Features August 2022

For more than 20 years, Gabriel Clivio has guided tech projects and upgrades for some major Argentinian companies. Now, he’s helping to bring automation and efficiency to Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, which oversees operations at 35 of the country’s airports. Those changes will also be used by its parent company, Corporacion America Airports—the largest private airport […]

According to Pete Coman, PTS Americas has designed “the smartest digital workplace in New York.” As the company’s chief technology officer, he helped open the space, which is occupied by the New York office of a Norwegian bank. The 26,000-square-foot office is located at 30 Hudson Yards, a 103-story tower on the west side of […]

Even under the best of circumstances, a cloud migration might consume the efforts of 30 to 40 technologists for at least three months. Testing, feedback and collaboration are just a few parts of the process, and shortcomings anywhere stand to jeopardize the result. Alan McMillan had to do this remotely when he undertook what he […]

When a pharmaceutical company creates a new medication for a chronic illness, like psoriasis, it must maintain the effectiveness and safety of that medication and report adverse events to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Instead of collecting the data and developing evidence for the drug itself, however, it might contract with a company like […]

After acquiring companies over the past several years, Imperva has integrated dozens of new employees, assets and systems. In most ways, these additions have made the cybersecurity software company stronger. However, it became clear to executives that disparate systems were difficult for customers to navigate. An internal effort was launched in late 2020 to begin […]

When leaders at the University of Tennessee System decided the organization needed a digital transformation, they knew they needed to hire someone with more than just strong IT skills. They needed someone who could help manage large-scale change. Checking both these boxes was Ramon Padilla, Jr., who was hired as chief information officer in November […]

The fix-and-flip market has been thriving in many locales, what with enterprising types buying, rehabbing and reselling properties and repeating the process. As a residential lender based in Southern California, Genesis Capital had been extending financing, but its IT infrastructure and security program required work to support the company’s rate of growth and expansion. So […]

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Department of Health would process 100,000 lab results each month. Within the first few months of the pandemic, that number jumped to 1.5 million. Unprepared to handle such volume, its system became overloaded and couldn’t perform as expected. “Things may have been operating perfectly before COVID, but everything […]

Even for experienced HR leaders, navigating benefits programs and managing events, such as annual enrollment plans for health insurance, is complex work. For employees, understanding their benefits plans, including the payroll deductions for them, is equally, if not more, complex. J. David Christensen says PlanSource Benefits Administration looks to help both companies and employees by […]

While Ashok Chennuru earned his degrees in computer science and engineering, he’s been more fascinated by how to apply the information underlying the technology. “I have a passion for data and turning it into insights to drive positive impacts and outcomes,” he says. As chief data and insights officer for Elevance Health Inc., formerly Anthem […]