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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Thirteen milliseconds. That’s how quickly researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found the eyes and brain process images, including this sentence. Dr. Wei “Will” Zhou has focused his career on those 13 milliseconds—mimicking what the eye sees and how it moves to create the microchip technology behind advanced augmented reality and virtual reality systems. […]

Picture a room of 375 people trying to communicate in dozens of languages with little overlap. This is essentially what Chris Scott was determined to correct when he joined Dental Care Alliance in July 2021. He wanted to get the full picture before he acted, though, so during his first two weeks as the new […]

When insuring a new car, just-purchased home or even a business, the preferred choice may be to put one’s trust in a company that’s been around for over a century—not one that started up a few days ago. Yet, that trust can be just as quickly lost if that same company has an outdated website […]

Except for the grilles on HVAC system vents, the parts and components made by Price Industries Ltd. are usually concealed from view. But whether in sophisticated labs, operating rooms or offices, the diffusers, fan and blower coils, and power and control modules made by Price are crucial for controlling temperatures and air quality in workplaces. […]