just can’t think for itself. Locander is the senior director of global IT services and infrastructure at […]

Consider it a new way of applying the adage “time is money.” Members of Magnifi Financial, a credit union serving central Minnesota as well as portions of Wisconsin and North Dakota, can now use iWatches and mobile phones for their banking. Whether transferring money, depositing checks, activating credit or debit cards or tracking credit scores, […]

In the late ‘90s, Bassam El-Fahmawi and his wife spent a harrowing day in the hospital when their two-year-old daughter fell ill with a high fever. Despite his years of experience in the medical industry and having been a lab manager at Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Hospital in Saudi Arabia, he was relegated to the […]

In the half a century since it was founded, Weichert expanded from one New Jersey office to include 18 integrated real estate companies with more than 500 real estate offices across the nation. Its technology also grew, with Weichert moving 80 percent of its data and services to the cloud by 2019. “It did, however, […]

Jeff Gautney was drawn to Rush University System for Health for its structure. Based in Chicago, the organization consists of a clinically integrated network of hospitals, an extensive medical group and a university. Gautney, the vice president and chief information officer, says this makes his work more interesting and complex. “When you add a thousand […]

Equally accomplished in martial arts and technology, Devin Shirley emphasizes the need to first address the immediate danger. So someone’s choking you? Your first move had better be about regaining breath and then responding accordingly. So your software’s been hacked? Stop the attack before pondering how to prevent its recurrence. “If you don’t address that […]

Whatever the business, you can’t put clients on hold. Especially when your business is about communications. Rob Hewitt nurtured that mindset with Rogers Communications and now applies it at another Canadian company that provides specialized call center services to companies on both sides of the border. But upon arriving at SinglePoint Group International Inc. in […]

Tom McClain had an epiphany early in his career. A programmer at the time, he was developing on a mainframe computer and coding in COBOL, which was popular in the 1980s. After a couple years, he realized something was missing. “You know, I really enjoyed technology, but I enjoyed the people side as well,” he […]