Karen Rezendes has been promoted to news director for WPRI-TV. more

Expanding technology opportunities in Rhode Island finally intersected with the pull of family and hometown roots for BatchBlue Software Chief Technology Officer Ray Anderson. more

Timothy Simonson has been promoted to senior vice president of business development for the Americas at GTECH Corp. more

James Nagelberg has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Providence Children’s Museum. more

Fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, indicating companies are confident demand will be sustained in the face of federal budget cuts and tax increases. more

Bill Maraziti has been appointed CEO of the Maher Center. more

Frederick “Rick” Casavant IV has been named an attorney at Goodman, Shapiro & Lombardi. more

Darlene DelPrato has been named professor and director of nursing for the A.S. nursing degree program at New England Institute of Technology. more

Linn Foster Freedman has been appointed to the advisory board of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New England. more

Chris Jenner has been named associate at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP. Jenner is a member of the firm’s litigation group and represents clients in complex civil litigation in federal and state courts at trial and appellate levels. more