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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Offerings at South County Health's cafeteria are designed to support wellness efforts. This day a food tasting of citrus-spiced lentil salad was offered by Rob Fancher, a diet and nutrition intern from Johnson & Wales University. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Multifaceted wellness effort

CEO (or equivalent): Louis R. Giancola, CEO and president Number of employees: 969 There's an old saying about the cobbler's children not having adequate footwear. And...
CEO (or equivalent): Dan Sullivan Jr., CEO and presidentNumber of employees: 480

Travel firm guides healthful journeys

According to Rachelle Handfield, executive vice president of human resources for Collette, the importance of wellness has been in the water for years at...
FROM GAMES TO VITAL TOOLS: Jeanne Lieb, left, senior vice president of information services and chief information officer for FM Global, helps the commercial insurer use technology as a defensible advantage. With her are Toby Denbow, vice president, shared analytical services manager, and Tina Shah, senior procurement and contracts specialist. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Bringing change and insight

Back in the 1950s, it was a want ad in the newspaper that launched Jeanne Lieb's father's career in computer programming. He thought that...
LEADING AND LISTENING: Samantha O'Neil is credited by colleagues at Fidelity for a leadership style that engages others and moves the organization forward. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Building bonds, getting job done

It's who you know. That phrase is often tossed around when it comes to succeeding in business – usually in a derisive way, as...
BUILDING FOR A TEAM APPROACH: MojoTech Chief Technology Officer Chris Shoemaker, right, is credited by company founder and CEO Nick Kishfy, far left, with the company's recent rapid growth. Also seen are, second from left, designer Jeff Lupinski and Paul Lanyon, a product manager. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Filling the engineering skills gap

CHIEF INFORMATION/TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, PRIVATE COMPANY When a company grows, it no doubt looks to its leadership to navigate those exciting – and challenging – changes...
FROM THE GROUND TO THE AIR: Starting his career in airplane mechanics in the U.S. Air Force, Alan R. Andrade has worked his way up literally from the bottom to be in charge of operations for the R.I. Airport Corp. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A child’s aviation dream and more

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY For as long as he can remember, Alan R. Andrade dreamed of being an aircraft mechanic. He grew up in...
GREEN GROWERS: From left are Dan Matuszek, chief biologist; Zachary Fleet, operations manager; Amy Dressler, administration; and Larry Dressler, founder, president and CEO of Agcore Technologies in Cranston. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Agcore’s progress a mix of old-school farming, innovation

Sometimes, change is drastic. Other times, it comes in iterations, an evolution. Either way, it's as necessary as it is inevitable. Such is the...
CLEAR VISION: Taco Comfort Solutions Chairman John Hazen White Jr. has methodically taken his family's company from a position of high debt and low growth in a shrinking domestic market to one of global growth, with a strategy that relies on employee input. Here he speaks with Jay Ratanasim, a spray booth operator at the company's Cranston manufacturing facility. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Profiting from financial stability

Considering the success and renown built by the family company now known as Taco Comfort Solutions, it's perhaps surprising to hear Chairman John Hazen...
ALL IN: From employee ownership to collaborative project management, Shawmut Design and Construction strives to engage clients and staff. Examining a 3D scan of a building the firm is working on at its Providence offices are, from left, Ron Simoneau, vice president for New England, Marianne Monte, chief people officer, Kyle Lloyd, project executive, and Nick Brown, assistant project manager. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Shawmut employees invested in clients’ needs

Since its inception 33 years ago, Shawmut Design and Construction has found a winning, if paradoxical, combination for success in the business of construction...
GOOD NEIGHBORS: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island saw its revenue jump in 2014 to $829.6 million from $427.6 million in 2012. Above, CEO Peter Marino speaks with Telma Gonzalez, center, and Lizzy Lima. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Safe harbor amid health reform

If there ever was a perfect storm to catalyze the growth of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, it was health care reform. According...
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