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John Picerne was raised on the real estate business in the third-generation Picerne Real Estate Group. But the further he went in the family business, the less comfortable he became with the boom-and-bust cycles of residential housing. Craving a more stable slice of the market, Picerne ventured into military housing, particularly building apartments on Army bases, and broke off the independent Picerne Military Housing in 2005.
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Growing up a distant cousin of Kurt Vonnegut and going to Harvard didn’t make him a novelist, but 15 years immersed in the cut-throat culture of Wall Street drove Norb Vonnegut to the pen. The stock broker turned writer, who worked at Kidder, Peabody in Providence 20 years ago, is now settled in Rhode Island and just released his third novel, “The Trust.” The thriller is about a network of financial criminals involved in adult entertainment who hide behind the Catholic Church and infiltrate a wealthy family.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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There are big things happening at NanoSteel, the Rhode Island-based designer of nano-structured steel materials, with a long history in steel coating.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Since 1993, Richard H. Godfrey has served as the executive director and CEO of Rhode Island Housing, a privately financed, public-interest corporation that provides safe, affordable homes for Rhode Islanders. It is a self-sustaining public agency, which generates its own operating income, without state funding.
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By Michael Souza |
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Having established a career as a consultant for Fleet Bank, Brendan McNally was hired in 2009 for his knowledge and contacts in the business community as the first director of the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Until closed earlier this year, it was a collaborative effort supported primarily by Brown University, as well as the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, the R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council and the Slater Technology Fund.
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Anyone who’s bought or sold a house recently is probably familiar with the Multiple Listing Service in their state, the database where sales and properties for sale, are listed. But for those interested in commercial real estate – potential buyers, sellers, brokers, bankers and insurers – the residential-based system has never quite fit.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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When the opportunity came up in 1983 to help establish the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center program at Bryant University, Douglas Jobling didn’t think twice.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Mark Crandall has been regional president for Massachusetts and Rhode Island at The Toronto-Dominion Bank and TD Banknorth Inc., since Dec. 31, 2006. He also became regional president for Connecticut in April 2012.Crandall also serves as senior vice president of U. S. personal and commercial banking at TD Bank. He has served as an executive vice president and regional commercial-lending manager of TD Banknorth Inc. Crandall discusses TD Bank’s growth plans and its growing presence in Rhode Island.
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Providence-based VCharge Inc. coined the term “transactive load” to describe a concept company founders believe will change the world. It’s the idea that end users of electricity can save money by determining when they buy power, taking advantage of the pre-dawn hours when demand is low and generators are pumping out far more energy than needed. To take advantage of this concept, VCharge is developing smart-grid applications, such as its Smartbricks for electric thermal-storage systems, that could potentially balance supply and demand on the electric grid and pave the way for alternative energy. Jessica Millar is VCharge’s founder and chief security officer.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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There was a time when 2013 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year Jessica Waters’ future might not have included a high school diploma, never mind a successful tenure as part of the Beacon Charter High School for the Arts’ staff that has helped students double their proficiency level in science.
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