Features Region: West

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many performers and musicians postponed tours and shows. Eventually, to the disappointment of fans, most were completely canceled. Now, with case numbers dropping, vaccine numbers rising and safety measures in place, bands and singers are returning to the stage. “People are hungry and wanting to be entertained,” says Dan Adams, […]

When a winery or brewery orders packaging supplies from G3 Enterprises, it can get everything—bottles, corks, caps, labels—in one place, as well as manufacturing, warehousing and transportation services. While this has always been the case, orders with many different items were difficult for G3 to fulfil. Similar product types were grouped in business units with […]

Maybe he initially sold himself short, for Jason Schermerhorn never envisioned himself as part of corporate leadership. A technologist, he was thrilled to become a network engineer in December 2013 at one of California’s major providers of mental and behavioral health services. What an opportunity, he thought, to further his skills and in such a […]

From the court to the C-suite to the behind-the-scenes operations, change is everywhere for the Portland Trail Blazers. The NBA team, based in Portland, Oregon, announced Joe Cronin as its new general manager in early May. It’s also added new players and last year brought on Chauncey Billups as the new head coach. While these […]